# Despite 2020’s medical crises, vaccine mandates persist in California Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/informed-dissent-4148700/despite-2020-s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/informed-dissent-4148700/despite-2020-s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california.md Podcast: [Informed Dissent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/informed-dissent-4148700) Published: 2025-12-22T14:46:36+00:00 Episode link: https://www.americaoutloud.news/despite-2020s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/3946217/ins.blubrry.com/3946217/Despite_the_medical_catastrophes_of_2020_and_beyond_in_California_vaccine_mandates_persist.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/informed-dissent-4148700/episodes/despite-2020-s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california ## Resource Informed Dissent with Dr. Jeff Barke and Dr. Mark McDonald – Vaccine mandates continue across California despite the medical crises of recent years. Alix Mayer of the Free Now Foundation leads efforts to challenge mandates, expand exemptions, and defend medical freedom. Through legal action, public advocacy, and community programs, the organization works to protect parental rights and push state leaders toward voluntary... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/informed-dissent-4148700/episodes/despite-2020-s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/informed-dissent-4148700/despite-2020-s-medical-crises-vaccine-mandates-persist-in-california.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.