Episodes

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – As a physician, I am especially concerned about promises of government-run health care. Our system has serious problems. I deal with them every day. Putting Washington in greater control, I believe, would deepen those problems through restricted access, longer waits, and weaker incentives for discovery. Medical progress requires...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Historian Emily Dufton traces America’s addiction treatment system from Nixon’s varied federal programs to today’s commercial medication industry. The conversation examines methadone, Suboxone, and competing definitions of recovery, asking how care can preserve medication’s benefits while supporting patients who seek a safe path toward independence...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Patients often enter surgery without knowing the price. Dr. Keith Smith’s Surgery Center of Oklahoma offers a different model: published, bundled prices and direct purchasing. His experience challenges opaque billing practices and asks whether healthcare’s financial incentives serve patients or the institutions surrounding their care...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Robin Armstrong – A prolonged blackout would threaten hospitals, water systems, food distribution, and public order. Families cannot live on assurances. National security begins with the ability to sustain ourselves. That same demand for accountability belongs in health care. Medicare for All is a powerful sales pitch. Calling something universal does not...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – Life is the first promise in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Without it, every other opportunity disappears. We must keep serving mothers, welcoming new voices, and organizing our communities. Then we must vote. Unborn children cannot speak at the ballot box. Those of us who can have a responsibility to show up...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – Better care for children begins with parents and physicians working as partners. Open communication, preparation, and written care plans help families share concerns, discuss treatment options, and navigate healthcare barriers. Combining parental insight with clinical expertise keeps each child’s needs at the center of decisions...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – When does a medical question become an act of disobedience? Reflecting on a conversation with Tal Bachman, a physician examines COVID messaging, treatment evidence, vaccine reports, and mandates, arguing that trust and informed consent require clear explanations, honest uncertainty, and a willingness to reconsider recommendations...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Psychologist Gary Sidley questions the ethics of using fear, shame, and conformity to secure public health compliance. Examining pandemic messaging, the discussion asks who defines acceptable behavior, where persuasion becomes manipulation, and why citizens deserve transparency, informed consent, and honest explanations of risk and uncertainty...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – Work runs late. Children get sick. Machines break down. An unexpected problem can turn a firm intention into a missed vote. Casting your ballot early removes that risk. It also helps campaigns use their resources wisely. Once your participation appears in voting records, organizers can focus their calls, messages, and money on people who...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – Parents deserve to know what their children learn and how schools spend their tax dollars. Marsha Metzger discusses concerns about social-emotional learning, curriculum transparency, and parental authority while offering practical resources to help families ask questions, evaluate educational options, and advocate for their children’s future...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Marc Girardot’s bolus hypothesis asks whether accidental injection into blood vessels helps explain some reported vaccine injuries. Dr. Randall Bock revisits their 2022 discussion, examining injection technique, experimental evidence, unanswered questions, and YouTube’s removal of a separate interview while distinguishing a proposed mechanism from proof...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Who gets to challenge emergency powers? Revisiting a July 2022 conversation, Randall S. Bock and Jeffrey Tucker examine lockdowns, individual medical judgment, economic disruption, and pressure against dissent. Their exchange asks how a free society scrutinizes public health decisions when officials demand unity and compliance...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Li-Meng Yan – Yan interprets reports surrounding a Russian researcher’s death, along with Chinese-Russian research ties and an earlier preparedness exercise, as grounds for suspicion. Those circumstances do not establish what happened. They explain why she rejects reassurance from governments that restrict access to information...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – The 2026 midterms put congressional control and President Trump’s agenda at stake. Conservatives face a call to turn faith and conviction into votes, explain their policy priorities, and organize beyond Election Day. House seats, Senate confirmations, and redistricting shape the fight for America’s political future...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – The evolution of this community garden from a parking lot into a thriving educational hub that provides hundreds of pounds of produce to local food banks has been an amazing feat. It has been the stepping stone for a revitalization of a community that wants to have an infrastructure of quality-of-life amenities...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Medicine, science, and artificial intelligence need room for dissent. A discussion with Paul Frijters explores the costs of enforced conformity, the interests behind machine judgments, and the tension between medical fallibility and accountability. Independent thought helps institutions admit mistakes, compare results, and change course responsibly...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Naltrexone offers a different path in addiction treatment, prompting questions about patient choice, relapse prevention, and long-term maintenance. Randall S. Bock and pharmacist Percy Menzies explore where their approaches converge and differ, emphasizing withdrawal support, individual goals, and the distinction between stabilizing lives and rebuilding them...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Steve LaTulippe – My covid antibodies shot up to 2,000. I was SHOCKED! Could the huge increase be because I had recently had a cold ? Will the antibodies be reduced next year when I test again? Can we say that the vaccines are causing these people to die in their sleep at a young age?

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – Can conservative local government offer Washington a path forward? Galveston County’s approach puts taxpayer stewardship at the center of public service. Leaner government and nonprofit partnerships offer a model for reducing waste, helping struggling families, and holding Republicans accountable for how they spend public money...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Angelina Farella – The detransitioners are now a unique subset of medical patients due to their physical, urological, biological fertility, hormonal, and mental health issues. This will be a challenging future for the medical community and the ethics of informed consent. The basis of informed consent for this community has been lacking awareness of...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Drs. Keith Ablow and Randy Bock question methadone maintenance and argue that addiction treatment needs sobriety as its goal. They examine financial incentives, prolonged dependence, and government policy while advocating gradual tapering, relationships, responsibility, and support that helps patients build lives beyond reliance on medication...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Ginny Burton draws on her journey through addiction and incarceration to teach accountability and lasting recovery. Her Gabriel Plan challenges treatment systems to prioritize independence, practical skills, and measurable results. She calls for stronger oversight, family reunification, and guidance from people who understand how to build stable, healthier, self-sufficient lives...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Randall Bock – Do you stick to the truth, or do you make somebody feel better because their opinion matters to them? Remember Christoper Reeve in Superman? His son, Will Reeve, knows what it means to watch a family face the unthinkable. His father, Christopher Reeve, died in 2004 after years of living with...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – As a physician, I think first about healthcare. A decision made in Washington can reach a hospital room in Texas, shaping what patients can afford and how doctors care for them. During COVID, many Americans learned how quickly emergency rules could change daily life. Families faced school closures, workplace requirements, and painful...