Tentative VA Reform Bill, How Climate Change Will Make Summer Miseries Worse, Virtual Afterlives

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More and more, people are remembering loved ones with social media pages, roadside memorials, and tattoos. Veronica Rueckert and Rob Ferrett talk to an expert on grieving rituals about the ways we are reinventing how we pay tribute to those who have passed away by creating “virtual afterlives.” They also discuss a tentative deal to reform veteran health care and learn about how climate change will make summer miseries–like poison ivy and allergies–worse.

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  • Congress Reaches Tentative Bipartisan Deal To Reform Veteran Health Care

    The chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees have reached a bipartisan agreement to reform veteran health care in the United States. A defense reporter from POLITICO discusses the deal and what the next steps are in passing it.

  • Global Warming Will Make Summer Miseries Worse, From Poison Ivy To Allergies

    Global warming scientists say they expect average temperatures worldwide to rise over 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. An editor and producer at nationalgeographic.com explains how this temperature change can make some of our least favorite parts of summer, from mosquitoes to poison ivy, much worse.

  • Virtual Afterlives: How We Remember The Dead In The Twenty-First Century

    More and more, people are remembering loved ones with social media pages, roadside memorials, and tattoos. An expert on grieving rituals says we are reinventing the way we pay tribute to those who have passed away–and creating “virtual afterlives.”

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Veronica Rueckert Host
  • Amanda Magnus Producer
  • Leigh Munsil Guest
  • Brian Clark Howard Guest
  • Candi Cann Guest

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