Control Freaks

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Control Freaks is an original podcast series by the Consumer Choice Center. Your host, Bill Wirtz, will introduce different impactful personalities to you, that seek to undermine choice and evidence-based policy-making, and replace your choices with theirs. Season One, Enemy of the Truth, will debut July 23, 2025.

Episodes

  1. Episode 4: Tell us how you really feel

    08/13/2025

    Episode 4: Tell us how you really feel

    Finale. We're discussing what we've heard with Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director at the Consumer Choice Center. Does RFK Jr. believe what he says? What the regulatory and political ramifications of his actions going forward? Released on August 13, 2025. More resources of the Deliver For Patients campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/deliver-for-patients/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    57 min
  2. Episode 3: Food for thought

    08/06/2025

    Episode 3: Food for thought

    In our third episode, we take on RFK's views on food and agriculture. Are GMOs actually bad for you, and what is the use and chemistry surrounding pesticides? Act One : A brief history of incredible progress Act Two : Bust a myth Act Three : Natural-ness Our guests in this episode:  Dr. Liza Lockwood, Medical Affairs Lead at the Crop Science division of Bayer Cameron English, Director of Bio-Sciences at the American Council on Science and Health, host of the Science, Facts & Fallacies podcast Scott Hamilton Kennedy, documentary filmmaker Released on August 6, 2025. More resources of the Deliver For Patients campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/deliver-for-patients/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min
  3. Episode 2: Get me a lawyer

    07/30/2025

    Episode 2: Get me a lawyer

    In our second episode, we take a closer look at RFK Jr.'s legal career, the money he is making from anti-vaccine lawsuits, and how judges are required to be the guardians of scientific validity in court. Act One : A changing environment Act Two : See you in court Act Three : Send me an invoice Our guests in this episode:  Barbara Pfeffer Billauer, PhD, Research Professor of Scientific Statecraft at the Institute of World Politics David Zaruk, editor of The Firebreak Released on July 30, 2025. More resources of the Deliver For Patients campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/deliver-for-patients/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    49 min
  4. Episode 1: An unhealthy obsession

    07/23/2025

    Episode 1: An unhealthy obsession

    This first season of Control Freaks covers Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the second Trump administration. We will look at his views, actions, and try to answer the question: what are the consequences of a policy that forgoes the truth? Episode 1: health policy will fundamentally change under RFK Jr. Are we ready for it? Act One : Approve it or leave it Act Two : Shot in the Arm Act Three : Perception of Risk Our guests in this episode:  Dan Sacks, PhD, Associate Professor of Risk and Insurance at the Wisconsin School of Business Scott Hamilton Kennedy, documentary filmmaker Charles Dinerstein M.D, Medical Director at the American Council on Science and Health Released on July 23, 2025. More resources of the Deliver For Patients campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/deliver-for-patients/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1h 14m
  5. Trailer

    SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Trailer

    Episodes start streaming July 23. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1 min

Trailer

About

Control Freaks is an original podcast series by the Consumer Choice Center. Your host, Bill Wirtz, will introduce different impactful personalities to you, that seek to undermine choice and evidence-based policy-making, and replace your choices with theirs. Season One, Enemy of the Truth, will debut July 23, 2025.

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  • Creator
    Consumer Choice Center
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Control Freaks