Ep. 560: RFK Jr. on Polluters, Falconry, and Assassinations

Published: 2024-06-10 09:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with independent presidential candidate for the 2024 election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Topics discussed: Brain worms and bonding over parasites; getting mercury poisoning from eating all the fish you harvest; raising homing pigeons at age 7; being a master falconer; fighting polluters to keep water clean; making a list of every bad thing you ever did; focusing on what matters to people; government-subsidized vs. free market energy sources; Secret Service security; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

RFK Jr. discusses reading this book when he was young, during his uncle's presidency. He describes it as a book about young King Arthur and mentions that T.H. White was both a brilliant author and a British falconer. The book contains a chapter about Arthur apprenticing as a falconer, which inspired RFK Jr. to pursue falconry himself.

Referenced at 00:39:57