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Disease Mongering: How They Sell Sickness to the Healthy - Alan Cassels - The Brownstone Show, Ep 20

In this episode of The Brownstone Show, Jeffrey Tucker sits down with Alan Cassels, one of the world’s leading experts on disease mongering and co-author of the groundbreaking book Selling Sickness, for a revealing conversation on how the medical-industrial complex turns healthy people into patients. From the manufactured panic of COVID to the relentless expansion of “risk factors” into diseases, Cassels exposes the playbook: redefining normal human conditions as illnesses, lowering diagnostic thresholds to create millions of new customers, and pushing lifelong treatments for profit. Key Topics Covered: * The Amish COVID meme and how media hysteria drove the pandemic response * Wellness checkups and the medicalization of healthy people * The cholesterol/statins racket and ever-changing guidelines * Risk distortion, IFR, and how fear was weaponized during COVID * Inventing osteoporosis as a disease and selling fear of bone density * Over-screening with PSA tests, colonoscopies, and more * Female sexual dysfunction, social anxiety disorder, and other created conditions * The GLP-1/Ozempic boom and the medicalization of body size * Why movement, diet, and accepting natural variation are better than drugs Alan Cassels brings decades of research and sharp insight, while Jeffrey Tucker connects it to broader themes of liberty and institutional trust. This episode is essential viewing for anyone tired of being sold sickness and ready to reclaim personal health autonomy. 👉 Subscribe to The Brownstone Show for more fearless conversations on liberty, public health, and medical freedom. Follow Jeffrey Tucker & Brownstone Institute: Website: brownstone.org X/Twitter: @jeffreyatucker Alan Cassels: Brownstone Fellow & Author of Selling Sickness X/Twitter: @AKECassels Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe [https://substack.brownstone.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

COVID Reckoning: Lab Leaks, Cover-Ups, and Accountability - Steve Deace - The Brownstone Show, Ep 19

In this episode of The Brownstone Show, Jeffrey Tucker sits down with Steve Deace for a no-holds-barred conversation on one of the most consequential events of our lifetime: the COVID-19 pandemic, its origins, the unprecedented response, and the ongoing push for accountability. From the very beginning of the crisis to today’s emerging revelations, Tucker and Deace compare notes on what really happened: the lab leak hypothesis, the coordinated cover-up involving Fauci and his inner circle, the suppression of natural immunity data, the disastrous lockdowns, and the aggressive rollout of mRNA technology. Key Topics Covered: * The indictment of David Morens and fresh scrutiny on Anthony Fauci * The lab leak origins and the “Proximal Origin” paper * How natural immunity was erased from the conversation * The deadly flaws of PCR testing and death certificate manipulation * The shocking timeline shift from “it’s just the flu” to nationwide lockdowns * Imperial College models, Event 201, and the Great Reset undertones * Vaccine safety signals, leaky vaccines, and the mutation problem * Political motivations, censorship, and the weaponization of public health * Why a full reckoning is still needed — and why it’s finally trending Steve Deace, who covered the crisis daily for years on his popular podcast, brings sharp analysis and memorable moments from the front lines of resistance. Jeffrey Tucker, founder of Brownstone Institute, provides deep historical and economic context. This is more than a retrospective — it’s a call for truth, justice, and never letting something like this happen again. 👉 Subscribe to The Brownstone Show for more fearless conversations on liberty, public health, and the future. Follow Jeffrey Tucker & Brownstone Institute: Website: brownstone.org [https://brownstone.org]X/Twitter: @jeffreytucker Steve Deace: Podcast: Steve Deace Show [https://www.blazetv.com/series/5qrRSBLHHW7g-steve-deace-show] Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe [https://substack.brownstone.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Brownstone Show - Episode 17 - Stephan Kinsella

Jeffrey Tucker sits down with Stephan Kinsella...libertarian attorney, author of the seminal 2001 essay “Against Intellectual Property”, and the massive treatise “Legal Foundations of a Free Society”...for a provocative discussion on why defamation (libel and slander) law should be rejected as just another form of intellectual property right. Kinsella argues that reputation is not ownable property. What others think of you cannot be controlled or turned into a legal entitlement. Defamation law, like patents, copyrights, and trademarks, rests on the flawed idea that the state should protect intangible “rights” through force. He explains how these laws create chilling effects, perverse incentives, and actually amplify the harm of false speech rather than reduce it. Topics covered include: * Why intellectual property (including trademarks and defamation) is incompatible with true property rights and free markets * The historical and common-law roots of defamation and how it morphed into reputation-as-property * How the existence of defamation lawsuits gives lies more credibility (”If it weren’t true, he would have sued”) * Free speech, threats, and the limits of state power * Private alternatives: reputation markets, certification agencies, dueling culture, caveat emptor for information, and why a truly free society would be more (not less) regulated by voluntary rules * Connections to patents destroying innovation (especially in pharma and software), NDAs, cancel culture, and the illusion of safety created by regulatory bodies like the FDA * Why “buyer beware” should apply to both products and information in a free society This is a challenging, nuanced conversation that questions deeply held assumptions about law, harm, honor, and reputation. Even if you initially disagree, Kinsella’s razor-sharp property-rights analysis will make you rethink how we handle speech, lies, and “harm” in the digital age. Guest: Stephan Kinsella Attorney, author of Against Intellectual Property (2001) and Legal Foundations of a Free Society (2023). Founder of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF). Links: Stephan Kinsella: https://stephankinsella.com Brownstone Institute: https://brownstone.org If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe for more unfiltered discussions on liberty, law, technology, and the future of a free society. Drop your thoughts—do you think defamation should be treated as a property right, or is Kinsella right that it’s just another IP-style monopoly on ideas and opinions? Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe [https://substack.brownstone.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Brownstone Show - Episode 16 - Aaron Kheriaty

In this episode of The Brownstone Show, Jeffrey Tucker sits down with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty — psychiatrist, bioethicist, senior fellow at Brownstone Institute, and one of the most important dissident voices during the COVID era. Aaron Kheriaty was a lead plaintiff in the landmark Missouri v. Biden case (now settled), which exposed government-coordinated censorship on social media. He is also the author of The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biosecurity State (2022) and the memoir Making the Cut. In this wide-ranging conversation, they discuss: • How COVID was never just about public health — it was a test run for a new system of surveillance, data extraction, and social control • The machinery of censorship that remains in place even after the “emergency” ended • Why AI represents the next evolution of control — and the profound ethical problems of holding algorithms accountable • Shadow banning, algorithmic manipulation, and the illusion of free speech on digital platforms • The Missouri v. Biden litigation, its settlement, and what it means for the future of the First Amendment • Section 230, common carriers, and how to restore genuine free speech online • The resurfacing of “climate lockdowns” and other forms of biosecurity-style control A deep, unflinching discussion about power, propaganda, technology, and resistance in the post-COVID world. Dr. Aaron Kheriaty’s book: The New Abnormal → https://www.amazon.com/New-Abnormal-Biomedical-Security-State/dp/B0B5M41RTW/ [https://www.amazon.com/New-Abnormal-Biomedical-Security-State/dp/B0B5M41RTW/] Subscribe to Brownstone Institute for more uncensored conversations. Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe [https://substack.brownstone.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Brownstone Show - Episode 15 - Bobbie Anne Flower Cox

The Brownstone Show: When Judges Go Rogue New York attorney Bobbie Anne Flower Cox joins Jeffrey Tucker to break down two shocking federal court rulings that struck down key early achievements of RFK Jr. at HHS. In one case, a Massachusetts judge dismantled changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and rolled back reforms to the childhood vaccine schedule. In another, an Oregon judge blocked HHS efforts to stop federal funding for gender transition procedures on minors. Cox, famous for successfully challenging New York’s quarantine camp law, explains how these decisions represent serious judicial overreach, violations of separation of powers, and activist judging that ignores the executive branch’s authority and the will of voters. Topics covered: * Conflicted vaccine committees and the explosion of the childhood schedule * Procedural excuses used to override agency reforms * The fight over “gender-affirming care” for children * Nationwide injunctions and district judges acting like super-legislators * What this means for the Trump administration’s health agenda A must-watch discussion on the Constitution, checks and balances, and the battle to restore sound science and parental rights. Guest: Bobbie Anne Flower Cox, civil rights attorney & Brownstone Institute Fellow Host: Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone Institute 🔗 Follow Bobbie Anne Cox: https://attorneycox.substack.com [https://attorneycox.substack.com] 🔗 Brownstone Institute: https://brownstone.org [https://brownstone.org] Subscribe for more uncensored conversations on freedom, law, public health, and the future of America. #RFKJr [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/rfkjr] #HHS [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hhs] #VaccineSchedule [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/vaccineschedule] #JudicialOverreach [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/judicialoverreach] #SeparationOfPowers [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/separationofpowers] #BrownstoneInstitute [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/brownstoneinstitute] #ChildTransitions [https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/childtransitions] Get full access to Brownstone Insights at substack.brownstone.org/subscribe [https://substack.brownstone.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]