4.06 End of the World

Published: March 15, 2018, 11:49 a.m.

On this very special episode, we have not one but TWO guests with us this week! Kelley Butler and Dallas Augustine, steering committee members of the Orange County Needle Exchange Program, join us to talk about their work in breaking down stigmas and connecting people with life-saving resources in Orange County. We discuss why their program, as the first state-certified needle exchange in California, is so special, the obstacles they face because of misinformation about needle exchanges, and how much they identify with Tom and Jean-Ralphio's partnership style. We also add Dr. Mary-Claire King, geneticist and research scientist, to our Wall of Inspirational Women. She revolutionized breast cancer research, figured out that we were 99% genetically identical to chimpanzees, and, oh yeah, is also a crime-fighting superhero.