Do i think what is the introductory launch event of his wonderful new book, unsung world how the purdue former bankruptcy the victims of the american overdose crisis. So ryan and i been sort of circling around each other. The opioid space. So since mbook dopesick came out in 2018, ive been following his work. We talk a lot and hes been just a wonderful friend and a resource to me. So how does its going to go today is ill be asking ryan questions. Hopefully we can have a bit of a dialog in about 40 minutes. We will have to answer your questions. And so if you want to just feel free at any you have a question to just it up into the text chat. Thatd be great. So in september 29, 19, Purdue Pharma, the maker oxycontin, a Company Controlled the infamous billionaire Sackler Family, filed for bankruptcy to itself from 2600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the u. S. Overdose crisis. Author and active ryan hampton served as cochair of the official Creditors Committee that acted as a watchdog du
University of California School of law. We are here because rick has written a terrific new book cheap speech how disinformation points as ouron politics and how to cure. Were going to ask rick a number of questions about the book. And then want to get your questions. Please be sure to send them into the youtube chat. Rick, i find the title of the book quite provocative. You call it cheap speech what you mean by cheap speech . Firstly think the Commonwealth Club for putting this form together. I would have helped by the samba could do it in person hopefully next time wet are together havig conversation will be able to do it facetoface with thank you irwin as always for agreeing to be here. The term cheap speech is not mine it originates with a student professor he wrote an article in the yield law journal back in 1995 where he was talking about the upcoming information revolution. And many ways it was a pressing discussion and that piece great talks about things like what would now see
Tunisia it was anything but a walk in the park superstar harry came to all he could but it wasnt enough to get the latest from moscow. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us in many places around the world the strains caused by a Record Number of people on the move are causing massive problems in different ways it dominates our program today we begin with a new report by the Un Refugee Agency that says war and conflict have led to the biggest increase in refugees and displaced people since it started monitoring the situation in one thousand nine hundred fifty one its report says that since two thousand and sixteen the number of refugees has increased by three million to a total of sixty eight point five Million People thats a new record roughly two. Thirds of them are from these five countries syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia the agency says that resolving just one of these regional conflicts would have a major impact on the global refugee crisis. Well the Unit
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For my needs. River valleys and bliss forests and deserted landscapes the alaska highway lives up to the legend even today. The wilderness starts at the roadside. The u. S. Army built the highway in World War Two and its still the only land connection between alaska and the other u. S. States. The magnificent nature around it has been preserved and it still feels as remote and lonely up here as it always has. Been. In nine hundred forty two the small town of dawson creek in canada was made the starting point of the alaska highway. This is where the railroad ended and the u. S. Army wanted to create a link from there through Northern Canada to alaska to prepare for any attack by the japanese. The new wilderness road was to be completed within months and unbelievable fifteen hundred miles long about twenty four hundred kilometers in america its opening was celebrated in various propaganda films with canada and the United States War Department decided to build a military highway from rio