630: Mercola Tapes Edition

In this week’s episode, Republicans solidify their position on HARM, Pete Hegseth teaches us about the butt dialing group chat section from The Art of War, and Jonathan Jarry will be here to convince you that Joseph Mercola actually is nuttier than you thought.
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Guest Links:
Learn more about the Mercola Tapes here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/exclusive-videos-show-dr-joe-mercolas-dangerous-ideas-whipped-alleged-medium
Find more of Jonathan Jarry’s work here: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/articles-by-author/Jonathan%20Jarry%20M.Sc.
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Headlines:
Dems reintroduce “Do No Harm” Bill to remind us that Republicans insist on doing harm: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/democrats-re-introduce-the-do-no
BC Court of Appeal says privacy law does not infringe religious freedom: https://www.bchumanist.ca/bcca_privacy_release
White House is selling corporate sponsorships for the Easter Egg Roll: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/trump-easter-egg-roll-sponsors.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Religious leaders lose shit over Satanic Black Mass: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/lawmakers-and-catholic-leaders-flip
Columbus school district bans candy bribes used to lure kids to Bible classes: https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/columbus-school-district-bans-candy
Pete Hegseth sent secret war plans for attacking Houthis to journalist by accident:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-secret-houthi-war-plans-goldberg-hegseth-2049762