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[@joerogan] Joe Rogan Experience #2376 - Brigham Buhler

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@joerogan - "Joe Rogan Experience #2376 - Brigham Buhler"

Link: https://youtu.be/By17xYkP6jg

Short Summary​

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Number One Action Item/Takeaway:

Demand transparency and accountability from regulatory agencies like the FDA, CDC, and NIH, and support initiatives that promote competition and preventative healthcare outside of the control of large pharmaceutical corporations.

Executive Summary:

The podcast delves into the corruption and corporate capture within the healthcare system, highlighting how pharmaceutical companies influence regulatory agencies to prioritize profits over patient well-being. It emphasizes the need for accessible, preventative care, and supports RFK Jr.'s efforts to challenge the status quo and advocate for medical freedom and transparency.

Key Quotes​

Okay, here are 5 quotes extracted from the provided transcript that I found particularly insightful or interesting:

  1. "They're going to smile. [ __ ] you." (This quote, purportedly from an FDA insider, reveals a shocking level of cynicism and potential corruption within the agency, suggesting a disconnect between public perception and internal actions.)

  2. "There is literally there is literally a memo at the NIH that's being circulated around about how to subvert and ignore President Trump and Secretary Kennedy's mandates, which isn't President Trump and Secretary Kenny. It's the American people's voice. The American people voted for change. We're over the corruption. We're over the collusion. We're over the corporate capture." (This exposes a deep-seated resistance to change within government agencies, regardless of the political mandate, suggesting a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy that is resistant to outside influence.)

  3. "Novo Nordisk was cited as having cat hair and pest activity. I don't know if it's rats, if it's roaches in their sterile rooms. This is the FDA's own inspection. Eli Liy has been cited time and time again for his egregious actions, destroying records, hiding clinical data, a barefoot woman in their sterile room." (This exposes the hypocrisy of regulations that are put on compounding facilities compared to pharmaceutical company's and the lack of inspections that are performed on these pharma companies.)

  4. "They're not safe. Even even there's there were lawsuits in the early days of suicidal ideiation and violent thoughts because a lot of the pharmaceutical companies tried to hide that they were seeing in trials that children were having suicidal and violent thoughts in the early days of being on SSRI." (This reinforces the ongoing debate over the safety and efficacy of SSRIs.)

  5. "My fear is the only way to do that is through technology. My fear is that the only way to do that is to integrate with this great machine that we're creating right now, artificial general super intelligence, and that we are going to either have to merge or perish. And that we're going to choose to merge. And one of the one of the things that's probably going to happen to us is all of these things that we love that we create with all of our imperfect human behavior, all those things are have to go bye-bye." (This expresses a profound and potentially dystopian vision of humanity's future, suggesting that technological advancement may come at the cost of essential human qualities.)

Detailed Summary​

Here's a detailed summary of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast transcript, focusing on the key topics and arguments, excluding advertisements.

  • RFK Jr. and HHS:

    • The guest expresses excitement about RFK Jr.'s role at the head of the HHS (Health and Human Services), hoping he will push for peptides and stop "all this bullshit."
    • The guest claims that RFK Jr. is making corrupt people or organizations become exposed.

  • Corruption in Healthcare Organizations:

    • The guest claims he used to work for big pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly and saw behind the curtain.
    • He alleges widespread "corruption, collusion, and corporate capture" within organizations like the EPA, CDC, NIH, and FDA.
    • He claims that there is a memo at the NIH about how to subvert the mandates of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy.

  • Money's Influence:

    • The guest says healthcare is one of the biggest industries and money drives the corruption.

  • HHS Bureaucracy:

    • The guest describes HHS as a massive organization (70-80,000 people), making change difficult due to internal divisions and industry lobbying.

  • FDA Meeting and Deception:

    • The guest recounts attending an FDA meeting at RFK Jr.'s request, where officials seemed receptive but were later revealed to be deceptive and said they will smile but ramrod the changes talked about about.
    • He says he was warned by an FDA insider that they would smile but undermine his concerns.

  • GLP-1s and Peptides:

    • The guest discusses GLP-1s (like Ozempic and Wegovy), weight loss peptides that originated at the NIH.
    • He argues that pharmaceutical companies are attempting to monopolize peptides, which would stifle innovation for compounding pharmacies and telemedicine.
    • He accuses Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk of lobbying the FDA to restrict compounding of these peptides, citing safety concerns.
    • The FDA allowed the exemption that was allowing compounders to compound these peptides to expire.
    • He says the FDA made this decision based off the fact that crucial diabetic patients would be able to get the drugs that they needed.
    • The guest also alleges that the most efficacious dosages are not what patients are getting, but rather what reimbursed the highest on insurance formulary.
    • He claims GLP-1s are overused, and side effects are worse due to higher dosages driven by reimbursement rates.
    • He claims the compounders are titrating dosages at a lower dosage, unique to each patient, which optimizes benefits and minimizes side effects.

  • Compounding Pharmacies vs. Big Pharma:

    • The guest defends compounding pharmacies, stating they offer cost-effective alternatives, personalized dosages, and are cash-pay.
    • He says the pharmaceutical companies are mad because compounders are exposing them.
    • He argues that Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have received warning letters from the FDA regarding manufacturing practices.
    • He claims the FDA inspects compounders more often than larger pharmaceutical manufacturers.

  • FDA Contradictions:

    • The guest points out a contradiction at the FDA, with one clinician stating peptides have no medical use, while GLP-1s (which are peptides) are recognized as medically necessary.
    • He notes that Eli Lilly's headquarters is in Indiana where that particular clinicial started his political career.

  • Biologics vs. Drugs:

    • The guest explains that President Trump is trying to get a deal for drug pricing for the American people but big government has been colluded.
    • The guest mentions that companies are attempting to reclassify drugs as "biologics" instead of generic drugs, which have a much longer patent life (12 years vs 5 years), circumventing Trump's efforts to reduce drug costs.
    • He asserts that the FDA stance is it is illegal for compounders to compound a biologic, which will allow big pharma to have monopoly.

  • Animal-Derived Thyroid Medicines:

    • The guest claims big pharma is lobbying the FDA to shut down animal-derived thyroid medicines, as they attempt to launch their own version.

  • Call to Action

    • Guest said they were doing what can be done, they were doing a podcast, calling attention from President Trump and Secretary Kennedy.
    • The guest said Secretary Kennedy and his team are playing whack-a-mole, 200 vs. 80,000 co-opted or corrupt members.

  • The History of Vaccines

    • The guest notes that the polio statistic is that 95-99% of polio is asymptomatic.

  • CDC Origins and Coca-Cola:

    • The guest states that the CDC was created in WWII to stop malaria, and first started by working with Monsanto to dumb DDT.
    • He says that the CDC headquarters was gifted to them by Coca-Cola and there's an email from an executive to the CDC that they're going to do all they can to shut down the bad information on sugar.

  • Pharmaceutical Ads on Television

    • Guest claims the pharmaceutical ads are so that the media doesn't criticize pharmaceutical companies.

  • Diagnosis of Mental Health Disorders

    • Guest claims big pharma created narrative that chemical imbalances exist and that it was never a serotonin deficiency.

  • The Power of The Mindset

    • Guest states they are able to be successful from their hyperfocus ability and ignoring anything that doesn't matter.

  • Vitamin D

    • Guest claims it to have a low level is the main reason they are susceptible to different pathogens.

  • The Business of Drugs

    • Guest claims the drug companies are trying to maximize their shareholder pricing and take away competition so they can create monopoly and be able to skyrocker that stock price.

  • Ibagane

    • Guest claims that with addiction, with one experience, it's 83% successful. With two experiences, it's 94% successful.

  • Right to Choose

    • Guest claims that people's right to choose should not be taken away by the government.

  • American Heart Association

    • American Heart Association came to testify against the bill because they didn't want coca-cola, twinkies, and soft drinks removed from school lunches and SNAP programs.

  • The Problem with Trans Movement

    • The guest claims it's not just an issue in this sector, the media manipulates to turn things into issues that aren't remotely related (racism, sexism) - a ploy to divide and conquer.

  • Glyphosate

    • States that 70% of glyphosate exposure is because the dry harvesting process, the way the crops are dried out so they can be harvested faster.

  • The Great Machine

    • Guest said with how much power big pharma has, it probably takes some spiritual accountability.

  • Peter Teal and His Theories

    • Guest states the world will go into overdrive of chaos through wars and other things until people abandon their "humanity" so the world will transcend and then technology will "fix" everything.

  • Gary Nolan and His Theories

    • Guest stated that there was some type of alien crash that crashed during the 1960's and there was some alloy the group found that at a atomic level, there are layers of the metals that do not occur organically and was made from a place with nuclear energy.

  • The Bible

    • What is everyone trying to say from stories in the bible. What were they trying to talk about. Guest believes most bibles have been filtered through bias and that's why there was so many different ones throughout time, so someone had to step in and say it should be that way.

  • Hom Julian

    • Guest states that researchers just recently found remains of "homo julians", with enormous man that were found with huge head. They don't know how big these things were.