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Medicine November 4, 2022

Drugs and the FDA

Safety, Efficacy, and the Public's Trust

Mikkael A. Sekeres

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
How the FDA was shaped by public health crises and patient advocacy, told against a background of the contentious hearings on the breast cancer drug Avastin. Food and Drug Administration …

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Interviews with scholars of drugs, addiction and recovery about their new books.

Mexican Studies October 31, 2022

Mexico's Human Rights Crisis

Alejandro Anaya-Muñoz and Barbara Frey

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Lawless elements are ascendant in Mexico, as evidenced by the operations of criminal cartels engaged in human and drug trafficking, often with the active support or acquiescence of government actors …
American West October 19, 2022

Crush

The Triumph of California Wine

John Briscoe

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
In 1910, the future of California wine looked dim. Beset by crises ranging from earthquakes to insect infestations, and with momentum moving toward prohibition, the nascent industry seemed dead on …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery October 12, 2022

Opium's Orphans

The 200-Year History of the War on Drugs

P. E. Caquet

Hosted by Steve Beitler
The global war on drugs began some 150 years before US President Richard Nixon launched the current chapter of America’s drug war in 1971. In Opium’s Orphans: The 200-Year History …
Canadian Studies October 3, 2022

The Psychedelic World of Hollywood Hospital

A Discussion with Erika Dyck

Erika Dyck

Hosted by Greg Marchildon
In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Erika Dyck on the book she co-authored with Jesse Donaldson on an unusual chapter in Canada’s medical history. Entitled The Acid Room: The …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery September 22, 2022

Corrections in Ink

A Memoir

Keri Blakinger

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
Corrections in Ink (St. Martin's Press, 2022) is an electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey-from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom-emerging …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery September 16, 2022

The Psychedelic Handbook

A Practical Guide to Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, and DMT/Ayahuasca

Rick Strassman

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Entering the world of psychedelic drugs can be challenging, and many aren't sure where to start. As research continues to expand and legalization looms on the horizon for psychedelics like …
Food September 14, 2022

Coffee the Magical Elixir

Facts That Will Astound and Perk You Up

Sanjiv Chopra

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to Sanjiv Chopra about his book Coffee the Magical Elixir: Facts That Will Astound and Perk You Up (Bookbaby, 2021) 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed globally everyday …
American West September 6, 2022

Brewing a Boycott

How a Grassroots Coalition Fought Coors and Remade American Consumer Activism

Allyson P. Brantley

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Before the craft beer revolution, Coors was a hot commodity. Impossible to find outside a few states in the West, the beer had a level of "cool" that only comes …
Darts & Letters September 1, 2022

The Heroin Clinic

Medical Grade Heroin Given Out Legally to Users

Hosted by Gordon Katic
At Crosstown Clinic, doctors are turning addiction treatment on its head: they’re prescribing heroin-users the very drug they’re addicted to. This is the story of one clinic’s quest to remove …
Public Health August 11, 2022

Big Vape

The Incendiary Rise of Juul

Jamie Ducharme

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
It began with a smoke break. James Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery August 10, 2022

Heroin

An Illustrated History

Susan C. Boyd

Hosted by Jay Shifman
Dr. Susan Boyd is a scholar/activist and Distinguished Professor emerita at the University of Victoria. Her research examines a variety of topics related to the history of drug prohibition and …
Popular Culture August 8, 2022

A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse

A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and Ceos

Tara Nurin

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Tara Nurin explores women in all aspects of the brewing industry in A Women's Place is in the Brewhouse (Chicago Review Press, 2021). Women have brewed beer throughout most of human history. Their …
Indian Religions July 7, 2022

Botanical Ecstasies

Psychoactive Plant Formulas in India and Beyond

Matthew Clark

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
In Botanical Ecstasies: Psychoactive Plant Formulas in India and Beyond, Dr Matthew Clark proposes that soma/hoama is instead an ayahuasca-like plant complex made from many different species. He discusses a …
High Theory July 5, 2022

Legal Regulation of Drugs

A Discussion with Carl Hart

Carl Hart

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Carl Hart speaks with Kim about America’s punitive drug laws, and how we might change them for the better. He argues that we should legalize and regulate the sale of …
National Security June 30, 2022

Ports, Crime and Security

Governing and Policing Seaports in a Changing World

Anna Sergi, Alexandria Reid, Luca Storti, and Marleen Easton

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have  heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports.  Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international …
Economics June 7, 2022

Can Legal Weed Win?

The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics

Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner

Hosted by John Emrich
Cannabis "legalization" hasn't lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, and people are pointing fingers. On the business side, companies have …
Anthropology June 3, 2022

Chemical Heroes

Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military

Andrew Bickford

Hosted by Jolon Timms
In Chemical Heroes: Pharmacological Supersoldiers in the US Military (Duke UP, 2021), Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological "supersoldiers" capable of withstanding …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery May 24, 2022

Marijuana on My Mind

The Science and Mystique of Cannabis

Timmen Cermak

Hosted by Steve Beitler
Few substances have been researched as extensively, and debated as fiercely, as cannabis. In Marijuana on My Mind: The Science and Mystique of Cannabis (Cambridge University Press, 2022), psychiatrist Timmen …
On Religion May 12, 2022

On Addiction and Spirituality

A Discussion with Chris Grosso

Chris Grosso

Hosted by Gregory Soden
Chris Grosso is a youth mental health group facilitator with Newport Academy, public speaker, writer, and author of Indie Spiritualist (Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster, 2014), Everything Mind (Sounds True, 2105) …