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Every catastrophe has a beginning. For the opioid crisis in America, the seed was a drug called OxyContin. First hailed as a miracle drug for severe pain in the early 1990s, OxyContin went on to ignite a plague of addiction and death across America. Equal parts crime thriller, medical detective story and business exposé, Pain Killer is the origin story of the opioid crisis, a hard-hitting look at how a supposed wonder drug became the trigger for a national tragedy. 

"Business Since Birth: Trump’s Children and the Tangle That Awaits" is from the December 04, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Matt Flegenheimer, Rachel Abrams, Barry Meier and Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"The Spy Who Never Came Back" is from the May 14, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Barry Meier and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"New Ways to Treat Pain Meet Resistance" is from the June 22, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Barry Meier and Abby Goodnough and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Assault Rifles and Concealed Handguns at Center of a Changing Industry" is from the June 21, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Barry Meier and Michael J. De La Merced and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Where Marijuana Is the Doctor’s Orders, Will Insurers Pay?" is from the November 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Barry Meier and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist’s journey into a billon-dollar secret industry that is shaping our world – the booming business of private spying, operatives-for-hire retained by companies, political parties and the powerful to dig up dirt on their enemies and, if need be...

Private spies are influencing our elections, shaping the future of Hollywood, effecting government policies and the fortunes of companies. More deviously, they are also peering into our personal lives as never before, using off-the shelf technology to listen to our phone calls, monitor our emails and decide what we see on social media. Spooked takes us on a journey into a secret billion-dollar industry in which information is currency and loyalties are for sale.