What Next | Will HHS Survive RFK Jr?

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

At his first press conference as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr. gave a glimpse of what the department will look like under his leadership: a smaller overall budget, relitigating settled scientific questions. Guest: Kiera Butler, senior editor and reporter at Mother Jones and author of Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever. Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.9	Can we go back in time five months ago when we were still learning who is going to be in President Trump's cabinet.
1:16.5	And now it is official from the president-elect himself.
1:21.8	Donald Trump has named RFK Jr. as his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary.
1:29.0	Robert F. Kennedy was picked to lead the Department of Health and Human Services just a few days after Trump got reelected.
1:32.9	His selection left a whole lot of people particularly flabbergasted.
1:37.8	What could he potentially do if he is confirmed by the Senate?
1:42.6	I think it would be a very destructive influence that he would have.
1:45.5	He's not there to actually improve health.
1:48.2	I think he's there to destroy it.
1:49.5	But you have to be able to believe in the scientific process that might disprove some of your views.
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