Randall Bock, a primary care physician and writer, discusses science as both knowledge and method, warning that post-COVID dissent can harden into new dogma. He argues the autism “epidemic” is confounded by shifting definitions, DSM changes, diagnostic substitution (notably from intellectual disability), incentives, and social context, making single-cause claims unreliable. Bock describes internal conflict with Brownstone and criticizes Toby Rogers’ vaccine-centered, revolutionary framing, including calls for massive reparations and abolishing vaccines, as unscientific moral certainty. He supports case-by-case risk–benefit thinking on vaccines and urges precise classification and evidence-led inquiry, comparing autism debates to oversimplified climate debates.

00:00 What Science Really Is

03:30 From Dissent To Dogma

05:48 Blind Men And Autism

09:04 Defining Autism First

10:49 Why Autism Looks Bigger

15:50 Genes Epigenetics And Timing

18:36 Twin Studies And Disputes

21:32 Diagnostic Drift And Labels

26:24 Mental Health Incentives

29:47 More Analogies Chrysalis

30:11 Butterfly Spectrum Metaphor

31:12 Gala Night Confrontation

35:01 Amateur Versus Expert

37:06 Autism Tsunami Claims

39:32 Marxist Vaccine Narrative

41:45 Denialism and Data

43:49 Monocausal Vaccine Thesis

45:59 Anger and Overcorrection

48:08 Amish and Diagnosis Context

51:44 Climate Analogy and Precision

55:48 RFK Memory and Institutions

57:25 Case by Case Conclusion

https://x.com/@DrRandallBock

Autism, Vaccines, and the Diagnostic Empire: https://randoctor.substack.com/p/autism-vaccines-and-the-diagnostic

The Truth About Autism and Vaccines Doesn’t Suit Either Side: https://dailysceptic.org/2026/02/14/the-truth-about-autism-and-vaccines-doesnt-suit-either-side/

The Hidden Cost of Mental Health Parity”: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hidden-cost-of-mental-health-parity/

Unraveling Autism’s Surge: Genetics, Environment, and the Expanding Diagnostic Net https://randoctor.substack.com/p/unraveling-autisms-surge

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Author Peter Bailey, president of the Prouty Project in Minneapolis, discusses formative travel and life experiences that shaped his leadership work and book, "The Epic of You." He recounts teenage journeys to India and a six-month overland trip across Africa featuring malaria, scarce roads in the Sahara, forged passports, wildlife in Tanzania and Kenya, and a flash flood. He describes early struggles with low self-esteem, addiction and sobriety at 22, risky subway riding, and later adventures like a Wyoming rodeo fall and learning polo at 55. Bailey explains using Joseph Campbell’s heroic journey to reframe adversity, details his 13-minute TEDx talk including his wife’s cancer “power and purpose” mindset, shares practices on names, mindfulness, and resting, and emphasizes community and discernment amid AI.

00:00 Meet Peter Bailey

00:33 Early Travel Roots

02:04 Six Months Across Africa

03:21 Hard Lessons and Journals

05:09 Crossing the Sahara

08:03 Safari Parks and Floods

10:10 Iran Riots at Sixteen

13:14 Book Origins and Identity

15:25 Subway Demons and Risk

16:07 Rodeo Wipeout Story

19:34 Learning Polo Later

22:01 Outward Bound and Dogsleds

24:10 Staying Warm and Prepared

25:02 Lonesome Dove Quotes

26:32 Prairie Stories and Brotherhood

28:02 From Hardship to Heroic Journey

28:46 Mapping the Heroic Journey

30:45 Leadership Work and Gifts

31:11 Crafting the TEDx Talk

32:08 Power and Purpose in Cancer

33:29 Owning Your Epic Life

34:44 Learning from Adversity and Nature

36:48 Remembering Names with Intention

40:38 Mindfulness over Multitasking

42:37 Rest All the Time

45:29 Anchoring Mindset in Sports

46:55 Everyday Epicness and Service

49:26 Next Chapter Aging and AI

52:11 Closing Thanks and Farewell

https://www.peter-bailey.com/

“The Epic of You” on Amazon: https://a.co/d/00P4YyVK

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Tom interviews British doctor Clare Craig about her new book (including a newly released audiobook) and her involvement in a European Court of Human Rights case. Craig describes being smeared and censored during COVID, alleging UK information operations involving the 77th Brigade and a Counter Disinformation Unit, and cites claims of UN/UNICEF-funded influencer campaigns and problematic WHO priorities. She argues COVID policies (lockdowns, masking, distancing) and vaccines failed to stop infection, severe disease, or death, critiques scientific publishing and peer review, and recounts a dispute with The Lancet over a myocarditis paper she says misused data. Craig discusses ethical drift toward utilitarian public health, revisits historical narratives on smallpox vaccination and the 1918 “Spanish flu” (including a possible aspirin-toxicity role), and outlines the Finnish “Mika” case over vaccine restrictions.

00:00 Meet Clare Craig

09:26 Losing Trust In Institutions

18:42 Ethics Nuremberg To Helsinki

24:51 Smallpox Vaccine Origins

29:10 Crude Early Vaccines

29:58 Pushback and Belief

30:49 Smallpox Vaccine Reality

31:59 Monkeypox Emergency Politics

33:57 Spanish Flu Numbers

36:02 Two Pathologies Explained

38:12 Aspirin Toxicity Theory

42:24 Covid Wave Math

45:00 Aerosols Everywhere

48:05 Household Data and Vaccines

52:18 Where Did Flu Go

54:03 Dashboards and Modeled Data

56:20 Human Rights Case Closing

https://x.com/ClareCraigPath

Spiked: A shot in the dark: https://a.co/d/4W8P2JD

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