RFK Jr / THE DEFENDER Podcast

How the government, particularly the IRS, looks at exercise and diet versus weight loss drugs and other pharmaceuticals is discussed in this episode with Calley Means and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Here is part of an official statement from the Internal Revenue Service website. WASHINGTON — Amid concerns about people being misled, the Internal Revenue Service recently reminded taxpayers and heath spending plan administrators that personal expenses for general health and wellness are not considered medical expenses under the tax law. This means personal expenses are not deductible or reimbursable under health flexible spending arrangements, health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements or medical savings accounts FSAs, HSAs, HRAs, and MSAs. This reminder is important because some companies are misrepresenting the circumstances under which food and wellness expenses can be paid or reimbursed under FSAs and other health spending plans. Some companies mistakenly claim that notes from doctors based merely on self-reported health information can convert non-medical food, wellness and exercise expenses into medical expenses, but this documentation actually doesn’t. Such a note would not establish that an otherwise personal expense satisfies the requirement that it be related to a targeted diagnosis-specific activity or treatment; these types of personal expenses do not qualify as medical expenses.

Shellfish farming and ocean acidification are discussed by farmer Bill Dewey and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bill Dewey is a shellfish farmer in Puget Sound in Washington state. Dewey works on environmental, human health, aquaculture and regulatory policy issues at the local, state and federal levels.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr discusses the pathway to peace in the Middle East with Palestinian Mohammad Dejani Daoudi and Israeli Yossi Klein Halevi in this episode.

A history of the US Military's role in bioweapons and Lyme Disease is discussed in this episode with Kris Newby and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Problems with the ballot access process are discussed by Richard Winger and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Jeffrey Sachs is Chair of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission which has been created to help speed up global, equitable, and lasting solutions to the pandemic. The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is among the world's oldest and best-known general medical journals. Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He is the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership, and has twice been named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders.

Elizabeth Kucinich and Robert F. Kennedy Jr host a panel of farmers to discuss solutions to many issues in American agriculture. Ben Dobson, Gail Fuller, Will Harris, Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, Kerry Hoffschneider, John Kempf, Bob Quinn, Wayne Swanson and Judith McGeary share their visions for how to revitalize American farming with RFK Jr.

Matt Taibbi discusses the Censorship Industrial Complex and provides an update on the Twitter Files to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Alex Christoforou, of The Duran show, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discuss strategies for China, Russia, and Ukraine in this episode.

RFK Jr dissects America's greedy, misguided health insurance system in this episode with Brigham Buhler.

Join Robert F. Kennedy Jr for a brief civil rights history lesson with Kevin Nathaniel and Keith Hylton in this special episode. Keith Hylton is an American law professor, focusing in antitrust law, economics & law, employment law, intellectual property and torts, currently at Boston University. A prolific scholar widely recognized for his work across a broad spectrum of topics in law and economics, Hylton has published five books and more than 100 articles in numerous law and economics journals. Kevin Nathaniel Hylton, a Yale University graduate, as a Scholar in Fine Arts, is an artist, performer and multi-percussionist, who specializes in the ancient African mbira. He spent 16 years mastering the mbira as an apprentice to Zimbabwe’s mbira master, the late Ephrat Mujuru.

Former Navy Seal, Jack Carr, an Afghanistan veteran, discusses U.S. military strategy with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in this episode.

Censorship by government and corporations are discussed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr with Matt Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Jamel Holley, Jenin Younes, and Sharyl Attkisson.

Dr. Meryl Nass discusses updates on new pandemics and shots and policies as well as a history of the World Health Organization and older pandemics with Robert F. Kennedy Jr in this episode.