Jul 12, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 12 segments
The American government is an insurance company with an army--so how do our insurance company's finances look? Samantha and guest Stephen Nuñez, Director of Stratification Economics at the Roosevelt…
Stephen NunezGuest
Samantha Hancox-LiHostSo to get a sense of what is the state of our insurance company, I thought I would have on Stephen Nunez.
Stephen is the Director of Stratification Economics at the Roosevelt Institute and has written a fair bit about the state of social security and related matters.
After our president and then my colleague Ray Fuentes was on, I felt extremely envious.
Someday I will have worked my way through the entire Roosevelt Institute roster, and by then you'll have hired new people, so I'll be able to start over.
So before we talk too much about the future plans of this podcast, let me ask maybe a more relevant question.
So to get a sense of what is the state of our insurance company, I thought I would have on Stephen Nunez.
Stephen is the Director of Stratification Economics at the Roosevelt Institute and has written a fair bit about the state of social security and related matters.
After our president and then my colleague Ray Fuentes was on, I felt extremely envious.
Someday I will have worked my way through the entire Roosevelt Institute roster, and by then you'll have hired new people, so I'll be able to start over.
So before we talk too much about the future plans of this podcast, let me ask maybe a more relevant question.
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