Outside Counsel with Jeffrey B. Simon

Outside Counsel with Jeffrey B. Simon

di Jeffrey B. Simon

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SEASON TWO PREMIERE! Our Scorched Planet (part 1)

New York Times Best-Selling Author & climate change expert Jeff Goodell sits down with Jeffrey to offer an inside look at the devastating catalysts for his latest book, The Heat Will Kill Us First.

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15. Turning Pain into Purpose: Linda Reinstein's Asbestos Advocacy Story

After a landmark ruling advancing the US asbestos ban, Jeffrey sits down with Linda Reinstein, who co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) after losing her husband Alan to mesothelioma in 2006. Linda's tireless grassroots efforts and high-level public health advocacy work have made her a pivotal figure in the fight to ban asbestos and aid those impacted by its diseases.

14. Season Finale: Tragedy to Triumph

In conversation with Major Patricia Cole, a Lee County, Kentucky, EMT who has dedicated her career to opioid harm reduction following the tragic loss of her son to an accidental opioid overdose.

13. Pragmatic Approaches to Harm Reduction

Jeffrey sits down with Brian, a former multi-national tech exec who nearly lost his life to the disease of addiction. By illustrating the pathways from OxyContin to illicit heroin, and why the pugilistic “War on Drugs” policy approach to harm reduction has failed.

12. Dispatches from the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 2]

In the second installment of this exclusive interview, author and journalist Chris McGreal dives deep into the importance of destigmatizing the disease of opioid addiction, and how, in Chris’ assessment, corporate misconduct was aided and abetted by powerful Congressional allies and federal enforecemnt agencies.

11. Dispatches From the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 1]

In the first of this two-part interview, Jeffrey sits down with author and award-winning journalist, Chris McGreal, as he pulls the curtain back on his intense experience reporting from the front lines of this epidemic, as well as researching and writing his book: American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts.

10. A Mother's Love & Loss

In conversation with Christy Couvillier: an active harm reduction advocate and community leader in the fight against the opioid epidemic. She's also a mother who lost her son just to an accidental overdose just one month prior to this interview.

09. Socioeconomics of The Opioid Crisis

In conversation with prominent litigator & community leader Larry Taylor about the impact this relentless epidemic continues to have on lives and communities, and how the war on drugs is the epitome of selective outrage.

08. A Tale of Two Cases

Exploring two landmark trials that pursued public nuisance claims against opioid manufacturers as a legal remedy for the harm the crisis has caused communities around the US, and what their rulings mean for future litigation.

07. Impunity & the Tale of NORCO

Using shocking real world examples, Jeffrey questions the alarmingly weak penalties and deep legal loopholes that play a deadly role in keeping the opioid epidemic alive.

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