We’ve been tracking Bobby’s misinformation, contradictions, and cursed networks for three years. And now he’s having his moment, and it’s anyone’s guess how far he’ll run. But why is he so appealing on the presidential stage? Why is he polling at 20%, with his favorability in double digits against Biden?
It’s not just that his endless rhetoric appeals to libertarians on the right and paranoiacs on the left. It’s that he casts a charismatic spell that echoes, exacerbates, and amplifies some of the deepest conflicts in the American psyche—between tradition and rebellion, nostalgia and grievance, idealism and paranoia.
Bobby, you see, is never quite who he seems to be. In one moment he’s the prodigal prince of Camelot, seen through a sepia lens. In the next he’s a tortured and braying conspiracy theorist, lit by the blue light of countless screens.
Show Notes
RFK Jr. says COVID may have been 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews
A Kennedy and His Mentor Part Ways Over River Group - The New York Times
Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has ‘conversations with dead people’ | Democrats | The Guardian
Transcript for Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #388
Beware: we ignore Robert F Kennedy Jr’s candidacy at our peril | Naomi Klein | The Guardian
Most People Believe In JFK Conspiracy Theories | FiveThirtyEight
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
205: Dismantling Movement Dogmas (w/Laurel Beversdorf & Sarah Court)
Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children #1: Fetal Remains
Brief: Religion is Not Belief? (w/Blair Hodges)
204: What the Hell is RFK Jr Doing?
Bonus Sample: Let's Talk About Gary Brecka
Deep Cut: On Belief
203: Is This a Joke? (w/Neal Brennan)
Bonus Sample: The Dark Sun, The Red Cow, and The End of Days
Brief: Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide (w/Theo Wildcroft & Harriet McAtee)
202: Steve Hassan and the Trans Cult Conspiracy Theory
Bonus Sample: Long Haul Stories: Matthew Stillman
Brief: A History of the Gay Right (w/Neil Young)
201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit)
Bonus Sample: Project 2025's Disdain for Public Education
Brief: The High Cost of Wellness
200: Rogan-Rufo Reality Check
Bonus Sample: The GOP Thinks Food Stamps Are the Real Problem
Brief: Woman, Life, Freedom (w/Negin Shiraghaei)
Brief: Yes, Huberman’s Behavior Matters
199: Inside Anti-Abortion Christian Nationalism (w/Rob Schenck)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
If Books Could Kill
The Bulwark Podcast
48 Hours
Devoted To Prayer
Cast The Word