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The ethics of Sean Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ conversation
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The United States and Mexico are now trying to determine how to have the recently-captured drug kingpin El Chapo extradited from Mexico to the U.S.This...
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Proceedings are under way to extradite Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the cartel boss who twice escaped Mexican prison, to the United States. If El Chapo, as he is known, goes to trial in Chicago, the...
View ArticleThe Cartels and Drug Wars that Plague Latin America
Deadly criminal kingpins dominate drug, human and gun trafficking in Latin America. In Gangster Warlords: Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America, journalist Ioan Grillo...
View ArticleVoter Anxiety; Why the Best Leaders Change Their Minds; A Drug to Combat Trauma
Coming up on today's show:Recent polls show a growing anxiety among American voters about fundamental things: security, economic prospects, and even identity. We'll take your calls.Hear a recap of the...
View ArticleA Drug to "Forget" Trauma?
In the past it has been accepted in neuroscience and psychiatry that, once formed, emotional memories linked to "fear are permanent," explains Richard Friedman. Afraid of spiders? The best you could...
View ArticleAs Campaigns Leave New Hampshire, The Heroin Epidemic Remains
Click on the audio player above to hear this segment.The United States is in the midst of a growing drug epidemic. Heroin use among young adults has doubled in the last decade, though the problem...
View ArticleHow Drug Shortages Determine Who Gets Treatment
Hospitals across the country have been facing chronic drug shortages for years, and the problem is getting worse. New York Times correspondent Sheri Fink and Dr. Yoram Unguru, an oncologist at the...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated Documentaries: 'Cartel Land'
This interview is part of the Brian Lehrer Show's yearly tradition of speaking with the directors of Oscar-nominated documentaries. See the full series here.Matthew Heineman is an award-winning New...
View ArticleHow Nancy Reagan Shaped the 'War on Drugs'
Nancy Reagan, one of the most influential first ladies of the 20th century, died on Sunday at the age of 94.During her tenure, Mrs. Reagan drew the nation's attention to the drug epidemic — the "Just...
View ArticleSafe Places to Shoot Up; Reimagining a Humane Rikers Island; Sharapova’s...
Coming up on today's show:Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. reports on the state of his borough, including the US Attorney's decision not to pursue an indictment against the NYPD officer who shot...
View ArticleCalling for Safe Places to Shoot Up
Amid reports of rising numbers of overdoses and public restrooms being used for shooting up heroin, New York State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D-67) talks about her call for supervised injection...
View ArticleRise and Fall of Valeant
The pharmaceutical company Valeant is in big trouble. As recently as last summer, Valeant was admired on Wall Street and its stock traded above $250 a share. But since then, the share price has...
View ArticleWould Legalizing Heroin Win the War on Drugs?
Deaths from heroin overdose in the United States rose 500% from 2001 to 2014, and deaths from prescription drugs increased by 300 percent, according to Dan Baum, contributor to Harper’s Magazine, in...
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The Elites Versus the Trump Voters; Jokes About Doctors' Handwriting Soon to...
Coming up on today's show:The "Stop Trump" train is getting ready to leave the station. Hear about how top Republican elites are uniting against Donald Trump's campaign.Jim Sleeper, author and lecturer...
View ArticleKlamath County Drug Team
We talk to Klamath Falls Police Captain Ryan Brosterhous about a drug task force that’s being resurrected to combat meth- and heroin-related crime in Klamath County.
View ArticleColin Barrett Reads “Anhedonia, Here I Come”
Colin Barrett reads his story “Anhedonia, Here I Come,” from the April 18, 2016, issue of the magazine. Barrett is the author of the story collection “Young Skins,” which won the Frank O’Connor...
View ArticleGetting a Second Chance After a Life Sentence
Director Katie Galloway discusses her documentary “The Return” which just won the Audience Award at Tribeca. “The Return” looks at efforts to reform mass incarceration in California and amend the...
View ArticlePsychedelic Science, Restorative Radio, Obamacare Battle
Coming up on today's show:Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declared a nationwide state of emergency over the weekend. The country has been in a deep economic crises, and international officials say...
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