The Jackpod: The uncertainty of existence
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on evidence the U.S. is failing at the fundamental mission of keeping its people alive, and the correlation between politics and life expectancy in the U.S.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for this podcast comes from Sincere Foundation, which supports organizations that provide food security, housing stability, and safe spaces, |
| 0:09.0 | and envisions a future where everyone has the opportunity to celebrate life milestones. |
| 0:14.4 | Learn more at sincere.com. |
| 0:16.9 | Hello, it's Meghna here with a small request before today's episode. |
| 0:20.4 | We really appreciate that you listen to the Onpoint podcast, but we'd like to know a little bit more about your listening preferences so that we can serve you better. |
| 0:29.0 | If you've got a few minutes to take the on-point survey, it would be a huge help. It's at W-B-U-R.org slash survey, or click the link in the episode |
| 0:37.8 | show notes. Now on with today's show. Hello everyone, I'm Megna Chachrabardi and T-G-I-F because Friday is the day we drop the jackpot in the on-point feed and that is of course |
| 0:55.3 | where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie helps us connect history, literature, and |
| 0:59.4 | politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now. |
| 1:04.3 | Hello there, Jack. |
| 1:05.9 | Hello, Magda. |
| 1:06.7 | Okay, so we are on episode 12 here. |
| 1:09.7 | What's caught your attention? |
| 1:10.6 | What's the headline? |
| 1:11.6 | Bussgan Zuckerbergite. |
| 1:15.0 | But, that, what? |
| 1:17.0 | Buszgarite. |
| 1:20.0 | That is a Dutch coinage meaning basically literally certainty of existence. |
| 1:26.6 | It was introduced by a Dutch politician in their recent campaign and by that he meant, you know, a sort of new deal big state program that would |
| 1:36.0 | give people good housing jobs and so on that's what he meant by Bush |
| 1:41.1 | Gansakkerheit. |
| 1:42.9 | However, as I thought about that, |
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