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WXXI-TV/HD | WORLD | CREATE | AM1370 | CLASSICAL 91.5 | WRUR 88.5 | THE LITTLE | WXXI-KIDS PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSAPRIL 2018 There is a person’s story behind every opioid addiction. And each story of addiction has a ripple effect. OPIOID Opioid Crisis: The Ripple Effect, a WXXI and PBS World production, follows the journey of three women, all mothers, who have served time in New York State jails for opioid- related crimes. Growing up, these women dreamed of having a family, a career. None of them dreamed of being an addict. You’ll hear how trust of family members was lost over time as the addiction took hold. You’ll feel the frustration, anger, and heartbreak. CRISIS Interviews with experts help to contextualize what you’re seeing, that these are not THE RIPPLE EFFECT isolated stories but are symptomatic of the unraveling of communities. By the end of the film, these women are not simply addicts, they are mothers and daughters, they are loved and feared, they are abusers and victims, but most of all, they are human. AIRS ON STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON PBS WORLD (21.2) This documentary is part of Opioid Crisis: The Ripple Effect, a Corporation for Public MONDAY, APRIL 9 AT 6PM AND 9PM Broadcasting (CPB)-funded public media collaborative among WXXI, OPB (Oregon), and ideastream (Ohio) designed to bring more awareness to this epidemic. See the inside ENCORES THURSDAY, APRIL 12 AT 8:30PM page for information on more special programming and news coverage on this issue. AND SATURDAY, APRIL 14 AT 3:30PM ON WXXI-TV Please note: The broadcast of this documentary on WORLD is part of WORLD’s Local USA series and will be listed as such on the program guide of your TV. TAKE ME TITLE OUT TO THE BALL GAME: 2018 ONE TAKE DATE RBG DETAILS INSIDE >> A FILM ABOUT A CELEBRATION OF FILM FESTIVAL JUSTICE MUSIC & BASEBALL RUTH BADER MONDAY, APRIL 2 AT APRIL 19 - 22 GINSBURG 12PM ON CLASSICAL 91.5 MORE INFORMATION AT at otff.org DETAILS INSIDE >> DETAILS INSIDE >> Additional programming throughout the week includes: OVERDOSE: INSIDE THE EPIDEMIC, A SECOND OPINION SPECIAL MONDAY, APRIL 9 AT 9PM ON WXXI-TV In this encore broadcast, Mary and Joe Mullin courageously share the story of their son Patrick, who died of a heroin overdose. They tell their very personal experience of Patrick’s decline from alcohol and marijuana use, into opioid and heroin addiction. TALK SHOW ON OPIOIDS TUESDAY, APRIL 10 AT 2PM ON AM 1370 Connections’ Evan Dawson hosts this three-way talk show with partner stations OPB (Oregon) and ideastream (Ohio) to discuss the opioid epidemic here in Rochester and in their respective states and talk about how pain management alternatives could be MONDAY, APRIL 9 - SATURDAY, APRIL 14 key in helping to solve the crisis. You can join in the conversation by calling 1-844-295-TALK (8255). The taped broadcast will also air on 4/29 at 9pm. Needle exchanges, synthetic opioids with devastating power, people cycling through NEED TO KNOW rehab, families in crisis…all of these speak to THURSDAY, APRIL 12 AT 8PM ON WXXI-TV the powerful, direct impact the opioid epidemic This edition will focus on neighbors in the North continues to have on our nation. Addiction does Clinton Avenue section of Rochester, who have said not just affect addicts. Addiction to opioids “No Mas,” and are on a mission to take back their and heroin is indirectly influencing economies, streets from heroin. educational systems, justice systems, and neighborhoods. SECOND OPINION: ADDICTION This April 9-14, as part of a CPB-funded public TO PAIN MEDICATION media collaborative, WXXI News with partners SATURDAY, APRIL 14 AT 3PM ON WXXI-TV Oregon Public Broadcasting and ideastream What usually starts innocently enough as taking pain present a special reporting series on the opioids medication appropriately prescribed by a doctor can crisis. The series, which will include reports from turn into a deadly addiction for some. Jennifer Matesa three telling locales across the country, will look shares her story of the darkest days of her addiction to her recovery. at the people and issues indirectly affected by the opioid crisis and make the case that the REVERSING THE STIGMA epidemic’s ripple effects impact many. Listen to SATURDAY, APRIL 14 AT 4PM ON WXXI-TV these reports on AM 1370 and WRUR-FM 88.5 This documentary highlights the work being done in and online at WXXINews.org. Content will also New York State to combat addiction. The film, narrated be posted and shared on social media, and you by acclaimed television journalist Laurie Dhue, profiles can follow the conversation using the hashtag multiple people in various stages of recovery, who #opioids. share their stories and experiences. EXECUTIVE STAFF DEAR FRIENDS, APRIL 2018 No rm Silverstein, President VOLUME 9, ISSUE 4 WXXI is a public Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager In 1958 a far-sighted group of men and women non-commercial broadcasting Je anne E. 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