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🎙️ Critically Speaking with Dr. Therese Markow:
A podcast at the intersection of science and society.
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What if your health before pregnancy matters just as much as your health during it?

🎙️ The science might surprise you: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
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Indeed
February 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Marty Makary. Say his name. Coward. Collaborator. He is working to destroy the market for vaccines at the behest of RFK Jr.
February 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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Hmmmm …..

Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Stress during pregnancy doesn't just affect mom. It can affect the baby too.

Dr. Catherine Lebel and Dr. Samson Nivins explain how maternal stress and fetal brain development are linked.

➡️ Tune in to our latest episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
February 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Free Speech?
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DOJ’s targeting of Trump critics ramps up with attempt to indict lawmakers
The effort to indict six Democratic lawmakers marks the first time DOJ has attempted to classify critical speech from prominent Trump detractors as a crime.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the gover...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Make America Sick Again
and the rest of the world too……😰

Gift article

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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What if your health before pregnancy matters just as much as your health during it?

🎙️ The science might surprise you: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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😡🤦‍♀️
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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Langston Hughes quote: I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Thank you, Maricella!
Gorgeous sunset!🧡
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Here's a deer path in my yard.🦌
February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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WTF. Why aren’t we told why?😰 www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
El Paso airport halts flights for 10 days for ‘special security reasons’
The airport said all flights are grounded, leaving one of the largest cities in Texas without air service. It did not provide a reason for the closure.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Dr. Catherine Lebel and Dr. Samson Nivins looked at what happens when pregnant women have just a small amount of alcohol.

The results are something every parent and parent-to-be should hear.

🎧 Listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Should be enough to can him.🤞🏼

RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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No surprise

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Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.
The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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#obamas

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Trump refuses to apologize over video showing the Obamas as apes
“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” the president said.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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This is NOT okay
#water #contaminants #foreverchemicals

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A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells
The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Can love fix racism? Or does racism have to end before real love across racial lines can flourish?

Dorothy Roberts shares her thoughts on love, race, and what has to change first.

🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Save us
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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😬😡
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Opinion | I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
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February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Dr. Therese Markow has spent her career asking hard questions and demanding real answers. Now she's bringing that approach to conversations about the issues that shape our lives.

Join us for a new episode every Tuesday and make sure to follow us on Instagram at @criticallyspeakingpodcast
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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So much for #rawmilk
😕

apnews.com/article/raw-... newborn's death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant
A newborn's death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant
Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy.
apnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM