You Earned This: The Social Security & Medicare Podcast!
Aug 13, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
This week's episode features a multi-generational meeting of the minds, with host Walter Gottlieb, political director Luke Warren, and communications associate Lucas Kaplan -- on the history and…
Walter GottliebHost
Luke WarrenGuest
Lucas KaplanGuest
So we do have to stop and marvel at the fact that this program that was created in the depths of the Great Depression is still with us, and it's a program that we want to see continue.
Well, there's a reason why it's the most popular government program in history, and there's a reason why it's been so sturdy and so successful and so reliable.
You pay into it and you take out of it, and it really is just government in action.
People understand it, why it's so strong, why it's really such a great bedrock of American society.
I think it's a testament to what strong leadership, what bold leadership, and what big ideas can do.
And it's something I think can inspire us moving forward, certainly in our work here at the National Committee, but for all of us.
And that's a great segue because I would like to play a clip from the documentary we made last year, which is now playing on PBS stations across the country, called Social Security: 90 Years Strong, because that was last year for the 90th anniversary, but it still holds true today.
And I'd like to play a clip that mentions Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one voice you will hear in this is his grandson, Jim Roosevelt.
So we do have to stop and marvel at the fact that this program that was created in the depths of the Great Depression is still with us, and it's a program that we want to see continue.
Well, there's a reason why it's the most popular government program in history, and there's a reason why it's been so sturdy and so successful and so reliable.
You pay into it and you take out of it, and it really is just government in action.
People understand it, why it's so strong, why it's really such a great bedrock of American society.
I think it's a testament to what strong leadership, what bold leadership, and what big ideas can do.
And it's something I think can inspire us moving forward, certainly in our work here at the National Committee, but for all of us.
And that's a great segue because I would like to play a clip from the documentary we made last year, which is now playing on PBS stations across the country, called Social Security: 90 Years Strong, because that was last year for the 90th anniversary, but it still holds true today.
And I'd like to play a clip that mentions Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one voice you will hear in this is his grandson, Jim Roosevelt.
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