Strippers, Guns, and Cash: Selling Painkillers in America
The Mother Jones Podcast
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🗓️ 13 June 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The historic nuclear summit. Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn explains why President Trump's Singapore appearance was one of the worst days of his presidency. Also on the show: MoJo's Julia Lurie talks with host Jamilah King about her exclusive reporting on recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuits alleging scandalous tactics by a pharmaceutical company to push doctors to prescribe opioids—including strip clubs and kickbacks. David Beard shares a story about a valedictorian silenced no longer. And finally, if you love Jonathan Taylor Thomas, you're not going to want to miss the end of this episode. Follow us on Twitter: @MoJoPodcast.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Mother Jones Podcast. I'm Jemila King in New York. |
| 0:05.0 | On this week's show, Trump, Kim Jong-un, and what did and didn't happen in Singapore. |
| 0:15.9 | Trump said the guy was talented, he's had to do a lot of rough and tough things, and he loves his people. |
| 0:22.2 | Did Donald Trump get what he wanted? |
| 0:24.0 | He got headlines and cameras. |
| 0:26.0 | And what does that mean for the rest of us? |
| 0:28.0 | I mean we shouldn't even be asking this question. |
| 0:30.0 | Guns, sex, cash. |
| 0:34.0 | I was feeling a combination of just like not being able to believe it. |
| 0:37.8 | Recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuits |
| 0:40.4 | shed light on the tactics that may have been used by big pharma to push opioids. |
| 0:45.0 | There were times where my blood was just boiling frankly. |
| 0:48.0 | The incredible inside story, |
| 0:50.0 | an episode at the front lines of America's deadly crisis. |
| 0:54.0 | First on the show, my colleague senior editor Aaron Wiener |
| 1:00.0 | is with DC Bureau Chief David Corn, talking through that meeting. |
| 1:04.3 | Well, it actually happened. |
| 1:09.2 | As we're recording this on Tuesday morning, President Trump's on his way back from the North Korea summit in Singapore. |
| 1:14.2 | Chairman Kim and I just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment |
| 1:19.5 | to complete denuclearization. |
| 1:22.4 | David Corn, our Washington Bureau Chief, |
| 1:24.8 | walked into the office this morning |
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