Department of Health and Holy Sh*t: RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement and What It Means for America

Inside the Hive

Vanity Fair

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poised to become the nation’s most powerful public health official, Inside the Hive is back and going deep on the leader of the MAHA movement. Host and Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, along with executive editor Claire Howorth and Hive editor Michael Calderone, chart Kennedy’s path from Camelot to the halls of Congress, where he made clear he’d carry out Donald Trump’s radical agenda. Could this Democratic scion be the true MAGA heir?

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0:00.0	Okay, before we get into today's show, both of you are excellent headline writers, and it is something we take pride in here at Vanity Fair.
0:09.8	So what is our headline for this episode?
0:13.8	Okay.
0:15.0	R.F. Not Okay.
0:17.0	Inside the ultra-conspiratorial, glossy world of Maha.
0:24.0	Oh, my God.
0:25.0	I'm going to compete with that.
0:26.3	I got one.
0:26.7	I got one.
0:27.0	Okay.
0:27.4	Okay.
0:28.1	How about Department of Health and Holy shit?
0:32.3	That was good.
0:33.2	That's good.
0:33.8	I'll be retiring on a high note.
0:42.1	Okay. That was good. Mm-hmm. I'll be retiring on a high note. Welcome to Inside the Hive from Vanity Fair, a podcast about power and the people who love it.
0:48.4	I'm Radica Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair.
0:51.8	And I'm joined by executive editor Claire Hoarth.
0:54.2	Hi, Radica. And Hive editor, Michael editor Claire Hohworth. Hi, Radica.
0:55.2	And Hive editor Michael Calderon.
0:56.9	Hello.
0:57.4	Good to be here.
	...

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