Tue June 11 - 6:15 PM
Backfired: The Vaping Wars
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| 90 MINUTESPremiere of Backfired: The Vaping Wars– World premiere. From the creators of Fiasco and co-creators of Slow Burn, welcome to Backfired, a new Audible Original series about the business of unintended consequences. When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee what lay in store. Did their invention provide the answer to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems — smoking — or did it introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, spreading an intractable addiction? Hosts Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes unravel the polarizing story of Juul Labs, and dive into the illegal vape market that sprouted up in its wake in Backfired: The Vaping Wars.
Panelists
Avery Trufelman (Moderator)
Avery Trufelman is the host and producer of the podcast Articles of Interest, named one of the best podcasts of the year by the New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many others. She was named one of the 500 most important people by the trade journal Business of Fashion.
Leon Neyfakh
Leon Neyfakh is the host of Fiasco, co-creator of Slow Burn, and co-founder of Prologue Projects, an independent production company based in New York. Before starting Prologue, he was a reporter for Slate, The Boston Globe, and The New York Observer. He is the author of the book The Next Next Level.
Kate Navin
Kate Navin is Head of Creative Development for North America and has been with Audible for over seven years. She led the launch of Audible's theater initiative and has developed and produced more than 114 Audible Theater titles, which have won numerous award recognitions, with luminaries including Billy Crudup, Colman Domingo, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Dae Kim, Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess. Navin has produced more than a dozen other Audible Originals globally, including The Big Lie with Jon Hamm, The Miranda Obsession with Rachel Brosnahan and The Prophecy with Kerry Washington. Prior to her role at Audible, Navin worked as a theatrical agent for more than 12 years.
Jake Williams
Based in Toronto, Ontario, Jake Williams is a filmmaker and Youtube creator. Since 2012, he has been creating short form documentaries for an ever growing audience of over 1.4 million followers. Over that time, he has produced hundreds of short documentaries ranging from abandoned buildings to bankrupt companies, all of which he has written, narrated and edited. In 2021, he made his directorial debut with Closed For Storm.
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