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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Episode 428: FIRED UP

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

Health & Fitness, News, Society & Culture

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

RFK Jr. just retired the entire 17-member ACIP panel—marking an unprecedented reset in U.S. vaccine policy. With figures like Dr. Robert Malone stepping in, what does this mean for the future of public health?

Jefferey Jaxen investigates the White House’s new partnership with Palantir, a data giant with deep military ties, as AI rapidly merges with government power. Plus, fresh warnings about new coronaviruses “ready to jump” to humans.

ICAN lead attorney Aaron Siri breaks down the legal and cultural implications of the ACIP overhaul. And FOX News host Kennedy joins Del Bigtree for a no-holds-barred discussion on media censorship, mass protests, and RFK Jr.’s reshaping of the health landscape.
Guests: Aaron Siri, Esq, Jefferey Jaxen, Lisa Kennedy


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0:00.0

We are here in Palm Springs, California for Freedom Fest 2025.

0:10.0

It's our fourth year being right smack in the middle of Freedom Fest with the High Wire.

0:16.0

We're going to have an amazing show today, but first I want to get on the Palm Springs Aerial Tram.

0:21.3

Let's go and get high up there.

0:30.3

Here we go.

0:42.3

It's way better than the last time, at least not the inside of the structure. This glass, this thing has to hold on.

0:45.3

There's some like bunchy coordinates, middle space and time.

0:48.3

Oh yeah! So this little tiny wire here is holding, I don't know, what do we got, like 30 or 40 people in here?

1:03.0

I mean, we really are all on the high wire right now.

1:10.0

Well, here we are on top of Mount San Jacinto, over a mile above the desert floor of Palm Springs

1:15.2

that's below us.

1:16.5

Wherever we are, I always manage to find the high wire.

1:19.5

So without further ado, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are out there

1:23.5

in the world, it's time to step out onto the high wire. All right, yeah.

1:38.3

Fantastic.

1:43.3

Oh, it's amazing, our fourth year here at Freedom Fest. It's so exciting. This is one of our favorite shows to do now. The energy is amazing. Having a live audience, which I don't get the luxury of that when I'm back at the studio. So super excited to be here. And what an amazing week we're here. I mean, you know, we're a medical

2:03.5

talk show, which is, you know, something I worked on CBS, the daytime talks to the doctors,

2:08.9

but we wanted to get more in depth. We want to get into the politics of all of it. And now this

2:13.2

week so much is breaking in the news. And it really does align. If you think of Freedom Fest as the probably the biggest libertarian

2:20.7

conference in the world, so many issues that are getting down to your own personal rights, body autonomy, sovereignty, all being dealt with right now in the news.

2:30.5

And of course, the biggest breaking story this week is Robert Kennedy Jr., the head

2:36.3

of HHS, just fired the entire advisory committee on immunization practices. That's right. Of course,

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