Katharine channels her inner Sarah Koenig to answer serious questions about a wild animal sighting.

Sources:

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/gray-wolf
• https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-wolf-that-changed-america-wolf-wars-americas-campaign-to-eradicate-the-wolf/4312/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ellis_(wolf_researcher)
• https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=livewith.wolves#:~:text=Don't%20run%2C%20but%20act,using%20the%20wildlife%20encounter%20form.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDhIkoigl-Q
• https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangerous-to-humans/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack#:~:text=Wolf%20attacks%20are%20injuries%20to,predatory%2C%20agonistic%2C%20and%20defensive.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir

Lorien takes Katharine back to the 1900s for a story of bad science, good journalism, and...soliciting blood at a child' s birthday party.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancet_MMR_autism_fraud
• https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
• https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/revealed-mmr-research-scandal-7ncfntn8mjq
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8481583.stm
• https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm
• https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/andrew_wakefield_vaccine
• https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr-playbook
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/rfk-science-vaccines.html
• https://www.brookings.edu/articles/rfk-jr-s-history-of-medical-misinformation-raises-concerns-over-hhs-nomination/
• https://www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-conspiracy-theories-fact-check.html
• https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rfk-jr-doesn-t-medical-142823533.html
• https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html
• https://www.idsociety.org/ID-topics/infectious-disease/measles/know-the-facts
• https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/vaccine-autism-rfk-jr-how-science-proves-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/
• https://apple.news/AV5bUl2rwQr-Y3oS_9JmG9Q
• https://apple.news/AkXiB-2SYSIax-BASG39_3w
• https://apple.news/AkXiB-2SYSIax-BASG39_3w
• https://www.startribune.com/cdc-leaders-who-resigned-said-rfk-jr-undermined-vaccine-science-risking-lives/601463373

Katharine has big concerns about tiny plastics.

Sources:

• https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html
• https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics
• https://apple.news/AlNT07D-cT-K1KiKXlFz1Lw
• https://www.wired.com/story/this-startup-promises-to-clean-your-blood-of-microplastics-clarify-clinics/