The MAHA Surgeon General Nominee

Hysteria

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.7 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

The new American pope is here, Trump is fast-tracking white South African refugees, the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial has begun, and Erin and Alyssa are here to break it down. They also do a deep dive into wellness influencer Casey Means, who might just be the next U.S. surgeon general. They wrap up with a conversation about Karoline Leavitt’s super mom status and Adidas’ new down syndrome accessible shoe program.

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“She Was Tearful About It”: The Nuances of Casey Means’s Medical Exit and Antiestablishment Origins (Vanity Fair 5/9)

Casey Means: influencer, RFK Jr favorite – and Trump’s pick for surgeon general (The Guardian 5/11)

How a post #MeToo law opened the floodgates for allegations against Sean 'Diddy' Combs (NPR 5/7)

The trial of Sean Combs: What you need to know (NPR 5/12)

Quakers march against Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, carrying on a long tradition (LA Times 5/11)

Episcopal Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US (AP News 5/12)

Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire in first Sunday message (Al Jazeera 5/11)

Pope calls for journalists to be released from prison (BBC 5/12)

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0:02.7	Okay, Alyssa.
0:03.7	Yeah.
0:04.6	Let's start a business together.
0:06.3	We've always wanted to start a business.
0:07.7	We've always wanted to start a business.
0:08.8	We're entrepreneurs at heart.
0:10.2	At heart we are entrepreneurs, and I think it's finally time for us to start our business making handmade pillows that are only for screaming into.
0:18.0	You're not supposed to use them for sleeping.
0:19.6	Perfect.
0:20.6	Not supposed to use them for lounging.
0:21.7	No, they're just for screaming. They are just for screaming. They're like lovely materials so that you don't,
0:26.7	you don't break out. It's hypoallergenic. Hypoallergenic, all natural, organic, soft. Sound deafening.
0:33.4	Sound deafening, but not sound eliminating. No. There's something unsettling about screaming into like,
0:38.2	No, no, that's a nightmare. That's a nightmare I have. That's a nightmare I have. It's not, yeah.
0:42.4	You need to be able to hear your scream. The pillows are buy one, get one free.
0:56.7	And, you know, all of the proceeds are going to go to making more screaming pillows.
1:01.5	We will give them to children.
1:03.2	Give them to pay it forward.
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1:10.1	our imaginary
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