#1820 Science and Public Health Under Attack by Our Own Government

Air Date: 9/2/2026

Today we look at how public health is being gutted by a system that took ordinary parental worry and organized, radicalized and monetized it into an anti-science "wellness" movement large enough to seize real political power.

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TOP TAKES

KP 1: We Need to Accept That We Elected an Actual Madman to Be President - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 8-11-26

KP 2: The 'Anti-Science Disinformation Ecosystem': Experts Decode Trump's War on Health and C Limate - Zeteo - Air Date 10-22-25

KP 3: Welcome to the Vaccine Free-for-All - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 9-4-25

KP 4: Fauci Takes the 5th Amendment While MAGA Cracks His Diary Open & Calls Him Hitler - The Daily Show - Air Date 7-30-26

KP 5: The Infodemic — and the Scientists Fighting Against It | Jessica Malaty Rivera Part 1 - TED Talks Daily - Air Date 8-7-26

KP 6: The Anti-Vaccine Movement Part 1 - Throughline - Air Date 9-25-25

KP 7: Skepticism of Science in Health Care: Who Doesn't Trust Whom and Why? | Robert Field - Fondation Brocher - Air Date 12-16-24

(00:59:02) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

In 1955 Newspapers Announced the Polio Vaccine Like a War Victory

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DEEPER DIVES

(01:09:24) SECTION A: THE CURRENT DAMAGE

A1: Fauci, RFK Jr., and the Latest in American Health Part 1 - Reveal - Air Date 8-11-26

A2: Sick Boy – How RFK's Crank Health Agenda Is Making America Ill Again - The Bunker – News Without the Nonsense - Air Date 4-13-26

A3: Fauci, RFK Jr., and the Latest in American Health Part 2 - Reveal - Air Date 8-11-26

(01:35:53) SECTION B: HOW WE GOT HERE

B1: The Anti-Vaccine Movement Part 2 - Throughline - Air Date 9-25-25

B2: Peter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine - Yale Insights - Air Date 11-27-25

B3: To Be a Trump Republican You Have to Dare to Be Stupid - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 8-27-26

(01:59:55) SECTION C: WHY IT WORKS

C1: Fall Of The House Of Misinformation: Science At Work Part 1 - Unbiased Science - Air Date 4-17-24

C2: Social Influence: Crash Course Psychology #38 - CrashCourse - Air Date 11-11-14

C3: Fall Of The House Of Misinformation: Science At Work Part 2 - Unbiased Science - Air Date 4-17-24

(02:23:55) SECTION D: RESPONDING TO THE MOMENT

D1: One Crisis After Another | Jessica Malaty Rivera Part 1 - Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab - Air Date 5-13-26

D2: Why Doctors Are Mad at Me for My Debate - Doctor Mike - Air Date 12-17-25

D3: One Crisis After Another | Jessica Malaty Rivera Part 2 - Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab - Air Date 5-13-26

D4: The Infodemic — and the Scientists Fighting Against It | Jessica Malaty Rivera Part 2 - TED Talks Daily - Air Date 8-7-26

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