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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard Special - Jan. 12, 2025

By Tom Martin
Published January 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM EST
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Alex Roe as "Will," a young central Appalachian father battling opioid addiction in the new film "HAZARD"
Eddie Mensore
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Eddie Mensore
Alex Roe as "Will," a young central Appalachian father battling opioid addiction in the new film "HAZARD"

On this special edition of Eastern Standard:

A conversation with Eddie Mensore, Director of “HAZARD," starring Alex Roe and Sosie Bacon as a central Appalachian couple caught up in opioid addiction and fighting to overcome it. Then, from depiction to reality: “On the Rebound: Stories from Recovery Court,” a podcast from the Daily Yonder about an Appalachian town’s working solution to devastating addiction.

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Tom Martin
Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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