Topic: Monkeypox

2 chapters across the catalog

86: Pox Luck
• 1:50:44 - 1:54:13

86: Pox Luck

First Reported Monkeypox Death in Texas

Health officials reported the first U.S. death of an individual with monkeypox in Harris County, Texas. The patient was described as severely immunocompromised with multiple underlying conditions, leading to questions about whether the virus was the primary cause of death. The hosts compare the media framing of this death to early COVID-19 reporting and the 2014 Ebola scare in Dallas.

85: Overman
• 58:25 - 1:02:39

85: Overman

Processed Food and the "Kill Shot" of the Weak

The hosts theorize that modern elites use processed food and sedentary lifestyles to "systematically kill" the general population. They point to high obesity rates in the U.S. and the closing of gyms and churches during the COVID-19 pandemic as evidence of a strategy to weaken the public. They argue that while "civilized" people are encouraged to plan their families, the "dumb and fat" are being eradicated through poor health policy.