Today Asif and Ali discuss the nomination of Dr. Casey Means for the position of U.S. Surgeon General (no entertainment topic).  They discuss her early background (including why Ali thinks he is a nepo baby) and how she went to Stanford medical school and left partway through residency. They then go over the (very few) positive aspects of her nomination.  However, they spend most of the rest of the podcast discussing why she is a terrible choice for surgeon general, including her inability to practice medicine, her controversial beliefs and her waffling on certain issues. They then discuss Means’ numerous financial conflicts of interest. 

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Show Notes:

• Good Energy: https://www.caseymeans.com/goodenergy
• What Casey Means and MAHA Want You to Fear: https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-casey-means-and-maha-small-want-you-to-fear
• “She Was Tearful About It”: The Nuances of Casey Means’s Medical Exit and Antiestablishment Origins: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-nuances-of-casey-means-medical-exit
• Fact-Check: Did RFK Jr. Use Steroids to Build Muscle? Here’s What We Know: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-rfk-jr-steroids-muscle-claims-2055117
• Who Is Dr. Casey Means: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/casey-means-trump-surgeon-general.html#
• Casey Means, Critic of Mainstream Medicine, Poised to Become Nation’s Top Doctor: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/well/casey-means-surgeon-general.html
• Surgeon General Nominee Pledges to Divest From Wellness Interests: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/health/casey-means-financial-invesments-surgeon-general.html
• US needs a crisis-tested surgeon general, not an influencer: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/03/12/trump-surgeon-general-nominee-casey-means-unqualified/88961719007/
• The Pill and the Women's Liberation Movement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-and-womens-liberation-movement/
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/casey-means-md_in-this-clip-on-tucker-carlson-network-i-activity-7232891868361977856-HPoT/
• https://www.caseymeans.com/learn/newsletter-38
• Trump, Kennedy defend new surgeon general pick amid MAGA backlash: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedy-defends-new-surgeon-general-pick-maga-backlash-2025-05-08/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer

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