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Send us Fan Mail The scariest thing about cancer isn’t just the diagnosis, it’s how quickly the conversation narrows into a menu of “approved” attacks. I sit down with author and lecturer G. Edward Griffin, author of World Without Cancer (and The Creature From Jekyll Island), to widen that lens and ask the questions most people never get time for: what IS cancer, and what is the body trying to do? We dig into why conventional care tends to revolve around surgery, radiation, and chemo, and wh...
Send us Fan Mail One "out or range" lab value can feel like a flashing red light, even when you feel fine. I wrote a short “bedtime story” to show how that moment often turns into a very real medical cascade: confusing PDFs, weeks of waiting, fear-fueled searching, a “super low dose” prescription, side effects that create new symptoms, and the slow slide into referrals, advanced testing, and labels that start to define you. If you’ve ever felt your agency shrink every time a new result appear...
Send us Fan Mail Imagine slashing your health costs, choosing any doctor you trust, and seeing exactly where your money goes—without fighting bots to overturn a denial. That’s the promise of nonprofit healthcare bill sharing, and today we unpack how it works, who it’s for, and why it’s quietly changing lives and budgets. We start by tracing three shifts that pushed insurance off the rails: centralization under Obamacare that merged insurers with provider groups and PBMs, COVID’s subsidy whip...
Send us Fan Mail What if the story we inherited about contagion was a hoax, and the tests we trust most don’t actually measure what we think they do? We open that door with a clear, evidence-focused tour through virology’s origins, the rise of molecular diagnostics, and the incentives that keep the “germ” frame dominant—even when the evidence falters. With Dr. Mark Bailey’s deep dive into historical experiments, cell culture practices, and PCR-era case creation, we break down how association ...
Send us Fan Mail A hospital can be a lifeline—or a labyrinth. When Lori Simpson’s husband entered with aspiration pneumonia, she expected a sputum culture, targeted antibiotics, and home care within days. Instead, she faced locked doors, ICU isolation, heavy sedation, DNR orders added at 3 a.m., and records that didn’t match reality. With decades across nursing, hospice, and administration, Lori knew the playbook—and still had to fight three months to bring him home. Her story is painful, but...
Send us Fan Mail What if the most human moment of your life has been outsourced to a system that profits when you’re afraid? I sat down with obstetrician Dr. Stuart Fischbein and midwife Blyss Young to pull back the curtain on how birth moved from a normal, physiological process to a hospital-centered, intervention-first business—and what families can do to take their power back. Dr. Stu traces the shift from independent practice to employed medicine and managed care, showing how coding, lia...
Send us Fan Mail A wave of new listeners arrived, so we pulled back the curtain to reintroduce what we do, why we do it, and where we’re steering the show next year. After two decades in holistic health, we’ve learned that most people don’t need more tests or bigger supplement stacks—they need a cleaner map of reality. We talk through the “healthcare matrix,” why disease labels often distract from root causes, and how to think clearly when institutions and incentives push complexity. We also...
Send us Fan Mail What if a jar of clay could keep you out of the doctor's office by changing how you handle burns, bites, gut upsets, or stubborn wounds? I brought in Neal Bosshardt, who has spent 50 years teaching and using natural bentonite clay, to share a straight‑shooting playbook: when clay shines, when to be cautious, and the exact methods that make the difference. We start with the fundamentals—why negatively charged, mineral‑rich clays can adsorb toxins, help control microbes, ease ...
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Welcome to Deconstructing Conventional, a show fascinated by one simple question: How did we get here? How did what we call “conventional” come to earn that title? Is there a better way, and if so, what would it look like? This show is about deconstructing two things: Our individual biases, and the systems that run (or attempt to run) our everyday lives. We do this deconstruction with an eye for where we can reconstruct something better that leads to flourishing societies, and robust physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. In short, this show is about questioning our assumptions and practicing systems-level thinking. I’m your host, Christian Elliot, I’ll do my best to stay curious and humble. You do the same and we’re both bound to learn something. Welcome to the show. Prepare to have your thinking stretched.
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