Fighting the Swamp and Conflicts of Interest, Truth About DOGE Cuts, and Finding Autism Cause, with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary | Ep. 1051

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary for his first interview in his new position to discuss what he's learned since taking over the position 17 days ago, whether there are people in the building who are open to MAHA, what's currently working properly at the agency and what's not, the issues with the VAERS system, recent critiques from Peter Marks who left the agency, the need to ask questions in science and not jump to conclusions, his new policy limiting who can serve as members on FDA advisory committees, his efforts to counter the perception that the FDA has been captured by Big Pharma and other industries, how he learned first-hand about "the swamp," the apolitical work he and RFK are doing, his efforts to get certain drugs approved faster and to limit animal testing, the truth about the DOGE cuts and how no scientists or reviewers were cut, his relationship with RFK, his effort to redo the food pyramid, the efforts by RFK to get to the cause of autism, the need to look at environmental and dietary exposures that could alter the microbiome, and more. Grand Canyon University: https://GCU.edu Lean: Visit https://TakeLean.com & use code MK20 for 20% off Ancient Nutrition: Enjoy 25% off your first order at https://AncientNutrition.com/MEGYN

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:12.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, and we are at the FDA
0:17.1	today speaking with the new commissioner, Dr. Marty McCarrie. I got to tell you, it was freaky walking into this building because they've been so demonized.
0:26.8	They've demonized themselves over the whole COVID regime and the craziness of the past five years to walk in here and look around.
0:34.2	These are some of the people who participated in this is sort of eerie.
0:38.9	But the good news is there's a new sheriff in town.
0:42.8	And Dr. Marty McCarrie is the real deal.
0:45.8	He's a surgeon, scientist, has devoted his life to public health.
0:50.5	He's the son of a doctor.
0:51.9	He's the doctor.
0:52.8	He's at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was performing
0:55.5	surgery right up to the day he went in and started this job the day before. So he's had a lifelong
1:02.6	interest in medicine and in public health more generally and has been very honest about things
1:09.3	that are controversial like COVID and was an early seer
1:13.5	on the things that the medical establishment was doing wrong and was totally fearless
1:16.9	and speaking out against it with absolutely nothing to gain and actually a lot to lose.
1:22.4	And that is how he became one of the trusted voices along with Dr. J. Badacharya of Stanford, who's running NIH. And, of course,
1:30.7	then there's Bobby Kennedy, not a doctor, but a lawyer who is atop them all as he runs HHS. So
1:35.8	this is Dr. McCarrie's first interview as FDA commissioner. And there was a lot to cover.
1:42.1	Like, how is he going to deal with the people here who can't stand
1:47.1	any of the men I just mentioned, not to mention President Trump? And how are we going to actually
1:53.7	start enacting the MAHA agenda that Kennedy and Trump and others have been pushing and talking about
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