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Episode 4: Tell us how you really feel13 Aug 202500:56:54

Finale. We're discussing what we've heard with YaÃĢl 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/

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Episode 3: Food for thought06 Aug 202500:40:05

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/

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Episode 2: Get me a lawyer30 Jul 202500:49:08

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/

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Episode 1: An unhealthy obsession23 Jul 202501:14:17

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/

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Trailer07 Jul 202500:01:29

Episodes start streaming July 23.

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