Special Report: Taking Alberta Backwards (w/Jeremy Appel)
On Monday, May 29, Danielle Smith, the leader of the UCP of Alberta, seized the reigns of majority government power with the help of a right-wing antivax group called Take Back Alberta. Jeremy Appel,...
3 Jun 20231h 8min
156: Medical Medium (w/Dan Adler)
Medical Medium, aka Anthony William, gained many of his 4.4M IG followers thanks to his declaration that celery juice can heal you from many ailments that science hasn’t figured out. William proudly d...
1 Jun 20231h 37min
Bonus Sample: Conspirituality Marches on the White House (pt 1)
Marianne Williamson—New Age matriarch and popularizer of A Course in Miracles—is polling at 9%. Muscular Catholic antivax entrepreneur Bobby Kennedy Jr is polling at 20% or more: Rasmussen has him in ...
29 Mai 202312min
Brief: RFK Jr., The Anti-Vax Candidate
Another Kennedy is running for President. But discussion of his anti-vaccine activism often overlooks how it affects people with autism. Julian talks to Eric Michael Garcia, political correspondent fo...
27 Mai 202334min
155: We Want Them Infected (w/Jonathan Howard, M.D.)
What "really" happened during the pandemic? Conspiracists have decided to take a victory lap. They were right, you see? The vaccines failed, and besides, they were super dangerous. COVID obviously cam...
25 Mai 20231h 30min
Bonus Sample: The Dangers of Slogans
In 1970, farmer, writer, and environmental activist Wendell Berry published his essay, "Think Little." In it, he writes about the dangers of not making your public causes private causes as well, depen...
22 Mai 20236min
154: The Truth Wars (w/Renée DiResta)
In the post-truth world, journalists who report facts are disparaged as perpetuating the narrative while candidates who hold the appropriate qualifications are smeared as deep state operatives. Likewi...
18 Mai 20231h 18min
Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle
What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature...
15 Mai 20237min
