Punishment for Witchcraft: How Transvaginal Mesh Harmed Millions of Women

Punishment for Witchcraft: How Transvaginal Mesh Harmed Millions of Women

They Knew. They Sold It Anyway.Trial attorney Mark Mueller spent years trying to answer a deceptively simple question: why were hundreds of thousands of women being quietly devastated by a product their doctors swore was safe?In this episode, Mueller traces his decade-long investigation into transvaginal mesh, a polypropylene surgical implant marketed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. What began as a handful of unexplained injuries in a West Virginia law office grew into what became the largest, most complex product liability case in U.S. history, with settlements exceeding $10 billion and counting.But the money doesn't begin to cover the full cost.Mueller walks through how the device slipped through FDA oversight via a regulatory loophole known as the "creeping predicate," how manufacturers used doctors as a buffer to insulate themselves from liability, and how a network of industry-funded research kept inconvenient findings buried. Along the way, he describes what it took to find a single material safety data sheet buried on page 50 of a Google search that changed everything. Four words in bold: Do not use in human implants.The episode covers:FDA clearance vs. approval, and why the distinction mattersThe "creeping predicate" and how a suture became a full pelvic implantHow adverse event reporting failed at every level, from patients to doctors to manufacturersIndustry tactics used to discourage and derail patient complaintsWhistleblowers, suppressed engineering reports, and the paper trail that unraveled it allWhy women's pain was systematically dismissed and misattributedThe oil and gas origins of the material inside millions of women's bodiesMueller calls it "punishment for witchcraft against women." The evidence suggests that's not far off.This episode is part of the Truth & Justice League Podcast’s “Stories from the Vault” series, featuring real legal battles that reveal the human side of the justice system.--------Mark Mueller is a nationally recognized trial attorney and the host of the Truth & Justice League Podcast, where justice meets humanity. With over three decades of experience fighting corporate negligence, environmental harm, and medical injustice, Mueller brings listeners inside the real-life cases that shaped his career, and exposed the systems that put profits over people. A pioneer of the historic Transvaginal Mesh litigation, Mueller has also represented Indigenous communities, including the Blackfoot Brave Dog Society and Lakota Sioux Sundance Chiefs, in landmark cases defending sacred land and cultural rights.Through weekly episodes featuring frontline advocates, artists, legal experts, and "Stories from the Vault" drawn from Mueller’s own case files, the podcast shines a light on the machinery of injustice, and the people working to dismantle it. Equal parts legal exposé, personal reckoning, and call to action, the Truth & Justice League Podcast is built to inform, inspire, connect and empower a rising movement of everyday heroes.

Born Fighting: A Birth Injury Trial Against a Hometown Hospital

A young mother takes on one of the most powerful hospitals in Texas. In this Vault episode, trial attorney Mark Mueller revisits one of the earliest and most unforgettable birth injury cases of his career. Set in Tyler, Texas during the early 1990s, the case centered around a newborn who suffered severe brain damage after hospital staff allegedly failed to properly monitor the baby during labor.But the medical issues were only part of the battle.Mark describes walking into a courtroom shaped by hometown loyalty, racial tension, and enormous pressure from a respected hospital that had never lost a case like this before. With missing fetal monitor records, conflicting medical testimony, and a jury system stacked against his client, the case became a fight not only over evidence, but over dignity, credibility, and whether every patient truly receives equal care.The episode dives into:Birth injury litigation and fetal monitoringCourtroom strategy and expert witness battlesMedical record gaps and missing evidenceRace, bias, and healthcare disparitiesJury selection and trial pressureThe emotional reality of trying high-stakes cases as a young attorneyThrough personal reflection, Mueller shares how a simple courtroom demonstration involving a feather became symbolic of the entire case: sometimes justice comes down to the smallest weight tipping the scale.This episode is part of the Truth & Justice League Podcast’s “Stories from the Vault” series, featuring real legal battles that reveal the human side of the justice system.--------Mark Mueller is a nationally recognized trial attorney and the host of the Truth & Justice League Podcast, where justice meets humanity. With over three decades of experience fighting corporate negligence, environmental harm, and medical injustice, Mueller brings listeners inside the real-life cases that shaped his career, and exposed the systems that put profits over people. A pioneer of the historic Transvaginal Mesh litigation, Mueller has also represented Indigenous communities, including the Blackfoot Brave Dog Society and Lakota Sioux Sundance Chiefs, in landmark cases defending sacred land and cultural rights.Through weekly episodes featuring frontline advocates, artists, legal experts, and "Stories from the Vault" drawn from Mueller’s own case files, the podcast shines a light on the machinery of injustice, and the people working to dismantle it. Equal parts legal exposé, personal reckoning, and call to action, the Truth & Justice League Podcast is built to inform, inspire, connect and empower a rising movement of everyday heroes.

Why Did Canada Want Ostriches Destroyed?

Why would a government order the destruction of a flock of ostriches? In this episode, Mark Mueller and Judyth Vary Baker examine the growing controversy surrounding a Canadian ostrich farm whose birds were believed to possess unusual antibody-producing capabilities. What started as a dispute over livestock quickly grew into a much larger debate involving medical research, public health policy, government authority, and the future of independent scientific innovation. Judyth explains why some researchers became interested in ostriches during the Covid era, pointing to their powerful immune systems, adaptability, and potential role in rapid antibody research. She argues the birds may have represented an alternative path for vaccine and medical development outside the traditional pharmaceutical model, raising concerns about what happens when unconventional discoveries collide with billion-dollar industries and institutional control. The conversation moves through immune system science, experimental vaccines, food and agricultural control, government regulation, and the growing influence large pharmaceutical corporations hold over public health policy. Along the way, the episode raises broader questions about scientific suppression, medical innovation, and how governments respond when emerging ideas challenge established systems. The fight is not just about the birds. It’s about who gets to shape the future of medicine. This episode contains controversial claims and perspectives. Viewers are encouraged to research, think critically, and come to their own conclusions. Born in 1943, Judyth Vary Baker is an American artist, writer, poet, witness, cancer researcher and CEO & Founder of JFK Conferences, LLC. She has published several historical accounts and books of poetry including “Lee and Me and Lee: How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald,” “Kennedy & Oswald: The Big Picture,” biography “David Ferrie: Mafia Pilot” and “Letters to the Cyborgs” a work of science fiction based on today’s inventions and the AI crises, which includes a short story written by Oswald. She was silent for 35 years following Oswald’s death, and now continues to gain support from researchers that meet her and corroborate her story as more facts of JFK’s assassination have been released to the public. She worked with Dr. Alton Ochsner, a major figure in early cancer research, and continues her crusade today after being pushed out of the medical community in the 1960s, when funding shifted from curing cancer to treating it. ig: @judythbaker fb: Judyth.vary.baker

The Cancer Weapon: Inside the Secret Research of the 1960s

What if some of the darkest chapters in American history were connected? In this episode, Mark Mueller sits down with researcher, author, and former cancer lab technician Judyth Vary Baker for a conversation that moves through cancer research, covert operations, bioweapons, and the hidden truths surrounding the JFK assassination. Judyth shares her experiences working alongside controversial cancer researchers in the early 1960s and explains why she believes projects involving SV40, the “monkey virus,” experimental cancer research, and covert intelligence programs were tied to broader efforts involving bioweapons research and alleged plots against Fidel Castro. The discussion explores contaminated polio vaccines, immortal cancer cell lines, U.S. bioweapon research, MKUltra, and the connections between Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and the assassination of President Kennedy. The conversation also touches on the well-documented history of unethical medical experimentation and covert government research programs, raising questions about how much is still hidden from the public. More than sixty years later, Judyth argues these stories still matter because many of the same patterns of secrecy, propaganda, institutional protection, and narrative control continue today. This episode contains controversial claims and perspectives that challenge official narratives. Viewers are encouraged to research, think critically, and come to their own conclusions. Born in 1943, Judyth Vary Baker is an American artist, writer, poet, witness, cancer researcher and CEO & Founder of JFK Conferences, LLC. She has published several historical accounts and books of poetry including “Lee and Me and Lee: How I Came to Know, Love and Lose Lee Harvey Oswald,” “Kennedy & Oswald: The Big Picture,” biography “David Ferrie: Mafia Pilot” and “Letters to the Cyborgs” a work of science fiction based on today’s inventions and the AI crises, which includes a short story written by Oswald. She was silent for 35 years following Oswald’s death, and now continues to gain support from researchers that meet her and corroborate her story as more facts of JFK’s assassination have been released to the public. She worked with Dr. Alton Ochsner, a major figure in early cancer research, and continues her crusade today after being pushed out of the medical community in the 1960s, when funding shifted from curing cancer to treating it. ig: @judythbaker fb: Judyth.vary.baker

Media, Truth, and Control with Mikki Willis

Who controls the story controls what people believe is true.In this episode, Mikki Willis shares how film and media have been used not just to inform, but to influence, construct perception, and protect power.Raised by a single mother on welfare, his early life shaped how he understood inequality, messaging, and the systems that impact everyday people. That lens followed him into filmmaking, where his work has reached global audiences and even played a role in legal cases.This conversation doesn’t stop at media. It moves through politics, personal awakening, and what happens when you get close enough to power to see how things actually work. From time spent on the campaign trail to conversations with insiders, Mikki reflects on the gap between public narratives and private reality.Mikki and Mark also explore bigger questions:- How influence is built- Why people comply with systems they don’t trust- And what happens when technology, information, and control begin to convergeThis episode is about awareness.Because once you start questioning the story, you start seeing the system behind it.--------Best selling author, investigative filmmaker, Mikki Willis is respected internationally for exposing corruption at the highest levels. His movies have been used in high profile criminal trials to exonerate innocent people from political persecution and for bringing victory to historic lawsuits against the most powerful forces of Big Media. In 2020, Mikki Willis released the first installment of his documentary series, Plandemic, which was shared by over one billion people world-wide, making it the most seen independent documentary series in history. ig: @mikkiwillisofficialfb: @mikki.willisx: @mikkiwillisPlandemic.comcodeofcreation.com