Topic: Ryan Hampton

Guest Ryan Hampton joins the program to discuss the Sackler family, Purdue Pharma, and the systemic mechanisms fueling the American opioid crisis. Hampton, an addiction recovery advocate and author of "Unsettled," shares his personal journey from a hiking injury and prescription pills to homelessness and recovery. The discussion frames the crisis as a result of corporate greed by the billionaire parasite class.

Ryan Hampton details his transition from working in the White House to experiencing severe physical dependence on opioids following a 2003 ankle injury. Initially prescribed Dilaudid, he eventually moved to Florida where pain clinics were more numerous than fast-food restaurants. He describes the harrowing reality of opioid withdrawal, explaining how the brain's survival system is hijacked to prioritize the drug over food and shelter.