249: Kings of Pain

Trump administration Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, recently stated the American economy is going to need a "detox" period. And so today we look at peak the conspirituality convergences between biological and political purification projects.

Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, joins Matthew in the final segment to offer his big picture view on the Kings of Pain.

Show Notes

Johns Hopkins to lose 2,000 jobs after Trump’s $800m cut in USAid funding

Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts

Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question

FDA Makes Flu Vaccine Recommendations Without Convening Advisors

HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer

Exclusive: US CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say

USDA gears up for MAHA dietary guidelines update

Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

Watch CNBC's full interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Why we must teach medical students about the role of physicians during the Holocaust | AAMC

Teaching Hard Truths About Medicine and the Holocaust | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association

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