#62 - Terence Jones: THE OPIOID CRISIS & SUBOXONE; THE FLAWED SENTENCING SYSTEM; NUANCE & THE SOPRANOS; THE PRESIDENT PEDESTAL

Terence Jones is an activist, law student, community organizer, and long-time advocate for Civil Rights/Social Justice organizations including the NAACP. Currently, he serves as a Program Facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project—where he works with prison inmates to foster anti-aggressive behaviors.

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6:04 - Terence tells a story about a car crash with a cop; The Student Debt Crisis; The lack of Financial Literacy in America

27:48 - The Opioid Crisis and Terence’s work in Opioid Clinics; Suboxone and drugs that ween addicts off of heroin; The motivations of a drug addict to use drugs; Drug Legalization Debate; 

1:00:23 - The types of people who work at Drug Addiction Clinics; Pharma Companies and kickbacks to judges for drug recommendations

1:17:18 - Julian tells a story about a Big Pharma Marketing Team; The dangerous combination of Groupthink and Marketing in large entities; The problem with the Criminal Prosecution & Criminal Sentencing Systems; Julian & Terence discuss Malcolm Gladwell’s “AI Bail” study in “Talking To Strangers”; Julian tells a story about a surreal courtroom scene

1:50:44 - Terence emphasizes the need for nuance in society using “The Sopranos” as a symbol; Why Tony Soprano was relatable; The timelessness of another HBO show,  “The Wire”; Terence defines what Patriotism should really mean;  Terence and Julian debate putting Presidents on a pedestal given the examples of Obama & Trump in recent years; Steven Pinker, The Wealth Gap -- and the  symbolism of the political movements of the 2010s. 

2:27:53 - The Afghanistan Crisis; The ridiculous expectation we have that Presidents know about everything; The irony of Trump having success because he knew very little

2:45:29 - The politicization of young kids; Cancel Culture; The ACLU and allowing all speech

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