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Ep#485: Knicks, Trump, and Campylobacteriosis

Announcements: NDT new book review @1:40 Follow-ups: News: Critics Hammer Trump For Jinxing Knicks @5:06 John Bolton Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty @21:50 U.S. Is Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting @25:40 Out of Many, Some @29:45 Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT Requirements @33:50 Health/Medicine/Science: Recent quackwatch - aluminium adjuvants @38:16 Another - campylobacteriosis @40:28 MI school waivers @42:07 Trump calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations @44:50 Courts may deliver the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win @51:23 RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged @52:38 Pseudoscience: Do Probiotic Supplements Work To Improve Gut Health? @54:43 Religious Nonsense: Why Listen to the Pope, Speaking as the Pope, on AI? @59:06 Washington archbishop removes exorcist @1:07:31 Internet Searches for Vitamin A During US Measles Outbreak @1:09:37 Final Stories: Another debunking of the history books story. @1:16:03

Ep#484: Trump setbacks and follies

Gay pride at the White House? @0:54 Rogan @2:52 Announcements: CFI and Secular Humanism articles @4:26 “The U.S.: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Should Go.” American history was built on a foundation of Enlightenment. A disturbing call, popular among some on the Right, for a medieval-style authoritarian government “How Rock and Sex Affected the Increase in Nones,” “Secular Approaches to Moral Education: Building Character without Commandments.” Follow-ups: The Failure of Facilitated Communication @6:25 $1.776B fund paused? @8:17 Judge Orders President’s Name Off Kennedy Center @14:13 Freedom 250th @15:49 News: Hegseth misogynist and racist move @23:12 Trump appoints housing official as acting director of national intelligence @29:32 In U.F.O. Files, Some Christians See Vexing Questions — and Demons @31:24 Politics: South Carolina Senate Does Not Act on New Midterm Map, Defying Trump @34:22 Meanwhile in Alabama @35:04 Trump’s Two-Track Process to Establish Christian Nationalism @36:15 Americans want to rebuild the wall between church and state Health/Medicine/Science: Hanta Virus misinformation @39:24 The Ebola outbreak now third-largest on record and “spreading rapidly.” @40:48 US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak Trump HHS Chaos Is The Health Crisis: Public Health Project Newsletter @44:41 Pseudoscience: British wellness coach dies ‘after detox ceremony using Amazon frog poison’ @54:01 Right, Let’s Talk about AG1 @56:43 Freshpet Chews on Astrology @1:00:48

Ep#483: The future and brains in jars?

Announcements: Louisiana: Help Defeat These Two Theocratic Bills @1:59 Follow-ups: Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Abrego Garcia @3:52 News: The future of News @7:15 The future of Truth @12:33 Another shooter @15:28 Politics: Court Rejects Alabama House Map @21:31 SC Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw map @22:15 Iran again! @23:06 Tulsi Gabbard @25:13 $1.776B for loyalty @27:38 Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s fund Republicans cancel votes @29:45 GOP pulls vote on Iran @35:36 Texas Runoff 2026: Live Primary Election Results @36:20 Health/Medicine/Science: RFK Jr continues his anti-vax agenda @39:01 ‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ @41:48 The pushback is working @44:12 Ebola: Keep Americans out! @45:14 Not alive, but not dead @48:00 Religious Nonsense: Filipino faith healers @55:21 And then in PA… @59:11 Gay Cure ministry leader arrested @1:03:15 Final Stories: Scamvangelist Has Teen Eat Page From Bible @1:05:21

Ep#482: All the corruption and hypocrisy you desire

Follow-ups: Remember this guy? @2:35 Get your guns in the mail @5:03 Donald Trump's Gold T1 Phone Facing Fury Over Major US Flag Error @6:35 News: One-third say at least one Trump assassination attempt was faked @13:10 A Fake Conspiracy Theory About Armed Raccoons @14:15 Politics: “The end of the road for Dr. Disgrace” @16:13 Cassidy defeat may complicate filling health vacancies Senate Votes to Take Up Measure to Force Trump to End Iran War FDA leadership shake-up continues @23:57 $1.776B for Trump supporters @29:42 White House to host 9-hour prayer festival @38:16 Administration officials address Christian gathering on National Mall How Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right @42:49 Federal employees accuse USDA of illegal Christian proselytizing @48:02 How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence @49:45 Kash Patel's Hawaii trip @51:05 Are you sufficiently frightened? @57:16 Health/Medicine/Science: Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans have had exposure @1:02:21 Penile implant specialist with history of far-right comments led hantavirus presser Religious Nonsense: Scientology speedrunning @1:06:25 Final Stories: Eating biblically @1:08:39 Jared’s religious experience @1:11:33 Massie Primary update @1:15:28

Ep#481: Get your Trump Phone yet?

News: Device Preorder Deposit Terms and Disclosures @1:23 Inflation @3:48 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation' @4:15 Politics: Americans Think That Maybe These Two Shouldn’t Be Talking About God @6:08 Pastor defends Golden Trump statue from biblical backlash @7:31 F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary Resigns @12:47 Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map @17:10 Cameron Hamilton @19:11 GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans faces backlash @22:43 Two Florida men @27:07 Health/Medicine/Science: “Save NASA Science” campaign @30:48 Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license @32:08 Maryland Measles @34:15 Hantavirus @36:14 RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds @39:10 RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect FDA Blocked Publications @43:07 Babies Are Bleeding to Death @45:44 Spanish government v homeopathy @48:07 Conspiracies: Pentagon releases trove of new UFO files @50:31