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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2019

Episode 4: Blame

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/26341890 https://crackdownpod.com/ Crackdown is produced on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Garth Mullins is Crackdown‘s host and executive producer. Alexander Kim was this month’s lead producer. Crackdown’s Editorial Board is: Samona Marsh, Shelda Kastor, Greg Fess, Jeff Louden, Dean Wilson, Laura Shaver, Dave Murray, Al Fowler, and Chereece Keewatin (RIP). Crackdown is produced by Alexander Kim, Lisa Hale, Sam Fenn and Gordon Katic. This month our lead producer was Alexander Kim. Our science advisor is Ryan McNeil, lead of the Qualitative & Community-Based Research Program of the BC Centre on Substance Use. Ryan is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Thank you to Emily Rendell-Watson and Marta Ligocki at CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary. Original score written and performed by Sam Fenn, Jacob Dryden, Kai Paulson and Garth Mullins. Our theme song was written by Sam and I with accompaniment from Dave Gens and Ben Appenheimer. We make this podcast with funds from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We are also supported by our listeners through Patreon. You can follow us on twitter @crackdownpod. You can send us an email at [email protected]. New episodes air on the last Wednesday of the month.

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