Why Should I Trust You?
Brinda Adhikari, Tom Johnson, Maggie Bartlett, Dr. Mark Abdelmalek
Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional additional special episodes sprinkled in. Hosted by Brinda Adhikari, the former executive producer of “The Problem with Jon Stewart” and a former TV news journalist; Tom Johnson, the former executive producer of “The Circus,” and also a former TV news journalist; Dr. Maggie Bartlett, a virologist a...
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On Shared Reality, Epstein & Epistemic Collapse: A Conversation w Eliot Higgins,...
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CHD Part 3 of 3: Reflections from the WSITY Team + Conversations w MAHA Parents...
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Children's Health Defense Series Part 2 of 3: A Lively Conversation w Major MAHA...
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Live from Children's Health Defense Part 1 of 3: A Conversation w Dr. Bret Weins...
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School Vaccine Requirements: Are We Even Talking About This The Right Way? A Con...
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Election Day Special: Public Health Needs to Get Off the Mat & Join the Politica...
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A Yale Researcher & A MAHA Organizer Team Up for East Palestine, Ohio: A Convers...
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It's Not Me, It's My Algorithm: A Conversation w Claire Wardle About Breaking Th...
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Special Episode: A Conversation with MAHA Moms & Science Communicators About Aut...
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How Big Is The Support For MAHA Really? The Numbers Are In! We Talk w Pollster E...
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Public Health Is Outgunned: A Conversation w Science Communicators Katelyn Jetel...
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On Medical Freedom, DEI, RFK Jr. & Free Speech: A Conversation w Author Coleman...
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Special: A Talk w Gen Z: Voices From MAHA, Public Health, Conservative, Liberal,...
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The President's Announcement On Tylenol & Autism: Discussing It w A Pregnant Mot...
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The Hepatitis B Birth Dose Vaccine: Do We Need It? An Honest Conversation w Dr....
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Special Ep: A Lively Discussion w Farmers, Journalists, & Advocates -- MAHA & Ot...
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Special Ep: Following the Murder of Charlie Kirk, Is Engaging In Civil Disagreem...
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Kennedy's Health Plan for America + Do Black Americans Feel Seen By MAHA? A Conv...
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A Conversation With The Three CDC Leaders Who Resigned In Protest & MAHA Support...
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How Corporations Fuel Our Chronic Disease Crisis: A Conversation w Public Health...
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A Conversation w Fox News Medical Correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel On mRNA, RFK Jr,...
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Bonus Episode! A Conversation w Former FDA Chief David Kessler. Did He Just Give...
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MAHA-Public Health Conversation #6: On Food, On Nutrition, On Government, & On t...
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Sunday Special: A Conversation w Neil deGrasse Tyson & Scott Hamilton Kennedy On...
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A CDC Director-palooza: A Candid Conversation w Two Former CDC Chiefs Drs. Tom F...
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Special: Leading MAHA Activist Zen Honeycutt, On Her Anger At the EPA + On Cuts...
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What's A Conspiracy Theory Anyway? We Talk UFOs, Gov't Secrets & Journalism w Tw...
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Kevin Hall Is Still Ultra Processing: On Leaving NIH, On MAHA, On Food in Americ...
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A Revealing Conversation btwn MAHA, Doctors & Journalists On Trust In Media, In...
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A Conversation w Dr. Francis Collins On Reforming NIH, Cuts to Research, MAHA, &...
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Lessons From the 1980s AIDS Crisis and Applying It To Today: A Conversation w Dr...
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Fired ACIP Members Speak To Us On the Future of Vaccines + Dr. Michael Mina On A...
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The Medicaid Axe is About To Fall. We Asked a Group of MAHA, MAGA & Independent...
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Why Does the Phrase “mRNA” Rip Americans Apart? We Chat w Nobel-Prize Winning Sc...
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Special: MAHA Georgia & Public Health In a Spirited Discussion On the Legacy of...
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Can Nuance On Raw Milk Boost Vaccine Uptake? A Conversation On Data & Messaging...
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Searching for the Causes of Autism: A Conversation with Two Moms, Alison Singer...
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On Trust in Biden, Media, Politicians & On Aging: A Conversation with CNN's Jake...
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Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines,...
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Why Americans Are Turning to the Paranormal—and What That Says About Trust, w Au...
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Special Ep: We Talk COVID.Gov, Lab Leaks & Raccoon Dogs w Paul Offit, Maciek Bon...
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Inside A Rare Conversation Between MAHA Grassroots and Public Health Leaders
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Can Dems Be the Party of Health in an Age of RFK Jr.’s MAHA? A Conversation w Se...
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How to Reach People in Today's New Media Amid a Crisis of Mistrust. A Conversati...
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A Writer's Journey w a Rare Disease Led Her to Champion Obamacare & Democrats....
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Special Ep: A Conversation with Dr. Peter Marks on Vaccine Safety, Trust, and th...
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Wendell Potter, A Health Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower, On Blowing Up Our...
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What's the End Game? We Talk Massive Remaking of HHS with Gov't Reformer Jennife...
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America’s Funding Cuts Chaos + Are We the Next No-Lockdown Sweden? We Chat with...
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On Measles: Vaccines vs Vitamin A. Plus, What Marion Nestle Says Public Health I...
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