The Devil Makes Three

Jan 16 2024 11 ep. 55 mins

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John Duffy interviews guests who are experts in a variety of fields in the hope of bringing context and fuller understanding to common truisms and other widely shared misunderstandings of social, cultural and political issues.

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Journalist David Bedein on UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees

Jan 16 2024 52 mins

David Bedein has spent nearly forty years focusing his journalistic efforts on UNRWA, the United Nations arm tasked with the health, welfare, and education of Palestinian refugees. The UN does not try to resettle Palestinian refugees the way it does refugees from any other place in the world. Further, refugee status for Palestinians is inherited, which is also unique among the refu

Writer/Researcher Robb Wolf on Eating Meat

Dec 20 2023 86 mins

Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist who functioned as a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Biomed Central). He is a New York Times Best Selling author having written several books including Wired to Eat, The Paleo Solution and Sacred Cow (which he co-authored with Diana Rodgers.) In this episode we discuss the oft repeated claims that eating meat is ba

Christmas Special! Ray Nowosielski on American character and "It's a Wonderful Life"

Dec 13 2023 44 mins

Ray Nowosielski is a documentarian, podcaster, and journalist. He produced the new show, "George Bailey Was Never Born," a ten episode podcast series from I Heart Radio. The show is an examination of the massive changes in American character over the last half century as made visible by looking at the classic film, It's a Wonderful Life. In this episode Ray describes

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff on Psychiatric Medicine

Nov 29 2023 56 mins

Dr. Joanna Moncrieff is a practicing psychiatrist and researcher. In 2022 she was the leading researcher of an umbrella review published in Nature that “aimed to synthesise and evaluate evidence on whether depression is associated with lowered serotonin concentration or activity.” She is the author of several books about psychiatry and psychiatric drugs including The Myth of th

Former FBI Agent Mark Rossini on Hamas and Terrorism

Nov 06 2023 58 mins

Mark Rossini worked as an FBI Agent out of the New York Counter Terror office. He was detailed to the CIA where he worked in the Bin Laden unit before and after 9-11. We discuss Hamas and the ethos of Islamic terrorist organizations and what many western observers are getting wrong when they assess the actions of of these groups.

Claude Berrebi: The Myth of the Poor Terrorist

Oct 25 2023 59 mins

Professor of economics and public policy at Hebrew University, Claude Berrebi studies what does and does not cause terrorism. In 2019 after the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka killed 250 people, Claude coauthored the article, "Ending the Myth of the Poor Terrorist." In this episode Claude lays out the data behind economics and terrorism and explains how the links bet

Preston Stewart on the war in Ukraine

Oct 11 2023 59 mins

A graduate of West Point, Preston Stewart served in Afghanistan and is now a Major in the US Army Reserve. He blogs about military issues with a heavy focus on the war in Ukraine. His videos provide very cautious and clear headed thinking on the ever evolving situation in that war. His Substack can be found here: https://prestonstewart.substack.com/

Dr. Roger McFillin on depression, happiness, and modern psychiatry

Sep 26 2023 61 mins

If you ask the common person on the street, “What causes depression?” you will likely find that most will answer with “a chemical imbalance in the brain,” to some degree. What most people do not know, is that this notion is not supported by scientific evidence. Despite this fact, SSRI’s are still being prescribed to 45 Million Americans (to say nothing of other antidepres

Paul Thacker on corruption in scientific research

Sep 13 2023 59 mins

In this episode I speak with Paul Thacker, former Senate investigator and currently of The Disinformation Chronicle about how scientific research, particularly research done by pharmaceutical companies, is not as trustworthy as one might believe. Paul's Website https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/

Introducing: The Devil Makes Three Podcast

Aug 29 2023 3 mins

Independent investigative journalist and podcast producer John Duffy dives into the details of issues social, political, historical, cultural, whatever he feels like is being popularly misrepresented or misunderstood. His essays and articles can be found at https://thedevilmakesthree.substack.com/