Fun Police

By: Consumer Choice Center
  • Summary

  • Fun Police is an original podcast series produced by the Consumer Choice Center. We take a look at the perpetrators of neo-prohibitionism, the movement that attempts to ban "vices" such as vaping, smoking, drinking, gambling, and others. We host high-level guests to discuss the history and current expression of prohibitionism.

    Written and produced by Bill Wirtz & Yaël Ossowski.

    New episodes dropping week by week, starting November 15, 2023.

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Episodes
  • S2 Episode 4: Loose ends
    Feb 21 2024

    In this season finale, Movendi International makes a comeback. UNODC and Movendi collaborate on global health policy, and it's all a bit odd. Also, we talk to an infant feeding expert who leads us down the path of the WHO's weird obsession with infant formula. 

    Act 1: Listen first

    Act 2: Magic formula

    Act 3: Conclusion

    Released on January 21, 2024.

    More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/

    Check out the weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/

    Check out Consumer Choice Podcast (formerly Consumer Choice Radio): https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/

    Fun Police is a Consumer Choice Center original podcast. This episode was written and researched by Bill Wirtz. Editing by Yaël Ossowski and Bill Wirtz.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    26 mins
  • S2 Episode 3: Risky science
    Feb 14 2024

    In this third episode, we look at the role of international institutions when it comes to litigation. IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, uses a method of analysing hazard, not risk, opening up companies to expensive litigation. This appears to be used as a method to impose quasi bans.

    Act 1: Precaution

    Act 2: Lawyer up

    Act 3: Conflicts of interest

    Released on January 14, 2024.

    More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/

    Check out the weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/

    Check out Consumer Choice Podcast (formerly Consumer Choice Radio): https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/

    Fun Police is a Consumer Choice Center original podcast. This episode was written and researched by Bill Wirtz. Editing by Yaël Ossowski and Bill Wirtz.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    58 mins
  • S2 Episode 2: When global health gets a baton
    Feb 7 2024

    In this season of the Fun Police podcast, we are looking at the role of international institutions in the propagation of misinformation and how prohibitionists are using them to further their goals. 

    In this episode: the dirty on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its Conference of the Parties (COP), the World Health Organization's treaty organ that continues to deny the science on harm reduction and the usefulness of nicotine alternatives in getting people to quit smoking.

    We uncover the NGOs and partner groups of the FCTC that muddy the conference and aim to disparage anyone who dares ask a question or introduce some nuance.

    Featuring an interview with investigative journalist and congressional candidate Drew Johnson (@DrewForNevada), who has some experience in getting kicked out of multiple FCTC conferences over the years and has decided to run for Congress to push for government transparency and accountability.

    Act 1: Experts

    Act 2: The illusion of consensus

    Act 3: False prophets

    Released on February 7, 2024.

    Be sure to subscribe to the full podcast on your podcast player of choice:

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    More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/

    Check out the weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/

    Check out Consumer Choice Podcast (formerly Consumer Choice Radio): https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/

    Fun Police is a Consumer Choice Center original podcast.

    This episode was written and researched by Yaël Ossowski (@YaelOss). Editing by Yaël Ossowski and Bill Wirtz (@wirtzbill).

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    36 mins

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