Drug Marketing Books | Summaries & Audio

Sickening

by John Abramson • 2022

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

4.21

1k+

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

Sickening 91%

$4,500 extra per American each year for worse health. Drug companies control what doctors believe.

by John Abramson 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏥 American Healthcare 📋 Evidence-Based Medicine 🔍 Data Transparency 💊 Pharma Marketing

Forbidden Knowledge

by Terence H. Young • 2023

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

Forbidden Knowledge 90%

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

by Terence H. Young 2023

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

No More Tears

by Gardiner Harris • 2025

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

4.17

22k+

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

No More Tears 90%

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

by Gardiner Harris 2025

4.17

22k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

Bottle of Lies

by Katherine Eban • 2019

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

4.41

8k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

Bottle of Lies 90%

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

by Katherine Eban 2019

4.41

8k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

Pharma

by Gerald Posner • 2020

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

4.19

816

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma 90%

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

by Gerald Posner 2020

4.19

816 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Empire of Pain

by Patrick Radden Keefe • 2021

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

4.54

140k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Empire of Pain 89%

How one family created the opioid crisis, then hid behind the world's great museums.

by Patrick Radden Keefe 2021

4.54

140k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏢 Corporate Crime 👑 Family Dynasties 💉 Opioid Epidemic 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Owning the Sun

by Alexander Zaitchik • 2022

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

3.79

122

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

Owning the Sun 89%

How patents turned medicine into a monopoly. The century-long story from Aspirin to COVID.

by Alexander Zaitchik 2022

3.79

122 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚖️ Intellectual Property 💊 Medical Monopolies 🔬 Public Science 🏛️ Antitrust

Ten Drugs

by Thomas Hager • 2019

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

4.18

5k+

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Ten Drugs 89%

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

by Thomas Hager 2019

4.18

5k+ ratings

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

4.29

8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 89%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 89%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science 88%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 88%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 88%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs

by Joanna Moncrieff • 2009

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

4.36

107

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal 🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique 📋 Informed Consent

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs Summary

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs 88%

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

by Joanna Moncrieff 2009

4.36

107 ratings

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal 🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique 📋 Informed Consent

Anatomy of an Epidemic

by Robert Whitaker • 2010

Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.

4.15

5k+

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique 🏥 Iatrogenic Harm 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 📈 Medicalization Of Madness

Anatomy of an Epidemic 88%

Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.

by Robert Whitaker 2010

4.15

5k+ ratings

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique 🏥 Iatrogenic Harm 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 📈 Medicalization Of Madness

Making Them Believe

by Dan S. Kennedy • 2010

A goat-gland transplant doctor was a fraud, but his marketing methods built modern advertising.

3.95

📬 Direct Marketing 🎓 Authority Positioning 💘 Emotional Selling 🔥 Controversy As Brand 📻 Media Control

Making Them Believe 88%

A goat-gland transplant doctor was a fraud, but his marketing methods built modern advertising.

by Dan S. Kennedy 2010

3.95

94 ratings

📬 Direct Marketing 🎓 Authority Positioning 💘 Emotional Selling 🔥 Controversy As Brand 📻 Media Control

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 88%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Do You Believe in Magic?

by Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

4.11

3k+

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Do You Believe in Magic? 88%

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

by Paul A. Offit 2013

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones • 2015

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

4.23

32k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Dreamland 88%

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

by Sam Quinones 2015

4.23

32k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

War on Ivermectin

by Pierre Kory • 2023

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

4.68

304

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Medical Whistleblowing

War on Ivermectin 88%

A Nobel Prize-winning drug could have ended COVID. The agencies that buried it, from the inside.

by Pierre Kory 2023

4.68

304 ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🦠 Early Covid Treatment 🔇 Scientific Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📢 Medical Whistleblowing

Antidepressed

by Beverley Thomson • 2021

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

4.40

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

Antidepressed 88%

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

by Beverley Thomson 2021

4.40

48 ratings

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization 💀 Iatrogenic Harm 📉 Withdrawal Syndrome

The Real Anthony Fauci

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2021

Fifty years, five pandemics, one method: suppress the cheap treatments, profit from the toxic ones.

4.47

9k+

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⛓️ Regulatory Capture 💉 Vaccine Skepticism 🌐 Pandemic Politics 🚫 Suppressed Treatments

The Real Anthony Fauci 88%

Fifty years, five pandemics, one method: suppress the cheap treatments, profit from the toxic ones.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2021

4.47

9k+ ratings

🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry ⛓️ Regulatory Capture 💉 Vaccine Skepticism 🌐 Pandemic Politics 🚫 Suppressed Treatments

Caffeinated

by Murray Carpenter • 2014

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

3.59

1k+

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

Caffeinated 88%

Your morning routine includes a drug. The biology, history, and billions behind caffeine.

by Murray Carpenter 2014

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧪 Psychoactive Substances 🔬 Food Science ☕ Everyday Drugs 🧠 Addiction Science 🏃 Performance Enhancement

World Without Cancer

by G. Edward Griffin • 1974

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

4.31

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🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

World Without Cancer 88%

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

by G. Edward Griffin 1974

4.31

495 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

Drug Use for Grown-Ups

by Carl L. Hart • 2021

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

4.01

5k+

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

Drug Use for Grown-Ups 88%

Why a neuroscientist uses heroin, and why he says we're wrong about drugs.

by Carl L. Hart 2021

4.01

5k+ ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction 🧠 Addiction Neuroscience ⚖️ Drug Decriminalization 🚔 War On Drugs

How to Make a Killing

by Tom Mueller • 2023

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

3.92

461

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

How to Make a Killing 88%

America's dialysis duopoly: 22 percent of patients die each year, and the business model is why.

by Tom Mueller 2023

3.92

461 ratings

🏥 For-Profit Healthcare 📰 Corporate Exposé ⚖️ Healthcare Disparities 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚕️ Medical Ethics

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 88%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Devil's Playbook

by Lauren Etter • 2021

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

4.14

546

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Devil's Playbook 88%

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

by Lauren Etter 2021

4.14

546 ratings

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Cannabis Manifesto

by Steve DeAngelo • 2015

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

4.10

367

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

The Cannabis Manifesto 88%

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

by Steve DeAngelo 2015

4.10

367 ratings

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 87%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

Pharmacology for Medical Graduates

by Tara V. Shanbhag • 2015

Pharmacology organized by body system: mechanisms, side effects, and clinical logic made exam-ready.

3.85

192

🧪 Clinical Pharmacology 🏥 Medical Education ⚙️ Drug Mechanisms 📝 Exam Preparation 🫀 Systems Pharmacology

Pharmacology for Medical Graduates Summary

Pharmacology for Medical Graduates 87%

Pharmacology organized by body system: mechanisms, side effects, and clinical logic made exam-ready.

by Tara V. Shanbhag 2015

3.85

192 ratings

🧪 Clinical Pharmacology 🏥 Medical Education ⚙️ Drug Mechanisms 📝 Exam Preparation 🫀 Systems Pharmacology

Frenemies

by Ken Auletta • 2018

Two platforms took most ad money, then a kickback scandal exposed what agencies were hiding.

3.42

592

📢 Advertising Industry 📉 Media Disruption 💻 Digital Advertising 📊 Data-Driven Marketing ⚖️ Advertising Ethics

Frenemies 87%

Two platforms took most ad money, then a kickback scandal exposed what agencies were hiding.

by Ken Auletta 2018

3.42

592 ratings

📢 Advertising Industry 📉 Media Disruption 💻 Digital Advertising 📊 Data-Driven Marketing ⚖️ Advertising Ethics

The Anatomy of Humbug

by Paul Feldwick • 2015

Advertising's founding fathers built a science of rational persuasion. They were half right at best.

4.21

376

🧠 Advertising Theory 📜 Marketing History 🧩 Subconscious Influence 🏗️ Brand Building 🎪 Showmanship

The Anatomy of Humbug 87%

Advertising's founding fathers built a science of rational persuasion. They were half right at best.

by Paul Feldwick 2015

4.21

376 ratings

🧠 Advertising Theory 📜 Marketing History 🧩 Subconscious Influence 🏗️ Brand Building 🎪 Showmanship

Narconomics

by Tom Wainwright • 2016

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

4.14

12k+

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Narconomics 87%

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

by Tom Wainwright 2016

4.14

12k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Tell Your Children

by Alex Berenson • 2019

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

4.01

1k+

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

Tell Your Children 87%

The link between high-THC cannabis and psychosis is stronger than you've been told.

by Alex Berenson 2019

4.01

1k+ ratings

🌿 Marijuana And Health ⚖️ Legalization Debate 🧠 Addiction Science 🧒 Adolescent Brain 💊 Mental Illness And Drugs

The Hacking of the American Mind

by Robert H. Lustig • 2017

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

4.09

3k+

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

The Hacking of the American Mind Summary

The Hacking of the American Mind 87%

Your brain's pleasure and happiness circuits are separate. Industry amplifies one, mutes the other.

by Robert H. Lustig 2017

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 💰 Corporate Manipulation 🍬 Sugar Addiction 📱 Attention Economy 😊 Happiness Studies

Chasing the Scream

by Johann Hari • 2015

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

4.50

22k+

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

Chasing the Scream 87%

Addiction is not a chemical crime, it's a social wound. A century of prohibition has deepened it.

by Johann Hari 2015

4.50

22k+ ratings

📜 Drug Policy 🧠 Addiction Studies 🩹 Harm Reduction ⚔️ War On Drugs 💔 Trauma And Addiction

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

4.45

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 87%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt 87%

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR

by Al Ries • 2002

PR builds brands; advertising only maintains them. Why press coverage beats paid media every time.

3.72

876

🎤 Public Relations 📢 Advertising 🏗️ Category Creation ✏️ Brand Naming 📍 Positioning Strategy

The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR Summary

The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR 87%

PR builds brands; advertising only maintains them. Why press coverage beats paid media every time.

by Al Ries 2002

3.72

876 ratings

🎤 Public Relations 📢 Advertising 🏗️ Category Creation ✏️ Brand Naming 📍 Positioning Strategy

Trick or Treatment

by Simon Singh • 2008

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

4.11

5k+

💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials 💭 Placebo Effect 🚫 Quackery

Trick or Treatment 87%

Acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine: held to the evidence, most unravel.

by Simon Singh 2008

4.11

5k+ ratings

💊 Alternative Medicine 🔍 Medical Skepticism 🧪 Clinical Trials 💭 Placebo Effect 🚫 Quackery

The Doctor Who Fooled the World

by Brian Deer • 2020

The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.

4.04

2k+

🩺 Medical Fraud 💉 Vaccine Misinformation 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🧪 Scientific Misconduct ⚖️ Conflict Of Interest

The Doctor Who Fooled the World 87%

The vaccine study that scared the world was a lie. Twelve children's medical records held the proof.

by Brian Deer 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Fraud 💉 Vaccine Misinformation 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🧪 Scientific Misconduct ⚖️ Conflict Of Interest

Too High to Fail

by Doug Fine • 2012

The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.

3.75

259

🗳️ Drug Policy Reform 💰 Cannabis Economics 💊 Medical Marijuana 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies

Too High to Fail 87%

The trillion-dollar drug war failed. One California county's cannabis economy shows why.

by Doug Fine 2012

3.75

259 ratings

🗳️ Drug Policy Reform 💰 Cannabis Economics 💊 Medical Marijuana 🌱 Sustainable Agriculture 🏘️ Local Economies

The Age of Addiction

by David T. Courtwright • 2019

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

3.64

456

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

The Age of Addiction 87%

Your bad habits are not personal failures. They are a business model, centuries in the making.

by David T. Courtwright 2019

3.64

456 ratings

🧠 Attention Economy 🍔 Food Engineering 🔄 Behavioral Addiction 🏥 Public Health History ❤️‍🩹 Harm Reduction

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

4.13

156

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine 87%

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018

4.13

156 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Saving Normal

by Allen Frances • 2013

The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.

3.85

2k+

🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩺 Medicalization Critique 🔍 Critical Psychiatry 💉 Overprescribing

Saving Normal 87%

The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.

by Allen Frances 2013

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩺 Medicalization Critique 🔍 Critical Psychiatry 💉 Overprescribing

The Fort Bragg Cartel

by Seth Harp • 2025

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

4.05

11k+

🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Fort Bragg Cartel 87%

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

by Seth Harp 2025

4.05

11k+ ratings

🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

This Is Your Mind on Plants

by Michael Pollan • 2021

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

3.87

34k+

🪴 Ethnobotany ☕ Everyday Drugs 🌵 Psychedelic Science 💊 Opioid Crisis 🧠 Altered States

This Is Your Mind on Plants 87%

Coffee, opium, and peyote: why culture, not chemistry, decides which plants are drugs.

by Michael Pollan 2021

3.87

34k+ ratings

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Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age

by Miles Young • 2019

Digital is a channel, not a discipline. The advertising laws that built Ogilvy still apply.

3.59

268

📱 Digital Marketing 📊 Advertising Strategy 🏗️ Brand Building 💡 Meaning Creation 🧠 Consumer Psychology

Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age Summary

Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age 87%

Digital is a channel, not a discipline. The advertising laws that built Ogilvy still apply.

by Miles Young 2019

3.59

268 ratings

📱 Digital Marketing 📊 Advertising Strategy 🏗️ Brand Building 💡 Meaning Creation 🧠 Consumer Psychology

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Harmony Clearwater Grace • 2015

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

4.29

168

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me 87%

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

by Harmony Clearwater Grace 2015

4.29

168 ratings

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

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