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In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Gary Webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. For over thirty-four years, he wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels. He had an almost magnetic effect to these kinds of stories, and it was almost as if the stories found him. It was his gift, and, ultimately, it was his downfall.

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Welcome to The Human Experience Podcast, a show where we dive into deep conversations with people from all walks of life. Through this podcast, we aim to create a space where we can have meaningful conversations that help us better understand each other and the world around us. Our goal is to inspire listeners to connect with others, learn from different perspectives, and embrace the beauty of human diversity.