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Left and right brainers are often pitted against each other but here they’ll be given the time and space to collaborate. So strip away the day and step into the steam, it’s time to open up your pores and perspectives for a truly immersive, imaginative, and information-rich experience that’ll leave you refreshed and ready for whatever life throws at you next. Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, hosted by comedian and student-of-the-world Sarah Schauer!

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  • Saturday · 1 hr 18 min

    Please Welcome to the Stage, Psychodermatology!

    Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week will be a quick regrouping from last week’s topic - due to new information on the skin’s own “HPA axis” I do have to pause on my autism-schizophrenia-epilepsy theory to properly segment information, inputs, outputs, etc. I will absolutely be returning to this theory in the future. While we wait for that update, please enjoy the episode! I will be discussing the new emerging field(s) of psychodermatology and neurodermatology and why the intersection of psychiatry, psychology, dermatology, and neuroscience are incredibly helpful for anyone with skin and/or psychological disorders, diseases, and conditions OR both. Ohhh. Nuance for the crowd: I am absolutely not advising that you stop taking any medication that your physician has prescribed. I am strongly advising that before you act on anything I’ve said here, you take the information to your licensed physician and speak through all of it, getting their input and expertise, before moving forward with anything - if you so choose. I am well aware that just because conditions overlap does not mean they are the same. I am not promising the “cure” for anything - I am offering more resources and experts to check out if you feel like you need more information on things brain, skin, and psychology related. It is very unlikely that a board-certified dermatologist can help you directly with psychological issues. They are incredibly knowledgeable and more than qualified to discuss skin, however “psychodermatology” and “neurodermatology” require dual-board certifications. If you want to find someone who is a licensed psychodermatologist (in the US) I recommend checking out this directory. Association for Psychoneurocutaneous Medicine of North America https://psychodermatology.us/find-psychodermatologist/ Yes, there are limited options, but this is a new field and it does take time to build expertise, especially dual-board expertise. Thank you for listening and thank you to the professionals who help me with pronunciation, I greatly appreciate it. Books: NUANCE FOR BOOKS: While I do trust Dr. Perricone’s expertise and recommend The Beauty Molecule, he does own a major brand and is trying to sell things throughout the book so I would strongly recommend reading Clean by James Hamblin first as he extensively discusses FDA regulations, what has been proven for treatments, and what has not. He will help inform your dermatological mindset and I do believe his alignments will help significantly when going through The Beauty Molecule. The Beauty Molecule: Introducing Neuroceuticals, The Breakthrough for Ageless Beauty - Nicholas Perricone, MD Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin Organ Speak: What It Means to Really Listen to Our Bodies - Giulia Enders The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart - Sian E. Harding Sources: *** PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS FIRST LINK DOWNLOADS A REVIEW ARTICLE - IT DOES NOT OPEN TO A WEBPAGE*** Expression of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Common Diseases: Evidence of its Association with Stress-related Disease Activity https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actadv/article/download/7472/10870 *** THE REST OF THESE SOURCES ARE NORMAL LINKS AND DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOAD A PAPER*** Cutaneous hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis homologous: regulation by ultraviolet radiation https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3174533/ Special Report: Psychodermatology: Bridging Dermatology and Psychiatry https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.03.3.2 Helpful article that contains medication and adverse effects table. Vitiligo as a Potential Overlooked Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: Insights from Two Case Reports https://www.cureus.com/articles/519215-vitiligo-as-a-potential-overlooked-comorbidity-in-schizophrenia-insights-from-two-case-reports#!/ The brain-skin connection: A narrative review of neuroendocrine and immune pathways https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12701686/ I did recommend this source and yes, it is not very accessible to read but again, the tables are incredibly helpful to get your “brain-skin bearings” Atopy Increases Risk of Psychotic Experiences: A Large Population-Based Study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6637312/ Psychodermatology: A Guide to Understanding Common Psychocutaneous Disorders (NUANCE: PUBLISHED IN 2007 BUT STILL INFORMATIVE) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1911167/ Advice for Researching Nutrition Independently: I strongly encourage speaking to a healthcare professional and researching vitamins and supplements extensively before acting on any discussion points mentioned in this podcast episode, some great nutrition publications are: The Journal of Nutrition The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) Advances in Nutrition (AN) Current Developments in Nutrition (CDN) Links and details on each of those publications can be found here: https://nutrition.org/publications/ If there are any links I did not include, please feel free to reach out on IG (as that’s where I’m most responsive). 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  • #86
    October 24 · 1 hr 11 min

    Dude, Where’s My Vitamin A, E, C, D, B2, B6, B9, and B12??

    Apologies for the late upload! I cannot stress how absolutely devastated I am that I recorded for forty minutes towards the end and only video (not audio) recorded! There will absolutely be a part two to this because I have much more to say and share! That aside, please enjoy this weeks episode of Schauer Thoughts, we are going on a long journey through the land of light and LEDs so hide your vitamins and slather on the sunscreen because subject-matter will be quite photoDEGRADING. Ayo! Word play *untz untz* I will also be discussing my research on the *historically* shared diagnosis of autism, schizophrenia, and epilepsy and *part of* my theory for why that was. Again, I must apologize because the part that tied them all together was included in the portion that did not have audio. What I am NOT saying here: Artificial lighting is universally bad. Artificial lighting is the sole cause of any chronic/ immune/ psychological disease, disorder, or diagnosis. There is nothing to be done to protect yourself, your vitamins, your health from light pollution. Vitamins and turning off your lights are the cure for everything! Remember folks, nuance! And yes, absolutely feel free to run this by your dietician, PCP, therapist, etc. Please enjoy and know that more resources are coming. Books: The Science of Nutrition - Rhiannon Lambert A Silent Fire - Shilpa Ravella The Wahls Protocol - Terry Wahls, MD The Collected Schizophrenias - Esme Weijun Wang Sources: Nutrient Degradation Under Retail Lighting: Protecting Vitamins with Food-Safe LEDS https://safespectrum.com/nutrient-degradation-under-retail-lighting-protecting-vitamins-with-food-safe-leds/ Market Lighting Affects Nutrients https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2011/market-lighting-affects-nutrients/ Relationship between Fresh-Packages Spinach Leaves Exposed to Continuous Light or Dark and Bioactive Contents: Effects of Cultivar, Leaf Size, and Storage Duration (2011) https://pubs.acs.org/jafcau/article-abstract/58/5/2980/207964/Relationship-between-Fresh-Packaged-Spinach-Leaves?redirectedFrom=fulltext Comparison of milk oxidation by exposure to LED and fluorescent light https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030216001351 Why Are Medicine Bottles Amber? https://www.roetell.com/why-are-medicine-bottles-amber/ Skin ‘sees’ UV light, starts producing pigment https://archive2.news.brown.edu/2007-2015/articles/2011/11/melanin.html About Colour Blindness https://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/ Melatonin Moderates the Triangle of Chronic Pain, Sleep Architecture, Immunometabolic Traffic https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8392406/ Sunlight-Induced Immunosuppresion in Humans is Initially Because of UVB, Then UVA, Follower by Interactive Effects https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15324489 Male versus female skin: What Dermatologists and cosmeticians should know https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325926189_Male_versus_female_skin_What_dermatologists_and_cosmeticians_should_know Risks and Uncertainties in Photobiological Measurements https://actascientific.com/ASMS/pdf/ASMS-06-1249.pdf Big data and AI for gender equality in health: bias is a big challenge https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11521869/ Gender Differences in Schizophrenia and First-Episode Psychosis: A Comprehensive Literature Review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3420456/ Nutrition, nutritional deficiencies, and schizophrenia: An association worthy of constant reassessment https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8554424/ Gastrointestinal and liver disease in patients with schizophrenia: A narrative review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9594005/ The impact of aging and biological sex on cardiac collagen metabolism https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047637425000557 Collagen Degradation Pathways in Humans https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Collagen-Degradation-Pathways-in-Humans.aspx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 15 · 1 hr 12 min

    Ukraine, Russia, and a Smattering of Health Literacy!

    Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re covering vast expanses of the topical board, and yes, I checked my medication and realized I did not take my Vyvanse. Thanks to that ADHD misstep we will be going over: a *potential* case of securities fraud, the ins and outs of heart failure, erectile tissue in the nose, what’s happening with Russia and what it means for American elections, as well as a new documentary coming out on *slams head against wall* Elon Musk. Thank you all for your continued support, it means the absolute world to me. I would just like to say, if your child was automatically enrolled into a Trump Kids Account, please strongly consider picking up “The Second Estate” (listed below) as it’ll give you an amazing primer into why the Trump Kids accounts are a bad idea and potential ways to navigate the situation. There will be a separate episode on that coming soon. Hope you all enjoy this weeks episode! ShopMy Books: https://shopmy.us/shop/sarahschauer?tab=collections&Section_id=2145383 Books: Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation - Greg M. Epstein The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart - Sian E. Harding The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth - Zoe Schlanger The Cancer Journals - Audre Lorde Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth — and What to Do About It - Samuel Moyn The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy - Ray D. Madoff Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan Sources: HeartMate Email in Ep Files https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00102513.pdf Susan Harriman, July 13, 2019 if the link doesn’t work Gerardo Reyes (journalist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Reyes_(journalist) HeartMate II and 3 LVADs Recalled Due to Potential for Outflow Graft Obstruction (April 2024) https://www.tctmd.com/news/heartmate-ii-and-3-lvads-recalled-due-potential-outflow-graft-obstruction FDA announces another new recall involving Abbott’s HeartMate 3 LVADs after 70 injuries, 2 deaths (May 2024) https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/heart-failure/fda-new-recall-abbott-heartmate-3-lvad-implant HeartMate 3 LVAD Linked to 16% risk of stroke, other neurological issues — what heart failure specialists should know (2026) https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/heart-failure/heartmate-3-lvad-linked-16-risk-stroke-other-neurological-issues-what-heart-failure-specialists Abbott Agrees to Pay Over $384M to Settle Allegations Related to Contaminated Infant Formula abbott-agrees-pay-over-384m-settle-allegations-related-contaminated-infant-formula Should You Take Daily Aspirin? https://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-you-need-daily-aspirin-for-some-it-does-more-harm-than-good Anatomy, Head and Neck, Nasal Concha https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/books/NBK546636/ ENT Surgeon Dharambir Sethi tells Joan Chew Why Some People Get Nasal Blockages During Sex https://drsethi.com.sg/the-nose-mechanic/ What Is Honeymoon Rhinitis? https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-50899-9_6 Did Ukraine’s strikes on data centers really silence Russian bots? https://mashable.com/tech/ukraine-strikes-yandex-data-center-bot-traffic-decline The Many Ways Trump is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/02/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-strategies.html U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters (2024) https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/nx-s1-5100329/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024 Reduced trolling on Russian holidays and daily US Presidential election odds https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8966999/ Free Course on Calling BS (Not Sponsored): Calling Bullsh*t: Data Reasoning in a Digital World https://callingbullshit.org/index.html For the syllabus: https://callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html News Regarding Medical Devices and Recalls Device Events https://deviceevents.com Please check this out if you’re a physician. Socialist Voting Guide (CA) https://www.instagram.com/p/DeIITtIEvVQ/?vrfl=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • October 9 · 1 hr 12 min

    Birthday Recap, SoCal Check-In, and Reproductive Health Discussion!

    Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re covering my 32nd birthday, what Donald Trump said about Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as going over some climate-related menstrual nuance. Is that a wide range of discussion points? Yes, but that is the essence of Schauer Thoughts, so get ready to go on a topical saga! Thank you all for accepting that I am a human being on SSRIs in a heat wave so tears (light Schauers) are normal. I appreciate you all and can’t wait for you to listen to this week’s episode. ShopMy Book Curations https://shopmy.us/shop/sarahschauer?Section_id=2145383&tab=collections Again, thank you for all the birthday wishes!!! Books This Is Your Brain On Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E. Hill, PhD Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California - Sarah M.A. Gualtieri Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert Sapolsky Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being - Neil Theise Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD Cities for a Shared Planet: The Emergence of Multispecies Cooperation - Marina Alberti Sources Trump Under Fire for Saying Iran Could “Take Out” LA, San Diego https://www.axios.com/2026/10/06/trump-iran-take-out-la-san-diego Newsom calls for 25th Amendment After Trump’s Remarks on California https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6132137-newsom-calls-trump-mentally-ill/ The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/opinion/oil-companies-supreme-court.html MIT, University of Colorado Denver, and the Clue App publish largest women’s health study documenting air pollution’s impact on menstrual cycles https://helloclue.com/articles/press/mit-university-of-colorado-denver-and-the-clue-app-publish-largest-women-s-health-study-documenting-air-pollution-s-impact-on-menstrual-cycles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 30 · 1 hr 8 min

    We Are All Jane Doe

    Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we will be discussing the “Cornell 7” and the horrific gang rape of Jane Doe. I am so mad and you should be too, rape is a systemic issue and we all need to stand up and demand answers, demand accountability, and demand a world where justice can swiftly and with the full force of the law be served. Discussion of the “Cornell 7” does begin at the later half of the episode but please know it’s not because I am pushing it’s importance to the back, it’s because this exact thing has happened to me and I’m allowed to discuss it at my own pace. Thank you for understanding. Nuance for my rant on Jimmy Carter: He did try more than *one* environmental initiative and did create CERCLA (I appreciate that) but he could have done so much more and did not. If my direct communities - farmers and those I’ve been elected to represent (the people of the United States) lives were on the line, I would have done so much more. SA Resources Substack Post https://substack.com/home/post/p-218383219 The letter count wouldn’t let me add all these resources so I put them into a Substack post - please visit for resources and ways to get involved. Sarah’s ShopMy https://shopmy.us/sarahschauer/shelves If you’d like to shop the books mentioned in this episode check out my ShopMy. It is taking me awhile to upload (and get items approved by the ShopMy team, so please hang tight for all book curations - they are coming though) Sarah’s Venmo: Sarah-Schauer (Yes, my hair is blonde in the profile picture) Just for anyone who’d like to wish me a happy birthday, absolutely no pressure. Thank you if you do send me anything. Also I swear this is not meant to pressure anyone but since I am discussing sexual assault and an ongoing case I do feel like this video will be demonetized, so I can not stress enough how grateful I am if you do send me anything. Book on Sexual Assault mentioned at the end: Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus - Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan MIT Books: (Not sponsored, however these books were sent to me) - all of these are in the Sept. 30 ShopMy curation. They Knew: The Us Federal Government’s Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis - James Gustave Speth Cities for a Shared Planet: The Emergence of Multispecies Cooperation - Marina Alberti The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart - Sian E. Harding The Disappearance of Insight: When Technology Undermines How and Why - Frank C. Keil This is Why You Love Lego - Jess Uhre Rahbek Other Books: Paradise Falls: A Deadly Secret, a Cover-Up, and the Women Who Forged the Environmental Movement - Keith O’Brien The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Steven Sloan & Philip Fernbach Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep & Dreams - Matthew Walker, PhD All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More - Zachary Rubin, MD This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E. Hill, PhD Sources: Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024 https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/09/tccsuykuvb4z Editorial | Cornell Won’t, We Will https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/09/editorial-cornell-won-t-we-will Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/28/atrazine-herbicide-pollution-rivers Mesabi Metallics, company behind Iowa steel plant, has troubled past https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2026/10/01/mesabi-metallics-company-iowa-steel-plant-lee-county/92004068007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114926p118550l000450c118550u002227e008350v114926&gca-ft=51&gca-ds=sophi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 23 · 1 hr 25 min

    Taking a Look at Overlapping Chronic Conditions!

    Hello guys! This episode of Schauer Thoughts truly is just a mental free for all, we will be discussing predominantly ME/CFS and registering to vote for the Midterm elections though. I do apologize for not getting to Boomers committing mass tax fraud and identity theft - that will be covered in a later episode. Hopefully there was some semblance of coherence here and I would like everyone to know with chronic conditions and chronic pain conditions that I will continue to raise awareness and just care in general because it is unacceptable that you all have been forced to go this alone. We all can do better. Thank you all so much for listening! Make sure to register to vote! — Vote.org To learn more about ME/CFS and other chronic conditions, visit: https://batemanhornecenter.org/ Books: Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding the Wealth — and What to Do About It - Samuel Moyn The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell - Luca Turin Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives - Joshua D. Mezrich, MD This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E. Hill, PhD All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More - Zachary Rubin, MD The Irritable Heart: The Medical Mystery of the Gulf War - Jeff Wheelwright Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement - Jessica Hernandez, PhD - Not sponsored, however this book was sent to me by North Atlantic Books. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read - Stanislas Dehaene - We actually read this book for my book club! Sources: A Shared Biology Underlies 5 Major Fatigue-Causing Illnesses, Scientists Suggest https://www.sciencealert.com/a-shared-biology-underlies-5-major-fatigue-causing-illnesses-scientists-suggest When are the 2026 Midterm Elections? And What is Their Purpose? https://www.usvotefoundation.org/when-are-2026-midterm-elections-and-what-their-purpose State Ballot Measures 2026 https://ballotpedia.org/2026_ballot_measures Key Races (Volunteer Blue) https://volunteerblue.org/key-races-2026/ Of course I’m not about to share any Republican related info. 2026 Voter Guide - Cal Matter https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/ Democratic Socialist Voter Guide 2026 https://voterguide.dsa-la.org/ How having a disability became cool https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/05/disability-became-cool/ Absolute nonsense Elon Musk is Running a Fake Voter Registration Site Designed to Steal and Sell Data https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/elon-musk-running-fake-voter-130639289.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 18 · 1 hr 23 min

    We Can All Be the Next Erin Brockovich!

    Gather round, Schauer crew, this week on the podcast we’re discussing a potentially beneficial legal flub from the Trump Administration and what it could mean for major polluters and your community. I would like to thank everyone for their patience, I was with my family last week and needed a quick break, hopefully y’all didn’t miss me too much. Make sure to check out all the links below to get a fuller rundown on what’s happening with environmental litigation at the moment and be sure to weigh your options (that’s right! The people finally have more options! Huzzah!) I can’t wait to talk to you all next week, I hope you have a great one! Learn More About Standing Up for Science! https://www.standupforscience.net/ Books: Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine - Thomas Hager The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell - Luca Turin The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth - Zoe Schlanger Chain Reaction: How Chemistry Shapes Us and Our World - Ijeoma Uchegbu All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know About Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More - Zachary Rubin, MD Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth — and What To Do About It - Samuel Moyn New King James Bible (Just in case someone’s like “you didn’t cite all your sources!”) - Luke 8 Links: Request for Information on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure on DOE Lands https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/07/2025-05936/request-for-information-on-artificial-intelligence-infrastructure-on-doe-lands Tech whistleblowers warn AI could wipe out humanity. Doomspeak or not, we must take these claims seriously — (Opinion piece) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/risky-ai-research-pause-humanity US boomers now sit on a whooping $85.4T in wealth. Why they may be leaving younger generations ‘worse off’ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-boomers-now-sit-whooping-130000865.html The article where I got “Boomers hold about 51% of total household wealth” — the information is also available via Federal Reserve data Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails EPA endangerment repeal could expose industry to legal blowback https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-endangerment-repeal-could-expose-industry-to-legal-blowback/ February article. EPA rollback may worsen Trump’s Supreme Court climate headache https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/epa-rollback-trumps-supreme-court-01074999 September article. Florida Goes to Court and Asserts That OpenAI and Sam Altman Are Legally a Public Nuisance https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2026/08/19/florida-goes-to-court-and-asserts-that-openai-and-sam-altman-are-legally-a-public-nuisance/ Health Alert Issues for Island Park Reservoir after confirming Cyanobacteria https://localnews8.com/news/2026/07/25/health-alert-issued-for-island-park-reservoir-after-confirming-cyanobacteria/ AI is about to collide with Idaho’s water crisis, and we’re not ready for the consequences — (Commentary piece) https://idahocapitalsun.com/2026/05/18/ai-is-about-to-collide-with-idahos-water-crisis-and-were-not-ready-for-the-consequences/ 6 data centers hit by lawsuits as Microsoft, xAI battle millions in damages — dozens of gas turbines bypassing dBA monitors plague two US states https://www.techradar.com/pro/6-data-centers-hit-by-lawsuits-as-microsoft-xai-battle-millions-in-damages-dozens-of-gas-turbines-bypassing-dba-monitors-plague-2-us-states I’m so devastated I forgot to read this article during the episode but please take time to read it now Want to Act? (Not sponsored, just concerned) Data Center Noise Pollution, Water Contamination Lawsuits https://www.classaction.org/data-center-noise-water-pollution-lawsuit Please feel no pressure to reach out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • September 3 · 1 hr 10 min

    Actually the US Government Owes You Universal Healthcare!

    Welcome back to the weekly Schauer, I hope you’re ready to get angry because we are talking about the sheer amount of health-related dangers that the US government and corporations are putting us all at risk of! I do apologize for the late upload, this week has been hectic but we’re here now. Please know that it is never too late to help the environment and reduce/reverse climate change. This episode may seem daunting, but rest assured there are a lot of people working on this and fighting for this, however they do need our help. We are all stronger and more capable together, thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode and thank you to everyone fighting climate injustice. Nuance: Apologies for not talking about the conversion process of ethylene and ethylene oxide, I have a strong sense that if I did Youtube would take this video down. Please feel free to research for yourself if you’d like to know more. Also, a full dedicated podcast episode on prison “labor” and Superfund sites is coming up, I am absolutely not done talking about that. Hospital of Emotions https://tickets.hospitalofemotions.com/events/hospitalofemotions Such a fun and cool experience, if you’re in LA or visiting, make sure to check out the Hospital of Emotions - the exhibits are fabulous and the artists are incredible! (Not sponsored, just adored it) Books: Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves - Nicola Twilley Pages 131 - 134 The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy - Ray D. Madoff Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth - and What to Do About It - Samuel Moyn Support the Cause: Trump’s Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker https://www.actonclimate.com/trumptracker/ Provided by Climate Action Campaign - Please check out this site and support the Climate Action Campaign! Trump Administration Rolls Back Safeguards Limiting Release of Cancer-Causing Air Pollutant Ethylene Oxide https://www.ucs.org/about/news/trump-administration-rolls-back-ethylene-oxide-rules Article from the Union of Concerned Scientists - Please also check out and support their work. Science, like the US, are under attack from the current administration and we need to support science (and public) led initiatives now more than ever! Additional Sources: Federal judge strikes down New York’s $75 Billion ‘Superfund’ https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_8122bfde-17c3-43a4-9ceb-b6c7b67f7e4a.html Miasma theory (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miasma_theory Ethylene Oxide Exposure Claims https://www.elglaw.com/ethylene-oxide/ Not sponsored or affiliated at all with this litigation group. Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Protect American Security with Respect to Sterile Medical Equipment https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/regulatory-relief-for-certain-stationary-sources-to-promote-american-security-with-respect-to-sterile-medical-equipment/ Straight from the horses mouth. Environmental pollution is associated with increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the US and Denmark https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000353#pbio-3000353-t001 Association of Air Pollution Exposure with Psychotic Experiences During Adolescence https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30916743/ Environmental pollution and risk of psychotic disorders: A review of the science to date https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920996416304467 Inhalant-Induced Psychotic Disorder: A Case Report https://www.researchgate.net/publication/397446736_Inhalant-Induced_Psychotic_Disorder_A_Case_Report Building Prisons on Toxic Land has Devastating Consequences https://www.vera.org/news/building-prisons-on-toxic-land-has-devastating-consequences The Health and Safety of Incarcerated Workers: OSHA’s Applicability Prison Context https://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law/resources/journal/37-1/health-safety-incarcerated-workers-oshas-applicability-prison-context/ If I have forgotten any resources, please let me know and I will update this list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 27 · 1 hr 4 min

    Hitting All the Notes: Dolly Parton, Dyslexia, and Disease!

    I’m really hoping that Dolly enjoys the triple D’s in the title, she was and will forever be an icon musically, philanthropically, and surgically. This episode is dedicated to the incredible women, incredible people, who, like Dolly, live their truth and uplift facts yet do not shy away from speaking passionately and genuine emotion. Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/SCHAUER ! #honeylovepod Sure, it may take “a lot of money to look that cheap,” but there’s not enough cash in the world that could purchase Dolly Parton’s integrity and integrity IS the purest expression of beauty. You will be missed dearly, Miss Parton. We will always love you. Please take some time to check out Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, it’s celebrating 31 years and 300,000,000+ books gifted (free of charge) to children from birth to age five in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and Republic of Ireland! Visit: https://imaginationlibrary.com/ Support the show (and your chest): Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to honeylove.com/SCHAUER ! #honeylovepod #sponsored #ad Books: Living Well With Orthostatic Intolerance: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment - Peter C. Rowe, MD Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - From Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance - Elise Vernon Pearlstine Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s - Charles Piller Sources: Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 https://variety.com/2026/music/news/dolly-parton-dead-dies-country-music-1236842727/ Can You Smell a Disease? Exploring the Link Between Odor and Sickness https://myacare.com/blog/can-you-smell-a-disease-exploring-the-link-between-odor-and-sickness Human perception of Parkinson’s disease body odor in comparison to the volatile organic compounds of Parkinson’s disease https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353802024011039 Food Recalls: FreshRecall https://freshrecall.com/ Has images for easy reference, what class of recall, if its ongoing, recalls for different states as well as hazard type Includes recalls by allergen The data is sourced from the FSIS USDA and the FDA RecallScope https://recallscope.com/ App available in the App Store and on google play Allows you to track products and scan VINs and barcodes as well as get alerts The app is free but there are ads. If you would like to send me any additional information on any topic, whether you think it sounds related or like something I should know, please feel free. I love listening and learning. Wishing all of you the best, please treat yourself kindly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 20 · 1 hr 6 min

    A Potential Recipe for Alzheimer’s?

    You read that right, a recipe for Alzheimer’s. This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re doubling back on a previous episode with some new and very interesting information! Join me on a journey through the body to the brain and out again and please, tip your waiter. “Why is this caption so short?” Because I have limited letter allowance and a lot of sources. 86 that attitude and enjoy! Previous episode I keep referring to: July 22, “The Good, The Bad, the Incredibly Nuanced” https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FrRNutkWpakiUg8i0ANi6 I would strongly prefer you listen to this first. Toxic Thoughts Stand Up Event Link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toxic-thots-a-queer-comedy-show-tickets-1997497195884?aff=oddtdtcreator Books: A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease - Shilpa Ravella Loved this book, 10/10. Most of my information on inflammation, LDL cholesterol, fatty acids (long chain vs short chain) and much more I discuss can be found in this book broken down with exquisite detail. The Human Brain Book: A Visual Guide to Structure and Function - Rita Carter Anything I mentioned about brain functioning, signaling, neurotransmitters, olfaction, etc. can be found in this book. I would highly recommend this one if you’re looking to learn a lot on the brain. Pg. 204 - the adult brain Pg. 206 - the aging brain Pg. 208 & 209 - Parkinsons, Dementia, & Alzheimer’s information Plastic: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil’s Biggest Bet - Beth Gardiner All of the information on the history of plastic, microplastics in the brain and body, as well as petrochemical points are in this book. The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence - Lisa Mosconi, PhD Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s - Charlies Piller Loving this book so far, it’s also great at breaking down the basics of Alzheimer’s and treatment directions if you’d like to know more. Sources Online: An Unexpected Way to Upcycle: Plastic Waste Transforms into Soap https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/science-plastics-upcycle-soaps-guiliang-greg-liu.html Scientists Turn One of the World’s Hardest-To-Recycle Plastics Into Engine Oil https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-turn-one-of-the-worlds-hardest-to-recycle-plastics-into-engine-oil/ Virginia Tech researcher finds a new method for recycling polystyrene https://news.vt.edu/articles/2022/08/one-industrys-trash-polystyrene.html Developing synthetic polymers to study neurological diseases https://news.vt.edu/videos/k/2023/03/1_u4j8cu1b.html Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 What does disease smell like? https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-does-disease-smell-like Carvone: One Molecule, Two Different Scents and Flavors https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/08/01/carvone-one-molecule-two-different-scents-and-flavors-13255 Side note, if you’re in LA and want to learn more about different scents and how to do scent analysis, I would highly recommend checking out a course at The Institute of Art and Olfaction, I’ve taken a couple classes there and I loved it. https://artandolfaction.com/ Evaluation of neurobiochemical and behavioral responses to carvone nanoemulsion: A neuroprotective approach for Alzheimer’s disease-associated dementia in a rat model https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006899326000016 PEG Lipids: Definition, Structure & Key Applications https://www.biochempeg.com/article/429.html Arachnoid Granulation Morphologies Associate with B-Amyloid and Tau Pathology in Older Adults https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12622154/ Reminder: This is a pre-print! Amyloid, APP, and Electrical Activity of the Brain https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7222965/ Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer’s proteins from the brain https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/ Effects of the Percutaneous Carbon Dioxide Therapy on Post-surgical and Post-traumatic Hematoma, Edema, and Pain https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10753674/ (Orthopaedics) Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Treatment is Capable of Reducing Peripheral Vascular Resistance in Hypertensive Patients https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6365751/ Please! If you have the time, take a look at this article as well as the reference section, it’s such an incredible deep dive. A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS and Microplastics from Blood https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-cholesterol-treatment-may-also-remove-pfas-and-microplastics-from-blood If I missed anything, please let me know and I’ll update this list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 13 · 1 hr 23 min

    Good Grief! Musings on the Neuroscience and Experience of Grief

    Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, this episode we’re taking a long and winding journey through the land of loss and grief. I do appreciate everyone’s patience as this episode is going out Thursday - I sincerely hope you enjoy it. I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who’s been so kind to me, we are strangers and the internet can be so cruel, but you guys haven’t been. I know sad comments get me down sometimes but I also see the kind messages and those have profoundly impacted me. I am grateful for y’alls kindness, support, and even just your time. I hope nothing but good things for each and every one of you - if you are grieving, please do not rush yourself, but know that there are options to “unstick,” even just for a moment. I am sending all the positive vibes I can muster and I can’t wait to chat next week. Also, no pressure, but if you’d like to see me do stand up, this is the link for the show! I’m nervous but excited and can’t wait to get back into in-person comedy. Toxic Thoughts Stand Up Event Link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toxic-thots-a-queer-comedy-show-tickets-1997497195884?aff=oddtdtcreator Sources: The Tragedy of North Birmingham https://www.propublica.org/article/bluestone-jim-justice-north-birmingham Birmingham, AL Superfund https://semspub.epa.gov/work/04/11121096.pdf Opinion Article: The body does not keep the score: trauma, predictive coding, and the restoration of metastability https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2026.1812957/full Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-hydraulic-brain-body-motion-linked.html Vagus Nerve Gut Signals Drive Spatial Memory https://neurosciencenews.com/vagus-nerve-gut-signals-memory-31135/ My TikTok on “Reason vs Excuse” https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDRHrue6/ Lol quoting myself as a source but I did say I would link the Tiktok because the gestures and point are easier to communicate visually. Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neuromuscular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02098-8 I do apologize for misspeaking on the ADHD and CSF flow dynamics, this was about sleep deprivation but honestly *concerning ADHD and attention switching* this should be something our (as I do have ADHD) community should look into further. I think sleep is important for everyone, absolutely, but this point really drives home the importance of sleep for everyone with attention difficulties. Books: Geometry of Grief: Reflections, Mathematics, Loss, and Life - Michael Frame Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma - Wednesdae Reim Ifrach, REAT, ATR-BC, CLAT This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas To learn more about your default mode network and music preferences, I highly recommend this book. It’s incredible and I chose it last year for book club and everyone seemed to like it. The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know - Shawn Coyne I really recommend this book for anyone writing a novel, I haven’t written one myself but I was at a script reading one time and the author (who was speaking) was asked about what book helped them write their story and they said “The Story Grid” and *with just how they were hyping it up* and the murmurs of agreeance from the room, I think it may be an industry favorite. But of course, this is just a recommendation, no pressure. Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People - G. Richard Shell This book has nothing to do with grief, it is written more for business negotiations, but at the time of picking it up I was in a “mental economy” (and very literal thinking) autism headspace. It’s an unconventional read for grief but it did help me and is currently helping me with the “bargaining” stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • August 6 · 1 hr 13 min

    We’re Talking About the Disability Rights Movement! (Pt. 2)

    Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re continuing our discussion of the Disability Rights Movement - we’re covering the late 80’s, 90’s, and where we’re at today! There’s so much going on concerning Disability Rights but I hope what’s covered here, as well as all the resources discussed and linked below, fill your soul with some semblance of hope for the future. I do feel incredibly hopeful and I’m also incredibly determined and ready to keep applying pressure to this administration, directly or indirectly (we truly can do both.) That being said, please also visit this website to stay up to dat on all anti-trans bills currently being introduced across the country. 2026 Anti-Trans Bills Tracker https://translegislation.com/ Thank you all so much for listening and joining me in this discussion, it’s incredibly important that we remain informed and engaged on all topics concerning civil rights as none of us are free until we are all free. Also, apologies for the late upload, I have had a lot going on. Thank you for your patience. Books: Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World - Ben Mattlin Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives - Joshua D. Mezrich, MD A Silent Fire - Shilpa Revella Phenology - Theresa M. Crimmins Most Delicious Poison - Noah Whiteman Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s- Charles Piller Frostbite - Nicola Twilley A History of Transgender Medicine - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors Sources: The Movement for Disability Rights and Justice https://www.aapd.com/movement/ Disability Rights Timeline https://disabilities.temple.edu/resources/disability-rights-timeline Medicalization and Social Control - Peter Conrad https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234838406_Medicalization_and_Social_Control The Shifting Engines of Medicalization https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7869537_The_Shifting_Engines_of_Medicalization Medicalization and the New Civil Rights https://review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/Konnoth-72-Stan.-L.-Rev.-1165.pdf What’s Going on With Disability Programs in the President’s Budget? https://www.ndrn.org/resource/fy27budgetcuts/ Why Medicaid Matters for Americans Living With Disabilities https://modernmedicaid.org/why-medicaid-matters-for-americans-living-with-disabilities/ “Abandoned by Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam Disability Resources - Employment: Ability Jobs - Job Board for Disability Talent https://abilityjobs.com/ National Disability Institute https://www.nationaldisabilityinstitute.org/ Career One Stop - Career Exploration, Training & Jobs https://www.careeronestop.org/ Evenbreak - Job Board for Disabled Candidates https://www.evenbreak.com/ Cambiando Vidas - Organizing Immigrants and Latinx People with Disabilities https://www.accessliving.org/get-involved/join-a-community-organizing-group/cambiando-vidas/ Disability Solutions https://www.disabilitytalent.org/ Job Accommodation Network (JAN) https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm Disability Resources - Research, Legal, Caregiving New Disabled South https://newdisabledsouth.org/ Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund https://dredf.org/ Center for Parent Information & Resources https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy https://heller.brandeis.edu/lurie/about/index.html The Sick Times https://thesicktimes.org/ CARE - Caring Across Generations Network https://caringacross.org/ Caring Future https://www.caringfutures.org/ Caregiver Action Network https://www.caregiveraction.org/ Disability Scoop https://www.disabilityscoop.com/politics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 29 · 1 hr 7 min

    We’re Talking About the Disability Rights Movement! (Pt.1)

    Welcome to Schauer hour, I hope you’re ready to hear my thoughts lol. This week (and next) we’ll be discussing major milestones and events that happened and continue to happen during the Disability Rights Movement. I do have to apologize in advance as *I am autistic* and *we do talk about autism* and *I am allowed to cry.* I realize emotions are just a natural part of being human but when I cry my voice gets quieter and becomes generally hard to hear, so next week I will enunciate better or take a moment to collect myself. I can’t wait to share more next time as I didn’t even make it to the passing of the ADA! But we will get there. I hope you enjoy and can’t wait to chat next week. Books: Disability Pride: Dispatches From a Post-ADA World - Ben Mattlin How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita Descartes Error - Antonio Damasio Infected: How Power, Politics, and Privilege Use Science Against the World’s Most Vulnerable - Muhammad H. Zaman Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves - Nicola Twilley Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s - Charles Piller The Palestine Laboratory - Antony Loewenstein Plastic: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil’s Biggest Bet - Beth Gardiner A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease - Shilpa Ravella An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System - Matt Richtel Sources & Resources: Trump’s action signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-actions-signal-a-move-toward-institutionalizing-people-with-disabilities-advocates-warn History of Disability Rights Milestones and Laws https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/about_us/timeline/ The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live with Their Families https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children Lomax’s Matrix: Disability, Solidarity, and the Black Power of 504 https://dsq-sds.org/article/id/1086/ Worth Repeating: Ed Roberts’ 504 Sit-In Victory Rally Speech https://ollibean.org/ed/ A History of Institutions for People with Disabilities: Neglect, Abuse, and Death https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2023/10/25/a-history-of-institutions-for-people-with-disabilities-neglect-abuse-and-death/ Fairness of Reagan’s Cutoffs of Disability Aid Questioned https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/09/us/fairness-of-reagan-s-cutoffs-of-disability-aid-questioned.html?eafs_enabled=false AIDS blood tests for ‘insurability’ https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SWTN19880818.1.18&srpos=46&e=------198-en--20--41--txt-txIN-Insurance+companies+mental+health------- Disability Resources https://www.disabilityresources.org/ The website I mention at the end with a pretty substantial amount of disability resources! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 22 · 1 hr 14 min

    The Good, the Bad, and the Incredibly Nuanced!

    Well guys, it’s been a heck of a week - apologies for getting this out somewhat late, my brain is *egg of frying pan sound.* I know you all can understand. Be prepared! I learn some neuroscience and immunology today because it’s a ~fully body~ Schauer this week, ayo! I’d like to thank my parents for bestowing me with a last name rife with self-branding related puns. I appreciate you all! Chat next week! Books: A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease - Shilpa Ravella (Transplant Gastroenterologist) Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman (Evolutionary Biologist) The Human Brain Book: A Visual Guide to Structure & Function - Rita Carter (Science & Medicine Writer) Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky (Neuroscientist & Primatologist) Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew Walker, PhD (Prof. of Neuroscience & Psychology) An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System - Matt Richtel (Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer for NYT) Organ Speak: What It Really Means to Listen to Our Bodies - Guilia Enders (Physician, Microbiologist, Author) The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversations Within Our Bodies Impact Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health - Emeran Mayer, MD (Gastroenterologist & Educator) Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin, MD, MPH (Preventative Medicine Specialist) Believe it or not, I got most of my soap information from this book (I also used the ‘Natural saponins’ link below) - it’s mainly about hygiene and the cosmetic industry ripping everyone off but it did also teach me how to make soap. Also, most of the sources from this episode are from the books I’ve read over the years, if there’s information you can’t find linked below, it has come from a book listed above. I put everyone’s occupations to narrow down what book it’s likely from. Online Sources: Good News - Attorney General James Sues Some of Nation’s Largest Chemical Companies Over Toxic Pollution from Consumer Products https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-sues-some-nations-largest-chemical-companies-over-toxic Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-eye-hidden-cleanup.html Macrophages in the artery wall ‘smell’ their surroundings https://www.lji.org/news-events/news/post/macrophages-in-the-artery-wall-smell-their-surroundings/ Cells That ‘Taste’ Danger Set Off Immune Responses https://www.quantamagazine.org/tuft-cells-that-taste-danger-set-off-immune-responses-20191115/ Natural saponins and macrophage polarization: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic perspectives in disease management https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1584035/full Inflammation Forces Brain Stem Cells to Halt Neurogenesis https://neurosciencenews.com/inflammation-neurogenesis-31011/ Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer’s proteins from the brain https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/ Genetic variation across the human olfactory receptor repertoire alters odor perception https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1804106115 Comparative Toxicogenomics Database https://ctdbase.org/ This is just the think to the genetics database I’ve been using, for all the genes I mention just type them into the search and *voila* Free Newspaper Archive: UCR | California Digital Newspaper Collection https://cdnc.ucr.edu/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 16 · 1 hr 27 min

    Shifting the Blame Back Onto Corporations and the Government in the Realm of Public Health!

    Can you all tell that I’m fed up? Welcome back to the Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re going to be a real pain in the behind to some massive corporations and *of course* the government - they have TRULY deserved this. For too long the healthcare system has proposed a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” approach to health and wellness, but I ask y’all this, if it doesn’t work for the economy, why would it work for your health? Is that to say that we should all give up completely and stop taking care of ourselves? No. However, I am saying that we need to cut ourselves, everyone, neighbors, friends, etc. A LOT of slack. We are living in a polluted, corrupt hellscape and there’s only so much one can do to fight constant, all-consuming, non-consensual toxins. Eat what you want, be who you want, stick it to the man, have some semblance of fun. Books: Paradise Falls - Keith O’Brien Ten Drugs - Thomas Hager A Silent Fire - Shilpa Ravella Seed Money - Bartow J. Elmore Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are - Maceo Carrillo Martinet, PhD The Making of DSM-III - Hannah Decker Bleed - Tracey Lindeman The Wahls Protocol - Terry Wahls, MD - For a lot of the information on Vitamin D3, I got from this book - pages 324 - 331. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/strategies-and-solutions/what-works-for-health/strategies/community-supported-agriculture-csa Online Resources for Food and Sustainability https://sustainablefoodprocessing.cals.iastate.edu/online-resources-food-and-sustainability Sources: Corporate Research Project https://www.corp-research.org/home-page UCSF - University of California San Francisco - Industry Documents Library https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/home/ Inflammation Forces Brain Stem Cells to Halt Neurogenesis https://neurosciencenews.com/inflammation-neurogenesis-31011/ Bacteria Turn Toxic Uranium Into a Surprisingly Stable Compound https://scitechdaily.com/bacteria-turn-toxic-uranium-into-a-surprisingly-stable-compound/ Who Tests the Product-Testing Labs? https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/22/weekinreview/who-tests-the-product-testing-labs.html?eafs_enabled=false How the EPA and the Pentagon Downplayed a Growing Toxic Threat https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-epa-and-the-pentagon-downplayed-toxic-pfas-chemicals Diagnostic Patterns of Family Physicians for Somatoform, Depressive, and Anxiety Disorders (1983) https://cdn-uat.mdedge.com/files/s3fs-public/jfp-archived-issues/1983-volume_16-17/JFP_1983-09_v17_i3_diagnostic-patterns-of-family-physicians.pdf Defense Environmental Restoration Program https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/ Historical Summary - Times Beach, Missouri https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/XO/XOyxbB3DMBedVoKqZBroRnEMK/XOyxbB3DMBedVoKqZBroRnEMK.pdf New Study Analyzes Burden of Endometriosis https://www.endonews.com/new-study-analyzes-burden-of-endometriosis Study is cited within the EndoNews article. Drug Firm Consolidation Roche to acquire Syntex for $5.3 Billion https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v072n019.p004 Roche Diagnostics: Value-based purchasing https://diagnostics.roche.com/global/en/healthcare-transformers/article/value-based-procurement-healthcare.html Afghanistan Uranium Mining: 2025 Opportunities & Risks https://farmonaut.com/mining/afghanistan-uranium-mining-2025-opportunities-risks Uranium in Niger https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/niger Uranium Glass - A Guide to Art Deco Uranium Glass https://www.artdeco1930.com/uranium-glass-guide/ Depleted Uranium https://www.epa.gov/radtown/depleted-uranium Health Effects of Particulate Uranium Exposure https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9610560/ Endocrine Disruptors: Focus on the Adrenal Cortex https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10764154/ Emerging health risks and underlying toxicological mechanisms of uranium contamination: Lessons from the past two decades https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020320626#s0100 Endothelial Dysfunction, Erectile Dysfunction, and Coronary Heart Disease: The Pathophysiologic and Clinical Linkage https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1502382/ Uncoupled glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle in kidney cancer reveals that cytosolic GPD is essential to support lipid synthesis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097276523002137 Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency accelerates mitochondrial apoptosis by activating ceramide synthase 6 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4385940/ Vitamin D Receptor is Necessary for Mitochondrial Function and Cell Health https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6032156/ Association between vitamin D and endometriosis among American women: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10786361/ Barbara McClintock and the Discovery of Jumping Genes (Transposons) https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/barbara-mcclintock-and-the-discovery-of-jumping-34083/ Human Health Toxicity Assessment of GenX Chemicals https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/human-health-toxicity-assessments-genx-chemicals DuPont Deepwater Works https://www.wsj.com/graphics/waste-lands/site/141-dupont-deepwater-works/?eafs_enabled=false DuPont’s Decade Long Legacy of Crime: 1980s https://themeaningofwater.com/2024/03/03/duponts-decades-long-legacy-of-crime-1980s/ -If I forgot any resource, please lmk via IG DM (it’s easiest for me) and I’ll send that over to you. There was just so much so I expect I’ll forget some. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 9 · 1 hr 52 min

    The Real Reason Women Were Banned from Clinical Research Trials in 1977

    Hi guys! Today’s episode is super duper long and I truly have stopped caring, there’s so much corruption in this world and it deserves to be covered. What corruption are we going over this week? Glad you asked! This is a continuation on our deep-dive into WHY women were actually banned from clinical research in 1977. It is absolutely crucial we understand who is behind this as *ahem* women matter and it’s also Disability Pride Month! Thank you all for taking the time to listen or at least check out the resources (scroll down for the databases) - if any sources are missing it’s because Youtube and podcast sites usually have a 5K letter limit. I’m using those letters explaining this - but if you need to find something, write down the key words I used and type them into ToxicDocs. By the way, NO, this is not sponsored by ToxicDocs as that’s not how research databases roll. I’m just a fan. I appreciate you all! Thank you again for listening. Books: Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter Seed Money: Monsants’s Past and Our Food Future - Barrow J. Elmore Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat - Marion Nestle Books for Disability Pride: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement - Ashley Shew Disability Pride: Dispatches From a Post-ADA World - Ben Mattlin All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness: A Guide to Navigating Multiple Conditions - Charli Clement Sources: Summary of the Toxic Substances Control Act - 1976 https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-toxic-substances-control-act Superfund Amendment And Reauthorization Act of 1986 https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/9779/the-superfund-amendment-and-reauthorization-act-of-1986-sara AIM Packaging, Inc. - Sept. 6, 1977 https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/ga/gaGeEo51Z9VojeXodBNRpJEGQ/gaGeEo51Z9VojeXodBNRpJEGQ.pdf August 10, 1976 - Female Employment in Restricted Areas https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/yr/yrVo4zNGqz6Gn35jMvyne1Qa2/yrVo4zNGqz6Gn35jMvyne1Qa2.pdf Donald Kennedy and Department of Naval Research & Monsanto https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/Stanford_Research_Scandal Declassified document between Navy and Monsanto: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0837462.pdf Carter’s Great Purge (July 29, 1979) https://time.com/archive/6881566/carters-great-purge/ Carter, in Angry Exchange, Ousts Bella Abzug From Women’s Unit https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/13/archives/carter-in-angry-exchange-ousts-bella-abzug-from-womens-unit.html?eafs_enabled=false The Big Businessmen Who Have Jimmy Carter’s Ear https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/05/archives/the-big-businessmen-who-have-jimmy-carters-ear-carter.html Monsanto - Report by PCB Study Group Dec. 10, 1975 (Discussion of Brand Pivot) https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/Rj/Rjz55o2VvobRJyRKL5JzZ077V/Rjz55o2VvobRJyRKL5JzZ077V.pdf Timeline of Monsanto - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Monsanto Reproductive Hazards in the workplace https://cdn.toxicdocs.org/GK/GKoeDy2kzLezwkNO7XQ61BmNV/GKoeDy2kzLezwkNO7XQ61BmNV.pdf Erectile Dysfunction: A Review of Historical Treatments https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5675239/ Somatization Disorder Symptoms https://neupsykey.com/somatization-disorder-and-related-disorders/ Somatization Disorder (300.81) – DSM 4 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-herkimer-abnormalpsych/chapter/somatization-disorder-300-81/ Environmental Erectile Dysfunction: Can the Environment Really Be Hazardous to Your Erectile Health? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2164/jandrol.107.004200#b23 Timeline: History of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals https://heeds.org/heeds-timeline/ Databases Mentioned: Comparative Toxicogenomics Database https://ctdbase.org/ DEDuCT: Database of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and their Toxicity Profiles https://cb.imsc.res.in/deduct/home UCSF - University of California San Francisco - Industry Documents Library https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/home/ Physicians for Social Responsibility https://psr.org/ Science Action Network for Health and the Environment https://prhe.ucsf.edu/science-action-network Open Textbook Library https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • July 1 · 1 hr 30 min

    Monsanto, Chronic Illness, and Why I Can’t Stand “The Man”

    Here we go again! This week we’re discussing the new Monsanto pesticide verdict as well as taking a somewhat deep-dive into their history, as well as putting our *expletive* government under the microscope. I am just as sick of this as you are, the horrors seem to just seep out of the corporate and bureaucratic fabric of our lives. Thank you for joining me in this week’s communal Schauer, I understand if you need to be alone after this. Let me reiterate my point for all who cover their ears to nuance: I am by no means saying that any of these chemicals are the SOLE cause of any chronic disorder, chronic disease, or medical condition. What I AM saying is that these chemicals, untested and unchecked, are sure as *bleep* not helping literally anyone’s health in any substantial way. Please feel free to run all of this by a licensed medical professional and relative experts for more information or clarification. This was not mentioned in the video but since a lot (NOTE: that “a lot” does not mean “all”) of doctors are complicit in the abuses of the healthcare system, I would also like to suggest these resources. Research all federal investigations against any hospital: https://www.hospitalinspections.org/ Research financial relationships between drug & medical device companies and healthcare providers: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ For all the medical professionals out there fighting the good fight, love that, thank you. I, personally, do not *in general* distrust *most* doctors as if I did I wouldn’t have read half these books or like my PCP as much - but you must understand, there are some really awful medical providers out there and in order to change a broken system we have to acknowledge that point. Appreciate y'all. Book Resources: Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat - Marion Nestle The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health - Emeran Mayer, MD The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-Term Health - Justin Sonnenburg PhD and Erica Sonnenburg, PhD The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles - Terry Wahls, MD Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care - Tracey Lindeman Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less - James Hamblin, MD, MPH The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn, PhD Sources: Monsanto Company https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/business-and-management/monsanto-company Behind the Company That Changed Agriculture As We Know It https://www.newamerica.org/insights/behind-the-company-that-changed-agriculture-as-we-know-it/ Monsanto Loses Plastic Bottle Fight https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-v055n039.p006 Nutrition Education in US Medical Schools: Latest Update of a National Survey (2010) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4042309/ Dioxins https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/dioxins A historical perspective of immunotoxicology https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/1547691X.2013.837121#abstract What We Know About the Link Between Pesticides and PD https://www.apdaparkinson.org/article/the-relationship-between-pesticides-and-parkinsons/ Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)/ Genetically Modified Plants https://npic.orst.edu/reg/pip.html Impact of Sugar in Concrete https://dyconcretepumps.com/impact-of-sugar-in-concrete/ Resources: Food Politics by Marion Nestle https://www.foodpolitics.com/ Good Jobs First - Violation Tracker https://goodjobsfirst.org/databases/ Several databases available: Violation Tracker, Subsidy Tracker, Tax Break Tracker, Amazon Tracker, Violation Tracker Global, Violation Tracker UK Retraction Watch https://retractionwatch.com/ My Health Forward https://myhealthforward.com/collections/all-heirloom-seeds Source with farm map! EWG Consumer Guides https://www.ewg.org/consumer-guides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • June 24 · 1 hr 14 min

    Let’s Discuss the Carter Administration and Women’s Healthcare!

    We’re back with another episode of Schauer Thoughts and this week we’re taking a brief trip through the Carter Administration to explore it’s ties to the agricultural industry and how that could’ve impacted women’s health research for years to come. For legal purposes, this is all a hunch, a guess, and of course, *alleged* and I strongly recommend checking out the resources when this wraps. I hope you find this episode illuminating. Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit ⁠https://hily.go.link/jRMKW To all those dealing with chronic conditions, diseases, disabilities - I want you to know that I do care about your pain, I do care about what you have to say and your experiences. I will keep reading and keep sharing because your words and life absolutely do matter. I take you all incredibly seriously and I am so sorry for the horrific treatment you have received by the healthcare system and society at large. I am sending you absolutely nothing but the best. I will be continuing coverage of the MAHA strategy and report next week - the Trump administration’s attack on the disabled community is unacceptable and we must continue to talk about it. Thank you all for listening, it means the world. Books: Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World - Elinor Cleghorn Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care - Tracey Lindeman Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction - Maia Szalavitz All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness: A Guide to Navigating Multiple Conditions - Charli Clement Living Well With Orthostatic Intolerance: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment - Peter C. Rowe A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros Hate: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion - Seyda Kurt Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom - Norman G. Finkelstein Jimmy Carter Reflecting on Jimmy Carter and his Food and Agriculture Policy Legacy https://www.constitutionpartners.com/capitol-insights/cdqbs8akjnr5i0sdpdu9u0cti5haj5 Carter’s Business a Potent Factor in Rise https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/26/archives/carters-business-a-potent-factor-in-rise.html?eafs_enabled=false Bitter Sugar for the Coca-Cola Connection? https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/07/28/bitter-sugar-for-the-coca-cola-connection/c8597736-7344-4e08-bbe8-7c914f06da3b/ Cold War, Ruthless Power, and Toxic Agriculture https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cold-war-ruthless-power-a_b_5548481 Task Force on Systemic Pesticides - https://www.tfsp.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/WIA-PR-REL.pdf Influence of Cold War Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharin_Study_and_Labeling_Act_of_1977 Well you’ve just banned all women from clinical trials Literally 8 years earlier they banned another type of sugar for causing bladder tumors - https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/artificial-sweetener-cyclamate-banned-us-consumer-markets Banned saccharin and cyclamate because it caused bladder cancer Cyclamate Banned Us Consumer Markets https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/politics-and-government/artificial-sweetener-cyclamate-banned-us-consumer-markets Carcinogenicity of saccharin (1987) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1637197/ Battle over &7.25 billion Roundup settlement takes a new turn as Supreme Court Decision looms https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/battle-over-7-25-bln-roundup-settlement-takes-a-new-turn-as-supreme-court-decision-looms/ Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago, researchers say https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/sugar-industry-withheld-possible-evidence-of-cancer-link-50-years-ago-researchers-say Donald Kennedy - Head of FDA in 1977 https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-leadership-1907-today/donald-kennedy Stanford Biology Professor Is Named to Head FDA https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/04/archives/stanford-biology-professor-is-named-to-head-fda.html?eafs_enabled=false Health Archives 1980 Hysterectomy Pamphlet https://bcrw.barnard.edu/archive/sexualhealth/Hysterectomy-Guide2.pdf This is the pamphlet I was reading towards the end! Please check it out when you have the time. Initiatives & Resources: Women’s Health: A Guide to Legal Resources https://onlinelaw.wcl.american.edu/blog/legal-health-resources-for-women/ Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network https://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/ Patient Advocate Foundation --> Launching TotalAssist (July 1,2026) https://uniting.patientadvocate.org/totalassist/ (Merger) Patient Advocate Foundation and the PAN Foundation Patient Advocate Foundation: Co-Pay Relief - Patient Partners for Equity Program https://copays.org/patient-partners-for-equity/ If you want more information, scroll down on this page and you’ll get a list of organizations for different conditions and concerns Ex: Immune Deficiency Foundation and ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) The Surprising Health Benefits Included with Your Costco membership https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a70156237/costco-healthcare-benefits/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • June 17 · 1 hr 4 min

    Hey So We Really Need to Talk About MAHA! (Part 2)

    It’s once again time for this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts and the bad news keeps coming. Join us in the communal Schauer for another deep dive on the MAHA Strategy as we’ll be going over the “data” and “sources” they provide for their supposed “health initiatives” with a fine-tooth comb. If you find yourself missing any context, please feel free to listen to Part 1! With all that said, I hope you enjoy this episode or at least learn something new - I know I definitely did. Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit ⁠https://hily.go.link/jRMKW Also, apologies to my Youtube audience for last week’s upload - only 50 minutes was uploaded and I do apologize for the mistake, Part 1 for Youtube will be re-uploaded shortly. Thank you all for your patience while I transition to recording at home, it means the world to me! Make sure to ‘like,’ ‘subscribe,’ and rate me five stars wherever you’re listening, it really helps. Books: Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care - Susannah Fox Fragmented: A Doctor’s Guide to Piece Together American Health Care - Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawkes, Amory Loving, L. Hunter Lovins MAHA Information: For all the “sources” I review during this episode you can find them on the page I mention in the MAHA Strategy & Report MAHA Strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf MAHA Report https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf Resources: Cleaver among legislators introducing bill to guarantee minimum wage to incarcerated workers https://www.kctv5.com/2026/03/19/cleaver-among-legislators-introducing-bill-guarantee-minimum-wage-incarcerated-workers/ For the people of Missouri and others who want to help further the efforts to get prisoners paid for their labor. Running Behind the DDT Truck: Growing up in the 1950s https://cospringsrealestatenews.com/running-behind-the-ddt-truck/ SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth https://www.searchfordiabetes.org/dspHome.cfm National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/ Census Information - US States & Territories by Historical Population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population What is Ag-Gag Legislation? https://www.aspca.org/improving-laws-animals/public-policy/what-ag-gag-legislation Ag-Gag Across America https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/09/Ag-GagAcrossAmerica.pdf IQ: Can Intelligence Really Be Measured? https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/neuroscience/iq-can-intelligence-really-be-measured/ WTAS: Secretary Kennedy Celebrates Hospital Nutrition Commitments, Florida Farm Partnership During Take Back Your Health Tour in Miami https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/wtas-sec-kennedy-celebrates-hospital-nutrition-commitments-florida-farm-partnership-during-take-back-your-health-tour-miami.html RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental health and addiction https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5424670/rfk-jr-samhsa-mental-health-addiction-overdose-trump-budget-cuts Prison Labor Information: Prison Farms: Former Plantations, Dangerous Conditions, and No Pay https://worthrises.org/blogpost/2025/6/18/prison-labor-in-agriculture-people-in-prison-are-picking-cotton-on-former-plantations-in-dangerous-conditions-for-no-pay The Convict Leasing System: Slavery in its Worst Aspects https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2021/06/convict-leasing-system/ Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires https://revealnews.org/podcast/locked-up-the-prison-labor-that-built-business-empires-update-2023/ Prison Labor is Remarkably Common Within the Food System http://nycfoodpolicy.org/prison-labor-is-remarkably-common-within-the-food-system/ Force prison labor in the “Land of the Free” Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-prison-labor/ Mental Health Services for Farmers: Rural Minds https://www.ruralminds.org/farmerresilience Farm Credit East https://www.farmcrediteast.com/en/resources/todays-harvest-Blog/260512MentalHealthResourcesforAgriculture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • June 11 · 1 hr 17 min

    Hey So We Really Need to Talk About MAHA (Pt. 1)

    Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’ll be dissecting the “MAHA Report” as well as it’s strategy and “MAHA ELEVATE” proposal. Please know that there will be several more parts to this series so if there’s anything you think I didn’t get to or is worth emphasizing, I will absolutely be doing follow-ups and want you to hang tight - I very much hear and mirror your concern. Researching this episode has been heartbreaking like none other and I just appreciate you all taking the time to listen. Please review the sources below for all information, it is of the utmost importance right now that we all stay informed. Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit ⁠https://hily.go.link/jRMKW I do also plan on searching for actionable items and ways to recognize front groups, but I do need some time to collect and format that information. Please know that hope is never lost. Nuance: I do apologize for my poor pronunciation of some medical conditions and other words, I am someone who loves to research outside of a school context so I don’t get to hear most of these words spoken out loud by others. I foresee some red-hat-supporters running with this point for “evidence” of me being unintelligent and I’m covering my bases for when that eventually happens. My main reason for pointing this out is not to prevent people making fun of my pronunciation but more of a demonstration on how predictable some people are. Reminder: I love answering questions, if you have an assumption on any of my political stances, please just ask. *Spoiler* I am not a fan of the United States military and have very strong, informed opinions. Edit for 31:50 - I accidentally referred to RFK Jr. as “JFK” - this was a mistake lol. Books: Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow Astroturfing: Manufacturing Fake Grassroots Campaigns - S Williams Gifted Books: Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma - Wednesdae Reim Ifrach REAT, ATR-BC, CLAT Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are: How Indigenous Cultural Resistance Can Restore the Earth, Recover Community, and Create Sustainable Futures - Maceo Carrillo Martinet, PhD Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies - Edited by Diletta De Cristofaro Mad Eden - Morgan Thomas MAHA Information: The MAHA Report - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf The MAHA Strategy - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf MAHA ELEVATE Model - https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/maha-elevate Resources: US Science After a Year of Trump https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.html Senior NIH official pushes MAHA strategy to skeptical ADA audience https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/ada-conference-new-orleans-richard-woychik-synergy-nih-maha/ List of Wars Involving the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_wars_involving_the_United_States Poisoning the Well: How Astroturfing Harms Trust in Advocacy Organizations https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23294965221123808 Psychiatrists say RFK Jr’s take on SSRIs is an ‘oversimplification’ of the problem https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/05/07/psychiatrists-say-rfk-jr-s-take-on-ssris-is-an-oversimplification-of-the-problem S&T Digital Forgeries Report https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/23_0630_st_digital_forgeries_report_signed.pdf Example of why we really need Scientific American (2013) - Natural versus Synthetic Chemicals Is a Gray Matter https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/guest-blog/natural-vs-synthetic-chemicals-is-a-gray-matter/ RFK Jr. Parrots Pete Hegseth, Says America is Too Fat for War https://newrepublic.com/post/205033/rfk-jr-parrots-pete-hegseth-says-america-fat-war-dietary-guidelines-hhs White House asks for $16B in cuts to HHS, more money for war https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/white-house-asks-16b-cuts-hhs-more-money-war World Ward Wednesday: Farm Cadets https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/world-war-wednesday-farm-cadets RFK Jr. talked about ‘reparenting’ kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him. https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5798733/rfk-jr-addiction-treatment-centers Up to 70% of Farmworkers Not Returning to California Farms following ICE Raids https://www.thepacker.com/70-farmworkers-not-returning-california-farms-following-ice-raids ICE raids have deterred foreign farm workers, but farmers hope to make hiring easier https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5604903/ice-raids-have-deterred-foreign-farm-workers-but-farmers-hope-to-make-hiring-easier Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/us-military-draft-registration-2026 Selective Service - Who Must Register https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WhoMustRegisterChart_1-28-25-2.pdf Military Medical Information Nuance Reminder: I am well aware that there are people in the US military that currently have these disorders/ diseases/ conditions, my *quite specific* emphasis is on the formal documentation and/or diagnosis (it’s been medically charted by a physician) of these conditions PRIOR to entering the United States military. Apologies for the aggressive nuance, as someone raised around the military, I just know ~ deep in my soul ~ that someone is going to be so tempted to say “my boyfriends in the Army and he has ADHD!!” I’m very happy for y’all, but again, documented and/or diagnosed before entering the United States military. Circular No. 100, War Department, Provost Marshal General’s Office, Washington, November 9, 1863 - Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1856 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Secretary_of_War_which_Acc/EMVOAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1 To find the information I was discussing go to page 74. Defects Found in Drafted Men (1919) https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-9502639-bk To find the information I was discussing, go to page 49. Unfit for Service: Physical Fitness and Civic Obligation in World War II https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/unfit-for-service-physical-fitness-and-civic-obligation-in-world-war-ii.htm Iraq War and Afghanistan https://dmna.ny.gov/hro/agr/army/files/1557332720--AR%2040-501%20Standard%20of%20Medical%20Fitness.pdf Current (2026) Disqualifying Conditions https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003_vol1.PDF?ver=8i9QED7mH4XAA4zoSSIwZA%3D%3D Military Command Exception https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Privacy-and-Civil-Liberties/HIPAA-Compliance-within-the-MHS/Military-Command-Exception Can You Join the Military with ADHD? https://www.additudemag.com/can-you-join-the-military-with-adhd/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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