Content
Backfired: ADHD
This audio documentary examines the defining diagnosis of our time: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Role
Executive Producer
Industry
Narrative Audio / Investigative Reporting
Duration
Limited Series
Framing the investigation
Backfired: ADHD is the second season of the Backfired franchise, which examines the business of unintended consequences. What happens when you set out to solve a problem and in so doing, unleash a new one?
Narrative execution
The show does two things: brings listeners deep into the lives of those who live with the condition, while looking at how the diagnosis arose. Most crucially the series examines some of the perverse incentives that arose once the pharmaceutical industry developed ADHD medications.
Impact and outcomes
Named to The New Yorker’s 2024 Top Ten Best Podcast list (#5)
Featured on WGN, KCRW and WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show
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