Progressive Radio Network

Infectious Myth

with David Crowe
The Infectious Myth:is a a podcast about the scientific, political and cultural myths that infect our society. If a belief is held by enough people, especially prestigious people with an education and job in a specialized field, many people believe that their dogmatic utterances can be taken on faith. David Crowe, and the people he interviews, shatter that faith.

David, in his role as the president of Rethinking AIDS, recently wrote to the UK “bad blood” inquiry. The inquiry believes that the clotting factor…
Keidi Awadu, a raw vegan chef, wrote to David, less than complimentary about the Tim Noakes interview on high fat, high protein, high meat diets.…
David discusses water fluoridation with PhD chemist and head of the Fluoride Action Network, Paul Connett, and Calgary, Canada family physician and head of Safe…
Moorea Maguire wrote to say she was unhappy with my coverage of transgender issues. So, instead of going back and forth on emails, which I…
Jeff Deskovic spent 16 years in jail for a horrific crime…that he did not commit. After being released, with part of a financial settlement he…
David discusses the conflict between lesbians and those male-born transgender activists who assert their right to be a woman just by saying so, and who…
It is natural for a parent to want to comfort a child, and for a child with a fever, this used to mean giving them…
David discusses his dark secret - his love for trains. He was stimulated to talk about high speed rail when someone proposed that maglev was…
David talks with Meghan Murphy, a Vancouver based feminist, about the defunding by city council of Vancouver Rape Relief, the oldest and biggest organization to…
Judy Wilyman received a PhD with a thesis on the Australian vaccination schedule from a major Australian university. She was heavily criticized because, people said,…
David has been investigating measles. He cannot solve the mystery of who is behind the strenuous effort to turn measles from a benign childhood illness…
Keith Findley is a law professor from the University of Wisconsin who has spent many years fighting injustices in the US justice system. One of…