BEYOND LABELS PODCAST

            We’re starting Thanksgiving week, which usually engenders a spirit of gratitude and specifically thinking about our blessings.  One of my biggest ones is the relationship I’ve developed with Dr. Sina McCullough, my co-author of the book BEYOND LABELS and co-host of our podcast BEYOND LABELS.  Okay, we weren’t creative enough to come up with a different name.  Multiple use, right?

            This weekly podcast, sent out on Thursdays, takes the banter style that worked so well in the book and transfers it to a podcast.  This week, in celebration of Thanksgiving, we’re offering a couple of teasers for free plus one whole episode in which Sina and Sayer Ji drill down on disease—what is it, what does it mean, what can we do about it.

            We’ve been doing the podcast now for more than a year and went behind a “pay what you think it’s worth” paywall this year.  We do charge a minimum of $1 just to cover the administration costs of the financial service. 

            One of the biggest problems with writing a book is that as soon as it’s available, certain sections are either obsolete or at least not cutting edge.  Laws change, new diseases pop up, Putin invades Ukraine and changes the food narrative, etc.  I’m a bookaholic, for sure, but I’ve always enjoyed writing magazine articles as an adjunct in order to deal with current events.

            When I first returned to the farm full time Sept. 24, 1982, print newspapers were still in full flower and I loved reading the columnists.  At that time, I dreamed that one day I’d have a weekly column, syndicated in a hundred newspapers around the country, offering a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic view of current food/fiber/farm issues.  But that’s a thing of the past—print newspapers are dying, unfortunately.  The new counterpart is the podcast.

            When Sina proposed that we morph into doing one, I came to it like the proverbial legs-locked-up calf you’re trying to pull across the corral.  But her passion and winsome spirit gradually pulled me along until now here I am with the most interesting, capable partners in the world—Sina, and Nolan, who does all the editing—with a weekly chance to explore and spout about issues of the day.

            In one of our last ones, Sina, the proverbial researcher, dug into the whys and wherefores of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advisory committee recommendation to add the covid mRNA shot to the post-6 month recommended vaccine schedule.  It moved that schedule up from 54 injections to 72 injections.  While it is not mandatory, many times it becomes a de-facto mandate through insurance, school funding, and other backdoor licensing and compliance initiatives.

            Isn’t it interesting that Denmark PROHIBITS mRNA vaccines for under 18 year olds unless they’re at severe risk?  The negative consequences of early mRNA injections is mounting:  myocarditis in boys; menstrual issues in girls, still births, child respiratory issues (including the flu), immune dysregulation, death, DNA damage.

            The obvious question is with all the side effects and other countries’ aversion, why did the CDC do this?  Sina’s theory is that it’s all about liability for the manufacturers.  You’ll have to listen to the podcast to get the final scoop, but it’s corruption and political chicanery at its worst.  The point is, if you want breaking commentary on health, farm, and food issues, we’re doing our best to provide it in a helpful, humorous, easy-to-listen-to format.

            I’m thankful to Sina for pushing me into a place that’s stretching me in a medium that’s a modern-day substitute for what I wanted to do 40 years ago.  Enjoy these links and Happy Thanksgiving.

BEYOND LABELS PODCAST…



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