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How Big Pharma and Big Food Keep America Sick | Sage Steele Show | EP 69

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Calley Means has spent years pulling back the curtain on some of the most powerful industries in America, and what he shared with me was eye-opening. We talked about his journey from working inside the political machine to becoming a senior adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and now one of the most outspoken critics of the food, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries. Calley explained why he believes the health of our country starts with what we eat, and how the system is stacked against ordinary Americans from the time we are kids in school. He did not sugarcoat the reality. The statistics are dark, the incentives are broken, and the industries making billions off our sickness do not want to change. But Calley also brought hope by sharing why he still believes America can turn this around, what he is fighting for alongside RFK Jr. and Donald Trump, and the changes that could actually make us healthy again. This was a challenging and fascinating conversation that will make you question what you have been told about health, medicine, and the food on your plate. The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.You can go to my sponsor https://aura.com/sagesteele to try 14 days for free. That's enough time for Aura to start scrubbing your personal info off these data broker sites, without you lifting a finger.For behind-the-scenes content from this episode, check out my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/TheSageSteeleShow #sagesteelepodcast #sagesteele #podcast #health #food #rfkjr Chapters: 00:01:33 – Life at the White House 00:03:03 – Trump's Second Term 00:05:50 – The State of Food and Health in America 00:09:51 – MAHA vs. Big Pharma 00:14:52 – How American Food and Health Declined 00:16:53 – NIH's Questionable Interests and Spending 00:19:13 – Shocking Tactics Used by the Food Industry 00:20:07 – Michelle Obama and School Lunches 00:22:46 – How MAHA is Making an Impact 00:27:05 – RFK Jr. Joins Forces with President Trump 00:30:43 – What is SNAP? 00:38:09 – How the Medical Community Dismisses Patients 00:40:24 – Rebuilding Trust in Doctors and Medicine 00:47:24 – What to Do if Your Doctor Belittles You 00:51:05 – Is It Racist to Say Soda is Bad for You? 00:57:13 – Low Income and Poor Health 01:03:15 – The Means Family's Health Habits 01:06:52 – The Presidential Fitness Test 01:11:59 – Calley's Mother and the Reason He Fights 01:15:57 – Powerful Moment: Calley on His Mother's Final Days 01:23:42 – Cancer by the Numbers 01:30:56 – Closing Thoughts Subscribe to the Channel for more Podcasts like this! Listen to the Show on all Podcast Apps "The Sage Steele Show" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sage-steele-show/id1737682826 Follow Sage: https://www.sagesteele.com https://x.com/sagesteele https://www.instagram.com/sagesteele https://www.tiktok.com/@officialsagesteele https://rumble.com/c/SageSteeleProductions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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