leslie jameis is the author of the memoir recovering the collection make it scream make it burn and the efficacy and novel in the closet she's a contribute writer for the near times magazine and her work has appeared in publications including the atlantic, harper's company or times book review oxford american and virginiaiv quarterly review. she directs the graduate nonfiction program at columbia university. site bilby discussing carl eric fisher's upcoming book the urge of ourur history of addiction cl eric fisher draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher and alcoholic in recovery as he traces the history and experience of addiction via exploration not only medicine and science but of literature, religion philosophy and public policy. the urge makes evidence our current decade-long opioid overdose crisis is only the latest iteration of a century long struggle that is persistently reflected the broader questions of what it means to be human and to care for onee another. i'm honored to turn over to our speakers the digital podium is yours carl and n leslie. >> carl, it is so

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