Nassau County Says No to Pot
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran talks about why she's recommending Nassau County opt out of legal pot sales, if New York State were to legalize recreational marijuana.@BrianLehrer I also...
View ArticleChris Miller
Everything just evaporated like smoke.Chris Miller is an elementary school art teacher, and an artist, who lives in Milwaukee.Join the 10 Things That Scare Me conversation, and tell us your fears...
View ArticleThe Opioid Narratives
Purdue Pharma has settled a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma for $270 million, a larger figure than two other cases the company has settled with other states. In doing so, the company also avoided a...
View ArticleReefer, Managed: Cannabis 101
As New York and New Jersey grapple with the complexities of legalizing marijuana, The Brian Lehrer Show presents a three-week series called "Reefer Managed," exploring how states are managing...
View ArticleReefer, Managed: Cannabis as Medicine
Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, physician, researcher and professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, talks about what doctors know about medical cannabis and how the industry works to...
View ArticleReefer, Managed: Who Will Get to Sell Weed?
Alyson Martin, cofounder of Cannabis Wire and adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School, discusses what vertical integration and license distribution for legal cannabis in New York and New Jersey...
View ArticleReefer, Managed: Legalize or Decriminalize?
In the third and final week of our "Reefer, Managed" series, we ask listeners to reflect, especially on the issue of whether they're more for full legalization versus decriminalization. @BrianLehrer I...
View Article#Ask the Mayor; Tom Steyer; Rep Nadler subpoenas DOJ; The Future of Cannabis;...
Coming up on today's show:Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.In light of the release of the Mueller report (with redactions), Tom Steyer,...
View ArticleReefer, Managed: The Future of Cannabis
Amanda Chicago Lewis, columnist at Rolling Stone, talks about what industry leaders and experts think will be the future of cannabis legalization in the country. Plus, Karen Rouse, WNYC New Jersey...
View ArticleWhat to Know About the Controversial New Antidepressant Pushed on Veterans
There’s a new drug on the market that you might have heard of. It’s called Spravato. In March, the Food and Drug Administration approved the anti-depressant after its “breakthrough therapy” status and...
View ArticleRaphael Saadiq: Music Had To Be My Therapy
Musical icon Raphael Saadiq talks to us about using music to cope with loss, reflecting on love, and creating light in darkness. Listen to Anna's Spotify playlist of her favorite Raphael Saadiq songs...
View ArticleMormon Deaths In Mexico Reignite Questions About the Ongoing Drug War
Since 2006, Mexico has had its military deployed to its streets to fight the Drug War against organized crime groups -- or cartels. But the number of dead bodies continues to pile up.But why is...
View ArticleKen Kesey's Acid Quest
Happy New Year! In this pod extra, we're celebrating what might be your first hangover of 2020 — whether it's fueled by alcohol or just the thought of the year ahead. So, we thought we'd bring you the...
View ArticleWhat Are the Repercussions of Linking Overdose and Homicide?
There has been a rise in drug-induced homicide charges by attorneys across the country in recent years. In her recent New Yorker essay, Paige Williams dives into the prevalence of this approach and...
View ArticleChina: Pharmacy To The World
In the 1990s, most of the world’s medicines were manufactured in the United States, Europe and Japan. Today, almost 80% of them come from China. In her book, “China Rx: Exposing The Risks Of America’s...
View ArticleFrom Giving In To Giving Up: A Neuroscientist’s Journey from Addiction to...
From the moment that Judith Grisel started drinking alcohol at age 13, she was hooked. For the next ten years, Grisel suffered from addiction, as she used drugs from marijuana to opiates to...
View ArticleFunding the Cure: But For Whom?
In 1983, Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act which incentivized the development of treatments for rare diseases. Since passing, the legislation has helped to create hundreds of new treatments for rare...
View ArticleWhere Voters Stood on Ballot Initiatives Around the Country
Voters across the country appear to have leaned left on many ballot initiatives, including voting to decriminalize heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs in Oregon. But in California, voters...
View Article'Crack: Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy'
Director Stanley Nelson joins us to talk about his new Netflix documentary, “Crack: Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy,” which examines the complex history of the drug and the racism that fueled a crisis.
View ArticleDirector of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance
Maritza Perez, director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, joins us to discuss what work needs to be done regarding drug trafficking, distribution, and addiction in the US...
View ArticleStanley Nelson, Don Bryant, Nadia Owusu's Memoir, Alan Sepinwall on Reboots,...
Director Stanley Nelson joins us to talk about his new Netflix documentary, “Crack: Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy,” which examines the complex history of the drug and the racism that fueled a...
View ArticleHow Far Have COVID-19 Treatments Come?
Kevin Tracey, M.D., president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, talks about how far COVID-19 medical treatments have come in the past year and what new...
View ArticleImplementing Oregon’s Drug Policy, Wisconsin Wolf Hunt, Johnson & Johnson...
Oregon Just Decriminalized Small Amounts of All Drugs. Now What?On February 1, a big experiment began in Oregon: The state has decriminalized small amounts of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and...
View ArticleWhen Will New York Have Legal Weed?
Alyson Martin, co-founder of Cannabis Wire, talks about the latest cannabis-related news from Albany as lawmakers eye legalization.
View ArticleBeyond Ethanol
David Nutt is the director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit in the Division of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. He claimed to have invented a viable alcohol substitute that includes all of...
View ArticleWhy Fentanyl Is Ending Up in More Street Drugs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked a recent increase in deaths involving cocaine and synthetic opioids. Caroline Lewis, freelance journalist and frequent contributor to...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: The Case for The 4-Day Week; Why There's Fentanyl in...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.The Case for a 4-Day Week (First); Why Fentanyl is Showing up in More Street Drugs (Starts at 21:52); Iconic at 50: Black Sabbath's...
View ArticleFighting Overdoses On The Street As Oxy Makers Defend Opioid Record In Court
Perdue Pharma is fighting in bankruptcy court to insulate themselves against opioid lawsuits that could cost trillions of dollars. So what does fighting the crisis looks on the street?On Today's...
View ArticleDo We Need Public Access to Drug Testing?
The recent drug-related deaths of actor Michael K. Williams and comedian Fuquan Johnson highlight the need for public access to drug testing. These cases are being investigated to see if Fentanyl...
View ArticleHow Ivermectin Became Politicized
Ivermectin is mostly known as an anti-parasitic drug used to treat scabies, worms, and even head lice in humans. It’s also occasionally, and now famously, used as a horse de-wormer. And for some...
View ArticleBecoming A Parent Of Six, At 25
On weekdays between 10 and 3, Yesi Ortiz is the warm, flirty host for the popular Los Angeles hip-hop station Power 106. But off the air, she’s a dedicated single parent of six adopted kids.Her kids'...
View ArticleMichael Pollan and Katherine May - The Future of Hope 4
Michael Pollan is one of our most revelatory explorers of the interaction between the human and natural worlds — especially the plants with which we have, as he says, co-evolved — from food to caffeine...
View ArticleHard: Little Pill, Big Pharma
When Dr. Irwin Goldstein started his career in urology in the 1970s, he remembers asking his mentor—an early pioneer in penile implant surgeries—"How the hell does an erection occur in the first...
View ArticleMichael Pollan trips out in "How to Change Your Mind"
The Netflix series "How to Change Your Mind" follows author Michael Pollan as he explores the psychedelic worlds of LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline. Filmmaker Lucy Walker and her team tell a story...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Mind Like On Plants?
We talk with best selling author Michael Pollan about the paperback release of his book, “This is Your Mind on Plants,” in which he analyzes the complex relationship between humans, their brains, and...
View ArticlePutin hosts Erdoğan for trade talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on Friday. It comes after a Russian proposal, leaked by Ukrainian intelligence,...
View ArticleLittle Pill, Big Pharma
This week OTM shares the second episode of the three-part series, Hard, produced by our WNYC colleagues at Death, Sex & Money. In this installment, the team dives into the scientific advancements...
View ArticleThe Next Chapter for the Mexican Drug War
The Next Chapter for the Mexican Drug War El Chapo has been convicted. But will it matter for Mexico's drug war? History Shows That a Planned Wall Along Texas Border Could Cause Flooding, Ecological...
View ArticleThe Next Chapter for the Mexican Drug War
After decades of evasion and escape and enough melodrama for 10 Netflix series, El Chapo stands convicted.The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán now faces life in prison — and that would be...
View ArticleDrugs Designed By AI, The Phosphorus Paradox, Regulating PFAS Chemicals....
At Long Last, More Regulations For Forever ChemicalsThis week, the EPA proposed the first national standards for drinking water that would set limits on the amount of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
View ArticleJia Tolentino on the Ozempic Weight-Loss Craze
The prescription drug Ozempic was designed to help people with Type 2 diabetes manage their disease, and, under the name Wegovy, to treat obesity. But it has been embraced recently as a tool for weight...
View ArticlePuff Puff Passing Marijuana Legislation
The stoner classics Scary Movie and Friday envisioned a future where “puff, puff, pass” is the norm. And the majority of states across the nation have acquiesced. Recent years have seen a spate of laws...
View ArticleHold On: Let’s Talk About Psych Meds
1 in 5 American adults are taking medication to treat their mental health, that’s more than the number of people in therapy. Anna talks to sociologist Daniel Tadmon, and psychiatrist Dr. Kali Cyrus,...
View ArticleThe Unmarked Graveyard: Angel Garcia
When Annette Vega was seven years old, she found out the man she called “dad” wasn’t her biological father. But all she knew was that her mom had had a teenage romance with a guy named Angel Garcia....
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Fentanyl in NYC; Tipping and Food Delivery Apps;...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Fentanyl in NYC (First) | Gratuities After Checkout Undercuts Food Delivery Worker Wage Increase (Starts at 27:10) | Holiday...
View ArticleWhat If I Could Have Grown Old With My Brother?
In 1985, doctors at a methadone clinic in the South Bronx made the harrowing discovery: 50 percent of its patients had HIV. Three years later, in the same neighborhood, a pair of epidemiologists...
View Article#AskTheMayor; The Latest Shocking Testimony in El Chapo's Trial; Diversity...
Coming up on today's show:Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.Keegan Hamilton, Vice News reporter and host of the podcast "Chapo," and Jack...
View ArticleHappy Bicycle Day!
April 19th, which is this Friday, marks an odd holiday known as Bicycle Day — the day, now 81 years ago, when Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann rode his bike home from work after dosing himself with his...
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