Ross Douthat

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4,896 appearances 23 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 27 Aug

Ross Douthat’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Interesting Times · How Older Americans Hoard the Future · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

I think just based on what you've been describing in this conversation, there's a middle zone, right, where you basically feel a kind of pressure towards euthanasia, towards assisted suicide. voice-verified

Like, you don't want to burden your children and your grandchildren, right? voice-verified

And so you end up feeling a sort of pressure to go out voice-verified

As soon as you're not, you know, sort of not not in good shape. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

It seems like that could be the kind of the way that societies end up reconciling these difficult forces. voice-verified

They say, look, we're not going to take away. voice-verified

We're not going to take away your big house or your comfy retirement. voice-verified

We want you to enjoy all those fruits. voice-verified

But it's just that when you get to the last three years where it's really expensive, like then we want you to feel some pressure to exit early. voice-verified

That that that seems like that's my I guess it's a dystopian vision, but it just seems like where someone where these lines could intersect. voice-verified

You're sure. voice-verified

Yeah, I'm not I'm not imputing it to you. voice-verified

I understand. voice-verified

I wonder sort of if you have a gerontocracy that sets up a system of assisted suicide. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

What does that look like? voice-verified

I guess. voice-verified

Would you rather die as a burden on your loved ones? voice-verified

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