i am joined by dan weissmann, host of the podcast "an arm and a leg".out that tell us about the podcast itself. why did you start it, when, and your mission? guest: yes. i don't do this by myself. it is about why health care costs have increased and what we can do about it. i am a reporter and i like the challenge. we take one of the most enraging, terrifying, depressing parts of american life and create some thing entertaining and empowering and useful. otherwise, who would ever come back for a second episode? who would listen voluntarily to this terrifying and depressing topic? we all went to everybody -- owe it to everybody to make it worth your while. host: besides depressing your audience what you want them to take away from it? [laughter] guest: i started this thinking -- how did i start this? this is a topic that is under witnessed in american life. i have been a reporter a long time. i would encounter the stories and i would encounter this phenomenon in my own life and be like, we should talk more about this. i started it as exploration. there i