Science and Self with Holly

04/19/2026

What the heck happened? This was weird. And scary.

04/18/2026

The Secretary Kennedy Podcast, episode 1, summed up. Basically...you didn't miss much. RFK Jr. and Robert Irvine talked about fresh, whole foods and a military pilot program at Fort Hood.

04/18/2026

Today (April 17, 2026) RFK Jr. appeared before the House Education and Workforce Committee. This particular exchange about autism really irked me.

04/17/2026

Another common RFK Jr. talking point is that young people are medically unfit for military service. Where does that claim come from?

04/17/2026

04/17/2026

Is it true that the government spent $0 on chronic disease in 1960, as RFK Jr. often says?

No. Of course not.

04/16/2026

RFK Jr. testified at the House Ways and Means Committee today (April 16, 2026).

This interaction with Representative Terri Sewell of Alabama was one of the more interesting moments.

Tl;dr: RFK Jr. conveniently forgot something he had said. Again.

04/16/2026

The idea that “processed foods are making us sick” sounds straightforward, but it's more complex than that.

Not a great start, but also what I expected.

More to come! Way more. 😫

04/16/2026

Basically you didn't miss much if you didn't listen/watch.

04/16/2026

A new biography about RFK Jr. has been released. It alleges that one time on a family road trip he spotted a dead raccoon, pulled the family car to the side of the road, and cut off the raccoon's reproductive organs.

So he could "study them later."

Ummmm...

04/15/2026

Yet another study pointing to Tylenol (acetaminophen) NOT causing autism.

04/15/2026

Me: Don't do it.
Also me: Immediately hits follow.