Modern Prosperity Under Attack and the FDA’s Compromised Oversight

On January 27, 2023, Kim explores the foundations of modern prosperity with Rick Turnquist analyzing how the World Economic Forum threatens the three pillars of Western civilization, Dr. Rachel Corbett exposing FDA funding conflicts that compromise public health oversight, and Mary Alpers discussing the importance of financial perspective in uncertain times.

The Three Pillars of Modern Prosperity Under Siege

Start listening at 31:04 – Hour 1

Rick Turnquist, writing from his new home in Oklahoma, sounds an alarm about the systematic dismantling of modern civilization’s foundations. He observes that most Americans take for granted the comfortable lives made possible by fossil fuels, limited government, and free market capitalism. Just generations ago, life expectancy hovered in the low-to-mid 40s, families built their own dwellings and burned animal dung for heat, and infant mortality claimed many children before adulthood. Kim shares that her paternal grandmother lived in a two-room sod house on the Kansas plains as a child.

Turnquist identifies the Davos World Economic Forum as the coordinating force attacking all three pillars simultaneously. The global elites flew carbon-emitting private jets to Switzerland to discuss eliminating fossil fuels in the name of their “climate change religion,” while their proposed replacements cannot shoulder modern energy demands. He contrasts Colorado’s regulatory burden with Oklahoma’s legislature, where bills expand Second Amendment rights and ban child gender procedures rather than imposing new burdens on businesses and workers. The difference, he argues, is between states that enable human flourishing and those driving residents away.

“We really, truly, most of us in America… live very comfortable lives in the West. We live in structurally sound, aesthetically pleasing, comfortable dwellings… And some are better than others. But each to what everybody can afford and what they want.”

— Rick Turnquist, Author and Political Commentator

FDA Funding Conflicts and Suppressed COVID Treatments

Start listening at 70:35 – Hour 2

Dr. Rachel Corbett of Roots Medical reveals that 45-65% of FDA funding comes directly from pharmaceutical companies through the Prescription Drug User Fee Act passed in 1992. She explains that half of FDA board members receive research funding directly or indirectly from pharmaceutical companies, creating intrinsic biases that cannot be escaped. Her own awakening came when a trusted compounding pharmacist walked her through ivermectin studies, collapsing what she calls her “house of cards” of assumptions.

The physician exposes how studies showing ivermectin ineffective were systematically confounded, with one starting treatment five days after COVID diagnosis when early treatment is essential. Studies showing effectiveness simply were not published. She notes the FDA is now targeting supplements used in COVID treatment protocols and vaccine injury detoxification, not supplements generally. Dr. Corbett introduces the ancient Greek concept of “thumos,” meaning spiritedness and passion for virtue and justice, explaining that roughly 20% of the population cannot be hypnotized and remained awake throughout the COVID response. Her 18-year-old son distilled the problem: “Tyranny wins when people are okay with lies.”

“What part of that is okay? What part of that are we okay with lying? And I had a really interesting conversation with my son who’s 18. And he said, ‘Mom, this is the deal… tyranny wins when people are okay with lies.’ And that is absolutely true.”

— Dr. Rachel Corbett, Roots Medical

Financial Perspective in Times of Uncertainty

Start listening at 63:40 – Hour 2

Mary Alpers, co-owner of Three Points Financial, defines perspective as thinking about situations in a wise and reasonable way. She identifies myopia as the biggest issue facing clients who hyper-focus on single goals like taxes, capital gains, or get-rich-quick schemes without considering broader financial health. Using rental properties as an example, she asks whether investors have foundational cash flow to weather unexpected expenses, noting how COVID left landlords with non-paying tenants.

Alpers emphasizes that Three Points Financial, as a fee-only fiduciary firm, helps clients sort through what she calls the “clutter of financial confusion” to focus on what matters to them. Whether addressing consumer debt’s toll on wealth accumulation, evaluating business startup plans, or balancing aggressive investment with steady wealth preservation, the goal is helping clients see the forest rather than just the trees. Both she and co-owner Steve Cruz bring seasoned experience to developing wise financial perspectives for their clients.

“One of the biggest issues we see with people who need help in their finances is they often become myopic, meaning that they hyper-focus on one goal or facet of finances… without considering greater conditions and decisions that have influence over your overall health.”

— Mary Alpers, Co-Owner, Three Points Financial