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Explore "life_expectancy" with insightful episodes like "TikTok Gets Banned Again & What Are the Best Airports in America?" and "The doubling of life-expectancy" from podcasts like ""Morning Brew Daily" and "More or Less: Behind the Stats"" and more!

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TikTok Gets Banned Again & What Are the Best Airports in America?

Episode 193: Neal and Toby discuss Starbucks workers striking on Red Cup Day and why the UAW deal with GM may be in peril. Plus, Nepal bans TikTok and Warner Bros. may be in trouble with the FTC thanks to Wile E. Coyote. Neal shares his favorite numbers and what are the best airports in America? Finally, how John Oliver influenced the best bird in New Zealand. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Checkout Morning Brew Learning Here: https://learning.morningbrew.com/allaccess Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

enNovember 16, 2023

The doubling of life-expectancy

Steven Johnson, author of Extra Life, tells the fascinating history of life expectancy, and the extraordinary achievements of the last century, in which it has practically doubled.

It’s a story that has data at its heart, from the ground-breaking invention of the category itself in 17th century London to the pioneering social health surveys of W.E.B. Du Bois in 1890s Philadelphia.

Tim Harford spoke to Steven about the numbers beneath possibly the most important number of all.

More or Less: Behind the Stats

enJune 12, 2021

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TikTok Gets Banned Again & What Are the Best Airports in America?

The doubling of life-expectancy