Best Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show Podcasts (2025)

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A conversation with Maine State Representative Josh Morris on the close of the Maine Legislative session 1:21:49

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Send us a text Josh Morris joins my morning show every Monday to provide analysis of what the Maine Legislature is doing. He joined me today on the podcast as the legislature has adjourned for the 2025 session. Love to hear from you - [email protected] Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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A conversation with Domenic Pugliares - Dov Sacks - Tom Bill & Dee Dee Richardson from Common Sense for Maine 1:11:52

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Send us a text The five of us had a great conversation about the origins of Common Sense for Maine, our motivations, and our mission. The organization has grown dramatically over a short period of time and we will do updates with various members in the coming months. The website is www.commonsenseformaine.com to learn more. You can always contact m…

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A discussion of the Big Beautiful Bill and the unconstitutional actions of the Maine Legislature 43:35

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Send us a text Today's episode is a discussion of the Big Beautiful Bill being debated in the US Senate and the unconstitutional actions of the Maine Legislature Love to get your feedback Email me at [email protected] Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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Owen Flanagan, "What Is It Like to Be an Addict?: Understanding Substance Abuse" (Oxford UP, 2025) 42:47

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A powerful and important exploration of how addiction functions on social, psychological and biological levels, integrated with the experience of being an addict, from an acclaimed philosopher and former addict. What is addiction? Theories about what kind of thing addiction is are sharply divided between those who see it purely as a brain disorder,…

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a conversation with former Maine Governor Paul LePage 53:24

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Send us a text Governor LePage is a heck of a guy and a good friend over the last 15 years. After time away from politics, he has decide to seek Maine's Second District Congressional seat in November of 2026. Our conversation centered around his time as Governor, but also focused on looking forward for Maine and America. Love to hear from you ray@w…

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John Lee Hooker Jr., "From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025) 56:12

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From the Shadow of the Blues: My Story of Music, Addiction, and Redemption (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025) is powerful memoir of redemption from the son of blues legend John Lee Hooker. Born in Detroit and exposed to the music world from an early age, John Lee Hooker Jr. began singing as a featured attraction in his father's shows as a teenager. His f…

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Jonathan D. Cohen, "Losing Big: America's Dangerous Sports Gambling Boom" (Columbia Global Reports, 2025) 59:01

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In 2018, the United States Supreme Court opened the floodgates for states to legalize betting on sports. Eager for revenue, almost forty states have done so. The result is the explosive growth of an industry dominated by companies like FanDuel and DraftKings. One out of every five American adults gambled on sports in 2023, amounting to $121 billion…

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Walls, Warnings, and the War on Fentanyl: Peter Andreas on Trump’s Border Politics 35:01

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In this episode of International Horizons, Peter Andreas, John Hay Professor of International Studies at Brown University and author of Border Games: The Politics of Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide, 3rd edition (Cornell UP, 2022) and The Illicit Global Economy (Oxford UP, 2025), joins RBI Director John Torpey to unpack the myths and realities of bo…

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Alcohol 20:00

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In this episode of High Theory, Nina Studer tells us about alcohol. The restrictions and prohibitions, medical and moral discourses surrounding alcohol reveal a great deal about a given society in a particular historical moment. Nina uses alcohol as a lens to analyze the history of French colonization in North Africa. Who consumed alcohol, in what …

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Emine Ö Evered, "Prohibition in Turkey: Alcohol and the Politics of Identity" (U Texas Press, 2024) 56:25

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Historian Emine Ö. Evered’s Prohibition in Turkey: Alcohol and the Politics of Identity (University of Texas Press, 2024) investigates the history of alcohol, its consumption, and its proscription as a means to better understand events and agendas of the late Ottoman and early Turkish republican eras. Through a comprehensive examination of archival…

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Philip Howell, "Pub" (Bloomsbury, 2025) 40:59

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The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In Pub (Bloomsbury, 2025) a new addition to the Object Lessons series, Dr. Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes the pub apart and examines its constituent elements, from pub signs to the bar staff to t…

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Patricia A. Roos, "Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction" (Rutgers UP, 2024) 1:16:12

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In 2015, Patricia Roos’s twenty-five-year-old son Alex died of a heroin overdose. Turning her grief into action, Roos, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University, began to research the social factors and institutional failures that contributed to his death. Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction (Rutgers UP, 2024) tells h…

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Michael Ray Richardson, "Banned: How I Squandered an All-Star NBA Career Before Finding My Redemption" (Sports Publishing, 2024) 1:00:04

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Michael Ray Richardson was a star in the making. After a stellar collegiate career at the University of Montana, where he was voted first team All-Big Sky Conference as a sophomore, junior, and senior, the future seemed bright. Taken fourth overall in the 1978 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, Richardson was billed as “the next Walt Frazier.” In ju…

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Dayne C. Riley, "Consuming Anxieties: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Trade in British Satire, 1660-1751" (Bucknell UP, 2024) 47:29

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Writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries—a period of vast economic change—recognized that the global trade in alcohol and tobacco promised a brighter financial future for England, even as overindulgence at home posed serious moral pitfalls. Consuming Anxieties: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Trade in British Satire, 1660-1751 (Bucknell…

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Benjamin T. Smith, "The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade" (W. W. Norton, 2021) 46:39

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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 Mexican Drug Trade (W. W. Norton, 2021), Benjamin T. Smith offers a history of the trade and its effects upon the people of Mexico. As he reveals, at the start of the 20th century drugs such as mari…

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Lisa Sheryl Jacobson. "Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey After Prohibition" (U California Press, 2024) 1:33:04

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In popular memory the repeal of US Prohibition in 1933 signaled alcohol’s decisive triumph in a decades-long culture war. But as Dr. Lisa Jacobson reveals in Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey after Prohibition (University of California Press, 2024), alcohol’s respectability and mass market success were neither sudde…

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Holly M. Karibo, "Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West" (U Texas Press, 2024) 46:28

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In 1929, the United States government approved two ground-breaking and controversial drug addiction treatment programs. At a time when fears about a supposed rise in drug use reached a fevered pitch, the emergence of the nation’s first “narcotic farms” in Fort Worth, Texas, and Lexington, Kentucky, marked a watershed moment in the treatment of addi…

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Aisha M Beliso-de Jesús, "Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease" (Duke UP, 2024) 56:09

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In 1980, Charles Wetli---a Miami-based medical examiner and self-proclaimed “cult expert” of Afro-Caribbean religions---identified what he called “excited delirium syndrome.” Soon, medical examiners began using the syndrome regularly to describe the deaths of Black men and women during interactions with police. Police and medical examiners claimed …

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Jeffrey M. Pilcher, "Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity" (Oxford UP, 2024) 52:27

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Today I’m speaking with Jeffrey Pilcher, Professor of Food History at the University of Toronto. We are discussing his new book, Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity (Oxford University Press, 2024). While beer, or even alcohol for that matter, is not consumed in many parts of the world, its near universality is still…

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Helena Hansen et al., "Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America" (U California Press, 2023) 1:18:52

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The phrase "racial capitalism" was used by Cedric Robinson to describe an economy of wealth accumulation extracted from cheap labor, organized by racial hierarchy, and justified through white supremacist logics. Now, in the twenty-first century, the biotech industry is the new capitalist whose race-based exploitation engages not only labor but raci…

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Daniel J. Mallinson and A. Lee Hannah, "Green Rush: The Rise of Medical Marijuana in the United States" (NYU Press, 2024) 54:07

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Political Scientists Dan Mallinson and Lee Hannah, both experts on state-level politics and the policy making process, have a new book that focuses on the state-level process of legalization of medical cannabis across the United States. Green Rush: The Rise of Medical Marijuana in the United States (NYU Press, 2024) is a book that needed to be writ…

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A few thoughts about the end of the year, politics and a little something to think about ... 16:17

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Send us a text Thank you for downloading the podcast. I am going to take a break from now until the first week of January 2025 to recharge the batteries, so to speak, and get ready for an exciting 2025. If something major occurs between now and then, I will address it, but don't expect a new episode until 2025. Again, we (Dee Dee and me) are so gra…

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An update on the activities of President-elect, Donald John Trump 25:55

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Send us a text This is a brief podcast this week as we have several unexpected family obligations. I wanted to convey my excitement and my enthusiasm for the direction President-elect Donald Trump is headed in the aftermath of his historic election on November 5, 2024By Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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A post-election conversation with Tommy Pigott of the RNC 35:35

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Send us a text # Tommy joined me again the day after the election 11-06-2024 # I have known Tommy for the last six years. We worked on the Trump campaign in 2020, as he was a frequent guest on my morning talk show. He is knowledgeable and well-spoken. It has been wonderful reconnecting with him during the current campaign and gaining his insights. …

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Stuart Anderson, "Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires: Making Medicines Official in Britain's Imperial World, 1618-1968" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024) 1:04:37

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The word "pharmacopoeia" has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs. In 1813 the Royal College of Physicians of London considered a proposal to develop an imperial British pharmacopoeia - at a time when separate official pharmacopoeias existed for England,…

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Sanaullah Khan, "Carceral Recovery: Prisons, Drug Markets, and the New Pharmaceutical Self" (Lexington Books, 2023) 54:26

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Carceral Recovery: Prisons, Drug Markets, and the New Pharmaceutical Self (Lexington Books, 2023) explores the interrelation between carceral conditions and substance use by considering the intersections between drug markets, sidewalks, households, and prisons in Baltimore. Sanaullah Khan argues that while housing, medicalization, and incarceration…

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A conversation with Tommy Pigott, Strategic Communications Director for the Republican National Committee 38:51

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Send us a text I have known Tommy for the last six years. We worked on the Trump campaign in 2020, as he was a frequent guest on my morning talk show. He is knowledgeable and well-spoken. It has been wonderful reconnecting with him during the current campaign and gaining his insights. He is one of my most popular guests on my morning talk show.…

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A split podcast, talking about Maine's budget woes and doing a two-week-out overview of the Electoral College outcome 42:08

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Send us a text State Representative Josh Morris joins me in the first half to talk about the 949 million dollar state of Maine government budget deficit The second half is devoted to a romp through the Electoral College and its likely outcome, two weeks from the November 5, 2024 electionBy Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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A conversation with Mike Shepard, the political editor of the Bangor Daily News 39:44

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Send us a text Michael Shepherd joined the Bangor Daily News in 2015 after time at the Kennebec Journal. He lives in Augusta Maine, graduated from the University of Maine in 2012 and has a master's degree from the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service. Mike is also a guest on my daily talk show each Friday morning at 7:05AM…

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A conversation with Joel Chapman - Chris Peet - Brad Dyer - about coordinating relief efforts for Hurricane Helene victims 49:03

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Send us a text The three gentlemen above joined me to discuss their efforts to bring resources to the victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.By Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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A conversation with Mike Mercer of F3 Defense 39:29

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Send us a text Mike Mercer of F3 Defense joined me to talk about his invention. "Less than lethal" is a phrase heard around the country as we seek to address violent circumstances and remove ourselves from them. Mercer heard a guest on my morning talk show share her experience of being surrounded by a mob, with her children in the car. The episode …

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This episode is a series of issues, ideas and passionate imploring of our people to make change 47:44

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Send us a text I think it is important, from time to time, to remind us all, including myself, that this is our country, and it is our responsibility to look out for her future.By Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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Camilla Nord, "The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health" (Princeton UP, 2024) 26:31

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There are many routes to mental well-being. In this groundbreaking book, neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers a fascinating tour of the scientific developments that are revolutionising the way we think about mental health, showing why and how events--and treatments--can affect people in such different ways. In The Balanced Brain: The Science of Menta…

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Due to an extended family medical emergency, there is no podcast this week 0:36

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Send us a text I don’t have a podcast this week as my family is dealing with an extended family medical emergency. Thank you for your patience and I will be back next week with another episode of it might just be me the podcastBy Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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Eli Revelle Yano Wilson, "Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer" (U California Press, 2024) 51:16

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Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer (U California Press, 2024) unpacks the problems and privileges of pursuing a career of passion by exploring work inside craft breweries. As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbor…

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A conversation with Dr. Peter Earle, an economist with the American Institute for Economic Research 1:15:46

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Send us a text Dr. Peter Earle is an economist with the American Institute for Economic Research and a guest every Tuesday morning at 7:05AM EST on my daily talk show. If you would like to tune in, you can hear it at www.wlobradio.com Peter provides an insight into the economic issues in our nation with precise detail, but in a manner an average gu…

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Henry H. Work, "Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels"(Reaktion Books, 2024) 46:58

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Barrels – we rarely acknowledge their importance, but without them we would be missing out on some of the world’s finest wines and spirits. For over two thousand years they’ve been used to store, transport and age an incredibly diverse array of provisions around the globe. In this comprehensive and wide-ranging book titled Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A…

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Christine Folch, "The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History" (Princeton UP, 2024) 33:43

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Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid effervescence many of us get from coffee or tea. In Argentina, southern "gaúcho" Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, mate is the stimulating brew of choice, famously quaffed by the Argentine national football team…

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Breaking down some of the Harris Acceptance Speech 59:26

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Send us a text This week, I take a little different approach to the podcast. Vice President Harris gave her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Committee Convention in Chicago. In this episode, I break down a lot of what she said, adding a "truth component" to her comments. My comments are combative, a little raw, but right on the mark. As…

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A conversation with Janiyah Thomas, the Trump Campaign Director of Black Media Affairs 43:44

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Send us a text Janiyah Thomas is an accomplished professional specializing in political communications and media relations and has several cycles under her belt working with Black media outlets. With her extensive experience navigating conservative politics and strategic outreach, Thomas has joined President Donald J. Trump’s campaign to continue t…

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Claudio Lomnitz, "Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:53:14

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Over the past fifteen years in Mexico, more than 450,000 people have been murdered and 110,000 more have been disappeared. In Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico (Duke UP, 2024), Claudio Lomnitz examines the Mexican state in relation to this extreme violence, uncovering a reality that challenges the familiar narratives of “a war o…

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A conversation with Don Campbell and Mike Lebel 1:06:14

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Send us a text The 4th annual Flotilla to Fight Cancer takes place this Saturday, August 17, 2024 off Cow Island, just off the coast of Falmouth Maine. This event raises money to help those who are fighting cancer and all the money raised stays right here in Maine. This concert, featuring the Don Campbell Band, is a wonderful day on the water, Main…

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Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, "Movies Under the Influence" (U Minnesota Press, 2024) 55:48

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Movies under the Influence (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) by Dr. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece charts the entangled histories of moviegoing and mind-altering substances from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Dr. Szczepaniak-Gillece examines how the parallel trajectories of these two enduring aspects of American culture, linked by the…

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A conversation with Ann Funder, who spoke at the RNC in Milwaukee about losing her child to fentanyl 50:41

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Send us a text Ann Funder spoke with grace, courage and heartbreaking emotion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee about her son's death from fentanyl poisoning. There was not a dry eye in the audience as she touched every heart in the room of 20,000 plus people. She was kind enough the following day to join me at my Milwaukee studio …

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On Alcohol, Islam, and the Ontic 24:43

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An interview with Dr. Mustapha Sheikh on his co-authored paper on alcohol, Islam and the ontic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/drugs-addiction-and-recoveryBy Marshall Poe

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A comversation with Attorney Sarah Parshall Perry of the Heritage Foundation 50:58

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Send us a text I met Sarah at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin. She is an extremely knowledgable person regarding the laws of our nation, the history of our government and the construction of Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation construct, not a creation of Donald Trump. Sarah joins me each Thursday morning at 7:05AM EST. Yo…

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David Pozen, "The Constitution of the War on Drugs" (Oxford UP, 2024) 44:22

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The U.S. government's decades-long "war on drugs" is increasingly recognized as a moral travesty as well as a policy failure. The criminalization of substances such as marijuana and magic mushrooms offends core tenets of liberalism, from the right to self-rule to protection of privacy to freedom of religion. It contributes to mass incarceration and…

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Reflections on the ten days of July - July 13-23, 2024 46:23

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Send us a text From the attempted assasination of former President Trump to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to President Joe Biden deciding to not seek re-election, this was, potentially, the most interesting ten days in American political history. Thank you for listeningBy Ray Richardson of the Ray Richardson Show

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James Mallery, "City of Vice: Transience and San Francisco's Urban History, 1848-1917" (U Nebraska Press, 2024) 1:05:11

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San Francisco began its American life as a city largely made up of transient men, arriving from afar to participate in the gold rush and various attendant enterprises. This large population of men on the move made the new and booming city a hub of what "respectable" easterners considered vice: drinking, gambling, and sex work, among other activitie…

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Angela Garcia, "The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos" (FSG, 2024) 50:55

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Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war. The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos …

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