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I really wanted to get through this, but by hour eight of audio I just couldn't...too many people to keep track of, and too much corruption and greed to process at this particular moment in my life. Thanks for the rec, @amiable! It was worth a try, with some interesting nuggets in it.
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Vonk is an anthropology student interested in the life of migrants / refugees traveling through Mexico. Early on he meets Axel, who‘s got a complicated and unique story. They form a bond and traverse the dangers of cartels, immigration officers, and police together. This is a gripping true story with multiple caveats.

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Very well done. A graphic biography - interviews distilled into a narrative about a fictionalized character to protect identities of those involved. In the story a literature student in her first year of university in South Korea 1983 is invited to what she thinks is a sanctioned school activity, but turns out to be a banned book club meeting. The things she reads and people she become friends with lead her to become a revolutionary.👇🏼

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This was a truly fascinating read about poisons and crimes committed with them. I knew about most of these poisons but not the crimes associated with them. I loved the science mixed with true crime. It was informative, engaging, and a thrilling read.

You‘ve probably read the story of OxyContin, but have you heard of Subsys? This is the shocking story of the rise of John Kapoor and Insys, a small pharmaceutical company that rocked the world of chronic pain and fentanyl in the early 2010s. They took Perdue‘s playbook into hyperdrive and payed doctors to prescribe and had an in-house department that committed insurance fraud. A must-read if you enjoyed Empire of Pain or Bad Blood! 5⭐️

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