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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'TransFatty Lives'

    At age 30, Patrick O’Brien, better known as New York DJ “TransFatty,” was diagnosed with the debilitating neurological disease ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. O’Brien decided to turn the camera on his experience. The result is the edgy new documentary TransFatty Lives.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 19, 2015 • 1 min read

    At age 30, Patrick O’Brien, better known as New York DJ “TransFatty,” was diagnosed with the debilitating neurological disease ALS — also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. O’Brien decided to turn the camera on his experience. The result is the edgy new documentary TransFatty Lives.

    The full episode

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    ISIS at Home, SAFE Act, and 'TransFatty Lives'
    1. 0:00ISIS at Home
    2. 7:54Web Roundup: How Terrorists Communicate
    3. 16:15Will the SAFE Act Increase Security?
    4. 24:00'TransFatty Lives'You’re reading this
    5. 41:23Disputing Frozen Embryos
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Doug Pray

      executive producer and writer, “The Power of Film”

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    ISIS at Home, SAFE Act, and 'TransFatty Lives'
    1. 0:00ISIS at Home
    2. 7:54Web Roundup: How Terrorists Communicate
    3. 16:15Will the SAFE Act Increase Security?
    4. 24:00'TransFatty Lives'You’re reading this
    5. 41:23Disputing Frozen Embryos
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