The Drug War Gets Even Dumber with Maia Szalavitz and Jessica Sele (Ep 271)

The Bitchuation Room

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News Commentary, News, Comedy, Government

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Trump’s tariffs are causing a recession all while claiming to be going after Fentanyl? Francesca welcomes author Maia Szalavitz to talk about our country’s ham-fisting approach to drug policy, and what RFK Jr. could do to make it all worse. Then, Canada is BIG MAD about the trade war as the back and forth continues between Trump and Ontario’s Doug Ford. And finally, a sleepless Elon Musk is barely hanging on and dragging us all down with him. Aw, cheer up billionaire! Featuring Maia Szalavitz, neuroscience journalist https://maiasz.com/ Jessica Sele, comedian https://jessicasele.bandcamp.com/album/weird-vibes *** Sunday March 16th -Francesca and Matt Lieb are coming to the Sacramento Punchline. Get your tickets here: https://livemu.sc/4jS1qKf Wednesday May 7th - Francesca and Matt Lieb are coming to Cobb’s Comedy Club. Get your tickets here: https://tr.ee/ImZ_W42k_U *** The Bitchuation Room Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts. It streams LIVE every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio. *** Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Wednesday *BONUS BISH* ** Give the Show your feedback, by answering a quick survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=AafO2sMvE7gB&ver=standard ** Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com *** Get 20% off SUNSET LAKE CBD with code FRANTIFA at check out. Explore all their organic, vertically-integrated craft CBD products including tinctures, gummies, smokeables, salves and more: www.sunsetlakecbd.com.

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0:00.0	That's crazy. I've never seen Canada mad before.
0:03.3	They're fed up, all right?
0:05.2	Canadians are not playing around. Canada is not playing around.
0:09.1	And they're not sorry.
0:10.5	Oh, they're not sorry.
0:12.8	The United States is going to be sorry, and we're going to have a lot of sorries coming up.
0:17.9	Canada, finally not sorry anymore.
0:20.4	Sorry, not sorry anymore sorry not sorry
0:21.7	sorry
0:21.8	so hello everybody welcome um to the bituation room podcast live stream situation thing I
0:41.6	attempted to dress up my outfit with a necklace and it's backfired because my
0:46.5	mic is covering it these are the important things I think about you know it's the
0:52.0	small things we can distract ourselves with as the world turns even worse than it was the day before.
1:00.0	Thank you so much for being here for pressing play, for listening in the future, for listening in the present, for listening in the past.
1:08.0	We have a great show today.
1:11.6	Maya Solivitz is back. She is an author and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
1:19.6	She's written a bunch of books including undoing drugs, the untold story of harm reduction
1:24.6	and the future of addiction. She is back on the show. We had her on, I think maybe
1:28.8	over a year ago, speaking about the fentanyl crisis, and now it's being solved by Donald Trump.
1:37.8	So I'm very excited to hear, you know, her excitement, I'm sure, at all of the things Trump is doing for the opioid epidemic.
1:47.3	So, no, in real talk, I'm nervous and scared, and also RFK Jr. is going to make all of this
1:55.0	worse.
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