Barry Meier is a former "New York Times journalist," and author of the book “Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death.” It’s the grim story of OxyContin, the opioid epidemic, the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler Family. His groundbreaking reporting helped bring the corporate malfeasance that fueled a massive wave of substance misuse to light for the first time.
How crime in Albany factors into New York’s gubernatorial race. We hear from Long Island Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin, who campaigned in Albany last...
On this episode, we speak with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his efforts to keep Hampshire College alive.
There are just about six weeks left before New York state lawmakers wrap up the legislative session in Albany. It comes after majority Democrats...