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The US national debt has soared to $40 trillion – a record high.<\/p>\n

How does that figure affect the lives of everyday Americans?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Megan Lim, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Janaya Williams and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.<\/p>\n

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The US national debt has soared to $40 trillion – a record high.<\/p>\n

How does that figure affect the lives of everyday Americans?<\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Megan Lim, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Janaya Williams and Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show\u2019s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consider-this-from-npr"],"yoast_head":"\nThe U.S. national debt is $40 trillion. 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