Seniors attend a 'Medicare Monday' seminar at the Holly Creek retirement community on December 6, 2010 in Centennial, Colorado. 80 people came to learn how federal health care reform will affect them.

Existential Threats

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 16, 2012

David Brancaccio discusses his new documentary “Fixing the Future” about a reinvention of the American economy. Plus: Mailman School of Public Health Dean Linda Fried on the intersection of aging and public health; essayist Jim Holt on why the world exists; and the latest of the national presidential race.

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