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Drugs, Addiction and Recovery November 24, 2021

The Drug Expert

A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings

Craig W. Stevens

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Craig W. Stevens' book The Drug Expert: A Practical Guide to the Impact of Drug Use in Legal Proceedings (Academic Press, 2021) targets academic and industry pharmacologists, pharmacology graduate students, and professionals and …

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Economics November 19, 2021

Causal Inference

The Mixtape

Scott Cunningham

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Just about everyone knows correlation does not equal causation, and probably that a randomized controlled experiment is the best way to solve that problem, if you can do one. If …
Art November 12, 2021

Communions

Adam Lehrer

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
[This episode contains explicit content.] Artists from Kurt Cobain to Amy Winehouse command fascination not only for their work but also for their drug addictions and the manner of their death. Communions …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel November 10, 2021

Drunk

How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

Edward Slingerland

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Ever since Noah exited the ark, human beings have been wanting to get drunk and high. Why? Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization (Hachette, 2021) …
Food November 9, 2021

Coffee

A Global History

Jonathan Morris

Hosted by Amir Sayadabdi
In Coffee: A Global History (Reaktion Books, 2019), Jonathan Morris discusses the diverse cast of caffeinated characters who drank coffee, why and where they did so, as well as how …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 20, 2021

The Opioid Epidemic in the United States

Missed Opportunities and Policy Failures

Kant Patel and Mark E. Rushefsky

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
The current opioid epidemic in the United States began in the mid-1990s with the introduction of a new drug, OxyContin, viewed as a safer and more effective opiate for chronic …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 13, 2021

Smokescreen

What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

Kevin A. Sabet

Hosted by Emily Dufton
Called the “quarterback of the new anti-drug movement,” Kevin Sabet received his Ph.D. in social policy from the University of Oxford and has worked in drug policy for over two …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 8, 2021

Mexican Drug Violence

Hybrid Warfare, Predatory Capitalism and the Logic of Cruelty

Teun Voeten

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
With an estimated 250,000 people killed in 15 years, the Mexican drug war is the most violent conflict in the Western world. It shows no sign of abating. In Mexican …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery September 20, 2021

Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway

The Pharmaceutical Other

Aleksandra Bartoszko

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, Aleksandra Bartoszko's book Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway: The Pharmaceutical Other (Routledge, 2021) casts a critical light …
Latin American Studies September 15, 2021

El Chapo

The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord

Noah Hurowitz

Hosted by Pamela Fuentes
"El Chapo. The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord" (Atria Books, 2021) is a stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El …
General History August 6, 2021

The Dope

The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

Benjamin T. Smith

Hosted by Mark Klobas
For over a century Mexico has been embroiled in a drug war dictated by the demands of their neighbor to the north. In The Dope: The Real History of the …
Cover Story August 3, 2021

Sarah Hepola on Drinking in a "Dry" Texas County

Sarah Hepola

Hosted by Agata Popeda
Welcome to Cover Story, a podcast by New Books Network devoted to long form journalism. Today, we are talking to Texas-based writer Sarah Hepola. Hepola is most known from her …
Latin American Studies July 14, 2021

Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs

Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández

Hosted by Minni Sawhney
Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández's book Narratives of Vulnerability in Mexico's War on Drugs (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020) explores the current human rights crisis created by the War on Drugs in Mexico. It …
General History July 8, 2021

French Wine

A History

Rod Phillips

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today on New Books in History, Rod Phillips, Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, talks about his book, French Wine: A History, out in 2016 with the …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery July 2, 2021

War Stories from the Drug Survey

How Culture, Politics, and Statistics Shaped the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Joseph Gfroerer

Hosted by Emily Dufton
Joseph Gfroerer spent nearly 40 years working as a statistician for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Starting in …
Russian and Eurasian Studies July 1, 2021

Whites and Reds

A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar

Stephen V. Bittner

Hosted by Steven Seegel
Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar (Oxford UP, 2021) tells the story of Russia's encounter with viniculture and winemaking. Rooted in the …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery June 15, 2021

Narcosubmarines

Outlaw Innovation and Maritime Interdiction in the War on Drugs

Javier Guerrero C.

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Javier Guerrero's "Narcosubmarines: Outlaw Innovation and Maritime Interdiction in the War on Drugs" (Palgrave, 2020) is about the encounters of Colombian drug smugglers and the Colombian Navy, both in the …
Genocide Studies June 10, 2021

Drunk on Genocide

Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany

Edward B. Westermann

Hosted by Kelly McFall
The title of Edward Westermann's new book, Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany (Cornell University Press, published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2021) …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery May 18, 2021

Giulia Zampini on Researching Drug Taking

A Discussion about the "Peoples and Dancefloors Project"

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Today I talked to Giulia Zampini about her research into drug taking, and particularly about the "People and Dancefloors" project. Based on a participatory action research methodology, People and Dancefloors involves knowledge …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work April 27, 2021

Las Biuty Queens

Stories

Iván Monalisa Ojeda

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City …