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Explain It to Me

The scary truth about air pollution

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Gretchen Goldman of the Union of Concerned Scientists on the science and politics of clean air. Hosts: Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics reporter, Vox Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica More to explore: Subscribe to Impeachment, Explained on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or your favorite podcast app to get stay updated on this story every week. About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Prescription weight loss injections are all over the news right now.

0:05.0

People want them, people can't get them, everyone is talking about them.

0:08.0

They seem to work by removing hunger, but what does that really mean?

0:12.0

This episode of Gastropod, we talked to people who've taken these drugs and felt their hunger suddenly disappear.

0:17.0

We also talk to the researchers who are figuring out the science of hunger and fullness,

0:22.0

how it works and how it shapes our lives, plus why each of us experiences it so differently.

0:28.0

Come with us behind the headlines to hear what these drugs can tell us about the feelings that bookend each and every meal.

0:34.0

Listen to Gastropod, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.0

We've done a lot of different white papers on the subject of air pollution, particulates,

0:41.0

and the growing body of research that shows how harmful they are.

0:45.0

So it was really exciting to get a chance to sit down with Gretchen Goldman.

0:48.0

She is an actual scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists.

0:51.0

This is her specialty.

0:52.0

We had a great conversation about the science and more important,

0:55.0

how the science intersects with the policymaking process,

0:58.0

the stuff happening on this front as we speak.

1:00.0

You're going to learn a lot.

1:01.0

It's really an urgent, important issue that we don't hear a lot about.

1:18.0

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.

1:21.0

I'm Matthew Eglaceius.

1:22.0

My guest today, Gretchen Goldman, is the research director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

1:28.0

She is here with us to talk about air pollution.

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