Brief: The FDA Amateur Hour Podcast

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad claim they're going to open the "black box" at the FDA, an agency they're now both employed at. So they started a podcast. It's not the first official FDA podcast, but it certainly fits into the contrarian ethos both men have cultivated since 2020. Derek and Julian listen in to see how much of that box is actually being opened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	She was a decorated veteran, a Marine who saved her comrades, a hero.
0:06.9	She was stoic, modest, tough, someone who inspired people.
0:13.3	Everyone thought they knew her until they didn't.
0:18.5	I remember sitting on her couch and asking her, is this real? Is this real? Is this real? Is this real? Is this real? I just couldn't wrap my head around. What kind of person would do that to another person that was getting treatment that was, you know, dying. This is a story all about trust and about a woman named Sarah Kavanaugh.
0:41.2	I've always been told I'm a really good listener, right?
0:43.7	And I maximize that while I was lying.
0:48.0	Listen to deep cover The Truth About Sarah, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:56.6	I'm Nomi Fry.
0:57.8	I'm Vincent Cunningham.
0:58.9	I'm Alex Schwartz, and we are critics at large, a podcast from The New Yorker.
1:03.2	Guys, what do we do on the show every week?
1:05.1	We look into the startling maw of our culture and try to figure something out.
1:08.5	That's right.
1:08.9	We take something that's going on in the culture now.
1:11.5	Maybe it's a movie.
1:12.5	Maybe it's a book.
1:13.3	Maybe it's just kind of a trend.
1:15.4	And we expand it across culture as kind of a pattern or a template.
1:20.6	Join us on Critics at Large from The New Yorker.
1:23.1	New episodes drop every Thursday.
1:24.7	Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
1:30.3	Unscripted, no makeup, live from the FDA. Welcome, Benai Prasad. Great to see you.
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