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We're going to begin the show and end the show on the topic of alcohol today.

We are privileged to have the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Morthy with us to expand on his recent

recommendation that alcohol containers be marked with warning labels

about their cancer risks.

You've no doubt heard that headline.

And at the end of the show today, we'll have a call-in for people whose New Year's resolution

was to have a dry January.

Dry January, no drinking this month, seems to only be getting more widespread each year. We'll invite you to say why you're doing it and how it's going. But first, two, Surgeon General Murphy on his cancer warning label recommendation. We'll talk about other things, too, in kind of an exit interview, as General Murphy is about to end his tenure as the Biden administration comes to an end.

He was also President Obama's Surgeon General.

Arguably, his main interest has been fighting what he sees as a crisis of loneliness in the United States.

He even published a closing article to cap off his tenure, emphasizing the importance of community.

So, of course, we'll talk about that.

And we'll see what he thinks the public health community and all Americans concerned about

our health should be watching for if an RFK Jr. Dr. Oz agenda brings a lot of change in the coming years. By way of background, Dr.

Morthy's official bio page notes that he was raised in Miami, went to Harvard undergrad,

med school, and then for an MBA and management at Yale. He is author of the best-selling book,

Together, The Healing Power of Human Connection in a sometimes lonely world.

And on top of all that, his bio notes that he is a mango aficionado.

So, Dr. Morthy, we really appreciate that you've come on with us several times during your tenure as

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