FDA Vaccine Claims Challenged While National Western Celebrates Agricultural Heritage

On January 10, 2024, James Lyons-Weiler, Trent Loos, and Yvonne Paez joined the show. Dr Trent Loos discussed the distinction between self-interest and selfishness, warned about DNA privacy concerns with 23andMe, and shared stories connecting agricultural families to American founding history Yvonne Paez explained agricultural terminology from her animal science background, connected cultural preservation to understanding heritage, and shared wisdom from a rancher’s funeral.

Challenging FDA Vaccine Misinformation

Start listening at 15:47 – Hour 1

James Lyons-Weiler exposes what he calls “delusional fairy tales” from FDA leadership about COVID-19 vaccine success. The founder of the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge (IPAC) details how he contacted FDA officials early in the pandemic about PCR testing issues and was ignored. He warns that pharmaceutical companies profit by misleading the public and calls for citizens to educate themselves to distinguish reality from myth.

Lyons-Weiler announces IPAC-EDU’s spring semester courses, including an economics of healthcare think tank that will produce a policy white paper on transforming medical finance. He argues that current healthcare financing damages the patient-doctor relationship by placing the state between patients and their physicians. The course will bring together economists and healthcare experts to develop strategies where doctors are compensated for keeping patients healthy rather than treating illness.

“The mass profits that are made by misleading the public are just there for the picking. So it’s really incumbent upon the public to make sure that they’re as well prepared to sort reality from myth as they can possibly be, which was the entire reason for creating IPAC-EDU, to help people empower themselves.”

James Lyons-Weiler, Founder of IPAC

Animal Science and Heritage Values at National Western

Start listening at 71:19 – Hour 2

Trent Loos brings his agricultural expertise to the National Western Stock Show broadcast, connecting animal husbandry terminology to broader discussions about liberty and personal responsibility. When Kim shares a quote from comedian Ricky Gervais about wolves, Loos pushes back, noting Gervais has been an animal rights activist working to end animal agriculture. The exchange highlights the importance of understanding a source’s full background before embracing their words.

Loos draws a sharp distinction between self-interest and selfishness, arguing that acting in one’s self-interest must ultimately benefit the community. He shares a story about meeting a Pennsylvania farmer whose family purchased their land directly from William Penn, demonstrating how American agricultural families preserve living connections to founding history. When discussing the 23andMe data breach, Loos warns about sacrificing privacy to answer questions that family research could answer.

“I think about the difference between self-interest and selfishness. If you’re selfish, you’re going to end up lonely and not very well off because you’ve alienated and destroyed the community around you. In your self-interest, you do what’s best for you, your family, which ultimately has to be good for the community as well, or you won’t have the community.”

Trent Loos, Host of Loos Tales

Agricultural Terminology and Cultural Preservation

Start listening at 93:39 – Hour 2

Yvonne Paez draws on her animal science degree and 15 years living in Mexico to explain agricultural terminology that most Americans never learn. She clarifies that a gilt is a female pig that has not yet had piglets, while a sow has been a mother. A barrow is a castrated male pig, distinct from a breeding boar. These distinctions matter for understanding how food production actually works.

Paez connects the preservation of agricultural knowledge to broader cultural preservation, noting how Spanish colonizers buried indigenous temples and built churches on top. She shares wisdom from the funeral of rancher Dean Woolridge of Loveland, whose grandchildren remembered values of self-sufficiency, hard work, and caring for each other. Kim reflects on her own father’s recent passing, noting she can no longer ask him for advice on new challenges.

“His legacy were the values that we all talk about and you talk about on your radio show. That nothing is impossible. That we should rely on ourselves and be self-sufficient. That we should stay curious and that you’re never too old to learn something new. To be true to yourself and to stand by your principles and to not be afraid of a little hard work and to care for each other because, after all, we are all we have.”

Yvonne Paez