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Scott Storch, a producer who earned six figures for beats he made in less than an hour, was worth an estimated $70 million. Then he blew it all in a bizarre cocaine binge.

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“I haven’t put out an album in 20 years. Let’s face it. I am an oldies act. I just don’t want it to be like when you watch Channel 13 and there’s the Delltones or some English band from the ’60s, and they’re real crotchety and they look terrible, and I go, ‘Oh, God, I don’t want to be on that show.’”

Friday, May 24

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The story of a tobacco industry whistleblower.

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Inside Brigham Young University’s successful animation program.

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A beloved girls’ basketball coach is accused of sexually molesting several of his players.

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Patsy Cline’s hometown and the debate over her legacy.

Thursday, May 23

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How self-harm came to take more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined.

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The motley gang of L.A. teens that cat-burgled celebrities, sometimes repeatedly, in search of designer clothes, jewelry, and something to do. The story that became The Bling Ring.

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A profile of legendary L.A. crack dealer Freeway Rick Ross, now out of jail and trying to sell everything from weaves to his own biopic, written by a journalist who has known him for decades.

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A profile of the California governor.

Wednesday, May 22

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Inside the White Student Union of Towson University.