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The NPR Politics Podcast

Why People In Republican-Leaning Areas Seem More Likely To Die Prematurely

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

One theory: as polarization pushed policy-making out of Congress and toward states, divergent policies passed in red and blue-leaning states may have caused a big — and growing — gap in health outcomes.

Read more: https://n.pr/3NUFJZr

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and health correspondent Allison Aubrey.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Nancy.

0:02.0

And Baby.

0:03.5

And Baby Allister.

0:05.2

We're about to drive away from our house in Richmond, Virginia.

0:08.7

This show was recorded at 1.08pm on Tuesday, June 14th.

0:13.8

Things may have changed by the time you hear it,

0:16.8

but hopefully we'll be at our new house in Kansas City.

0:21.7

Kansas City. Here's the show.

0:24.7

Kansas City. I wish you luck moving. I hate moving so much when we moved into our house.

0:32.4

I told my husband, I'm never doing it again.

0:34.4

Oh, I'm a big advocate for change. Good luck in Kansas City.

0:37.4

I think it's exciting. Hard, hard, but good exciting.

0:40.7

Hey there. It's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress.

0:44.6

I'm Frank Ordoniaz. I cover the White House.

0:47.0

And Allison Aubrey from MPR Science Test is back with us again.

0:50.9

Hey, Allison.

0:51.7

Great to be here. Thanks for having me.

0:53.4

So we have you on to talk about some reporting you just did on some pretty remarkable findings

0:58.1

about how political views and death rates are related.

1:00.7

But before we get into that, I have to ask you about some news,

1:04.6

which full disclosure, I have a lot of personal interest in that we could be.

1:08.6

Let me just let me ask.

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