Podcast appearances and mentions of sari horwitz

On today's bonus episode, Vince talks to Scott Higham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter with The Washington Post, renowned for exposing corporate corruption, criminal networks, and critical public safety issues. With a career rooted in investigative journalism, he has spent years uncovering the truth behind the opioid crisis—particularly the role pharmaceutical companies played in fueling the epidemic. As the co-author of American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry, he and his colleague Sari Horwitz revealed how pharmaceutical giants knowingly marketed highly addictive painkillers, contributing to widespread addiction and devastating overdose deaths, as well as setting the stage for the Mexican drug cartels. Borderland is an IRONCLAD Original Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, guest host Sara Gabler speaks with two Washington Post journalists–Dana Hedgpeth and Sari Horwitz–about their investigation into deaths at Indian boarding schools from 1828-1970. The post Remembering Native children who died at boarding schools appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

In 1945, the population of the United States was around 140 million people, and those Americans owned an estimated 45 million guns, or about one gun for every three people. By 2023, the population of the United States stood at just over 330 million people, and according to historical data from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the number of guns produced and imported for the US market since 1899 exceeds 474 million firearms. Even assuming some of those guns have broken or been destroyed or illegally exported, there are easily more guns than people in the United States today. How and why the number of guns rose so precipitously in the US since World War II is our story today. Joining me to help us learn more about guns in the United States in the second half of the 20th Century is Dr. Andrew C. McKevitt, the John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University and author of Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “Johnny Get Your Gun,” composed by Monroe H. Rosenfeld and performed by Harry C. Browne, in New York on April 19, 1917; the audio is in the public domain and available via the Library of Congress National Jukebox. The episode image is a Hi-Standard ad from 1957. Additional sources: “How Many Guns Are Circulating in the U.S.?” by Jennifer Mascia and Chip Brownlee, The Trace, Originally posted March 6, 2023, and Updated August 28, 2023. “The Mysterious Meaning of the Second Amendment,” by James C. Phillips and Josh Blackman, The Atlantic, February 28, 2020. “Timeline of Gun Control in the United States,” by Robert Longley, ThoughtCo, updated on January 08, 2023. “Do Black People Have Equal Gun Rights?” by Charles C. W. Cooke, The New York Times, October 25, 2014. “Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West,” by Matt Jancer, Smithsonian Magazine, February 5, 2018. “The NRA Wasn't Always Against Gun Restrictions,” by Ron Elving, NPR, October 10, 2017. “How NRA's true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby,” by Joel Achenbach, Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, January 12, 2013. “Opinion: The reality of gun violence in the US is bleak, but history shows it's not hopeless,” by Julian Zelizer, CNN, April 1, 2023. “Firearms and Federal Law: The Gun Control Act of 1968,” by Franklin E. Zimring, The Journal of Legal Studies 4, no. 1 (1975): 133–98. “Remarks Upon Signing the Gun Control Act of 1968,” by President Lyndon B. Johnson, The American Presidency Project. “The Inside History of How Guns Are Marketed and Sold in America,” by Olivia B. Waxman, Time Magazine, August 19, 2022. “The Supreme Court will hear a case that could effectively legalize automatic weapons,” by Ian Millhiser, Vox, November 3, 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The high profile federal opioid cases have left many Americans with the sense that they understand the opioid crisis, who was responsible, and how it came to pass. There's another dimension to the full story, however, one that might have remained hidden from public view, were it not for the reporting of Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post.rnrnIn their new book American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry, Higham and Horwitz reveal how the large pharmaceutical companies operated, and the extent to which their operations--and the addiction of countless Americans--was enabled by a legion of lawmakers and lobbyists, many of whom had previously worked for the Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice. Additionally, the authors chronicle the drug industry insider's disdain for the very patients they claimed to serve.rnrnAs part of our Authors in Conversation series, Sari Horwitz will discuss her book, the state of the ongoing opioid epidemic, and solutions that may be on the horizon.

George Noory, Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz discuss the role of Mexican drug cartels have in manufacturing opioid pills laced with fentanyl.  They also touch on the doctors and pharmacies role in overprescribing opioids which fuels the opioid crisis in America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Four-Time Pulitzer Price winning investigator for the Washington Post Sari Horwitz speaks on her book, co-authored with Scott Higham, titled "American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry." Original air date 03 August 2022. The book was published on 12 July 2022.

It's estimated that more than 107,000 people in the United States died due to opioid overdoses in 2021. Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says it's "the equivalent of a 737 Boeing crashing and burning and killing everybody on board every single day." In the new book, American Cartel, Higham and co-author Sari Horwitz make the case that the pharmaceutical industry operated like a drug cartel, with manufacturers at the top; wholesalers in the middle; and pharmacies at the level of "street dealers."

Scott-Free August is here, and comedian Kathy Griffin is Kara's first guest co-host! They discuss the missing Secret Service text messages, and whether Kyrsten Sinema will disrupt the Schumer-Manchin bill. Also, Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy amidst a defamation trial, and celebrities love flying private. Then, we're joined by Friend of Pivot Sari Horwitz on her new book, “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry.” You can find an excerpt of the book here, and can buy a copy here. Send us your Listener Mail questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or via Yappa, at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's estimated that more than 107,000 people in the United States died due to opioid overdoses in 2021. Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says it's "the equivalent of a 737 Boeing crashing and burning and killing everybody on board every single day." In the new book, American Cartel, Higham and co-author Sari Horwitz make the case that the pharmaceutical industry operated like a drug cartel, with manufacturers at the top; wholesalers in the middle; and pharmacies at the level of "street dealers."

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family are a big part of this story about the availability of opioids — but there's much more to it. Washington Post investigative reporters Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham join us to talk about their new book, "American Cartel." And, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III talks about why he decided to write the romantic novel "Love at Deep Dusk."

The person who Rep. Liz Cheney says Trump tried to contact, is a member of the White House support staff that was in talks with the Jan. 6th committee. It comes as Steve Bannon makes a second run at getting his Monday trial on contempt of Congress charges pushed back. Plus, inflation hits a 40 year high in June's CPI report. Carol Leonnig, Barbara McQuade, Judd Legum, Sergo Martinez-Beltran, John Della Volpe, Peter Hamby, and Sari Horwitz join. 

Director Alex Gibney and Washington Post investigative reporters Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz discuss their new book, “American Cartel,” which documents the culpability and complicity of the big business behind the opioid epidemic.

The opioid crisis is worsening across the country and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro talks with one of the authors of the new book, "American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry", Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Sari Horwitz to outline what's contributing to the crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“American Cartel,” reveals how lobbyists, lawmakers and K Street attorneys thwarted efforts to stop the deadly flow of pain pills. By Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz. Today, America's opioid crisis is worse than ever. Last year, the nation logged a record-breaking 100,000 drug overdose deaths, most of them due to fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin. There is no end in sight as Mexican drug cartels flood the country with shipments of the cheap and highly addictive synthetic opioid. Most people don't know the real story of the opioid epidemic. It's not solely about Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. It's about how a constellation of drug companies went after the DEA, and how the DEA lost that war, not to the cartels, but to lobbyists and lawmakers and K Street attorneys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“American Cartel,” reveals how lobbyists, lawmakers and K Street attorneys thwarted efforts to stop the deadly flow of pain pills. By Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz. Today, America's opioid crisis is worse than ever. Last year, the nation logged a record-breaking 100,000 drug overdose deaths, most of them due to fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin. There is no end in sight as Mexican drug cartels flood the country with shipments of the cheap and highly addictive synthetic opioid. Most people don't know the real story of the opioid epidemic. It's not solely about Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. It's about how a constellation of drug companies went after the DEA, and how the DEA lost that war, not to the cartels, but to lobbyists and lawmakers and K Street attorneys. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this podcast episode, we interview the courageous authors of “American Cartel-Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry” - Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz.  Scott and Sari give behind the scenes detail about their definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis.   The book is an indictment of the astonishing corporate greed and government complicity; of mercenary lobbyists and lawyers sustained by bought-off politicians - with names that may surprise you. During the interview, Scott describes how employees of drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. wrote an email making fun of the theme song for the “Beverly Hillbillies.” This parody describes how “pillbillies” drove south to obtain drugs at Florida pill mills. “Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed / A poor mountaineer, barely kept his habit fed,” the song begins, chronicling how Jed goes to Florida, which is described as having a “lax attitude” about pills, or “Hillbilly Heroin.” Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz are Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters for The Washington Post. They were both lead reporters on the Post's “The Opioid Files” series, which was a Pulitzer Finalist for Public Service in 2020. The book is available at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/American-Cartel-Inside-Battle-Industry/dp/1538737205. Here's the link to the adaptation that you can access for free. https://wapo.st/3uthr1a

Director Alex Gibney and Washington Post investigative reporters Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz discuss “The Crime of the Century,” a new documentary that investigates the origins and extent of the opioid crisis in the U.S.

In this episode, we begin with what's fun. I recently read “A Spy Among Friends” by Ben Macintyre and “Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers who Terrorized a Nation” by Sari Horwitz and Michael Ruane. Then I share about prayer, including introducing you to two apps, the “Pray as You Go” app and “Lectio 365.” Finally, we talk about how hard it is to become who we want to become, and how intentional we must be.

David Fahrenthold explains President Trump’s unusual pitch for next year’s G-7 summit: hosting it at his own resort. Sari Horwitz on how fentanyl is crossing the border. And Jerry Brewer on quarterback Andrew Luck’s early retirement from the NFL.

Jeff Stein on what an IRS draft memo means for the fight over President Trump’s taxes. Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham on the Trump administration’s response to the fentanyl crisis. And Carol Leonnig on the meticulous lawyer subpoenaed by Congress.

Chandra Levy had her life together. She was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons and was just a few days shy of graduating with a master’s degree in public administration. She had dreams of working for the FBI. Maybe the CIA. So when she suddenly went missing in early May of 2001, her parents were alarmed. Their alarm swelled when they learned that Chandra’d been having an affair with Congressman Gary Condit. Was Condit to blame for Chandra’s disappearance? Had he done something to her? Despite a damn good alibi, suspicion enveloped Condit. In the winter of 2000, two men terrorized Wichita, Kansas. Over a short period, their random crimes escalated. First they robbed a man. Then they shot a woman. Then, they raped and terrorized a group of five, twenty-something friends. The men murdered four of the five friends. The lone survivor lived through the ordeal when the killers’ bullet deflected off her barrette. She played dead, then sought help. Ultimately, her testimony helped put the men behind bars. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Who Killed Chandra Levy?” Washington Post investigative series by Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham, Sylvia Moreno Season 38, Episode 48 of 20/20 “Chandra Levy,” Wikipedia “Gary Condit,” Wikipedia In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “The Wichita Horror” by Denise Noe, Crime Library “True Crime: The Wichita Massacre” by Kara Kovalchik, MentalFloss.com “High court overturns death penalty sentences for Carr brothers, upholds conviction” by Sherman Smith, The Topeka Capital-Journal “Supreme Court restores death sentences in heinous Kansas murder spree” by Richard Wolf, USA Today  

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sari Horwitz guides us through Trump's lawyers' comments on obstruction of justice. Plus, legal experts weigh in on differing legal perspectives and how presidential pardoning may play a role in obstruction.

In an April 11 press conference in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session proclaimed "we are living in a new era…the Trump era...the lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws and the catch and release practices of old are over." But with nominees for deputy attorney general and associate attorney general (the second and third in the chain of command at the Department of Justice, respectively) still awaiting Senate confirmation and replacements for the 93 U.S. attorneys President Trump asked to resign still pending, will Sessions be able to implement the sweeping policy changes he is seeking at the Justice Department? In a special 20th episode of "TrumpWatch," host Jesse Lent discusses the way that the Justice Department has changed under the Trump administration with three-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post.

In an April 11 press conference in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, Attorney General Jeff Sessions proclaimed "we are living in a new era…the Trump era...the lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws and the catch and release practices of old are over." But with nominees for deputy attorney general and associate attorney general (the second and third in the chain of command at the Department of Justice, respectively) still awaiting Senate confirmation and replacements for the 93 U.S. attorneys President Trump asked to resign still pending, will Sessions be able to implement the sweeping policy changes he is seeking at the Justice Department? In the 20th episode of TrumpWatch, host Jesse Lent discusses how the Justice Department has changed under the Trump administration with three-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post.

In an April 11 press conference in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, Attorney General Jeff Sessions proclaimed "we are living in a new era…the Trump era...the lawlessness, the abdication of the duty to enforce our immigration laws and the catch and release practices of old are over." But with nominees for deputy attorney general and associate attorney general (the second and third in the chain of command at the Department of Justice, respectively) still awaiting Senate confirmation and replacements for the 93 U.S. attorneys President Trump asked to resign still pending, will Sessions be able to implement the sweeping policy changes he is seeking at the Justice Department? In the 20th episode of TrumpWatch, host Jesse Lent discusses how the Justice Department has changed under the Trump administration with three-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post.

8 AM - 1 - Washington Post's Sari Horwitz talks about her story: "Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voting law". 2 - More voter ID stuff. 3 - The News with Marshall Phillips. 4 - Donald Trump's CA campaign manager Tim Clark comes in studio to talk Super Tuesday 4 and winning California.