Today's Takeaways: Infant Mortality, Jamming on a Banjo, and Living Well Until 78 Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email When Life Ends at The Beginning: America's Infant Mortality Problem French Author Patrick Modiano Wins The 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature ISIS Uses Water As a Weapon in Iraq Rumors Fly As Kim Jong-Un Remains AWOL A Banjo Star Returns To The Roots of Bluegrass Banjos and Ballots: Mike Doughty Jams With John Hockenberry 78 is the New 20: Why The Golden Years Are Now Our Best Nowadays, people are living longer - and better. ( Ammentorp Photography / Shutterstock ) Produced by PRI and WNYC