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Today, Explained

Robert Fluoride Kennedy Jr.

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

If RFK Jr. leads the Department of Health and Human Services, he could radically reshape public health priorities in America, from vaccines to fluoride in the water. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Karen, did you ever do any, like, theater as a young person?

0:04.4

I did.

0:05.7

Good.

0:06.3

Yes, I knew it.

0:09.1

Okay, guys, I have pulled a section from your piece.

0:13.0

It is two lines.

0:14.7

Yeah.

0:15.0

And I'm going to have you read those lines with feeling and with nuance.

0:19.0

This would come at the top of the show in the billboard.

0:21.1

It's going to be your voice coming out. Amanda, can we get those lines to Karen?

0:26.3

All right. No matter where a person stands on the political spectrum, they can probably find

0:32.5

something to agree with Kennedy on. He's the personification of the growing distrust of science and the public

0:39.2

health establishment that many Americans have felt in the post-pandemic era.

0:46.0

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Health and Human Services Secretary? It's coming up on Today Explaint.

1:00.4

Hey, everybody.

1:06.6

I'm Ashley C. Ford, and I'm the host of Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice, produced with Vox Creative.

1:10.3

And in our new mini-series, we're talking about voter fraud.

1:14.5

For years now, former President Donald Trump has made it a key talking point,

1:18.9

despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud.

1:22.4

But what impact do claims like these have on ordinary voters?

1:27.1

People like Olivia Coley Pearson, a civil servant in Douglas, Georgia, who was arrested for voter fraud because she showed a first-time voter how the voting machines worked.

1:37.6

Hear how she fought back on the latest episode of Into the Mix. Subscribe now, wherever you listen.

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