The Death of Dying

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
We’re living longer than we used to, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Atlantic Monthly writer Charles Mann says our coming death shortage will cause problems we’ve never imagined. Plus: New York City Housing and Preservation commissioner Shaun Donovan and a history of girls in college.

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