EPISODE 165 | MAHA Mia: The Misconceptions of RFK Jr

Guest: Evan Nadler, pediatric surgeon and researcher, pioneer in childhood obesity

The conspirasphere has been weaponized so much that actual conspiracy theorists now hold important and influential positions in the US government. Perhaps the most egregious example of this is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. What does an actual doctor think about some of his nuttiness? Listen and find out.

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More Info:

• Obesity Explained (Dr. Nadler's website)
• Evan Nadler's YouTube Channel
• EPISODE 02 | A Cavalcade of COVID-19 Crackpottery
• EPISODE 26 | Come On Vaccine! Vaccine Hesitancy & You
• EPISDOE 38 | The Dirty Dozen: Medical Misinformation Miscreants (RFK Jr section is the 2nd one)
• EPISODE 60 | Under My Skin: Morgellons Disease

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EPISODE 164 | Walk Like a Panther: The Palantir 22-Point Manifesto

A company many have heard mentioned but don’t know much about caused a stir in the interwebs when its CEO dropped a 22-point manifesto of sorts. Many felt the whole thing smacked of some sort of comic book supervillain’s shopping list, while others nodded their heads at the sage wisdom of the post of X (formerly Twitter).

Palantir is the company and the poster was Alex Karp. But just what is Palantir and who is this Karp guy?

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1. Five Guys - Nathan Gettings, Stephen Cohen, Alex Karp, Jon Lonsdale, Peter Thiel (the 130th richest country in the world)
2. More Things in Heaven and Earth - Peter Thiel: a Randian Objectivist, a plutocratic reactionary, militarist techno-libertarian, or libertarian authoritarian; post-democracy, liquid democracy; Thiel's views and actions
3. Know Your Product - What Palantir does and what they're worth, Gotham, Foundry, AIP, TITAN, MetaConstellation and MOSAIC, Skykits, Metropolis, ELITE; who uses this stuff, JP Morgan spies on employees
4. Manifesto - Alex Karp's 22-point summary of The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

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• DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
• PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

EPISODE 163 | Vanishing Point: Missing Scientists & the Erosion of Certainty

Someone recently wrote that, these days, a conspiracy theory is sort of a political position. It sure does seem that way sometimes, and new conspiracy theories continue to evolve in this disinfo-rich soil we’ve scattered about the internet like so much incontinence. Plus, those in power seem to have figure out that they way to many a voter’s heart is by encouraging conspiracy thinking, tapping into whatever it is that drives people to invest so much in them. In an attention economy, there’s no such thing as good or bad attention.

So, we look at a brand new conspiracy theory that showed up earlier this year, the Missing Scientists Conspiracy Theory, and then dabble in some of the ways conspiracy thinking has infected and infiltrated the highest levels of American government. Maybe this is a cautionary tale, but it also might be an alarm bell.

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1. Feeling Gravity's Pull - Monica Jacinto Reza and Amy Eskridge
2. Propulsion Overdrive - Michael Hicks, Frank Maiwald, Anthony Chavez, Melissa Casias, Steven Garcia, Jason Thomas, Nuno Loureiro, Carl Grillmair, William Neil McCasland, Joshua LeBlanc
3. Supersonic Rocket Ship - A new conspiracy theory is born, parallels are drawn, Chinese scientists, the White House gets involved - Trump, Kash Patel, James Comer, Eric Burlison; Tim Burchett loves David Wilcox
4. How Greene Was My Valley - Marjorie Taylor Greene
5. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - J.D. Vance

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Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt

• DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.
• PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER