Luigi Mangione is alleged to have shot and killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and even before he was identified, the reaction to the shooter was far different than other instances of gun violence. Today on It's Been A Minute, guest host Gene Demby talks with The Guardian's Abené Clayton about why Mangione is being praised by some, and why his alleged actions won't do much to fix the healthcare industry.And later on the show, a conversation with Dr. Laurie Santos, psychology professor at Yale and host of the podcast, The Happiness Lab, on the surprising science of how gratitude can affect our brains.Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus content by joining NPR+ today: https://plus.npr.org/Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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What's good, everybody? All right, first things first. I'm famously not Brittany Luce, although I aspire to be. I mean, the wardrobe, the glasses. No, I'm actually Gene Demby, one of the co-hosts of NPR's Code Switch. Brittany is out on vacation. Lucky her. But she asked me to jump in because she wanted somebody to be here to help process the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting news with all of you.
And to do that processing, I'm joined by Abine Clayton, who covers gun violence for The Guardian. What's good, Abine?
Thanks for having me, Gene.
All right, so first I got to set the scene a little bit. So it's been over a week since a masked gunman shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a Manhattan hotel. This week, authorities identified and detained an alleged gunman, and he's being charged with murder. You've probably heard his name by now, Luigi Mangione.
And we kind of have to walk a very delicate line here because we're talking about, you know, violence here, a brazen murderer. which is pretty scary to think about for a lot of people. And at the same time, there's been a lot of praise and solidarity for this alleged gunman and his actions. I mean, just listen to some of these reactions.
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