Four conservative talk radio hosts have died of COVID-19 this summer, further revealing the consequences of a politicized pandemic. Why aren’t prominent right-wing figures doing more to embrace the coronavirus vaccine? 
Guest: Brian Rosenwald, fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Talk Radio’s America.
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