575: A New Frontier: Medical Freedom, The Courts, And The Geoengineering Challenge With Leslie Manookian

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What if a single court case could redefine your right to refuse a medical intervention? And what happens when the government is given broad authority over what goes into your body?

Leslie Manookian, President and Founder of the Health Freedom Defense Fund, returns for Part Two to discuss a potentially historic case that may soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court—one that challenges long-standing legal precedent and raises fundamental questions about bodily autonomy, informed consent, and the limits of government power.

Drawing on her experience leading successful legal challenges—including the overturning of the federal travel mask mandate and efforts to halt employer vaccine mandates—Leslie explains how this case is unfolding, why it has drawn national attention, and what could be at stake if the Court takes it. At its core, she argues, this case could reshape how medical mandates are interpreted under the Constitution.

She also introduces a new national effort—the COVID Justice Resolution—aimed at bringing accountability to pandemic-era policies and ensuring that similar overreach is never repeated.

And in a surprising turn, Leslie shares details about a bold new initiative she's taking on—launching a national petition to address geoengineering—an emerging and largely unexamined issue that raises profound questions about environmental exposure, public health, and consent.

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0:00.0	It's beyond ridiculous, but it's also terrifying because what it does is it opens the door
0:06.0	to almost limitless state power as long as they claim public health.
0:11.6	So they could say, let's just say this, they could say going forward that public morale is
0:17.0	really low, that people are really depressed and down.
0:19.4	And so for public health, they're going
0:21.4	to mandate Prozac for everyone. Or they could say, you know what, birth rates are so low, we are
0:28.8	going to force all women under the age of 35 to act as surrogates and carry other pregnancies.
0:35.1	Or they could allow the school district to say, you know what?
0:39.0	The teachers are not productive enough.
0:41.6	Productivity is fallen too low.
0:43.9	And so in order to improve morale and productivity, we're going to mandate ADD medication.
0:56.8	From the Weston A. Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for wise
1:01.9	traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts.
1:04.7	We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal
1:09.8	health.
1:18.3	And now here is our host and producer, Kendall Nelson.
1:23.2	Welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast.
1:29.4	The ripple effects of change are often easiest to see after the initial victory, when ideas begin to move beyond one state, one courtroom, or one moment in time. In part one, we explored
1:36.0	how legislative momentum around medical freedom is growing across the country. Today, we
1:41.4	turn to the legal and cultural questions that may shape what comes next.
1:45.9	This is episode 575, and we welcome back Leslie Manukin.
1:50.7	Leslie is president and founder of the Health Freedom Defense Fund.
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