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Empire of Pain

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This Week's Pulse

The Empire of Pain legacy is currently being revisited as author Patrick Radden Keefe promotes his latest release.

On On with Kara Swisher, host Kara Swisher revisited the 2022 release, admitting she remains "furious" regarding the conduct of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.

Journalist Tina Brown praised the investigative rigor behind the book, noting that the author successfully "extracting information from a world which is, was so litigious." While the focus has shifted toward the author's new work, London Falling, the podcast discourse treats the earlier investigation as a benchmark for modern corporate accountability.

Where it's discussed

Patrick Radden Keefe On Lies, Conspicuous Wealth & Moral Rot

On with Kara Swisher

Kara Swisherpositivefrom “Patrick Radden Keefe on Investigative Journalism and Dark Narratives”

Book by Patrick Radden Keefe about the Sackler family and the opioid crisis.

“Hi, everyone, from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is On with Kara Swisher, and I'm Kara Swisher. My guest today is award-winning journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe. He's a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of sev…”

Tina Brownneutralfrom “Patrick Radden Keefe's Investigative Methods”

A book by Keefe regarding the Sackler family.

“Hi, Kara. Hi, Patrick. Now, Patrick, I've read your incredible, fascinating, dark book, London Falling, and it really leaves me thinking again, as I often do when I read you, just about your methods, really. In Say Nothing, you were able to penetrate the reall…”

Kara Swisherpositivefrom “Patrick Radden Keefe on Billionaire Psychology and Corporate Accountability”

A book written by Patrick Radden Keefe about the Sackler family and the opioid crisis.

“But that's another story, but you're right. Larry Gagosian took advantage of that. So one of the things you've said after you publish, quote, "The story keeps moving, unfolding, fluttering its wings." So I'm gonna check back on some of your other stories. Now,…”

Patrick Radden Keefeneutralfrom “AI in Journalism and Moral Choices”

A book written by Patrick Radden Keefe.

“Yeah, exactly. Well, I mean, listen, there's, I think about this stuff all the time, and if you read Empire of Pain, the first person you meet in that book is Mary Jo White, uh-”