Podcast appearances and mentions of scott higham

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

As a bonus release before the next regular Yesshift episode, here's something from Drum Talk TV. Scott Higham joins Dan Shinder for some gear talk! Scott has worked in the realms of prog rock, pop rock, metal, and musicals. He has worked with Oliver Wakeman, having recently drummed on Oliver's new solo album Anam Cara, and he drummed for Pendragon from 2008-2014! Others he's performed and/or recorded with include Shadowkeep, Clive Nolan, Vinyl Destination, The Fabulous Feedback Band, Alan Reed, Infinitome... The list goes on! He's worked with cover bands AND original bands! Tune in to this conversation! And check out this amazing solo! Check out his website scott-higham.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support

Dan and Steven review Oliver Wakeman's new solo album Anam Cara! It has Celtic influences and includes Hayley Griffiths (vocals), Oliver Day (acoustic guitars, mandolin, lute, lap steel), David Mark Pearce (electric guitars), Troy Donockley (whistles, Uilleann pipes), Robert McClung (violin), Mick Allport (saxophone, clarinet), Steve Amadeo (bass), and Scott Higham (drums)! You can order it here: https://burningshed.com/store/oliverwakeman/oliver-wakeman_anam-cara_cd --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support

Scott Higham joins Dan Shinder for a live interview on Drum Talk TV! Scott has worked in the realms of prog rock, pop rock, metal, and musicals. He has worked with Oliver Wakeman, having recently drummed on Oliver's new solo album Anam Cara, and he drummed for Pendragon from 2008-2014! Others he's performed and/or recorded with include Shadowkeep, Clive Nolan, Vinyl Destination, The Fabulous Feedback Band, Alan Reed, Infinitome... The list goes on! He's worked with cover bands AND original bands! Tune in to this conversation! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yesshift/support

Oliver Wakeman Talks to Phil Aston - The Now Spinning Magazine Podcast This is the second time I have interviewed Oliver, last time we talked about John Wetton and his time with YES. In this interview we talk about his new Celtic Prog tinged album 'Anam Cara'. We go through each track and it is amazing to hear the stories behind each song and how the album came together. This will certainly be in my top albums of 2024. All the songs and lyrics are composed by Oliver and the band he has pulled together to record this a just stunning. A special mention needs to go to Hayley Griffiths who has such a wonderful voice and here interpretation of Oliver Wakemans lyrics is amazing. The album also features Oliver Day: David Mark Pearce, Troy Donockley, Robert McClung, Mick Allport, Steve Amadeo & Scott Higham. Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine

Our lives are adversely impacted when our interactions are purely transactional. We see this play out in devastating fashion in industry, where certain businesses can cause great harm to society due to their insulation and disconnection from the lives they sell to. But this isn't just for businesses. Our personal and professional lives depend critically on organic, face-to-face interactions with real people. In this episode I argue that a successful life needs to be in direct contact with the effects of what we say and do, and that this is only possible by being in real groups with real people.Suggested Reading Related to Intro TopicAmerican Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry by Scott Higham and Sari HorwitzEpisode Music for IntroConiferous forest by orangerySupport the show

In this episode, Payton dives deep into the case of Chandra Levy, an intern who suddenly disappeared after getting too close with a congressman. Case Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Chandra_Levy Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery (2010, Scribner), by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/chandra/ washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/03/AR2009030301967_2.html?sid=ST2009022202570 latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-16-mn-22936-story.html Newspapers.com sources: newspapers.com/image/579827062 newspapers.com/image/694697682 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

Every day, nearly 200 Americans die from a fentanyl overdose. This synthetic drug represents the latest phase of the decades-long opioid epidemic that began with prescription pain pills. Scott Higham is part of a team of reporters at the Washington Post that investigated the crisis — and the government failures that led us here. Higham spoke with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about the Post’s investigation.

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss Krysten Sinema leaving the Democratic party; Republicans' good turnout, poor performance midterms; and the new documentary, Pelosi in The House.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show:  Pelosi in the House Here are this week's chatters: John: Watch Richard Nixon's Watergate speeches at the Miller Center's website. Emily: Jessica Blatt Press for The Philadelphia Citizen: “Hey, Phillly! Let's Hire A Mayor!” David: Courtney Kan, Nick Miroff, Scott Higham, Steven Rich and Tyler Remmel for The Washington Post: “Cartel Rx: Fentanyl's Deadly Surge: From Mexican Labs To U.S. Streets, A Lethal Pipeline”; The EverCrisp apple For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John get philosophical in preparation for the annual Political Gabfest Conundrum episode.   Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever" with Jeff Pegues, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Scott Higham discusses his investigation of the federal government's mishandling of the fentanyl epidemic which "allowed the most lethal drug crisis in American history to become significantly worse". The Federal Reserve has once again raised its guidance regarding interest rates and signaled there are more rate hikes to come in the future. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains why the Fed is setting records in interest rate increase and what that means for your mortgage, student loans, and credit card debt as well as inflation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss Krysten Sinema leaving the Democratic party; Republicans' good turnout, poor performance midterms; and the new documentary, Pelosi in The House.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show:  Pelosi in the House Here are this week's chatters: John: Watch Richard Nixon's Watergate speeches at the Miller Center's website. Emily: Jessica Blatt Press for The Philadelphia Citizen: “Hey, Phillly! Let's Hire A Mayor!” David: Courtney Kan, Nick Miroff, Scott Higham, Steven Rich and Tyler Remmel for The Washington Post: “Cartel Rx: Fentanyl's Deadly Surge: From Mexican Labs To U.S. Streets, A Lethal Pipeline”; The EverCrisp apple For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John get philosophical in preparation for the annual Political Gabfest Conundrum episode.   Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss Krysten Sinema leaving the Democratic party; Republicans' good turnout, poor performance midterms; and the new documentary, Pelosi in The House.   Here are some notes and references from this week's show:  Pelosi in the House Here are this week's chatters: John: Watch Richard Nixon's Watergate speeches at the Miller Center's website. Emily: Jessica Blatt Press for The Philadelphia Citizen: “Hey, Phillly! Let's Hire A Mayor!” David: Courtney Kan, Nick Miroff, Scott Higham, Steven Rich and Tyler Remmel for The Washington Post: “Cartel Rx: Fentanyl's Deadly Surge: From Mexican Labs To U.S. Streets, A Lethal Pipeline”; The EverCrisp apple For this week's Slate Plus bonus segment Emily, David, and John get philosophical in preparation for the annual Political Gabfest Conundrum episode.   Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Research by Bridgette Dunlap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top negotiators in Congress have agreed to a framework for government spending into next year, but there are details to iron out before a vote — such as the scheduled Medicare payment cuts that have providers worried. Also, the Biden administration reopens its program allowing Americans to request free covid-19 home tests, as hopes for pandemic preparedness measures from Congress dim. Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rebecca Adams of KHN join KHN's Mary Agnes Carey to discuss these topics and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too: Mary Agnes Carey: Scientific American's “Kindness Can Have Unexpectedly Positive Consequences,” by Amit Kumar Rachel Cohrs: The Washington Post's “From Heart Disease to IUDs: How Doctors Dismiss Women's Pain,” by Lindsey Bever Alice Miranda Ollstein: Stat's “Watch: With Little More Than a Typewriter, an Idaho Man Overturns the Entire State's Policy on Hepatitis C Treatment in Prison,” by Nicholas Florko Rebecca Adams: KHN's “Mass Shootings Reopen the Debate Over Whether Crime Scene Photos Prompt Change or Trauma,” by Lauren Sausser Also mentioned in this week's podcast:The New York Times' “Two Decades After 9/11 Inquiry, a Similar Plan for Covid Stalls in Congress,” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg KHN's “Schools, Sheriffs, and Syringes: State Plans Vary for Spending $26B in Opioid Settlement Funds,” by Aneri Pattani The Washington Post's “Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America,” by Nick Miroff, Scott Higham, Steven Rich, Salwan Georges, and Erin Patrick O'Connor STAT News' “Congress has its sights set too low on addiction, advocates charge,” by Lev Facher The Washington Post's “Conservatives complain abortion bans not enforced, want jail time for pill ‘trafficking',” by Caroline Kitchener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Over the past two decades the opioid epidemic is believed to have claimed the lives of half-a-million Americans. It's a crisis that has been fueled by a seemingly limitless supply of pain pills that were manufactured, distributed and sold by legitimate businesses, some of them among the largest in the country. On this edition of KCBS In Depth we speak with two Washington Post investigative reporters about the great lengths the opioid industry went to to make sure that business as usual could continue even as overdose deaths began to skyrocket. Guests: Sari Horwitz and Scott Higham, the authors of “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry”  Host: Keith Menconi 

The first time women's soccer was included in the Olympics, in 1996, the U.S. team won the gold, and Briana Scurry was the team's goalie. She went on to win a second gold medal and a World Cup. Her soccer career was ended by a severe concussion, in a collision on the field. Unable to work, broke and in despair, she pawned her gold medals. She got them back–and got the surgery she needed– with the help of the woman who became her wife.Also, we'll talk with Washington Post reporter Scott Higham about how America's opioid industry resembled a drug cartel. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead will review a new album by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio.

 Ralph welcomes Washington Post investigative reporters, Sari Horowitz and Scott Higham, authors of “American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry,” that tells the thrilling David versus Goliath story that goes beyond the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma to expose the many other corporate criminals who aided and abetted the crisis and chronicles the heroes who fought to bring them to justice.

The first time women's soccer was included in the Olympics, in 1996, the U.S. team won the gold, and Briana Scurry was the team's goalie. She went on to win a second gold medal and a World Cup. Her soccer career was ended by a severe concussion, in a collision on the field. Unable to work, broke and in despair, she pawned her gold medals. She got them back–and got the surgery she needed– with the help of the woman who became her wife.Also, we'll talk with Washington Post reporter Scott Higham about how America's opioid industry resembled a drug cartel. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead will review a new album by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio.

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."

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."

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.

“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

A cache of more than 1.4 million newly released records exposes the inner workings of the nation's largest opioid manufacturer. Today on “Post Reports,” we go inside the sales machine at Mallinckrodt.Read more:The largest manufacturer of opioids in the United States once cultivated a reliable stable of hundreds of doctors it could count on to write a steady stream of prescriptions for pain pills.But one left the United States for Pakistan months before he was indicted on federal drug conspiracy and money laundering charges. Another was barred from practicing medicine after several of his patients died of drug overdoses. Another tried to leave the country in the face of charges that he was operating illegal pill dispensing operations, or pill mills, in two states. He was arrested and sent to prison for eight years.These doctors were among 239 medical professionals ranked by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals as its top prescribers of opioids during the height of the pain pill epidemic, in 2013. That year, more than 14,000 Americans died of prescription opioid overdoses.More than a quarter of those prescribers — 65 — were later convicted of crimes related to their medical practices, had their medical licenses suspended or revoked, or paid state or federal fines after being accused of wrongdoing, according to a Washington Post analysis of previously confidential Mallinckrodt documents and emails, along with criminal and civil background checks of the doctors. Between April and September of that year, Mallinckrodt's sales representatives contacted those 239 prescribers more than 7,000 times.The documents, made public after years of litigation and bankruptcy proceedings, shed new light on how aggressively Mallinckrodt sought to increase its market share as the epidemic was raging.Meryl Kornfield and Scott Higham report.

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.

"It's a really heartbreaking scene in a lot of American cities and towns," Washington Post reporter Scott Higham said on the impact of opioid addiction.We talked with Higham about the opioid crisis, his team's three-year investigation and a recently released trove of data.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

Scott Higham and Steven Rich unpack the DEA’s pain pill database. Sean Sullivan explains what’s missing in presidential candidates’ appeals to Hispanic voters. And Justin Moyer on an alternative currency.

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  

Mr. Higham talks about the WaPo/60 Minutes report about a new law supported by opioid distributors that's making it tough to hold companies accountable in the war against opioids.

Sean’s Star Wars Review! Plus, WaPo reporter Scott Higham on the opioid crisis, Marshall's news and Matt Lauer's tactics.

Mr. Higham talks about the WaPo/60 Minutes report about a new law supported by opioid distributors that's making it tough to hold companies accountable in the war against opioids.

Sean’s Star Wars Review! Plus, WaPo reporter Scott Higham on the opioid crisis, Marshall's news and Matt Lauer's tactics.

Why would a West Virginia town of 400 people need a supply of nine million opioid pills? Scott Higham of the Washington Post, along with his colleague Lenny Bernstein, did a joint investigation with 60 Minutes in order to find the answer. The group’s reporting revealed that Congress, at the urging of lobbyists for three of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, passed a law limiting the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to curtail suspicious behavior by drug providers. In essence, it prevents the DEA from cracking down on the spread of highly addictive opioids and narcotics to black market providers. Higham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, joins Michael Steele and Rick Ungar to discuss this bombshell story. The guys also examine how President Trump was able to form an unlikely alliance between evangelicals and nationalists to solidify his political base.

Presented by the Minister of Information of Punk the National Mall and Punk Life Zine. The Eddiegate Basement Tapes from the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building with Freedom of Information Act recordings from the National Park Service and Trust For the National Mall related to the unethical and deceitful actions perpetrated on the American People by the so called "guardians" of the National Mall. Also featuring emails from Caroline Cunningham, now former President of the Trust for the National Mall, where she lets the world know what she thinks of the National Park Foundation and Seth Hurwitz of IMP and the 930 Club. Not to be left out is King Weasel, Bob Vogel, now Director of the National Capital Region of the National Park Service too. We also have real life interviews with Freshman Rep. Mark DeSaulinier (D. 11th District, CA) and as close to live interview as possible with 13 term Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D. DC). Not cool Ms. Norton. Finally step back into history and listen to the 1984 Supreme Court Oral Arguments of the Clark v. Creative Community of Non-Violence and the repeated transgressions of the National Park Service against the American People in the name of stewardship of our National Parks. (Please remember CCNV this holiday season) Thanks to Kim Stryker, Save the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Positive Force DC,  Jim DeRogatis, Scott Higham, and Steve Kiviat for their help and encouragement.