Bonus Weekend Podcast: The Cost of Our Smartphone Culture, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, The Possibility of Single-Payer Healthcare in America

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 30, 2017

Director/producer Sue Williams and co-producer Hilary Klotz Steinman join us to discuss their documentary, “Death by Design: The Dirty Secret of Our Digital Addiction.” The film investigates the electronic industry's impacts on the environment and our health. Actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani chats about his new film, “The Big Sick,” along with his wife, Emily V. Gordon. Gordon co-wrote the film, which is based on their real-life courtship. Finally, as part of our ongoing look at healthcare, economist Robert Pollin explores the likelihood of a single-payer healthcare system in the U.S.

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