Being An Anti-Vax Talk Show Host Appears To Be A Risk Factor
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 678 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Thursday, December 2nd. |
| 0:14.8 | You know, when I first got vaccinated early this year, earlier this year, I briefly mentioned it on the show as I was making a point |
| 0:22.7 | about COVID safety precautions at my local pharmacy where I got the shot. And now I'll mention |
| 0:29.8 | probably just this once that I have now gotten a booster. And the reason I mentioned it today |
| 0:35.7 | is that there are several stories in the news right now, yesterday, and someone's very recently, indicating that as a talk show host, I'm apparently in a high-risk profession. |
| 0:47.6 | At least it's high risk for those who go on the air and boast about not being vaccinated. |
| 0:53.2 | So here's the newest story. |
| 0:54.7 | This is from yesterday. |
| 0:55.9 | This is the CNN version. |
| 0:57.5 | It's all over the place. |
| 0:59.0 | Their headline is Christian Television Network founder and preacher Marcus Lamb, |
| 1:03.3 | who discouraged vaccinations, dies after being hospitalized for COVID-19. |
| 1:09.9 | And that announcement came from his family. |
| 1:12.2 | It says Lamb founded Christian Television Network, Daystar Television Network in 1997. |
| 1:20.1 | He never talked about his diabetes, said his wife, but he had diabetes. |
| 1:25.6 | He kept it in check. |
| 1:26.6 | He was very healthy. |
| 1:28.3 | He ate healthy. He kept his weight check. He was very healthy. He ate healthy. |
| 1:32.8 | He kept his weight down. But with trying to treat COVID and the pneumonia, the different protocols that are used, including many of the protocols we talked about here on Daystar, |
| 1:38.9 | and we used those, and I used them and breeze through COVID, et cetera, et cetera. And then it says Marcus Lamb often spoke |
| 1:48.0 | out against the COVID-19 vaccines on his show. In an episode earlier this year, featuring anti-vaccine |
| 1:54.7 | activists, Lamb said the COVID-19 vaccine was not really a vaccine, but an experimental shot that was dangerous. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of WNYC Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.