American Terror

American Terror

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American Terror episodes

  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 8: A Way Out

    As front-line workers pick up the bodies of overdose victims in San Francisco, harm reductionists and doctors look for ways to save lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    43 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 7: Defy the System

    Activists from the Black Panthers and Young Lords create a revolutionary model for addiction treatment after taking over a hospital during an opioid epidemic in the South Bronx in 1970. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    34 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 6: This Isn't a Game

    The Standing Rock Sioux tribe fights back against America’s largest opioid distributor, joining an epic legal battle against a company accused of reaping billions of dollars in profits while spreading addiction on the reservation and across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    31 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 4: The Gringos Like It Strong

    Sinaloa cartel members show the inner-workings of their fentanyl trafficking network, which involves smuggling illicit precursor chemicals into Mexico by boat, then mixing fentanyl with heroin at a clandestine drug lab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    40 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 3: I Know What You Want

    A Chinese businessman who advertises fentanyl for sale online agrees to a meeting in Shanghai, but our reporting reveals that on the internet things aren’t always as they seem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    46 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - EP 0: Prologue

    How one overdose death led to the takedown of a major online fentanyl dealer and became a window into the global drug trade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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    11 min
  • Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - Coming Soon
    In 2019 fentanyl killed more people in a single year than any other drug in modern history. How did we get here? VICE News reporter Keegan Hamilton (Chapo: Kingpin on Trial) tracks the third wave of the opioid crisis.
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    1 min

About American Terror

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The United States is fighting a forever war at home, against far-right extremism. Join host Ben Makuch as he exposes domestic terror groups and breaks down what you need to know - and how they might…