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Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on NPR's National Desk. Peñaloza's productions are among the signature pieces heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as weekend shows. Her work has covered a wide array of topics — from breaking news to feature stories, as well as investigative reports.
Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on NPR's National Desk. Peñaloza's productions are among the signature pieces heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as weekend shows. Her work has covered a wide array of topics — from breaking news to feature stories, as well as investigative reports.
A new guide for health workers identifies drinking alcohol as a risk factor for several cancers.
Them? is it mental illness? is it people hard on their luck? is it people choosing this off the grid life? >> well, you know, i'm a psychologist and i have worked with mental health all my life. i have worked in the emergency room doing psychiatric evals for over 20 years. i can tell you about a hundred% of homeless people have drug and alcohol problems. until we know what the problem is. >> until we admit what the problem is, which is drug and alcohol. we will never be able to solve this problem. giving them housing is only putting a band-aid on a problem until you address addiction issues. >...
She was going to be a star from when she was a baby. you know, they really are who they are. authentic. enninful has tackled alcohol problems and depression. his father kicked him out of the family home for choosing fashion over the law. the pair didn't speak for 15 years. when you went to really dark places, how bad did it get before you came through? i mean, it got very bad because, imagine, here i was, you know, i lost one home, which was africa, you know, came to england, then i lost a second home when i was kicked out, and then i went into the gay scene thinking i'd found my tribe and, ag...