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Backfired: The Vaping Wars

By: Leon Neyfakh, Prologue Projects
Narrated by: Leon Neyfakh, Arielle Pardes
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About the Host

Leon Neyfakh is a journalist best known as the co-creator of Slow Burn, the host of Fiasco, and the co-host of Think Twice: Michael Jackson. Before starting Prologue Projects, a podcast production company based in New York, 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.

About the Host

Arielle Pardes is a Bay Area-based journalist who specializes in stories about technology and business. Before launching the Backfired podcast, she was a features writer for The Information and a senior writer for WIRED Magazine. She has reported on some of the most influential companies in Silicon Valley, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, Airbnb, and WeWork. She was previously a co-host of WIRED's Gadget Lab podcast.

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All sides.

The information and investigation came at the issue from sides and in the right order. Still so much isn’t known but l understand more than I did before.

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Compelling and well researched

Great balance of interviews, research and journalism. Great voices too, a very interesting listen. Appreciated the depth of the conversation and how the hosts made the subject matter personal

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Such a thorough and nuanced view!

Absolutely gripping. Leon always nails it and he did it again. This is worth every minute, absolutely top-notch journalism

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Backfired The Vaping Wars

I wanted to listen to this because I am someone who picked up vaping while being around friends that vaped. I was never a smoker but quickly craved the feeling the vape gave me. I wanted to learn if vaping was bad for my health because I heard it was better than smoking cigarettes but I still felt it had to be bad and that enough research had not been done on it. This original was very educational and taught me so much about the origin and many of the problems surrounding vapes. Ultimately they found vapes are said to be better than smoking cigarettes but no long term studies have been conducted and only time will tell. The scariest part for me is not knowing the quality of the product you are getting as most come from China. So far I have been one week vape free since beginning this. I hope others choose to do the same.

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The crazy amount of interviews coving all perspectives of the vaping industry

I thought this was a relatively thorough deep dive into the vaping industry; that was for the most part pretty unbiased and focused on the truth of what has transpired in the founding of the vaping industry

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Objective reporting

Voices and personalities are very likable. Seems like a topic that has been polarizing in the news. This is told well by seemingly objective reporting that are presenting both sides. Well done.

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More complicated than I realized

Fascinating deep dive into the rise of vaping. Was astonished to realize how rapidly all this arose and how swiftly the scene, legislation, and vaping economy has changed to bring about the seemingly hopeless and intractable tangle we have today. 🤦

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Story of how the vape industry developed

A fascinating story of how the vape industry developed, along with the personal story of one of the hosts. I've never smoked or had any interest in vaping, but this story caught my attention.

It seems like government inaction, and then a government overreaction made things worse.

It shows how difficult it is to balance science and society and the need to protect children and yet help adults stop smoking.

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Great storytelling

I thought I was going to have a clear cut view on this issue at the end of this, but this issue is much more nuanced than I thought it would be. Give it a try!

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It's good

It's really damn good and i'm writing this to let you know to listen to it.

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