BAES 114: A New Pandemic May Already Be Here

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Ben and Emil

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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If you thought covid was bad and are worried about another pandemic, then you need to watch this episode. Virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins us this week to tell us all about the risks, the characteristics, and what keeps her up at night when it comes to H5N1. Ben's new movies and tv podcast with Dillon is OUT NOW! GO WATCH the second episode on WAR OF THE WORLDS: https://youtu.be/uznBN3UKcDA?si=1a8fwnMtHCJcRVAM **CHECK OUT EMIL'S LIVESTREAMS HERE: https://www.youtube.com/emilderosa Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! That's Cringe of Cody Ko: https://youtu.be/dTbEk0pVh2w Our AUSTIN VIDEO IS OUT! https://youtu.be/yGSs56bFzRU Sign up to watch and support the show at https://benandemilshow.com ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com Our episode with *Kyla Scanlon*: https://youtu.be/cIHWkY35cuc Big Tech is out of ideas (ft. ED ZITRON): https://youtu.be/zBvVGHZBpMw Arguing with a millionaire (ft. Chris Camillo): https://youtu.be/1ZUWTkWV_MM We bought suits HERE: https://youtu.be/_cM1XqA9n2U __ GROUND NEWS: Go to https://ground.news/baes for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to worldwide coverage through our link. SHOPIFY: Sign up for your one dollar per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/baes __ Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa #podcast #comedypodcast #coffeezilla #robinhood #dailyshow #profg #scottgalloway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a ton of animals getting H5N1.
0:03.0	It's all over the place.
0:04.0	I mean, we have flocks in the U.S. that are, you know, large factory, like corporate agribusiness, like production sites that have millions of birds sometimes.
0:15.0	And you go from a couple birds dropping dead in a pretty horrible way.
0:20.0	I mean, we're talking like bloody diarrhea, bomb,
0:23.6	seizures and like neck twisting.
0:25.4	RFK Jr. has said that we shouldn't call as much anymore
0:29.6	because if we have surviving chickens from this,
0:32.3	they're gonna be like super chickens.
0:34.2	Donald Trump and all of the people
0:36.4	in his health and human services department
0:38.3	have basically told people ad nauseum that we can't be trusted. It's that you get rid of the
0:45.2	intellectuals, you get rid of the scientists, you get rid of the people who can credibly
0:49.4	challenge the propaganda and the lies. Then you make the population more and more stupid
0:55.0	so that they also don't know what to believe
0:57.0	the idea of H5N1 becoming a pandemic
1:00.0	in this particular political climate is terrifying, frankly.
1:04.0	I'm looking down town with me
1:09.0	tell me what's going on.
1:12.6	Tell me what's going on.
1:19.6	All right, everybody. Welcome back. We've got a great episode for you today. Oh, boy. Brace yourselves. Buckle up because if you're at all like me and you've been
1:32.6	paying attention to this H5N1 thing, which is going to be very important. And
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