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EPISODE · Jul 18, 2024 · 55 MIN

Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

from On with Kara Swisher · host Vox Media

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a warning label on social media platforms that says they’re associated with mental health problems for teens. The following week, he declared that gun violence is a public health crisis. However, the surgeon general's powers are limited. It'll take an act of Congress to put a warning label on social media platforms, and thanks to the Roberts court, even legislators are limited in their ability to regulate firearms. Kara and Dr. Murthy discuss this country's seemingly intractable gun problem and the debate around the research into the harms caused by social media, along with his work on loneliness, and how Covid has eroded trust in the public health sector.  Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find Kara on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a warning label on social media platforms that says they’re associated with mental health problems for teens. The following week, he declared that gun violence is a public health crisis. However, the surgeon general's powers are limited. It'll take an act of Congress to put a warning label on social media platforms, and thanks to the Roberts court, even legislators are limited in their ability to regulate firearms. Kara and Dr. Murthy discuss this country's seemingly intractable gun problem and the debate around the research into the harms caused by social media, along with his work on loneliness, and how Covid has eroded trust in the public health sector.  Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find Kara on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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