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After investigating an overdose at a Pasadena hotel room registered to the dean of the USC Medical School, a journalist encountered resistance from both the police department and USC.
00:00 - 00:48 (00:48)
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After investigating an overdose at a Pasadena hotel room registered to the dean of the USC Medical School, a journalist encountered resistance from both the police department and USC. Despite the obstacles, the journalist managed to uncover enough information to publish a story.
EpisodeEpisode 1: The Doctor
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The podcast discusses how two journalists from the Los Angeles Times reported on the scandal-ridden med school of the University of Southern California (USC) and the challenges they faced along the way.
00:48 - 06:34 (05:45)
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The podcast discusses how two journalists from the Los Angeles Times reported on the scandal-ridden med school of the University of Southern California (USC) and the challenges they faced along the way.
EpisodeEpisode 1: The Doctor
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Despite initially being killed by the top editor of a prominent newspaper in Los Angeles, a secret team of reporters went ahead to investigate and uncovered a shocking scandal involving a tenured doctor who supplied drugs and mingled with criminals while enjoying the support of one of the most influential universities in the country.
06:34 - 13:03 (06:29)
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Despite initially being killed by the top editor of a prominent newspaper in Los Angeles, a secret team of reporters went ahead to investigate and uncovered a shocking scandal involving a tenured doctor who supplied drugs and mingled with criminals while enjoying the support of one of the most influential universities in the country.
EpisodeEpisode 1: The Doctor
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After learning that a story exposing USC Keck School Dean Carmen A. Puliafito's drug abuse issues was being suppressed, journalist Paul Pringle and his team reported the story that exposed the dean's drug use while he was still employed by the university.
13:04 - 21:34 (08:30)
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After learning that a story exposing USC Keck School Dean Carmen A. Puliafito's drug abuse issues was being suppressed, journalist Paul Pringle and his team reported the story that exposed the dean's drug use while he was still employed by the university.
EpisodeEpisode 1: The Doctor
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The former Dean of USC's medical school left his position after news stories in the LA Times revealed he had used drugs and associated with criminals.
21:35 - 24:48 (03:12)
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The former Dean of USC's medical school left his position after news stories in the LA Times revealed he had used drugs and associated with criminals. While the Pasadena Police Department did not arrest him when they found methamphetamines on his person, the medical board did report him to the DA.
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Journalist Paul Pringle published his book, "Bad City," which follows up on the polio fetal story he broke five years prior.
24:52 - 29:33 (04:41)
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Journalist Paul Pringle published his book, "Bad City," which follows up on the polio fetal story he broke five years prior. The book outlines scandals and cover-ups in Southern California, including a one-point-five-million-dollar payout USC made to the Warrens after the paper ran the polio fetal story.
EpisodeEpisode 1: The Doctor
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A story that covered the world of sugar daddy dating and the people who do it, didn't make the cut and was killed off by Anna Wintour or someone on her team.
29:34 - 30:20 (00:45)
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A story that covered the world of sugar daddy dating and the people who do it, didn't make the cut and was killed off by Anna Wintour or someone on her team. The story's author, Julia Moskin, walks us through it all.