Latif Nasser

Hey, this is Radiolab.

I'm Latif Nasser, and today we're resurfacing a quite provocative episode we originally reported in 2014.

Now, that sounds like a long time ago until you start listening and you start to realize how many parallels there are between 2014 and this moment right now.

Outrageous healthcare costs, war in the Middle East, climate change.

In every one of these cases, the specifics that they're referring to have changed, but the overall picture remains depressingly the same.

Honestly, since it came out, I still think about these stories.

I still remember them all the time, especially the last one.

I would say this episode is one of my all-time top 10 Radiolab episodes.

I hope you feel the same way, whether you are hearing it for the first time or hearing it for the 10th time.

Here it goes.

Worth.

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Are you ready?

Yes.

Feeling full of worth?

I'm feeling full of value.

Well, in that spirit, I'm Jad Abumrad.

I'm Robert Krulwich.

This is Radio Lab, and today... Three very different stories that try to put a dollar value... A million is okay.

One million dollar.