Exposing the Hidden Hand: Nathaniel Mead Ph.D. on Censorship, Retractions, and the Battle for Scientific Integrity

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Nathaniel Mead Ph.D., an epidemiologist, public health researcher, and science editor, returns to the podcast to discuss a crucial and often-overlooked issue in scientific publishing—censorship. With decades of experience, including serving on the editorial board of Integrative Cancer Therapies, Nathaniel sheds light on the retraction of a groundbreaking paper questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

From personal experiences with censorship in the 1990s to facing retractions driven by pharmaceutical influence, Nathaniel’s journey underscores the challenges scientists encounter when challenging prevailing narratives. How did the pharmaceutical industry pressure journals to silence dissenting voices? What does this mean for the integrity of medical research moving forward?

Join us as we uncover:

The process behind retractions and how they can be weaponized.
The growing influence of the pharmaceutical industry on scientific journals.
The psychological and societal impact of censorship and propaganda during the pandemic.
Why Nathaniel believes a new scientific publishing system is essential for preserving free speech and scientific inquiry.

Curious to learn more about Nathaniel’s work and the lessons he's learned from battling censorship?

Follow along with Nathaniel’s LinkedIn here to explore his groundbreaking research!

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0:37.4	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Fine Engineering News podcast.
0:41.2	I have a returning guest, Nathaniel Mead.
0:43.8	He's an epidemiologist, public health research scientists, and a science editor.
0:48.2	He's an editorial board member of Integrative Cancer Therapies.
0:51.8	We're going to talk about some issues related to COVID, in particular, censorship
0:56.4	of papers that Nathan has been involved in. So he's a returning guest. We have a couple other
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