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We talked with:Beth Macy is a Virginia-based journalist with three decades of experience and an award-winning author of three New York Times bestselling books: "Factory Man," "Truevine" and "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America." Her newest book is "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis."Dr. Holly Geyer is an addiction medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Her work focuses on care of complex patients in the hospital with a focus on quality of life and the best use of nondrug interventions for treating symptoms, including pain. She is the author of "Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic's Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use."We talked about:In this episode, Dr. Millstine and her guests discuss:Addiction as a medical condition. Opioid use disorder (OUD) isn't a moral weakness, and it's not just a social problem or a mental health disorder. It's a health condition, and everyone is at risk.The need for nonjudgmental, evidence-based care. Many people with OUD think they can't get better. Beth Macy argues this is partially because they've never been able to access evidence-based care. Holly argues it's time to stop battling against opioids and start battling for the people impacted by them.Hope for healing. Ending the opioid crisis may seem like an impossible task, but both of these books offer ideas and solutions for battling and preventing opioid addiction. Beth Macy's book looks at the heroes on the front lines — sometimes in unexpected locations like a McDonald's parking lot. They say that ultimately, we all have a role to play. Can't get enough?Purchase Dr. Geyer's book "Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic's Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use."Purchase Beth Macy's book "Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis."From Bookshop.orgFrom Barnes & NobleFrom AmazonWant to read more on the topic? Check out our blog:Opioids aren't the only effective treatment for pain managementWhat exactly are opioids?What does fentanyl do and how is it misused? Got feedback?If you've got ideas or book suggestions, email us at readtalkgrow@mayo.edu.We invite you to complete the following survey as part of a research study at Mayo Clinic. Your responses are anonymous. Your participation in this survey as well as its completion are voluntary. 

Beth Macy is one of the leading chroniclers of crisis in the American heartland. Working in Roanoke, Virginia, she wrote Factory Man, an influential book about outsourcing in American industry. Then she wrote Dopesick, an account of the opioid overdose crisis. Dopesick became an award-winning TV series. Now Macy has written a sequel, Raising Lazarus, looking for hope and a path forward on overdoses. Please take five minutes to complete this podcast survey for a chance at a $100 gift card.

As I've written before, Beth Macy has an extraordinary gift for encapsulating our nation's greatest challenges in gripping, intimate, and wise stories of everyday American struggles. She is a bestselling author of several books about addiction, inequality, and justice, and it was a great pleasure to talk to her about her latest book, Raising Lazarus, on this latest episode of Flourishing After Addiction. On a personal note, I've enjoyed seeing this book take shape behind the scenes, and we get to talk about her writing and research process a bit too—I was lucky to make a connection with her early in the process of releasing my own book, so it was fun to talk about how our work has informed each other and how her thinking has evolved over time.In our conversation, Beth opens up about her personal experiences growing up as a child of alcoholics and what she did to heal—as she notes, something she's never discussed in prior interviews. Of course, we also talk a fair bit about her book, including how this work is focused on what she sees as the most likely solutions to our current crisis. It's a big departure for her and a full-throated celebration of harm reduction. We talk about the innovative people she profiles, folks working tirelessly to provide evidence-based care and harm reduction services even in really inhospitable communities and situations. It's a daunting topic, but Beth has also found a great deal of hope there too.Beth Macy is a Virginia-based journalist with three decades of experience and an award-winning author of three New York Times bestselling books: Factory Man, Truevine, and Dopesick. Her first book, Factory Man, won a J. Anthony Lukas Prize and Dopesick was short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, won the L.A. Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, and was described as a “masterwork of narrative nonfiction” by The New York Times. Dopesick has now been made into a Peabody award-winning and Emmy-winning Hulu series on which she acted as an executive producer and cowriter. Her latest book, Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis, was published on August 16, 2022. You can find her on Instagram, Twitter, and her personal website. In this episode:- The work of Gail D'Onofrio, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale and pioneer in ED-initiated buprenorphine - Estimation of the Time Needed to Deliver the 2020 USPSTF Preventive Care Recommendations in Primary Care- Beth's personal essay about her childhood on Oprah Daily- “By the book” interview with Beth- Beth's guest essay in the New York Times: “The Two Simple Edicts of Successful Addiction Treatment”. Those edicts are: (1) “You can get better.” (2) “Don't disappear.”- Link to all of Beth's  books: Raising Lazarus, Dopesick, Truevine, and Factory ManSign up for my newsletter and immediately receive my own free guide to the many pathways to recovery, as well as regular updates on new interviews, material, and other writings.

Beth Macy is an award-winning journalist & author of the 2018 New York Times-bestselling book, "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America."She writes about outsiders and underdogs. Her writing has won over a dozen national journalism awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. The daughter of a factory worker mom and housepainter dad (an eighth-grade dropout), she was the first in her family to go to college.Beth was Artemis Journals' guest writer in 2015 in which we dedicated our journal to her for her courage of conviction for bringing her story of all the factory workers to life in her book, Factory Man. Her first book exposed how one furniture maker battled offshoring by China and helped save an American town here in SW Virginia. The book was a New York Times bestseller winning numerous awards. Tom Hanks brought the rights for a movie.Her second book, "Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South," debuted on the NYT Bestseller list in October 2016 and told the story of George and Willie Muse, two Black albinos who were kidnapped and sold into servitude with the circus, where they became international stars with the Ringling Brothers and other well-known circuses and sideshows of in the 1920s. Her third book "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" was published in 2018. Also, a New York Times Bestseller and additionally was produced by the TV channel Hulu with a limited series consisting of eight episodes based on Macy's book, in which she co-wrote and was an Executive Producer. In a follow-up to "Dopesick," Beth wrote "Finding Tess,"  an Audible podcast about a mother searching for answers in Dopesick America and narrating the book. Tess Henry was found dead in a dumpster in Las Vegas after battling her addiction to opioids. Following up with all that, Beth published an opinion piece in the Washington Post in February 2022 on how more than a million have died on the overdose crisis, and the response is shamefully inadequate. She lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with her husband Tom, her sons, and rescue mutts Mavis and Charley.https://intrepidpapergirl.com

Beth Macy's work (Factory Man, Truevine, Dopesick) is a call to action. From her roots growing up poor in Ohio through a career in journalism and now as bestselling author, the stories she's gravitated to--those she's chosen to tell--foster empathy with our neighbors who are suffering and struggling. Now with the opioid crises haven taken more than a million American lives, the need to act, which she so stunningly uncovered in Dopesick, remains urgent. In this conversation, the author hits on the power of individuals and institutions in our communities, the importance of listening, and the need to strengthen our human infrastructure. Beth Macy is the author of three widely acclaimed and bestselling books. Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. Sign up for Beth Macy's newsletter at intrepidpapergirl.com. Get Beth's books at Book No Further.

A folksy interview with Beth Macy, New York Times best selling writer of Dopesick and Factory Man, with host Henry McCarthy, done at her home in Roanoke Virginia when Dopesick was being written. Beth has gone from regional news writer to international writer and many of her stories stem from Southwest Virginia.

Young Psychopath Neville has to get a job in a factory; but rather than actually working, he spends most of his time coming up with ways to inflict bodily harm to his co-workers so the foreman will send them home. When the factory workers start dying, he realizes he is either deteriorating or he has... Continue Reading →

Beth Macy is a three-time New York Times-bestselling author. She is the author of “Factory Man”, “Truevine”, and “Dopesick,” books that tell separate stories, but stories through which the challenges, issues, prospects, and hopes of rural America are studied in different ways. Macy was a reporter for The Roanoke Times from 1989 to 2014. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret recently visited with Macy in Roanoke to discuss her work and unique perspective on issues facing rural America.

Roan Yellowthorn is Jackie McLean. Supported by producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn Strack, she delivers ethereal indie rock songs with a singer/songwriter heart. Please enjoy the interview, as well as two original songs; “Indigo” and “Factory Man”.

Der bliver talt meget om uddannelse og programmering i skolerne - men vi glemmer ofte de ældre medborgere, der trods PC-kørekort og computer-brug på jobbet måske aldrig rigtig er blevet komfortable med teknologien. I denne episode taler vi både med Jeppes mor, Anders’ far og en repræsentant for Ældresagen om seniorer og it. Anders’ far Ib får lov til at repræsentere de nysgerrige, men skræmte, seniorer, der godt kan finde på at hive stikket ud af væggen, hvis de ser en ukendt dialog på skærmen. Næstformand Kirsten Engell fortæller om sit perspektiv fra Ældrerådet i Århus Kommune, og Michael Teit Nielsen fra Ældresagen sætter tingene i større, samfundsmæssigt perspektiv. Til sidst er der naturligvis tiprunde som vi plejer, denne gang med bøger, spil og en podcast. Links Ældrerådet i Aarhus kommune Ældresagen om it Tips Jeppe: Den amerikanske longform-journalist Beth Macy har bla. skrevet Factory Man og Dope Sick Adam: Magic the Gathering Arena - free-to-play nostalgi-tone spil, i åben beta, dog indtil videre kun til pc Anders: The Dropout podcast om Theranos-skandalen - lavet af ABC News, der her fortæller mere om baggrunden og linker til podcasten PRAKTISK DataSnak sætter fokus på relevante it-faglige og it-politiske emner og nørder igennem på helt specifikke temaer. Formålet er at gøre lytterne klogere på hvad der sker i deres arbejdsliv her og nu og i fremtiden, og gå i dybden med problemstillinger fra It-professionelles hverdag. Redaktør på podcasten er it-faglig konsulent Jeppe Engell som sammen med Adam Bindslev og Anders Høeg Nissen er de faste værter på podcasten, der udkommer hvert 14. dag. Tak fordi du lytter med – får du lyst til at komme med ris og ros, kan du sende en e-mail til jeppe.engell@hk.dk og hvis du har tekniske spørgsmål eller kommentarer kan de sendes til anders@podlab.dk

Beth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Based in Roanoke, Virginia for three decades, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (Little, Brown and Company) is the only book to fully chart the devastating opioid crisis in America: "a harrowing, deeply compassionate dispatch from the heart of a national emergency" (New York Times) from a bestselling author and journalist who has lived through it. In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows, astonishingly, that the only thing that unites Americans across geographic and class lines is opioid drug abuse.

Beth Macy is a journalist and author.  Her latest book, Dopesick, focuses on one of America's epicenters for the opioid crisis.  The book follows distressed communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs.  Her other books include Factory Man and Truevine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Losing the steady paychecks that factory jobs provide can decimate a community, with ripple effects hitting nearly every corner of town. Unfortunately, many former manufacturing centers, like much of rural America, are grappling with an opioid crisis as community members face uncertain futures. But there's hope. In this episode, host Scott Paul and Beth Macy, award-winning journalist and author of "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" and "Factory Man," discuss the drug epidemic sweeping America and what we can do to help.

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Beth Macy's last book, "Factory Man" is a New York Times best-seller and now in development to become an HBO mini-series produced by Tom Hanks. Beth's latest book "Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South" is already generating film buzz. Beth came straight to Roxanne to dish about the book that is catching the attention of one of Hollywood's hottest leading men. Also in this episode, RJ Julia's General Manager stops by to tell us just what it takes to become a bookseller.  Books in this episode: Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Born a Crime:  Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck News of the World by Paulette Jiles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The O'Reilly Radar Podcast: Navigating the increasing globalization of industry and commerce.In this episode of the Radar Podcast, I chat with John Bassett III, chairman of the board of the Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company. We talk about globalization and the effect it's had on the furniture industry, the international trade battle he waged (which was written about by Beth Macy in her book Factory Man), Bassett's book Making it in America, and what entrepreneurs need to know to succeed in business today.Here are some highlights: Panic sets in They started making furniture in China, and we competed very well through the 1990s. All of this changed dramatically in 2001 when they became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Once they were in the WTO, their prices plummeted, and the bottom dropped out of the market. By that time, I had left the Bassett Industries and joined my wife's family furniture company called Vaughan-Bassett Furniture on January 1, 1983. I was over here at the time, but the whole furniture industry in wood was affected. Factories were closing left and right. Thousands of people were being laid off. There was panic. That's the only way to explain it. Then we found out that there was a rule at the WTO and a law on the United States books. The law actually goes back to the 1930s, it's called dumping. Dumping is when you sell a product in another country for less than your manufactured cost, and what you're doing is dumping your product in that country to force everybody out of business so you can capture all of the business. That's exactly what happened. I led a coalition that challenged the Chinese, and at that time, it was the largest dumping petition brought against the government of China ever at the WTO. Going to battle Prices were plummeting, and many of the United States manufacturers at the time said, "Well, we'll close our factories and just buy this product overseas. That's what we'll do." I wanted to go and actually look the people in the eye. I wanted to see exactly what was going on. I went to China and I went to Northern China. The prices seemed to be less up there than anywhere else. I met this gentleman who was erecting a huge, well, a series of factories with obvious Chinese government help. I told him, 'I might be interested in buying your product.' He looked me in the eye and said, 'This is what you must do.' I said, 'All right.' He said, 'The first thing is you must close every factory you have. You must get rid of all of your people. You must sell all of your machinery and you must put yourself in my hands.' There was no smile on the face. He was extremely serious. As we left to fly back to the United States, I told my son Wyatt, 'Get ready. We're going to war. They are being supported by the Chinese government. They are picking up the bill. This is not what we were promised when the Commerce Department asked us to support GATT. They're dumping, and either we're going to have to resist this or this industry will disappear.' Your power is in your people I knew then the rules of the game had changed. ... We just had to adjust the way we ran our businesses. Everybody talks about innovation, education, entrepreneurship, all of that, and I agree with all of it. We did something different. I wrote a book after Beth [Macy] wrote her book, Factory Man. I wrote a book called Making It In America. We organized our people and our organizations. Before we shut everything down, and we did close some factories, but we went to our people and we said, 'If we're going to survive, we've got to do this together.' The book is about how we organized our people. The people in these plants wanted to be a part of this. They did not want some CFO looking at figures and closing the plant. They said, 'We can make a better product. We can make a less expensive product, and we can deliver it faster and we can do all these other things.' The American worker is an exceedingly efficient worker, but you have to give them a chance. Playing by the rules My position is this. There are rules of the game out there for everybody in the WTO, including the Chinese and the Indians and others. Let's play by the rules. Donald Trump talks about new laws. We don't need new laws. We need to enforce the laws that we've already pledged to do. Let me give you an example. In the anti-dumping law, I went back to when we started our petition, which was 2003 through 2015. I took three countries: China and India, the two that certainly have the largest population and probably the most to gain, then I took the United States, which probably has the most to defend, being the largest market. I looked at how many dumping petitions have been imposed, not initiated but actually imposed, by these countries against other countries over that 11- or 12-year period. India leads the list. They imposed 353 anti-dumping petitions against other members of the WTO. Number two was China at 166. Number three was the United States at 163. The country that had the most to defend imposed the least. ... I think there are many benefits to globalization, but when countries cheat, they should be called to task for it. How to make it in America I would offer new entrepreneurs several pieces of advice. Number one is, if you're going to play on this ball field and if you're going to play in this game, be sure you're adequately capitalized. A lot of the people that you're going to compete against have staying power, so be sure you have enough capital to take on whoever your adversaries are going to be. Number two is, don't overlook the power of your people working for you. And, obey five of the 12 rules [I outline in my book], what I call the Five Great Rules: number one, attitude. You have to start with an attitude of 'we're going to win.' Don't start as a loser. Two: leadership. Don't ask anybody to do something you won't do yourself. Roll up your sleeves and go to work with your people. Three: Change. When you start out, be willing to change because things move so fast today, what you do today might not be relevant six months from now. It might not be relevant six weeks from now. Number four is, don't panic. They love to panic you and tell you you can't do it. The easiest battle to win is when the other side surrenders before the first shot is fired. Just calm down. There's never been a good business decision made when people were panicking. Last is teamwork and communications. Everybody in your organization has to be on board, and the way you get them on board is through communication. Constantly tell people where you are and ask for their help. Those would be the things I would tell a young entrepreneur to do.

The O'Reilly Radar Podcast: Navigating the increasing globalization of industry and commerce.In this episode of the Radar Podcast, I chat with John Bassett III, chairman of the board of the Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company. We talk about globalization and the effect it's had on the furniture industry, the international trade battle he waged (which was written about by Beth Macy in her book Factory Man), Bassett's book Making it in America, and what entrepreneurs need to know to succeed in business today.Here are some highlights: Panic sets in They started making furniture in China, and we competed very well through the 1990s. All of this changed dramatically in 2001 when they became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Once they were in the WTO, their prices plummeted, and the bottom dropped out of the market. By that time, I had left the Bassett Industries and joined my wife's family furniture company called Vaughan-Bassett Furniture on January 1, 1983. I was over here at the time, but the whole furniture industry in wood was affected. Factories were closing left and right. Thousands of people were being laid off. There was panic. That's the only way to explain it. Then we found out that there was a rule at the WTO and a law on the United States books. The law actually goes back to the 1930s, it's called dumping. Dumping is when you sell a product in another country for less than your manufactured cost, and what you're doing is dumping your product in that country to force everybody out of business so you can capture all of the business. That's exactly what happened. I led a coalition that challenged the Chinese, and at that time, it was the largest dumping petition brought against the government of China ever at the WTO. Going to battle Prices were plummeting, and many of the United States manufacturers at the time said, "Well, we'll close our factories and just buy this product overseas. That's what we'll do." I wanted to go and actually look the people in the eye. I wanted to see exactly what was going on. I went to China and I went to Northern China. The prices seemed to be less up there than anywhere else. I met this gentleman who was erecting a huge, well, a series of factories with obvious Chinese government help. I told him, 'I might be interested in buying your product.' He looked me in the eye and said, 'This is what you must do.' I said, 'All right.' He said, 'The first thing is you must close every factory you have. You must get rid of all of your people. You must sell all of your machinery and you must put yourself in my hands.' There was no smile on the face. He was extremely serious. As we left to fly back to the United States, I told my son Wyatt, 'Get ready. We're going to war. They are being supported by the Chinese government. They are picking up the bill. This is not what we were promised when the Commerce Department asked us to support GATT. They're dumping, and either we're going to have to resist this or this industry will disappear.' Your power is in your people I knew then the rules of the game had changed. ... We just had to adjust the way we ran our businesses. Everybody talks about innovation, education, entrepreneurship, all of that, and I agree with all of it. We did something different. I wrote a book after Beth [Macy] wrote her book, Factory Man. I wrote a book called Making It In America. We organized our people and our organizations. Before we shut everything down, and we did close some factories, but we went to our people and we said, 'If we're going to survive, we've got to do this together.' The book is about how we organized our people. The people in these plants wanted to be a part of this. They did not want some CFO looking at figures and closing the plant. They said, 'We can make a better product. We can make a less expensive product, and we can deliver it faster and we can do all these other things.' The American worker is an exceedingly efficient worker, but you have to give them a chance. Playing by the rules My position is this. There are rules of the game out there for everybody in the WTO, including the Chinese and the Indians and others. Let's play by the rules. Donald Trump talks about new laws. We don't need new laws. We need to enforce the laws that we've already pledged to do. Let me give you an example. In the anti-dumping law, I went back to when we started our petition, which was 2003 through 2015. I took three countries: China and India, the two that certainly have the largest population and probably the most to gain, then I took the United States, which probably has the most to defend, being the largest market. I looked at how many dumping petitions have been imposed, not initiated but actually imposed, by these countries against other countries over that 11- or 12-year period. India leads the list. They imposed 353 anti-dumping petitions against other members of the WTO. Number two was China at 166. Number three was the United States at 163. The country that had the most to defend imposed the least. ... I think there are many benefits to globalization, but when countries cheat, they should be called to task for it. How to make it in America I would offer new entrepreneurs several pieces of advice. Number one is, if you're going to play on this ball field and if you're going to play in this game, be sure you're adequately capitalized. A lot of the people that you're going to compete against have staying power, so be sure you have enough capital to take on whoever your adversaries are going to be. Number two is, don't overlook the power of your people working for you. And, obey five of the 12 rules [I outline in my book], what I call the Five Great Rules: number one, attitude. You have to start with an attitude of 'we're going to win.' Don't start as a loser. Two: leadership. Don't ask anybody to do something you won't do yourself. Roll up your sleeves and go to work with your people. Three: Change. When you start out, be willing to change because things move so fast today, what you do today might not be relevant six months from now. It might not be relevant six weeks from now. Number four is, don't panic. They love to panic you and tell you you can't do it. The easiest battle to win is when the other side surrenders before the first shot is fired. Just calm down. There's never been a good business decision made when people were panicking. Last is teamwork and communications. Everybody in your organization has to be on board, and the way you get them on board is through communication. Constantly tell people where you are and ask for their help. Those would be the things I would tell a young entrepreneur to do.

When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany in Italy, she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renowned author of Under the Tuscan Sun returns to her hometown to explore her coming of age in the Deep South. And: Since 2000, furniture imports from China have increased dramatically and offshoring has cost American furniture makers thousands of jobs. In her new book Factory Man, Beth Macy tells the remarkable story of John Bassett III’s battle to keep his family’s furniture business in southwest Virginia open. Later in the show: In central Mexico, the work of preparing elaborate meals for fiestas involves many women working together. Maria Elisa Christie, author of Kitchenspace: Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico, says this work gives women status and a way to share traditions with younger generations. And: Residents of northern China prize individualism, while southerners value their sense of community. Thomas Talhelm has developed what he calls a “rice theory” to explain the cultural differences. Also: There’s no silver bullet for battling obesity, but Jamie Zoellner says studying different communities and their specific food and exercise resources can help jumpstart a solution

When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renowned author of Under the Tuscan Sun returns to her hometown to explore her coming of age in the Deep South. And: Since 2000, furniture imports from China have increased dramatically and offshoring has cost American furniture makers thousands of jobs. In her new book Factory Man, Beth Macy tells the remarkable story of John Basssett III’s battle to keep his family’s furniture business in southwest Virginia open. Later in the show: In central Mexico, the work of preparing elaborate meals for fiestas involves many women working together. Maria Elisa Christie (Virginia Tech), author of Kitchenspace: Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico, says this work gives women status in their communities, as well as a way to share traditions and beliefs with younger generations. And: Residents of northern China prize individualism, while southerners value their sense of community. Thomas Talhelm (University of Virginia) has developed what he calls a “rice theory” to explain the cultural differences. Also: There’s no silver bullet for battling obesity, but Jamie Zoellner (Virginia Tech) says studying different communities and their specific food and exercise resources can help jumpstart a solution.

They say everything is bigger in Texas – and singer / songwriter Eric Hanke is no exception. Standing 6’8” tall, he is literally a head above his competition. Hanke has just released his sophomore record called Factory Man, a blend of country, folk and rock with Hanke’s down-home lyrics. Icon Fetch talks to the Austin native about taking five years to put the record together and the stories behind many of the songs on the record.

Bulking Up When athletes look to add body mass many turn to an increase of their carb intake. When the largest car market in America looks to "bulk up" vehicle emissions, it turns to a different kind of carb, the California Air Resources Board. Known around the industry by its acronym CARB, this influential board's mission is to reduce air pollutants which of course affect drivers and automakers alike. This week in an Autoline Exclusive, John talks to CARB's Deputy Director Tom Cackette from his office in Sacramento via the Internet communications tool, Skype. Dominating the discussion is the future of auto emission regulations not only in California but across the country and throughout the world. Afterwards, John is joined back in the Autoline studio by Jim Harbour to discuss his career in the auto industry that's captured in the new book, "Factory Man." Mr. Harbour, who in addition to his role as a Big Three auto executive, is also the founder of the influential eponymously-named manufacturing analytic, "The Harbour Report."

Bulking UpWhen athletes look to add body mass many turn to an increase of their carb intake. When the largest car market in America looks to "bulk up" vehicle emissions, it turns to a different kind of carb, the California Air Resources Board. Known around the industry by its acronym CARB, this influential board's mission is to reduce air pollutants which of course affect drivers and automakers alike. This week in an Autoline Exclusive, John talks to CARB's Deputy Director Tom Cackette from his office in Sacramento via the Internet communications tool, Skype. Dominating the discussion is the future of auto emission regulations not only in California but across the country and throughout the world.Afterwards, John is joined back in the Autoline studio by Jim Harbour to discuss his career in the auto industry that's captured in the new book, "Factory Man." Mr. Harbour, who in addition to his role as a Big Three auto executive, is also the founder of the influential eponymously-named manufacturing analytic, "The Harbour Report."