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Is your body really full of microplastics?

Studies detecting microplastics throughout human bodies have made for alarming reading in recent years. But last week, the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington, reported on major doubts among a group of scientists about how some of this research has been conducted. Da ... Show More

14m 24s

Jan 15

The surprising science of dreams and nightmares

Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can lear ... Show More

21m 43s

Jan 13

How to sleep well in 2026

Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on sleep to Dr Allie Hare, consultant physician in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and president of the British Sleep Society. They cover why women experience sleep disturbance during the menopause, why sleep p ... Show More

21m 39s

Jan 2025

How America went MAHA

RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means explains why so many Americans are suspicious of food and pharma companies, and what the HHS secretary nominee plans to do about it if he's confirmed. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and A ... Show More

25m 9s

Nov 2024

Make America Healthy Again?

On the same day Republicans officially score a governing trifecta - president, House, Senate - Donald Trump names infamous vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, the timing of Matt Gaetz's resignation from the House imme ... Show More

45m 40s

Feb 2025

RFK Jr.'s Nomination Just Got a Shot in the Arm

Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared a major hurdle to becoming the nation's chief health officer. WSJ’s Liz Essley Whyte on Kennedy’s history and the heated lead-up to a full Senate vote. Further Reading: -RFK Jr. Clears Committee Vote, Putting Him on Track to Become Health ... Show More

19m 20s

Feb 2025

Can MAGA Trust RFK Jr On Health? With Bryan Johnson

Robert F Kennedy Junior, or RFK Jr, has now been confirmed as Trump’s Health Secretary and not without controversy. He has in the past been seen as anti-vaxx or even anti-science by his critics - so how will he perform now he’s been coronated as America’s first man on health? Fo ... Show More

36m 55s

Jan 2025

RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing

During his confirmation hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to run Health and Human Services, defended his stances on vaccines and abortion access. This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, political correspondent Susan Davis, and health policy cor ... Show More

16m 52s

Mar 2025

Who’s Running America… Trump’s Health Secretary (RFK Jr)

Our latest mini series is here and this time we're profiling some of the key players in Donald Trump's presidency, who are now running America. We’re ending the series with Robert F Kennedy Jr., the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has been tasked with making A ... Show More

34m 59s

Aug 2024

RFK Jr: Teaming up With Trump, Pavel Durov’s Arrest, CIA, and the Fall of the Democrat Party

When Bobby Kennedy endorsed Donald Trump last week, he burned his boats. There’s no turning back for him, or for American politics. Here’s his first interview since that happened. (00:00) Get Tickets to Our Live Tour at TuckerCarlson.com (00:42) RFK Jr. Endorsing Donald Trump (1 ... Show More

1h 31m

Aug 2025

RFK Jr. Decapitates the CDC

<p>Donald Trump and RFK Jr. team up to fire the CDC director after she voices concerns over Kennedy's dangerous policies—including his announcement that the FDA will limit access to this year's COVID vaccines and his promise to release a report on the "causes" of autism. Dan and ... Show More

1h 20m

Can Trump and RFK Jr make America health...