Host Tayla talks with the author of Prescription for Pain, Philip Eli, about his debut book. Prescription for Pain explores the career of Dr. Paul Volkman and its culmination in 4 life sentences for prescription drug dealing. They also get into the true crime Philip is reading, space tourism, and sitcoms set in schools. In the Last Chapter they discuss: Would you rather have the ability to understand another language but only when reading or be able to transport to the location you are reading about?

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Books Prescription for Pain by Philip Eil The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones Why We Did It by Tim Miller Under Alien Skies by Philip Plait Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) by James S. A. Corey In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Painkiller by Will Staeger Dopesick by Beth Macy Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Dreamland by Sam Quinones

Media The Great British Baking Show (2010- ) English Teacher (2024- ) Abbott Elementary (2021- ) Last Call (2023) Baldur’s Gate III (videogame) Vibe Check (podcast) The Jinx (2015-2024) Painkiller (2023) Dopesick (2021)

Other Philip Eil (website) Narcan Resources Heartleaf Books, Providence, RI Stillwater Books, West Warwick, RI

19 - Philip Eil, Author of PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN