Maintenance Phase
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
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SEP 12, 2023
"Soy Boys"
How a plant-based pejorative went from an alt-right burn to a core concern of mainstream Republicans.
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- Joe Explains the Term "Soy Boy" to Donnell Rawlings
- Alex Jones Gay Bomb Rant
- Soyboys and Sensitivity: Mocking Meat Avoidance from Punch to Twitter
- How the alt-right uses milk to promote white supremacy
- Men's Health 2009 piece
- Neither soy nor isoflavone intake affects male reproductive hormones
- A Brief History of Conservatives Using Tofu-Eating as an Insult
- The Soy Conspiracy
- Alex Jones’ Protegé, Paul Joseph Watson, Is About to Steal His Crackpot Crown
- Why Men Think Plant-Based Meat Will Turn Them Into Women
- Stangle: Impossible burgers are made of what?
- Plant-based meat and the knock-down, drag-out fight for the American diet
- Why Republicans Can’t Stop Talking About Masculinity
- Real American men and the liberal war on meat
- “The Great Replacement:” An Explainer
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AUG 1, 2023
RFK Jr. and The Mainstreaming Of The Anti-Vaxx Movement
Join us for a 75 minute answer to a 5 word question: Is there mercury in vaccines?
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- Paul Offit’s “Autism's False Prophets”
- Peter Hotez’s “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science”
- Seth Mnookin’s “The Panic Virus”
- Jonathan M. Berman’s “Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement”
- Steve Silberman’s “Neurotribes”
- Transcript of the Simpsonwood meeting
- A Kennedy’s Crusade Against Covid Vaccines Anguishes Family and Friends
- Immunizations and Autism: A Review of the Literature
- CDC Studies on Thimerosal in Vaccines
- RFK Jr’s 2005 article on mercury and vaccines
- RFK Jr.’s Inside Job
- Vast Majority of Americans Say Benefits of Childhood Vaccines Outweigh Risks
- Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- When Vaccine Injury Claims Go to Court
- Vaccine Compensation Hearing Decision
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JUL 18, 2023
RFK Jr. and The Rise of the Anti-Vaxx Movement
A political candidate has some questions and we have some extremely obvious answers.
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- Eric Garcia’s “We’re Not Broken”
- Mike and Sarah’s episode on autism and the anti-vaxx movement
- Seth Mnookin’s “The Panic Virus”
- Jonathan M. Berman’s “Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement”
- Brian Deer’s “The Doctor Who Fooled the World”
- Paul Offit’s “Autism's False Prophets”
- Steve Silberman’s “Neurotribes”
- Peter Hotez’s “The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science”
- Behind The Bastards episode on smallpox anti-vaxxers
- RFK Jr.’s Inside Job
The Conspiracy Candidate - David Pitts's "Jack and Lem”
- RFK Jr.’s autobiography
- Immunizations and Autism: A Review of the Literature
- Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent
- Correcting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine ‘facts’
Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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JUL 4, 2023
Pilates
Somehow an episode about an old-timey fitness influencer ended up being one of our most wholesome ever. We're as surprised as you are.
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- Pilates and the “powerhouse"
- Sick Architecture - Ibiayi Briggs - Body Culture and Contrology
- World War One: Internment centre 'will unlock' family tales
- The Acrobatic Immigrant Who Invented Pilates in a Prisoner of War Camp
- The exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner-of-war camp
- History of Pilates
- An Introduction to Clinical Pilates
- The Fight for the Soul of Pilates
- Did you know Pilates was born in prison and inspired by cats?
- Inside The Shocking (Black) History Of Pilates
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JUN 20, 2023
Brittany Dawn
How a fitness influencer went from small-time scammer to one of the Internet’s leading villains.
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- THIS IS DISTURBING
- goodbye for now…
- How Dallas-area influencer Brittany Dawn found herself at the mercy of social media's double-edged sword
- Conversations with the Inspiring Brittany Dawn
- Influencer Asks Customers to Sign NDA Before Refund
- Brittany Dawn's archived apology video
- Influencer Called 'Scammer' for Not Providing Coaching
- ‘You can’t cancel me’: embattled TikTok star reinvents herself as a warrior for Jesus
- Here’s what to know about the lawsuit against Texas influencer Brittany Dawn
- Followers Of Christian Influencer Brittany Dawn Said They Are Angry That She Pivoted To Religion To Avoid Scrutiny
- Fitness gurus and 'muscular Christianity': how Victorian Britain anticipated today's keep fit craze
- The Fitness-Driven Church | Christianity Today
- Christian influencer Brittany Dawn defends her foster parent journey amid criticism of her past, monetized baby posts
- Police Brutality Against Black Kansas City Man Caught on Video
- Brittany Dawn Fitness LLC
Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!
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