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Dan Weissmann
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Reporter. I make @armandalegshow — a podcast and newsletter about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can maybe do about it.
Distributed by KUOW - Seattle's NPR station.
www.armandalegshow.com
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Oof, here too looks like…
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Really, NYT Spelling Bee? You think there’s a chance that I — a podcaster — could miss this panagram? First thing I saw.
August 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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For the last six months, my colleagues and I have been compiling our best "playbook" for dealing with the awful price of meds — with suggestions from dozens of listeners and readers.

Now, we've published the results — five newsletter posts, two podcast episodes, and more:
armandalegshow.com/drugs/
Image of a pill bottle labeled, "The Prescription Drug Playbook." Text against a green background: "Paying for prescription drugs is the worst game none of us ever asked to play. Here's the best set of cheat codes we've found." Lower-left corner: Small logo for "An Arm and a Leg" - a podcast about the cost of health care.
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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One in four Americans say they've skipped taking meds in the past 12 months because of cost. We'd like to put a dent in that.

With help from listeners and experts, we've been putting together the best collection of hacks, patches and workarounds we can.

Now we're sharing it.
armandalegshow.com
Image of a pill bottle labeled, "The Prescription Drug Playbook." Text against a green background: "Paying for prescription drugs is the worst game none of us ever asked to play. Here's the best set of cheat codes we've found." Lower-left corner: Small logo for "An Arm and a Leg" - a podcast about the cost of health care.
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Bloomberg analyzed more than 2,000 videos from 9 YouTubers popular with young men.
In one popular video on [Adin] Ross’ YouTube channel, [Andrew] Tate, far-right political pundit Nick Fuentes and internet personality Sneako, whose real name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy, repeated white supremacy talking points, including espousing the notion of a “great replacement” — the racist conspiracy theory that elites, sometimes manipulated by Jews, want to disenfranchise white Americans. That video garnered upwards of 1.2 million views on YouTube. Tate, Fuentes and De Balinthazy have all been banned from the platform, but a policy loophole allows them to be interviewed as guests on popular channels. YouTube declined to comment.
January 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Awesome news: An Arm and a Leg has joined @kuow.org's podcast family!

Seattle's NPR News station is now our distributor, helping more folks discover the show.

Starting by: Making us available on NPR's smartphone app, where we are "New and Noteworthy" today! 🔥🌟❗

www.kuow.org/podcasts/arm...
January 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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If I was in NYC this weekend, I'd be heading to "Rage Against Medical Debt," a show at the New York Comedy Festival, presented by Debt Collective.

Sunday, 7pm, Brooklyn Art Haus.

For those of us *not* in NYC, there's a live-stream. Tickets here:

www.stellartickets.com/o/brooklyn-a...
Promotional image for "Rage Against Medical Debt," a show presented by the Debt Collective as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Sunday, November 17 at 7pm, at Brooklyn Art Haus.
November 15, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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I never imagined I could feel this well-informed when voting for (or against) *scores* of county judges.

But thanks to @injusticewatch.org, boy do I! Journalism at its absolute finest.

interactives.injusticewatch.org/judicial-ele...
October 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Needed this classic image today, to send to a work colleague about a bit of bacon that I just barely pulled out of the fire (after allowing it to fall in, in the first place),

... and now I am posting it here, to make sure I will never lose track of it. Because it WILL come up again.
Grover from Sesame Street, wide-eyed, frowning, holds his hands to his head. The thought bubble reads, "Oh I am so embarrassed..."
August 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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I don’t post here a lot, but I’m breaking my silence to say: This is bulls*** and I will not stand for it.
Flurries on Halloween? I guess. But accumulation? In this economy?
October 31, 2023 at 10:05 PM