Shaun Assael is an award-winning journalist and author. His work as a senior writer with ESPN The Magazine, and a member of ESPN's investigations team, has made him one of the country's leading authorities on sports doping and the performance-enhancing underground. His latest book, "Steroid Nation," is the authoritative history of America’s addiction to those drugs.

He has won numerous awards for his investigations, which include an undercover trip to Shanghai where he exposed how China has become

* The GNC Jungle: How Steroids Slip Into The Mall. Assael talks about how he set up a phony website to trap wholesalers selling supplements that are secretly laced with powerful and illegal steroids.

* Steroids: The Thin Line Between Optimism and Avarice. Why does a drug that appeals to our best desires almost always lead to disappointment and despair? Assael answers that by examining the cases of Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Dan Duchaine, Floyd Landis and others.

* The Game Within the Game:  Drug Testing in Sports. The audience will be treated to a historical look at the rise of drug testing, from Ben Johnson to A-Rod, and the dawn of the anti-doping era.  Assael  looks at the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency, important cases, and how drug testing is closing the gap between the chemists who cheat and the drug testers trying to catch them. 　

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