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White Boy Rick

Would you believe that Detroit’s crack epidemic in the mid-80s was overseen by one 16 year-old white kid who supplied all the coke? No? Well, that’s not quite true, so okay. The actual story is even more nutso than that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: The Soul Train Episode

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  Short Stuff: The Voice of God

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  You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression

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  Selects: The First Road Trip

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  Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady

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  Short Stuff: Great Britain

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  Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole

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  Selects: Chopsticks > Forks

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  Alaska Earthquake of 1964

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  Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot

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  The Hillsborough Disaster

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  Selects: How Enron Fooled the World

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  Freetown Christiania

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  Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?

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  Some Interesting Curses