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Straight Talk MD
by Health Podcast
I'm a skeptic searching for the truth in all matters related to science and medicine, especially where it intersects with economics, politics, and public health. The truth is out there and we're going to find it together...
Episodes
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STRANGE DAZE: On Pins and Needles
Every October, the American Society of Anesthesiologists [the ASA] hosts the largest medical specialty meeting of its kind for thousands and thousands of anesthesiologists from around the world. This year's meeting is being held in San Francisco from October 13th to 17th. To recognize the...
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STRANGE DAZE: Fragile: Handle with Care
Every October, the American Society of Anesthesiologists [the ASA] hosts the largest medical specialty meeting of its kind for thousands and thousands of anesthesiologists from around the world. This year's meeting is being held in San Francisco from October 13th to 17th. To recognize the...
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STRANGE DAZE: Production Pressure
Every October, the American Society of Anesthesiologists [the ASA] hosts the largest medical specialty meeting of its kind for thousands and thousands of anesthesiologists from around the world. This year's meeting is being held in San Francisco from October 13th to 17th. To recognize the...
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STRANGE DAZE: Crepitus
Every October, the American Society of Anesthesiologists [the ASA] hosts the largest medical specialty meeting of its kind for thousands and thousands of anesthesiologists from around the world. This year's meeting is being held in San Francisco from October 13th to 17th. To recognize the...
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STRANGE DAZE: Wrong Assumptions
Every October, the American Society of Anesthesiologists [the ASA] hosts the largest medical specialty meeting of its kind for thousands and thousands of anesthesiologists from around the world. This year's meeting is being held in San Francisco from October 13th to 17th. To recognize the...
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Plasmid DNA Contamination of Pfizer mRNA Vaccines Confirmed! featuring Dr. Phillip Buckhaults
In February, Kevin McKernan, CSO of Medicinal Genomics, was deep sequencing Pfizer mRNA vaccines when he discovered that every sample he tested was contaminated with large quantities of plasmid DNA. A plasmid is a circular piece of DNA integral in the manufacturing process of mRNA vaccines, but…
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"Self-Spreading" Vaccines and the Origin of COVID-19 with Jim Haslam
Many experts believe the preponderance of circumstantial and molecular evidence suggests SARS-CoV-2 was genetically manipulated in a lab and accidentally released into the human population in Wuhan. Jim Haslam, who has written seven essays on the origin of COVID-19, believes that SARS-CoV-2 was...
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Biden's Inexorable Decline
Joe Biden is already the most cognitively and physically impaired President we've seen in our lifetime. If re-elected in 2024, Biden would begin his second term at the age of 82. Only one-third of Americans think he has the physical stamina to be POTUS today; even fewer believe he has the mental...
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"Don't Look Up" with Ron Howrigon
My guest is HealthCare Economist Ron Howrigon. In 2017, Ron wrote Flatlining: How Healthcare Could Kill the US Economy and had some dire predictions for our healthcare system and our economy if substantial changes weren't implemented. Today, Ron discusses his sequel to Flatlining called: CLEAR!...
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Valentin Bruttel: The Molecular Evidence pointing to a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2
Molecular biologist and immunologist Valentin Bruttel discusses what he believes is compelling molecular evidence indicating SARS-CoV-2 was engineered in a lab. He is the co-author, along with Alex Washburne, and Tony VanDongen of the preprint entitled: Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a...
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#RaccoonDogGate: New data does NOT link raccoon dogs to COVID-19's origin with Steve Massey...
On 3/17/23, the MSM news cycle was dominated by an incredible claim by a group of international scientists: "new data" from early 2020 linked raccoon dogs at the Wuhan Seafood Market to the origin of COVID-19. When "Raccoon Dog Mediapalooza" commenced, journalists and science reporters had no…
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DNA Contamination Discovered in Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines with Kevin McKernan
In early February, Kevin McKernan, Chief Science Officer of Medicinal Genomics, was deep sequencing Moderna and Pfizer bivalent booster vaccines to help solve a technical problem with his sequencing process when he made an entirely unexpected discovery: the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent booster...
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Raccoon Dog Mediapalooza with Mike Balter
On March 17th, at least 17 major news outlets published a story claiming a group of scientists had analyzed new genetic data from Chinese and that data linked raccoon dogs at the Huanan Seafood Market to the origin of COVID-19. At best, it was journalistic misfeasance, at worst it was willful...
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Are Raccoon Dogs the New Pangolin? with Steve Massey
On March 17th, 2023, the news cycle was dominated by the announcement of an "international team of virologists and evolutionary biologists" that claimed to have analyzed data from China that showed raccoon dogs at the Wuhan Seafood Market were linked to the origin of COVID-19. Unfortunately, the...
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Unraveling the Origin of COVID-19 False Narrative with Jonathan Latham
On March 8th the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic convened their investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Dr Jonathan Latham, "a card-carrying virologist" joins me to perform a warm autopsy on this first Subcommittee hearing on "Investigating the origin of COVID-19." Dr Latham…
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US Energy Department assessment on the origin of the pandemic, "limited hangouts", the WHO, and the evolving official narrative on the origin of COVID-19
Last week, journalists from the WSJ reported that the US Department of Energy [DOE] had joined the FBI in concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely arose from a lab leak in Wuhan. While the DOE assessment is supported by a growing body of circumstantial evidence in the public domain, the...
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Exclusive: Secret gain-of-function research on novel coronavirus in Wuhan uncovered from mining genomic datasets with Steve Massey
Last week, Adrian Jones, Daoyu Zhang, Steven Massey, Yuri Deigin, Louis Nemzer, and Steven Quay reported out on an ingenious analysis of genomic datasets from NCBI that indicate a lab in Wuhan was performing potentially risky genetic engineering manipulations on a novel coronavirus that was...
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Jonathan Latham on the Origin of COVID-19, accelerated evolution of coronaviruses in immunocompromised hosts, RaTG-13, the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and much more
Jonathan R Latham PhD is a "card-carrying" virologist, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project, and the Editor of Independent Science News. In the first half of today's interview, we discuss several theories of the origin of COVID-19, Fauci's COVID Origin SWAT…
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The Unredacted Fauci Emails with Jimmy Tobias
Today, I interview independent reporter Jimmy Tobias. Jimmy successfully challenged the NIH to have the redactions removed from Dr Fauci's emails surrounding his secret deliberations with NIH Director Francis Collins, Jeremy Farrar, and several renown virologists regarding the possible lab origin...
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Dark Winter with Raina MacIntyre
My guest is epidemiologist and biosecurity expert, Raina MacIntyre. Dr MacIntyre is Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, and Professor of Global Biosecurity at UNSW. Today we discuss her latest book DARK WINTER: An insider's guide to Pandemics and biosecurity. We discuss a…
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The Pandemic Origin and the Biowarfare Arms Race with Sam Husseini
Today I interview independent journalist Sam Husseini. Sam has covered the COVID-19 pandemic origins since the beginning and covered WMD's since 9/11. Today, we discuss the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the origins of the massive escalation in the bioweapons/biodefense arms race, Amerithrax…
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COVID-19 ORIGIN EPISODE 7: PROJECT DEFUSE & THE ORIGIN of COVID-19
Just over one year ago, a TOP SECRET "biodefense" research proposal called Project DEFUSE was leaked to the public by DRASTIC. The proposal was originally submitted to DARPA [the DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY] on behalf of EcoHealth Alliance in March 2018. The proposed research would...
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The Lancet Commission on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
After a two-year investigation of the pandemic, the Lancet COVID-19 Commission released their final report on September 14th. Where did Covid-19 come from? Did gain-of-function research cause the COVID-19 pandemic, and could it cause another? Was the vaccine rollout guided more by economics and...
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Investigating the Origin of COVID-19 featuring Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs, Chair of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission and charged with oversight of 11 different Task Forces investigating various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, was interviewed on the DEFENDER Podcast and shared his remarkable experiences with one Task Force. Sachs does a scathing takedown…
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Gain of Function Research and the Origin of COVID-19 with Richard Ebright, Kevin Esvelt, and Steven Quay
On August 3rd, 2022, the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight held a hearing to discuss the threat of gain-of-function research and the origin of COVID-19. Doctors Richard Ebright, Steven Quay, and Kevin Esvelt testified publicly before the committee. In their collective...
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COVID-19 Origin Episode 6: Establishing the False Narrative
At the Coronavirus Task Force Press Conference on April 17th, 2020, Dr. Fauci establishes a false narrative that "the science" supports one credible scientific hypothesis for the origin of the COVID-19 Pandemic- a natural zoonosis. This episode examines the "nightmare of circumstantial evidence"...
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COVID-19 Origin Episode 5: An Inconvenient Truth
On January 31, 2020, the day after the WHO declared the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, Big Science in the US and the UK learned an inconvenient truth. An international group of virologists that had been studying the genetic sequence of SARS...
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The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 4: The China Coverup
There is abundant evidence of a concerted effort by the Chinese Government and their Public Health officials to conceal the magnitude of the outbreak of "pneumonias of unknown cause" and to mislead the world into believing that COVID-19 was not spreading by human-to-human transmission for almost…
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The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 3: The Lab Leak Hypothesis with Yuri Deigin
Where did SARS Coronavirus-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world, come from? Today, I interview Yuri Deigin, a biotech researcher, entrepreneur, and founding member of DRASTIC, to discuss the evidence that led him to believe there is a greater than…
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The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 2: Ground Zero
Knowing how a pandemic started is the key to stopping the next one. A novel bat coronavirus first appears in Wuhan, China in November of 2019. This family of coronaviruses normally reside in bats living in caves 1000 miles south of Wuhan. Understanding where the virus came from and how it entered...
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The Origin of COVID-19 Episode 1: Overview
Knowing how a pandemic started is the key to stopping the next one. Understanding where the virus causing COVID-19 originated and how it entered the human reservoir will help prevent a similar pandemic in the future. SARS Coronavirus-2 first appeared in Wuhan, China in November 2019. There are…
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Dr. Paul Offit COVID-19 Update
Dr. Paul Offit is back in the virtual studio to discuss the COVID-19 vaccines in 5-to-11-year-olds, the relative risk of myocarditis following vaccination compared to the risk of myocarditis following a Covid-19 infection, and the glaring lack of evidence supporting the vaccine booster for most…
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COVID-19 Natural Immunity Versus Vaccine Immunity, the Booster Shot, Myocarditis, and the Return to Normalcy with Dr. Monica Gandhi
Today, internationally respected infectious disease specialist, Dr. Monica Gandhi, is in the virtual studio to examine the science of natural immunity versus vaccine immunity, the booster shot, and the risk of myocarditis in teens. We also explore the best timing of vaccine doses to maximize...
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BidenCare and Beyond
Healthcare economist, Ron Howrigon, returns to follow up on "surprise medical bills", the nursing shortage, the hospital transparency rule, the economy, the inscrutable workforce paradox, and much more...
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Healthcare 2022: What is Past is Prologue
As we head for the offramp of the COVID-19 pandemic, we take a candid look at the dystopian future that awaits us. Healthcare economist, Ron Howrigon, returns to discuss Healthcare 2022 and examine some of the most dysfunctional aspects of our healthcare system that will likely get worse in the...
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Vaccine Hesitancy, Natural Immunity, Myocarditis, and much, much more, with Rich Parker MD
Dr. Rich Parker and I discuss the Biden vaccine mandate, vaccine hesitancy, natural immunity, myocarditis, rational Covid testing in schools, and much, much more.
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Dopamine Nation with Anna Lembke MD
Today, I interview best-selling author, Dr. Anna Lembke, on her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Dr. Lembke carefully maps out the neuroscience, and leads us to an inescapable and uncomfortable conclusion: we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us. Dopamine...
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This COVID Life 9: "Return to COVID Hell"
With persistent severe brain fog two weeks out from first symptoms, Frank must undergo extensive cognitive testing to rule out a structural brain injury.
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This COVID Life 8: "Judgment Day"
Judgment Day arrives for Frank. Maryam gets her test results back.
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This COVID Life 7: "Storm Warnings"
The return of the fever, along with the worsening brain fog and "monkey mind," create fears of an impending cytokine storm. Maryam gets a fever and goes for a test.
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This COVID Life 6: "Bad Omens"
The worsening of symptoms overnight may be bad omens for COVID-19 disease progression.
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This COVID Life 5: "The Fog of COVID"
With the COVID test positive, Frank and Maryam are in quarantine. New symptoms appear. The source of the COVID infection is contemplated; treatments options are considered.
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This COVID Life 4: "Like a Box of Chocolates"
COVID test results return. Many questions remain unanswered.
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This COVID Life 3: "Shut Up and Take the Pain"
The development of new symptoms warrant further investigation...
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This COVID Life 2: "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"
We pick up the story on December 7th, 2020, Pearl Harbor Day, "a date which will live in infamy." The pandemic is raging out of control while COVID-19 vaccines are awaiting approval. It's a day I'll never forget...
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This COVID Life 1: The Worst of Times
The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I pick up the story where we left off three months ago... At the end of the first week of December 2020, in the middle of COVID Hell.
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Allegory Of The Bus
Today's episode was originally released in March 2017 during the attempt to "Repeal and Replace" Obamacare with TrumpCare. The Allegory of the Bus was a cautionary tale about the potential consequences of the deep division in Washington politics on the health and security of the nation. I'm...
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COVID Commentaries. Episode 3: Seeds of Destruction
I am re-releasing this episode on the one-year anniversary of the first U.S. case of COVID-19. Since then, 2 million people have died worldwide from COVID-19, and we still don't have a credible explanation of how it entered the human reservoir. There is abundant evidence of a concerted effort by...
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COVID Commentaries. Episode 2: The Enemy Appears [Origins]
The World Health Organization is just now investigating the origins of COVID-19. Last May, I published this podcast with an alternative theory of the origin of the SARS Coronavirus-2 (aka COVID-19) based on facts in plain sight. My theory contradicted the Chinese Government's narrative and was...
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COVID Hell: COVID-19 Update #10 [November 23, 2020]
We have entered COVID Hell. The novel coronavirus has returned with a vengeance. In the U.S., new cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions have already exceeded all-time highs from last spring, and we're just beginning the exponential phase of the third wave. Hospitals in 18 states are already...
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I'm a skeptic searching for the truth in all matters related to science and medicine, especially where it intersects with economics, politics, and public health. The truth is out there and we're going to find it together...
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