Are Vaccines Still In?

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4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Emily Oster to discuss the latest federal vaccine and dietary guidelines before welcoming Kevin Williamson and Michael Warren to discuss the Epstein files, Don Lemon’s arrest, and Southwest Airlines’ new seat assignments. The Agenda:–Oster: Let’s Be Honest About Public Health Guidance–Everyone loves listening to journalists–Ethics of journalism and Don Lemon–Why it’s always the economy, stupid–Market forces vs. government solutions–The impact of COVID–The Epstein documents dump–Southwest Airlines: changes to seat assignments Show Notes:–The Simple Case for Arresting Don Lemon The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Dispatch podcast is presented by Pacific Legal Foundation, suing the government since 1973.
0:07.3	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes, and on this week's roundtable, we talk with Dr. Emily Oster,
0:14.2	a dispatch contributor and professor of economics at Brown University, about her recent piece for the dispatch,
0:19.9	a new vaccine and dietary health guidelines
0:22.4	and the criticism she received when she praised one of those policies. Then Kevin Williamson,
0:27.9	Mike Warren, and I discussed the arrest of Don Lemon following a protest inside of Minnesota
0:32.0	church, the president's proposal to cap credit card interest fees, and the challenge of covering
0:37.2	someone like RFK Jr.
0:39.2	And finally, not worth your time, Southwest Airlines policy change.
0:43.4	Lots of strong opinions about that, including a couple of us on the panel.
0:47.9	So let's dive right in.
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