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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Losing Tim, Charlotte's Web and the "Deporter in Chief"

    Today on Press Play: The Fort Hood shooting, LA's sprawl, marijuana that treats epilepsy, and is Obama still the "Deporter in Chief"?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 3, 2014 • 52m Listen

    After yesterday’s shooting at Fort Hood, Madeleine interviews novelist and poet Janet Burroway about her new memoir, Losing Tim, which tells the story of her son, an Iraq vet who took his own life. A new study finds that LA is one of the least sprawling large cities in the country. We talk to the study’s author. Charlotte’s Web is a strain of marijuana that is very effective for treating epilepsy. But one of the only places in LA that sells it just got a cease-and-desist from the city. We look at what the drug does and talk to the mother of a child who uses it. With 2 million deported under his watch, President Obama has been nicknamed the "Deporter in Chief.” But a closer inspection of the numbers shows a different picture.

    Banner Image: SWAT team members approach a building with a gunman inside. Thirteen people were killed and 30 more wounded in an attack by a lone gunman at Fort Hood, Texas, Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason R. Krawczyk

    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:00

      Losing Tim

      At Fort Hood yesterday, Army Specialist Ivan Lopez killed three people and wounded 16 others before taking his own life. He was undergoing treatment for mental health issues after serving in Iraq. Today, we’re going to talk about another soldier, Timothy Alan Eysselinck, who survived the service, but killed himself after returning home.

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      16 min
    2. 16:17

      Does LA Sprawl? Not So Much...

      Los Angeles and sprawl. Practically synonymous, right? Not so fast, because a new study out this week finds that LA is actually one of the least sprawling large metros in the country.

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      9 min
    3. 25:46

      Charlotte's Web

      A type of marijuana extract has proven highly effective at treating severe epilepsy. But one of the only places in LA to get it just got a cease-and-desist from the city. We look at what the drug does and talk to the mother of a child who uses it.

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      14 min
    4. 41:12

      The "Deporter in Chief"

      Immigration reform activists are growing more and more frustrated with President Obama. A record number of illegal immigrants have been deported during his administration -- so many, in fact, that he’s earned the nickname “Deporter in Chief”. But a closer look at the deportation numbers reveal a much different story.

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      7 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:0016 min

      Losing Tim

    2. 16:179 min

      Does LA Sprawl? Not So Much...

    3. 25:4614 min

      Charlotte's Web

    4. 41:127 min

      The "Deporter in Chief"

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