May 28, 2025 • 13 mins
Our finale examines how tobacco companies orchestrated a massive scientific disinformation campaign while internally acknowledging smoking's health risks. Through internal documents and whistleblower testimony, we trace how industry executives conspired to hide evidence linking smoking to cancer from the 1950s through the 1990s. The hosts analyze the infamous 'Doubt is our product' memo, the role of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, and how litigation finally forced the truth into public view, transforming our understanding of corporate scientific manipulation.
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