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Stay Tuned with Preet

Taylor's Testimony & Full Circle (with Cameron Douglas)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.832.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Stay Tuned, "Taylor's Testimony & Full Circle," Preet answers your questions about: -- The White House’s position not to comply with subpoenas issued in the impeachment inquiry -- Bill Taylor’s explosive testimony and what it means for the articles of impeachment -- The Republicans’ reaction to Taylor’s testimony Cameron Douglas, the son of Michael Douglas and grandson of Kirk Douglas, served almost eight years in federal prison for drug trafficking, a business he entered to support his addiction to cocaine and heroin. He joins Preet to discuss his battle for sobriety and freedom in his new, brutally honest memoir, Long Way Home. To hear bonus clips from the interview, try two free weeks of CAFE Insider membership. Sign up to receive free references and supplemental materials for Stay Tuned episodes, a weekly newsletter, and updates from Preet. As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 699-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.9

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0:11.1

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0:16.7

like huddles for quick check-ins or Slack Connect, which helps you connect with partners

0:20.9

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0:26.9

Slack.com slash DHQ. From Cafe,

0:56.9

Welcome to Stay Tune. I'm Prit Bharara. It got to the point where I was a heroin addict.

1:05.7

It got about as bad as it could get. I honestly thought that I was not put together correctly

1:12.7

and I lost hope for myself. I thought something was intrinsically wrong with me. I sort of

1:20.2

was living my life like, unfortunately, I'm broken and I'm going to live my life and come

1:27.0

what may. But somewhere along the way that changed and if it can change for me, it can

1:35.5

change for anyone. That's Cameron Douglas. He's the author of Long Way Home, an intimate

1:43.1

memoir that recounts Cameron's dissent into drug addiction in almost eight years in the

1:47.2

custody of the Bureau of Prisons. Cameron's brutally honest account explores his relationship

1:52.4

with his famous family, how he ended up addicted to heroin and selling crystal meth, how

1:56.8

prison time forced him to change his life, and the difficulties of solitary confinement

2:00.8

and reentry into society. Cameron and I also have a connection, but not the kind of connection

2:06.1

most people would brag about. Cameron Douglas was investigated, charged, and prosecuted by

2:11.7

my former office, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. That

2:16.5

interview is coming up. Stay tuned.

2:18.5

Hi, my name is Anne. I'm from Englewood, New Jersey. I really have questions that have

2:28.0

been bothering me. Maybe they have simple answers. If somebody in the State Department gets

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