Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2021-12-24
Books mentioned on "Dopesick" - The Sackler Family: A Megyn Kelly Show True Crime Special | Ep. 229
It's a Sackler family episode of The Megyn Kelly Show's True Crime Christmas Week, focused on the show and the book "Dopesick.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dreamland
Dreamland by Sam Quinones is a deeply reported true-crime and investigative journalism book that chronicles the origins of America's opioid epidemic, tracing the crisis from aggressive pharmaceutical marketing of prescription pills to the influx of cheap black tar heroin distributed by entrepreneurial networks from Mexico.
Discussed“uh i then went on and got some books that had already been written um on the opioid crisis a book called painkiller book called dreamland uh my horror grew even more”
Where to get it
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Painkiller
Painkiller by Will Staeger is a non-fiction book that explores the origins and devastating expansion of the American opioid crisis.
Discussed“uh i then went on and got some books that had already been written um on the opioid crisis a book called painkiller book called dreamland uh my horror grew even more”
Where to get it
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Dopesick
Dopesick by Beth Macy is a harrowing and deeply reported nonfiction book that investigates the origins of the American opioid epidemic, corporate greed, and the role of Purdue Pharma.
Recommended“and i do want to throw a huge shout out to beth macy and her incredible book dopestick we ended up getting teamed up after i'd come up with these initial ideas and i read the book and i loved it”
Where to get it
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“her book is not totally dissimilar from hillbilly elegy by jd vance you know it just takes a hard honest and sometimes unfavorable view of appalachia”
Where to get it
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Empire of Pain
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe is a meticulously researched investigative history that exposes the Sackler family dynasty and their central role in driving the devastating opioid epidemic through Purdue Pharma.
Discussed“this is covered in the book dopestick but there's another book called empire of pain that came out not too long ago that goes into arthur sackler in the 50s and the 60s in such exquisite detail”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i was reporting on from my first book factoryman which came out in 2014 which is about the aftermath of globalization”