Why Should I Trust You?
By Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
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Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional additional special episodes sprinkled in.
Hosted by Brinda Adhikari, the former executive producer of “The Problem with Jon Stewart” and a former TV news journalist; Tom Johnson, the former executive producer of “The Circus,” and also a former TV news journalist; Dr. Maggie Bartlett, a virologist and assistant research professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Dr. Mark Abdelmalek a skin cancer surgeon, a medical journalist and a dermatologist practicing in Philadelphia - each week we try to figure out what is behind this staggering collapse in trust and see if we can rebuild towards trust again.
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The Movement v Monsanto: Our Conversations w Rep. Thomas Massie (R), Sen. Cory Booker (D) & MAHA Influencers Alex Clark & Del Bigtree
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Sunday Special: As Higher Ed Research Falls Short on Impact, Here’s a Fix. A Conversation w Behavioral Scientist Daniel Max Crowley
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Healthcare Fraud Debate: Are We Actually Mad At the Same Thing? A Convo w Trump/MAHA Supporters + Medicaid Experts
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Special Ep: A Conversation w the President of Moderna, Dr. Stephen Hoge On Building Back Trust Post-Covid
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Why a Health Equity Researcher Says His Field Is A Broken “Industrial Complex”: A Conversation w Dr. Jerel Ezell
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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No Episode This Week! We're Taking a Week Off. But Here is Our Full Theme Song!
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Is Our Overuse of Plastics Causing Fertility Issues? A Conversation w Dr. Shanna Swan and Dr. Jasmine McDonald
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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A Polling-palooza: Is Health the Driving Issue of These Midterms? A Conversation w Pollsters from KFF, Navigator Research + A MAHA Supporter
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Special Ep: Meet the Democrats Working w MAHA: A Conversation w Reps. McGovern & Pingree w MAHA Activist Kelly Ryerson
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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ACIP Chair Dr. Kirk Milhoan Returns to Talk Court Order Stopping Their Work + A Group Conversation On Covid Vax Injuries
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Measles in America: Who Actually Are the Unvaccinated? A Conversation w Health Workers from Spartanburg, SC and West Texas
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Why Should We Trust GLP-1s? An Honest Conversation About Fighting Chronic Disease w Drs. Dhruv Khullar, Rachael Bedard & Mariela Glandt
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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A Conversation with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: On the NIH, CDC, Funding, DEI & His Vision For Doing Science
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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"We're Not Going Anywhere": Major MAHA Voices Zen Honeycutt, Kelly Ryerson & Jenna McCarthy On the Glyphosate EO + the Future of MAHA
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Special Ep: What the Heck Just Happened with Moderna & the FDA? A Conversation w The Atlantic's Ben Mazer
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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A Conversation w A Group of Black Women - From Public Health, Medicine & MAHA - About Health & Mistrust In America
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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A Conversation w Invivyd's Marc Elia + Dr. Michael Mina: On Monoclonal Antibodies, Treatment v Prevention, and Giving Patients Options
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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A Conversation w Dr Sue Kressly, AAP: On Tension w HHS, Boycotting ACIP, Pharma Influence and On a Path Forward
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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A Conversation w Bret Weinstein, Craig Spencer, Rachael Bedard & Aaron Everitt: On Minneapolis, Covid, Tyranny & Shared Values
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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A Conversation w Dr. Kirk Milhoan, Chair of ACIP: On Sec. Kennedy, Trust & The Future of America’s Vaccines
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Special Ep: A Conversation w Leading MAHA Activist Kelly Ryerson On the EPA & On the "Jump Ball" For Either Party
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Special Ep: On New Dietary Guidelines, Conflicts of Interest & Food Science w Nutrition Experts DeeDee Tobias, Kevin Klatt & Ty Beal
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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Have Institutions - Including Public Health - Lost Touch w Working Class Americans? A Conversation w Vivek Chibber & Dr. Craig Spencer
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Special Ep: Denmark, Why Are We So Obsessed w You? A Conversation w Danish & American Doctors On Vaccines
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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MAHA Supporters Talking w Doctors: On the New Vaccine Schedule, On Informed Consent & On Being a Doctor in America Today
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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The Kids Are Not All Right. Should We Be Looking At Their School Day? A Conversation w NYT writer Jia Lynn Yang
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The ACIP Turning Point: A Rallying Cry For A New Era of Public Health. A Talk w Drs. Craig Spencer, Rachael Bedard & Michael Mina
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Dr. Francis Collins w MAHA Supporters & Public Health: A Conversation About Faith, Vaccines, & Trust in Experts
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Thanksgiving Day Special: We Each Talk About An Episode That Stuck With Us
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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On Shared Reality, Epstein & Epistemic Collapse: A Conversation w Eliot Higgins, Emily Jashinsky & Astead Herndon
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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CHD Part 3 of 3: Reflections from the WSITY Team + Conversations w MAHA Parents About Being At CHD
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Children's Health Defense Series Part 2 of 3: A Lively Conversation w Major MAHA Figure Del Bigtree
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Live from Children's Health Defense Part 1 of 3: A Conversation w Dr. Bret Weinstein, Dr. Pierre Kory and Dr. Craig Spencer
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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School Vaccine Requirements: Are We Even Talking About This The Right Way? A Conversation w Sociologist Jennifer Reich
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Election Day Special: Public Health Needs to Get Off the Mat & Join the Political Fight. A Conversation w Dr. Craig Spencer
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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A Yale Researcher & A MAHA Organizer Team Up for East Palestine, Ohio: A Conversation w Nicole Deziel, Elizabeth Frost & Stuart Day
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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It's Not Me, It's My Algorithm: A Conversation w Claire Wardle About Breaking Through Our Echo Chambers
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Special Episode: A Conversation with MAHA Moms & Science Communicators About Autism
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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How Big Is The Support For MAHA Really? The Numbers Are In! We Talk w Pollster Erica Seifert & MAHA Supporter Aaron Everitt
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Public Health Is Outgunned: A Conversation w Science Communicators Katelyn Jetelina and Jessica Steier
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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On Medical Freedom, DEI, RFK Jr. & Free Speech: A Conversation w Author Coleman Hughes
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Special: A Talk w Gen Z: Voices From MAHA, Public Health, Conservative, Liberal, Independent - On A Path Forward For Health In America
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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The President's Announcement On Tylenol & Autism: Discussing It w A Pregnant Mother & A Pediatrician
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine: Do We Need It? An Honest Conversation w Dr. Paul Offit & Dr. Michael Mina
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Special Ep: A Lively Discussion w Farmers, Journalists, & Advocates -- MAHA & Others -- About Farming Our Country's Food
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Special Ep: Following the Murder of Charlie Kirk, Is Engaging In Civil Disagreement Worth it? We Chat w Aaron, Elizabeth & Craig
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Kennedy's Health Plan for America + Do Black Americans Feel Seen By MAHA? A Conversation w Dr. Michael Forde
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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A Conversation With The Three CDC Leaders Who Resigned In Protest & MAHA Supporters
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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How Corporations Fuel Our Chronic Disease Crisis: A Conversation w Public Health Researcher Anna Gilmore
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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A Conversation w Fox News Medical Correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel On mRNA, RFK Jr, & On Reaching People
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode! A Conversation w Former FDA Chief David Kessler. Did He Just Give RFK Jr a Tool to Fight the Food Industry?
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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MAHA-Public Health Conversation #6: On Food, On Nutrition, On Government, & On the Shooting at the CDC
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Sunday Special: A Conversation w Neil deGrasse Tyson & Scott Hamilton Kennedy On Science, Tribalism and Truth
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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A CDC Director-palooza: A Candid Conversation w Two Former CDC Chiefs Drs. Tom Frieden & Mandy Cohen
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Special: Leading MAHA Activist Zen Honeycutt, On Her Anger At the EPA + On Cuts to Science. Is This What MAHA Wants?
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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What's A Conspiracy Theory Anyway? We Talk UFOs, Gov't Secrets & Journalism w Two WSJ Reporters
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Kevin Hall Is Still Ultra Processing: On Leaving NIH, On MAHA, On Food in America
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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A Revealing Conversation btwn MAHA, Doctors & Journalists On Trust In Media, In RFK Jr & In Experts
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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A Conversation w Dr. Francis Collins On Reforming NIH, Cuts to Research, MAHA, & On Trust
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Lessons From the 1980s AIDS Crisis and Applying It To Today: A Conversation w Dr. Reed Tuckson
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Fired ACIP Members Speak To Us On the Future of Vaccines + Dr. Michael Mina On A 'Code Red' Moment
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The Medicaid Axe is About To Fall. We Asked a Group of MAHA, MAGA & Independent Parents to Weigh In
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Why Does the Phrase “mRNA” Rip Americans Apart? We Chat w Nobel-Prize Winning Scientist Drew Weissman
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Special: MAHA Georgia & Public Health In a Spirited Discussion On the Legacy of the Covid Vaccine
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Can Nuance On Raw Milk Boost Vaccine Uptake? A Conversation On Data & Messaging w Emily Oster
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Searching for the Causes of Autism: A Conversation with Two Moms, Alison Singer and Nancy Fuller
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May 29, 2025 |
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On Trust in Biden, Media, Politicians & On Aging: A Conversation with CNN's Jake Tapper
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May 22, 2025 |
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Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines, Corporate Influence, & More
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May 20, 2025 |
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Why Americans Are Turning to the Paranormal—and What That Says About Trust, w Author Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
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May 15, 2025 |
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Special Ep: We Talk COVID.Gov, Lab Leaks & Raccoon Dogs w Paul Offit, Maciek Boni & David Wallace Wells
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May 11, 2025 |
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Inside A Rare Conversation Between MAHA Grassroots and Public Health Leaders
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May 08, 2025 |
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Can Dems Be the Party of Health in an Age of RFK Jr.’s MAHA? A Conversation w Sen. Maggie Hassan
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May 01, 2025 |
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How to Reach People in Today's New Media Amid a Crisis of Mistrust. A Conversation with Emily Jashinsky
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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A Writer's Journey w a Rare Disease Led Her to Champion Obamacare & Democrats. Why She Is Now a MAGA Supporter.
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Special Ep: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Marks on Vaccine Safety, Trust, and the True Scope of the Measles Outbreak
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Wendell Potter, A Health Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower, On Blowing Up Our System
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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What's the End Game? We Talk Massive Remaking of HHS with Gov't Reformer Jennifer Pahlka
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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America’s Funding Cuts Chaos + Are We the Next No-Lockdown Sweden? We Chat with Anders Tegnell
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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On Measles: Vaccines vs Vitamin A. Plus, What Marion Nestle Says Public Health Is Getting Wrong
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Big Pharma? We Ask a Bioethicist
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Censorship vs. Science: The Fight Over Free Speech That Is Tearing Us Apart
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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MAGA + MAHA: How Will This Work Exactly? We Speak With Journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Measles, Pharma and Mistrust: A Conversation with MAHA Moms and Dr. Paul Offit
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Is it True You Can't Sue a Vaccine Manufacturer? We Ask a Vaccine Legal Scholar
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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A CIA Declaration, Subpoenas, & Fauci’s Pardon: Why the Lab Leak Debate is Still Raging On
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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RFK Jr. Testifies, MAHA Flexes, and Public Health Panics
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The Trump and (Likely) RFK Jr. Era is Here. And Paul Offit Won't Back Down.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Special Episode: A Conversation with Dr. John Ioannidis
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Why We Can't Stop Talking About Ivermectin
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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How Covid Radicalized Us All
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Trailer! Why Should I Trust You?
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Jan 02, 2025 |