{"podcast":{"title":"Ask Dr. Drew","slug":"ask-dr-drew-259999","podcast_index_feed_id":259999,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DRPI5481918824","website_url":"https://drdrew.com/ask","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e1fe081a-e5ba-11ec-8880-c771b045d6de/image/ce7b412d1fab6731e3af0ba9cbcde0f0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Dr. Drew","episode_count":642,"summary":"Tired of tribalism and outrage? It's time for a second opinion. From the front lines of the culture war to the front lines of medicine, iconic broadcaster Dr. Drew Pinsky (of \"Loveline\" with Adam Carolla) brings his unfiltered perspective to today’s most urgent political, cultural, and medical issues. The show features a diverse roster of guests including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trisha Paytas, Charlie Sheen, Megyn Kelly, Russell Brand, Dr. Kelly Victory, Salty Cracker, and many more. To millions, Dr. Drew is a beacon of integrity and common sense. You know his voice from the radio phenomenon Loveline, hit reality franchises like Teen Mom (MTV) and Celebrity Rehab (VH1), and massive primetime television events like FOX's The Masked Singer and Special Forces. But behind the celebrity, Dr. Drew has spent the last 40 years actively treating patients. Now, he is bringing that same rigorous, truth-first approach to the Ask Dr. Drew podcast. In every episode, Dr. Drew relies on primary sources and hard data – along with his extensive experience – as he sits down with world-renowned experts, political figures, comedians, and institutional whistleblowers. He explores the intersection of geo…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:17:31.294190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-dr-drew-259999"},"episode":{"title":"“I Kept RFK Out Of The West Wing”: Trump Advisor Katy Talento Confesses In Explosive White House Exposé Of DC Vaccine Cult – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 618","slug":"i-kept-rfk-out-of-the-west-wing-trump-advisor-katy-talento-confesses-in-explosive-white-house-expos-of-dc-vaccine-cult-ask-dr-drew-ep-618","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-dr-drew-259999/i-kept-rfk-out-of-the-west-wing-trump-advisor-katy-talento-confesses-in-explosive-white-house-expos-of-dc-vaccine-cult-ask-dr-drew-ep-618","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-dr-drew-259999","url":"https://drdrew.com/2026/i-kept-rfk-out-of-the-west-wing-trump-advisor-katy-talento-confesses-in-explosive-white-house-expose-of-dc-vaccine-cult-ask-dr-drew/","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/DRPI1628976194.mp3?updated=1778263253","summary":"In a viral confession, Katy Talento — President Trump’s former health advisor — revealed her role in keeping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. away from the White House, saying it was her job to “make this problem go away.” “I was a Harvard-trained infectious disease epidemiologist. I believed, religiously, that vaccines were the gold standard of public health interventions,” writes Talento. “Not because I had been shown the evidence for their effectiveness and safety in public health school… but because I had been trained in the orthodoxy of public health, where it was assumed that someone had studied this and it had been demonstrated at some point – so now we could all focus on more pressing matters, like how to get vaccines in more kids’ arms around the world.” But slowly, she began to feel suspicious – and her research led her to switch sides. “[S]omething happened in late summer of 2021 – a set of legal contortions between Big Pharma and the FDA that started to make everything painfully clear,” she says in a May 2026 public apology to RFK for her part in keeping him away from the White House. In This Episode: Katy Talento joins Dr. Drew to expose the inner workings of the White House Domestic Policy Council, the DC establishment’s efforts to sabotage RFK, and why she no longer trusts the medical consensus. A&E’s Flash Shelton explains his unconventional strategies for helping homeowners take back their properties from squatters nationwide. Flash Shelton is the host of A&E’s docu-series “Squatters,” which premieres with back-to-back episodes starting Tuesday, May 12th at 10pm and 10:30pm ET/PT. Shelton’s journey began in 2019 when squatters took over his mother’s vacant home in Northern California. After navigating the eviction process himself, he has gone on to help p…","meta_description":"In a viral confession, Katy Talento — President Trump’s former health advisor — revealed her role in keeping Robert F. 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