Why is US life expectancy falling?

Explain It to Me

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Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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It's only the second day of 2018, and Matt, Ezra, and Sarah are already talking about alarming statistics--this time, to do with average American life expectancy. White paper: Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion Among American Political Elites The GOP is trying to pass a super-unpopular agenda — and that's a bad sign for democracy Impact Policy Submission URL: bit.ly/voximpact Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need to have like a like a weed sweater in the office.
0:03.5	Like a podcasting cardigan.
0:05.8	I need to have like a weed sweater in the office.
0:09.6	Like a podcasting cardigan.
0:12.8	Happy New Year!
0:20.3	Welcome to another episode of the weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:23.3	I'm Matthew Glacias, joined today by Ezra Klein and Sarah Cliff.
0:26.8	We're kicking off the New Year, right?
0:28.5	So cold.
0:29.5	I got that whole month, real last week.
0:31.6	And do you know in Montreal, it was literally colder than it was on Mars?
0:34.7	How cold was it, Ezra?
0:35.7	I mean, negative 10 to 20, but that's colder than Mars, which is a breathable oxygen.
0:40.4	It's a breathable kind of oxygen.
0:44.6	Don't take this from me, Matt.
0:47.3	You have the right to complain about that.
0:48.6	That's what you said.
0:49.6	Thank you.
0:50.6	It was very cold.
0:51.6	It was also very cold here.
0:52.6	But we're going to heat up the studio with some hot topics.
0:55.2	Some hot takes.
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