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RFK Jr. launching podcast in ‘transparency’ push

The show will feature conversations with doctors and scientists as HHS uses podcasting to promote chronic disease, nutrition and health cost messages.

  • Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will launch 'The Secretary Kennedy Podcast' next week, bringing government messaging into an official audio format, according to department officials.
  • This effort reflects a broader rebranding strategy as the department shifts focus from contentious vaccine policies toward healthy food initiatives ahead of November's midterm elections; Kennedy previously hosted his own podcast before joining the administration last year.
  • Kennedy intends to use the show for a "new era of radical transparency in government," promising to "name the names of the forces that obstruct the paths to public health," with a studio accommodating four people.
  • HHS digital director Liam Nahill stated the podcast is part of a strategy to promote the "Make America Healthy Again" message, aiming to address affordability, chronic disease, and food quality for a broader audience.
  • The communication effort follows recent department setbacks, including a federal court ruling last month blocking vaccine policy changes, while resistance from Republican senators has stalled President Donald Trump's surgeon general nominee from taking office.
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The New Republic broke the news in on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
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