Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The latest on the Manchester attack and ISIS
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terrorist bombing in Manchester that killed 22 people. Also LA has thousands of rehab centers and unlicensed sober living homes. But some of these rehab centers are bilking insurers and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars, while doing little to treat those desperate for help.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenPhoto: A woman reacts during a multifaith vigil for victims of the attack on the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, May 24, 2017. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
In this episode
4 storiesThe latest on the Manchester attack and ISIS
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the terrorist bombing in Manchester that killed 22 people. Authorities now have at least five people in custody and they are looking for more. We discuss the latest in the investigation and ISIS’s communication strategy, including the group’s use of social media
Read the story17 minRosa Parks' peanut butter pancakes tap into African culinary history
Rosa Parks kicked off the Montgomery bus boycott, and devoted her life to fighting for civil rights. But when she went home, she liked to cook. The Library of Congress released her personal documents, and among them is a recipe for “Featherlite Pancakes,” written on the back of a banking envelope.
Read the story9 minInvestigating LA’s ‘Rehab Riviera’ and the exploitation of addicts
Southern California has more than 1,000 licensed rehab centers, and many unlicensed sober living homes. But some of these rehab centers are taking advantage of a loosely regulated industry to exploit addicts.
Read the story14 minWho are the Silverlake hippies?
Expensive ceramics, sack dresses, $30 packets of “Moon Powder.” All of this is part of a new aesthetic writer Jenni Avins calls, “Silverlake Shaman.” It is not a cheap look to cultivate, but Avins doesn’t expect the trend to go away anytime soon.
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