- 4 hours 11 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 257
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- Hope & Dirty Tricks: How Lula Beat Flavio Bolsonaro
- Election Rumors and Conspiracism
- Catching up with the status of Kurdish groups in Iran
- Executive Disorder: 2026 Midterms Edition
- Executive Disorder: GOP Blame Game, Trump/Epstein Report, Paraguay Ousts President
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Sources/Links:
Election Rumors and Conspiracism
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-reward-reporting-voter-fraud
- https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/harassment-public-records-requests-bombard-uw-truth-seeker-after-jan-6-hearings-cameo/
- https://uwcip.substack.com/p/election-rumor-rundown-october-24
- https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/minnesota-charges-conservative-activist-okeefe-influencer-higby-after-voting-2026-10-29/
Catching up with the Status of Kurdish Groups in Iran
Executive Disorder: GOP Blame Game, Trump/Epstein Report, Paraguay Ousts President
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- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/nyregion/pied-a-terre-mamdani-appeal-win-home-tax.html?smid=url-share
- https://apnews.com/article/port-strikes-arms-shipments-france-greece-italy-4a8813406fd51b91b3b7d17826c1883d
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- https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26A624/431463/20261102111302952_California%20Application.pdf
- https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/united-states-v-california-2/
- https://2026.electoral.dsausa.org/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/senate-results
- https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-trump-lost-midterms-33cf9fd4?st=EQm4gx
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- https://x.com/JDVance/status/2118004988433641835
- https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/2117614591060721973?a=A5arnEBUOHurQE3jSg8&s=20
- https://x.com/atrupar/status/2117612993139585093?a=dprbLi0Afsej7Jh14ko&s=20
- https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/desantis-calls-midterm-bloodbath-an-extinction-level-event-for-republicans-01148705
- https://x.com/politico/status/2117840712855113793?a=5vZ3flWUbvcJyTvleyU&s=2
- https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/11/05/congress/bernie-sanders-launches-medicare-for-all-push-01151604
- https://x.com/atrupar/status/2117887743443505646?a=tif1VPo4NuwejhijsNY&s=20
- https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6199505-house-investigations-trump-administration/
- https://x.com/atrupar/status/2118335426968616973?a=tRXmF86Rp3SEkpIuB_E&s=20
- https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/15/paolo-zampolli-fired-state-department-trump-01121739
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-call-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-trump-s-ties-to-epstein/ar-AA2g6UnX
- https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/judiciary-democrats-report-details-mounting-evidence-linking-trump-to-epstein-s-criminal-activities-and-doj-s-cover-up-specific-accounts-involving-11-women-provide-more-evidence-of-potential-sex-crimes
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/318-garment-factories-closed-amid-labour-unrest-over-7-lakh-workers-leave-workplaces
- https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/paraguay-president-santiago-pena-resigns-following-bank-collapse/4102079/
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7 November 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 11 minutesPart Two: Dennis Hastert: The Longest-Serving Republican Speaker of the House
In part 2, Dennis Hastert lucks his way into becoming Speaker of the House and helps Congress redefine corruption for the 21st century. And then, after his retirement, it all comes crashing down.
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5 November 2026, 10:00 am - 49 minutes 54 secondsPart One: Dennis Hastert: The Longest-Serving Republican Speaker of the House
Robert tells Miles Gray the tangled story of Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House, pioneer of congressional corruption, and pedophile.
Sources:
Prosecutors detail sex abuse allegations against Dennis Hastert | PBS News Weekend
Dennis Hastert Dies at 84: Timeline of Scandals, Controversies and Criminal Conviction - Newsweek
Uncovering the Dennis Hastert cover-up | Bloom Fudali
Former Speaker Dennis Hastert indicted - POLITICO
Hastert returns to his humble beginnings after historic career -- Daily Herald
Washingtonpost.com: Plain-Talking Hastert Poised to Be Speaker
Biography of Speaker J. Dennis Hastert | Dickstein Shapiro
Ex-Yorkville school chief recalls no misconduct complaints against Hastert - Chicago Tribune
Payments by Hastert Linked to Report of Sexual Abuse - NYTimes.com
Dennis Hastert has a history of keeping secrets - Vox
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3 November 2026, 10:00 am - 3 hours 22 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 256
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
- 2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
- ¡El Chupacabras!
- Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
- Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
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Sources/Links:
Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
- Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
- A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
- Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
- Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means
2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
¡El Chupacabras!
- Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
Radford - Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román - En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1 - Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x - Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
William A Calvo-Quirós - https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf - El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
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- La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
- La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
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abras/ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
ng - https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
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ue-national-forest - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
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rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/ - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
- “Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
- “Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni
Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
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- https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
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Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
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- https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
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- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo
- https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/
- https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
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- https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
- https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
- https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
- https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
- https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
- https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
- https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/
- https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
- https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
- https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
- https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges
- https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
- https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
- https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/
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31 October 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 9 minutesPart Two: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords
Robert concludes the thrilling tale of the life of Peter Rachman by explaining how his death was used by even worse Slumlords to evade any responsibility for their crimes.
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29 October 2026, 9:00 am - 56 minutes 10 secondsPart One: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords
Peter Rachman was a London landlord so bad, his last name became an internationally recognized synonym for "shitty slumlord". In these episodes, Robert explains how he went from fleeing the Nazis, to fleecing the British.
https://archive.is/EXu9c#selection-1535.829-1539.80
https://www.unseenhistories.com/the-murky-world-of-peter-rachman-neil-root/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/krays-christine-keeler-cheap-flats-36683606
https://www.londonhistorians.org/index.php?s=file_download&id=71
https://www.thesteepletimes.com/the-fog/redefining-rachman/
https://andyshistoricalmusings.wordpress.com/2024/08/05/who-was-peter-rachman-the-slum-landlord/
https://bnp.org.uk/rogue-landlords/
https://julesbirch.com/2012/10/24/revealing-the-real-rachman/
https://julesbirch.com/2014/05/14/rachman-rogues-and-renting/
https://time.com/archive/6807883/great-britain-the-saga-of-polish-peter/
https://flashbak.com/even-the-bathwater-is-dirty-grim-and-grimy-tales-of-an-old-notting-hill-433573/
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27 October 2026, 9:00 am - 4 hours 17 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 255
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- Anti-Palestinian Racism
- How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
- The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1
- The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P2
- Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue
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Sources/Links:
Anti-Palestinian Racism
- https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf
- https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-november/recognizing-islamophobia-anti-palestinian-racism-and-antisemitsm/
- https://pomeps.org/anti-palestinian-racism-analyzing-the-unnamed-and-suppressed-reality
- https://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu/resources/dismantling-anti-palestinian-racism
- https://afi.mesana.org/
How Trump Will Try To Make Voting Restrictions Even Worse
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- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/
- https://michigandems.com/michigan-leaders-slam-mike-rogers-for-trying-to-intimidate-and-disenfranchise-detroit-voters/
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- https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-administration-to-use-modified-voter-verification-database/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/nevada-voters-homeland-security-trump.html
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- https://apnews.com/article/midterm-elections-immigration-officers-ice-voting-e43c1758ccd446eb441957b36f9e281f
The Save Europe Act and the Bad Faith Nazis Who Created It P1 + P2
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- https://www.save-europe-act.com/#section-form
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1658
- https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/23/far-right-activists-to-sue-european-commission-over-remigration-rejection
- https://www.europesays.com/3147332/
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R0788
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Executive Disorder: Alberta Separatism, Ukraine's Starlink Predicament, Global Protests Continue
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- https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regimes-sittwe-counteroffensive-hits-the-rocks-on-nga-pyi-island.html
- https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/53d80bf144804de8a5e5138dd62cf873/view
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- https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/justices-leave-in-place-lower-court-order-preventing-trump-administration-from-implementing-new-/
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- https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-separatists-united-states-referendum-globe-and-mail
- https://truthout.org/articles/police-violence-increases-as-800k-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-france/
- https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/19/clashes-in-france-as-uprising-swells-to-millions/
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- https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/12/gen-z-on-the-barricades/
- https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/09/la-revolte-panic-in-the-french-state/
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24 October 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 15 minutesPart Two: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet
Robert explains how live streamers went from pranks, to acts of insane violence and public cruelty, and eventually turned them into a lucrative industry.
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22 October 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesPart One: How Nuisance Streamers and Rage-Baiting Ate the Internet
How did nuisance streaming and rage-baiting rise to dominate the internet? Robert traces the unsettling devolution and its consequences for guest Jason Pargin.
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20 October 2026, 9:00 am - 3 hours 53 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 254
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- 2026 Midterms Polling Update
- The French Student Uprising
- Breadfruit!
- Fear of a Nuclear January 6th
- Executive Disorder: ICE Shooting in NYC, Russian Diesel and Ukraine, Protests Around the World
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Sources/Links:
2026 Midterms Polling Update
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-call-trump-big-liar-2026-09-29/
- https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019
- https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midterm-elections-in-maine-october-2026/
- https://mainebeacon.com/new-polling-jackson-narrowly-leads-collins-mainers-want-affordable-childcare/
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/maine-senate-democratic-party-troy-jackson-graham-platner-susan-collins.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/north-carolina-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
- https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/republicans-pull-ad-spending-from-north-carolina
- https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6131462-sabatos-crystal-ball-shifts-alaska/
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/alaska-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-its-lone-star-senate-showdown-between-talarico-paxton
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/texas-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
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Breadfruit!
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- https://www.wired.com/story/breadfruit-caribbean-pacific-climate-change-super-food/
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d-of-the-future-180980665/ - https://thestoryexchange.org/shes-brought-a-climate-resilient-superfood-to-the-worlds-att
ention/ - https://ntbg.org/breadfruit/about-breadfruit/
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ming/ - https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/09/supply-and-demand-concerns-breadfruit/
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giving-up-breakfast/ - https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/08/climate-resilient-breadfruit-might-be-the-f
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ve-the-world/ - https://www3.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FN-68.pdf
- https://estadisticas.pr/Agricultura
https://ishs.org/ishs-article/1128_8/ - Breadfruit: Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree by Russell Fielding
- Recetario de Pana Edición 2014 by Asociación Recreativa y Educativa Comunal del Bo.
Mariana, Inc (ARECMA), edited by Luz A. Vega Rodríguez - https://treesthatfeed.org/programs/planting-trees/
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Executive Disorder: ICE Shooting in NYC, Russian Diesel and Ukraine, Protests Around the World
NYC Immigration Resources:
Immigration Legal Support Hotline: 800-354-0365, or dial 311 and say "Immigration Legal."
“Free, confidential, funded by the City. Interpretation in 200+ languages. Immigration status does not matter,” - Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/moia-immigration-legal-support-centers.pageIntake form for help from the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative: http://nyc.gov/RRLC
Know Your Rights booklets, multiple languages: https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/legal-resources/know-your-rights.page“What to do if ICE agents approach you / what to do if a friend or family member is detained / Sanctuary City laws in NYC.”
- https://x.com/David_J_Bier/status/2108722293967073459?s=20
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQA_BiDZH-0
- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/10/mayor-mamdani-directs-first-comprehensive-review-of-nypd-use-of-
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- https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article317572876.html
- https://prospect.org/2026/10/13/militants-victory-uaw-shawn-fain/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ogPwN9ykM
- https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/tech/seniors-struggling-worse-than-teens-with-screens-ai-and-algorithms/
- https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/how-opinions-and-use-of-ai-differ-by-age/
- https://brendonbeebe.substack.com/p/did-bot-traffic-drop-after-the-yandex
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/russia-s-yandex-bot-traffic-plunges-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-russia-google-data-centers/ar-AA2e0IjN
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- https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russian-Strikes-Cut-Power-to-600000-Ukrainians-Days-After-US-Diesel-Deal.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/india-shuts-down-iconic-delhi-024043716.html - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-student-protests-spread-scroller-9.7379099
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- https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/india-cockroach-leaders-jailed-protest-140533064.html
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17 October 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 16 minutesPart Two: Peter Attia and the Cult of Longevity
In Part Two, Robert is again joined by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the rise and fall of the doctor at the center of the wellness podcast circuit: Dr. Peter Attia. From his stent as a McKinsey consult consultant to his pricey concierge longevity practice, a hit podcast, and a #1 bestseller. We break down "Medicine 3.0" and where the evidence holds up, where it doesn't, and how a smart, credible doctor can end up giving cover to the MAHA crowd. Finally, we get into his emails with Jeffrey Epstein, the fallout at CBS and his sponsors, and what it all says about doctors, fame, and wealthy patients. Content note: discusses Jeffrey Epstein and sexual abuse.
Sources:
Attia, Peter. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity. March 28, 2023.
Johansson, Minna, et al. "Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Persons With and Without Diabetes." JAMA, August 3, 2026.
Khullar, Dhruv. "How to Die in Good Health." The New Yorker, April 15, 2024.
Mann, Brian. "McKinsey & Company to Pay $650 Million for Role in Opioid Crisis." NPR, December 13, 2024.
Martin, Kristen. "The Problem With Peter Attia: The Longevity Guru Turned Up in the Epstein Files. Should We Have Taken His Health Advice So Seriously in the First Place?" Slate, February 26, 2026.
Ruetenik, Daniel, and Arden, Farhi. "Dr. Peter Attia, Longevity Expert, Apologizes for 'Indefensible' Emails to Jeffrey Epstein." CBS News, February 2, 2026.
Tyrangiel, Josh. "The Epstein Spectrum." The Atlantic, April 3, 2026.
Walker, Graham. "A Skeptic's Review of Peter Attia's Outlive." LinkedIn, January 13, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/skeptics-review-peter-attias-outlive-graham-walker-md-z6rsc
Blum, Dani "Peter Attia's Ties to Epstein Spark Backlash From Doctors." The New York Times, February 10, 2026
Kaufman, Maya and Gardner, Laura . "I Think She Will Be Loyal: Jeffrey Epstein's Role in Peter Attia's Rise." Politico, March 16, 2026.
Pollack, Neal. "The Plight of Peter Attia." The Spectator, July 15, 2025.
Greene, Jenna. Epstein files up in lawsuit, over stock options by longevity expert, Peter Attia. March 20, 2026
Podcasts:
The Peter Attia Drive. Episode 168, August 2021.
The Peter Attia Drive. Episode 172, August 2021.
The Peter Attia Drive. Episode 190, January 10, 2022.
The Peter Attia Drive. Episode 298, April 15, 2024.
The Joe Rogan Experience. Episode 1735, 1961
Jocko Podcast. Episodes 55, 56, and 392.
The Tim Ferriss Show. Episode 398, "Peter Attia, MD: Fasting, Metformin, Athletic Performance, and More," November 27, 2019.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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