Beth Macy
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Beth Macy is an author and journalist known for her impactful work on the opioid epidemic. This interview reveals her leadership as a catalyst for change, using her voice to raise awareness and drive action around addiction and recovery.
“Yeah, yeah, you're right. I mean, I think they really believed him that he was going to, you know, stop the coal mines closing, stop the bring offshore jobs, bring them back. And he didn't. And he also did a lot of kind of racial dog whistling that appealed to some folks.”
“And I went solely on need based financial aid, a few scholarships, you know, like the Kwantas gave me a couple hundred bucks. But I had great teachers in a small town and school and the library were places where a poor kid, you know, really gets a fair shake and is judged for their merit.”
“Big hospital system in the western have Virginia. It's called Carilion. You know, he at the beginning a drug with another drug. It's not his job. And poor Tess had been into his ED numerous times for abscesses and overdoses.”
“Oh yeah, yeah. That was my first. way to make money. Well, my grandma used to pay me to, she lived next door. She owned our house, which was like probably the only thing that kept us from being homeless. She owned our house. And she worked at this dress shop downtown. And when dressed me in these frilly clothes that I didn't like.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 505 — Beth Macy
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