Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy: social media and America's youth crisis

1 big thing

Axios

News

4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Young people were struggling before the pandemic. Today, their mental health challenges are acute—and social media is making it worse. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has been sounding the alarm, and he tells Niala Boodhoo: "If we don't do something now, we are at risk of losing a generation of young people." How does the Surgeon General plan to fix America's urgent youth crisis? Plus, a reality check on efforts in Washington and beyond to make social media safer for kids. Guests: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy; Axios tech and policy reporter Ashley Gold Credits: 1 big thing is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Alex Sugiura. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can send questions, comments and story ideas as a text or voice memo to Niala at 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Want to build the bet you want in seconds with Union Bet's Bet Builder?
0:05.0	You're on.
0:06.0	Add shots, corners, cards and more.
0:09.0	And increase your odds with Bet Builder hackers, combining Bet Bet builders across multiple games and sports.
0:15.0	Download the unibet app or visit unibet.co. UK and get a Bette Builder boost every day.
0:21.0	Unibet. You're wrong.
0:23.7	18 plus be Gamble Aware.org pre-match is only max steak 10 pounds minimum combined
0:28.0	odds of 4 to 1 in 3 selections. Tees and tees apply. supply.
0:40.0	America's young people were struggling before the pandemic. If we don't do something now, we are at risk of losing a generation of young people.
0:46.0	Today, it's an emergency, and social media is making it worse.
0:51.0	America's youth crisis and the Surgeon General's new plan to fix it.
0:55.2	I'm Nailaboodoo and from Axios this is one big thing. A few really difficult numbers to start us off this week. As of 2021,
1:10.6	suicide is the second leading cause of death for kids age 10 to 14, says the CDC.
1:17.0	Rates of psychiatric emergency room visits for young people ages 6 to 24 went up more than 56% between 2011 and 2020 to 7.5 million visits.
1:28.8	That's from a study in the journal of the American Medical Association this year.
1:32.5	Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murti
1:34.5	has been sounding the alarm on this for a while.
1:37.2	If you have someone in your life, you know who's struggling
1:39.3	with their mental health.
1:40.4	Just raise your hand. I'm the hand on the server
1:43.7	in the room.
1:46.0	Dr. Murphy is doing something new, talking to college students
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -460 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Axios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Axios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.