This week we are taking a look at the Singh brothers. Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh the heirs to a generic pharmaceutical company that would be responsible for providing Africans with AIDS, junk drugs. A major source for this episode was A Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban. Sean is slowly being radicalized by RFK so a significant portion is spent on new theories as to why the world sucks. All that and more right here on Grubstakers. 

Check out Grubstakers.net for a full list of our resources on this and every other episode. Enjoy!

(Patreon Unlocked) Episode 189: Malvinder Mohan Singh & Shivinder Mohan Singh (Ranbaxy Laboratories)

An ambitious young man is lured into a world of drug use, his life soon in a shambles. A family is forced to kick their drug-addicted son out of their home. A woman resists rehab, then embraces it, finding it the most affirming experience of her life. These plot lines exemplify the melodrama of countless films and television dramas depicting addiction.

Since the 1930s, Hollywood has cultivated a hyperbolic characterization of people struggling with substance use. In film after film, show after show, people with drug and alcohol use disorders are burdensome, reckless, meandering zombies whose only hope for recovery are punitive measures: deprivation of necessities like housing and cars, dangerous rehab facilities, or the threat of jail.

In reality, these cold-turkey, abstinence-only, “tough love” measures aren’t particularly helpful—and in fact are often counterproductive. Instead, studies repeatedly show the effectiveness of harm-reduction approaches, like treating opioid addiction with medication. But maintenance and mitigation don’t make for the same compelling drama as downward spirals and a brutal rock-bottom followed by a cathartic climactic redemption —an issue that has long affected policy and public perception of drugs and substance use.

On this very special virtual live episode, we examine the history of onscreen depictions of addiction, dissect the dehumanizing tropes embedded within each of them, and discuss how they relate to drug policy in the United States.

Our guest is writer Zach Siegel.

Ep 140 - Kicking the Hollywood Habit: Addiction Morality Tales in Film and TV [Virtual Live Show]

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We head back to Haiti to take a look at the assassination of President Juvenal Moise. There’s been more info released since this episode was recorded: CTU is run by a right wing Venezuelan expat out of South Florida.

More here: amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article252700808.html

Our previous discussion of Haiti: soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/haiti

Episode 168: Haiti 2 (teaser)

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Hello listeners. We’re back, and talking Cuba of course but also: Instagram, the words designed in a lab to drive you insane, big tech art style, and infographics.

Episode 169: Corporate Memphis Cuba (teaser)

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We continue our dive into the life and work of Lyndon LaRouche, including Executive Intelligence Review, insane laser weapons, a little bit of fascism, and the limitations of temporal consciousness.

Episode 177: Lyndon LaRouche: Assassin's Creed II: Brotherhood (teaser)

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We have the inimitable War Nerd aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan with us to discuss Biden’s pullout method, Operation Enduring Freedom, the media’s schizo response to the end of the twenty-year American occupation of Afghanistan, and just how much if at all this compares to the war in Vietnam.

Subscribe to Radio War Nerd here: patreon.com/radiowarnerd/

Episode 179: War Is Over (teaser)

Bryan & Brett are back talking on phones and not playing music outside of homes.

// Using The N Word On The Radio // Bryans Not Getting Emotional // It’s Not Bad But It’s 8 Hours // The Loud Music Guy // Appalachian Trail // The Black Widow // What’s Wrong Dude? // Hoping To See A Strike // Selling Drugs On The Appalachian Trail // Stretched Nose //   

Street Fight Mail - P.O Box 82306 Columbus, OH 43202
Street Fight Radio Call In Show - (614) 655-3887

Selling Drugs On The Appalachian Trail

Matt goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse

Topics: Chill out, Q&A, Congressional democrat shenanigans, Book club requests

Grill Stream

193 - Art of the Meal 10.19.21

Greetings and a hallebooya to us all, it is our annual extra spooky HALLOWEEN show and this year we're telling the tale of VOODOO, and it's political interminglings throughout the history of Haiti. Pour some rum, light up a cigar, strap on a top hat and get ready for 2 hours of Haitian History and stuff I just learned about Voodoo (and Hoodoo).

MAIN SOURCE:
Papa Doc, Baby Doc - James Ferguson

SEE JAKE AT FEST IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA OCT 30+31
thefestfl.com/comedy/jake-flores

AUSTIN PLEASE GO OUT AND VOTE NO ON PROP A

MERCH
poddamnamerica.bigcartel.com

PATREON
patreon.com/poddamnamerica

Voodoo and The Duvaliers

This week: Andrew has forged his own chains with a new segment theme, a delivery man buys himself some time in the Hole Report, a man crawls his way to $8,000, an exploration of Dutch exhibitionism, and another British Cheese Child.
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EPISODE 227: Sainsbury's Wrapped

Bonus Episodes

This week: A woman who hired a Grinch but was not prepared to be Grinched, swarms of praying mantises ruining Christmas, a truly insufferable restaurant concept, a mysterious river of beer in Hawaii, and an unexpected and altogether strange Lead Pipe.
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EPISODE 229: I'd Like To Speak To The Hamager

TrueAnon is a podcast about your enemies made by your friends. Join unlicensed private investigators Liz Franczak, Brace Belden, and Yung Chomsky for a show that will drive you insane. Every other episode is a Patreon exclusive: patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

Episode 168: Haiti 2 (teaser)

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