Forrest Maready is an author, filmmaker, and radio show host who is driven by trying to understand alternate versions of the history of religion, culture, and disease. He's written a number of books on the subject of environmental toxins and disease, which include radical revisions to the story of polio and autism. In this conversation we explore his somewhat radical perspective - that the vast majority of disease, if not all disease, is the result of industrial pollutants getting into our bodies and wreaking havoc. Sign up for our Patreon and get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support both Forrest and us when you shop for his books here: https://amzn.to/3WfU73I Check out Forrest's radio show: www.forrestmaready.com Follow Forrest on X: https://x.com/forrestmaready Rock some Demystify Gear to spread the word: https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ (00:00:00) Go!

(00:05:50) Strangeness of Smallpox

(00:12:14) a dark history of medicine

(00:18:57) questionable outcomes of common meds

(00:20:58) When did doctors become nobility?

(00:27:46) A strange palate

(00:31:46) unique genetic sensitivities

(00:35:54) EM & sound pollution

(00:41:07) On finding your tribe

(00:44:55) On orienting towards truth & invention

(00:57:44) Polio and the confluence of environment and technology

(01:06:43) YouTube folks start here

(01:07:10) Loose threads in the polio story

(01:11:58) The art of retelling settled history

(01:18:55) The sudden appearance of widespread viral paralysis

(01:28:15) Evolving from a rural scourge to an urban epidemic

(01:35:40) Was paralytic polio caused by enviromental toxicity?

(01:41:18) Did the polio vaccine end the epidemic?

(01:48:22) The Polio story as a gateway drug

(01:50:26) Autism, epidemics, and censored discourse

(02:01:10) The absence of a clear genetic cause

(02:09:12) Where did autism begin, and what caused its rise?

(02:12:35) Unpacking the Wakefield study

(02:19:53) The American ethic of money

(02:31:53) A dramatic expansion of the vaccine schedule

(02:39:41) The mysterious mechanism of adjuvants

(02:48:38) What caused the explosion of cases?

(02:55:42) A horrible theory that would be best disproven

(03:01:21) What's the tradeoff here?

(03:07:25) A wrinkle in vaccine justification

(03:11:14) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast #longformpodcast #Epidemiology, #PublicHealth, #InfectiousDiseases, #EnvironmentalHealth, #Pollution, #HealthScience, #DiseasePrevention, #Toxicology, #HealthResearch, #GlobalHealth, #EnvironmentalImpact, #DiseaseEcology, #PandemicHistory, #HealthPolicy, #Contamination, #AirPollution, #WaterPollution, #IndustrialPollution, #DiseaseOutbreaks, #HealthAwareness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671