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Dreamland: The True Story of America's Opiate Epidemic
Dreamland: The True Story of America's Opiate Epidemic

Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones recounts how a flood of prescription pain meds, along with black tar heroin from Mexico, became as easy to buy as pizza and small cities all over middle America became heartlands of addiction.

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Ira WoodJune 11, 2019Comment
The FBI Versus Donald Trump
The FBI Versus Donald Trump

Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe gets real about working with Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, and an administration that places personal loyalty above national security and counter terrorism.

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Ira WoodJune 10, 2019Comment
When You're Desperate on Cape Cod
When You're Desperate on Cape Cod

Being homeless, losing your job, or emerging from an abusive relationship are among many people’s lingering fears but on the Outer Cape there is a place to turn for help: Mass Appeal.

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Ira WoodJune 4, 2019Comment
A New Lease on Death
A New Lease on Death

Dying is a topic we try to avoid at all costs except at Death Café, the place where folks can gather to discuss it tastefully with tea and cake.

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Ira WoodMay 28, 2019Comment
What We Mean When We Say Cabaret
What We Mean When We Say Cabaret

Cabaret is an intimate genre many have heard of but few can define. From vintage-infused nudie burlesque to truly bonkers alternative drag acts, we describe what it’s all about.

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Ira WoodMay 21, 2019Comment
What Exactly Caused Chernobyl?
What Exactly Caused Chernobyl?

400 times more radioactive material was released from Chernobyl than by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a Ukrainian professor from Harvard tells us why.

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Ira WoodMay 16, 2019Comment
Teenage Boys Also Suffer from Anorexia
Teenage Boys Also Suffer from Anorexia

Sam Pollen was fourteen years old, a total nerd whose family was fracturing, and turned to Anorexia, refusing to eat, as his one desperate effort to control his life.

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Ira WoodApril 30, 2019Comment
An Angry Dad Takes On the Gun Lobby
An Angry Dad Takes On the Gun Lobby

Andy Parker’s daughter Alison was a popular young TV reporter who was shot to death by a mentally ill co-worker on the morning news. After confronting his despair he decided there was only one way to fight back.

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Ira WoodApril 23, 2019Comment
When Local Newspapers Close Democracy Dies
When Local Newspapers Close Democracy Dies

All but two Cape newspapers are owned by a private equity company. What are we losing? What’s the impact? A longtime editor discusses what we can do about it.

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Ira WoodApril 16, 2019Comment
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