The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

High above the circus of mainstream media spin, death-defying talk without the safety net of corporate influence… this is HIGH WIRE. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-highwire-with-del-bigtree--3620606/support.

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February 20, 2026 210 mins
Del Bigtree returns to the desk after two weeks in Europe with An Inconvenient Study, bringing shocking reports from doctors and scientists around the world — and a firsthand account of breaking four ribs in a Canadian ER that exposed the reality of mainstream emergency medicine.
Jefferey Jaxen reports on a Super Bowl ad that backfired in spectacular fashion, raising serious questions about AI surveillance and corporate overreach.

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A landmark jury verdict holding clinicians liable for malpractice tied to a teen gender-transition surgery is being viewed as a pivotal moment in the national debate over pediatric gender medicine. The ruling intensifies legal scrutiny, signals expanding statutes of limitations, and raises new questions from state and federal authorities about evidence standards, oversight, and the adequacy of informed consent in youth gender-relat...
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Jefferey looks back at the 20-year legacy of “An Inconvenient Truth” highlighting long-standing factual disputes, court rulings on bias, and how climate narratives have been used to justify sweeping policies. Hear new research on polar bears, natural climate cycles, and the emerging risks of AI-engineered viruses—raising questions about which threats are real and which are manufactured through narrative.

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February 14, 2026 23 mins
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joins Del to discuss his new investigation into financial incentives that may influence pediatric vaccination practices. He outlines concerns about reimbursement structures, insurance policies, and COVID-era mandates that critics say altered medical decision-making and weakened informed consent. Paxton also weighs in on federal liability protections for vaccine manufacturers, hospital requirements,...
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February 13, 2026 87 mins
Major policy, investigative, and public-health battles are accelerating across America.
With 700+ vaccine-related bills introduced nationwide in just the opening months of this year, Dawn Richardson of the National Vaccine Information Center joins The HighWire to explain what’s driving this unprecedented legislative surge — and what it could mean for states, families, and the future of health policy.

We also examine newly surfaced Ep...
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February 6, 2026 66 mins
This week on The HighWire, a precedent-setting $2 million malpractice verdict signals a turning point in how courts are treating medical interventions performed on minors. As more states extend statutes of limitations, accountability is finally entering a space long shielded from liability.Jefferey Jaxen also unpacks how powerful narratives—pandemic, climate, and beyond—are constructed, defended, and enforced, even when evidence be...
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The U.S. Navy issued a rare and revealing apology tied to its COVID-era policies—quietly acknowledging the damage caused by mandates and disciplinary actions imposed on service members. Once unthinkable, the apology signals a deeper reckoning as institutions begin to confront the real-world consequences of pandemic decision-making.

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Autism provider and Holland Center founder Jennifer Larson joins Del Bigtree to expose how Minnesota’s sweeping response to a massive Medicaid fraud scandal is punishing the wrong people. Not just targeting criminal actors, the state has frozen payments and deployed AI-driven systems that delay reimbursements, pushing legitimate autism care providers to the brink of closure.
As legitimate centers struggle to keep their doors open, v...
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January 30, 2026 91 mins
On today’s HighWire, Former CDC Director Robert Redfield is now saying the quiet part out loud, admitting we were right about mRNA and spike protein. Also, Del Celebrates RFK Jr.’s Announcement of 21 new members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), the committee responsible for coordinating the government’s autism research and response. This is huge, and Del has the details.

Then, we examine Moderna’s announcemen...
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January 26, 2026 26 mins
Liz James, Founder & President of Blessed by His Blood, and Tanya Lair—a physician assistant and mother of two daughters who require lifelong transfusions—share the fight to protect patients’ right to direct to donor blood after a decade-long donor arrangement was suddenly revoked. They unpack how a system meant to save lives can prioritize bureaucracy and profit over individualized care, and why this battle is spreading to leg...
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January 24, 2026 8 mins
The rapidly accelerating AI revolution raises profound questions about jobs, human purpose, and economic survival as white-collar work is quietly displaced at scale. As universal basic income shifts from theory to political reality, a deeper question emerges: what happens to motivation, creativity, and freedom when human labor is no longer essential?

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January 22, 2026 101 mins
A major court ruling in Canada has declared Prime Minister Trudeau’s use of emergency powers against the trucker convoys illegal, including freezing bank accounts and silencing dissent. Is this a turning point for government overreach worldwide? Del and Jefferey Jaxen report.
Jefferey Jaxen examines growing claims from Senator Rand Paul that the Department of Justice may be blocking accountability for Anthony Fauci, despite mounting...
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January 19, 2026 17 mins
Unresolved questions surrounding COVID-19 vaccine injuries have been brought into focus by contrasting public polling with official reporting systems, revealing how many serious adverse events may have gone uncounted. Jefferey exposes the glaring contradiction of vaccine architect Stanley Plotkin now calling for better detection, prevention, and compensation of vaccine injuries—after decades of defending a system that never properl...
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January 16, 2026 86 mins
This week, Del opens on the media backlash to the CDC’s shift toward shared vaccine decision-making. Is the panic really about safety, or about empowering Americans with choice? Jefferey Jaxen delivers a wide-ranging investigation into COVID vaccine injury data, exposing massive underreporting through VAERS and V-safe, new polling that shows widespread harm, and even admissions from legacy vaccine leaders that current safety scienc...
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January 9, 2026 79 mins
A historic shift is underway. Del opens with CDC’s unprecedented move to slash the routine childhood vaccine schedule nearly in half, aligning the U.S. with the Denmark model. What prompted this change and what does it mean for families nationwide?

Then, Jefferey Jaxen reports on HHS flipping the food pyramid, signaling a monumental reset in nutrition policy. He also investigates the escalating glyphosate battle, as liability protec...
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January 2, 2026 59 mins
Happy New Year! The HighWire is kicking off 2026 by releasing ‘Jefferey Jaxen Investigates: A Rush to Green Energy, Part 1’ — normally exclusive to HighWire+ subscribers — for free. We’ve been told that climate change is the greatest threat to our planet, and that it’s our fault. But what’s really driving the rush to green energy? Jefferey Jaxen pulls back the curtain on the politics, the money, and the agenda behind it all. Share ...
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December 26, 2025 60 mins
This Christmas, HighWire Plus is releasing a special gift to our audience: Part 1 of Jefferey Jaxen’s documentary investigation into polio — normally exclusive to HighWire+ subscribers. As more vaccines come under scrutiny and the hepatitis B shot is removed from the recommended schedule for healthy babies, questions about polio are inevitable. This documentary provides the history, the science, and the interviews you need to have ...
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December 19, 2025 88 mins
Today’s HighWire pulls no punches. Del breaks down HHS’s decision to withdraw funding from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the media reaction to RFK Jr.’s bold move. Jefferey Jaxen reports on the quiet return of flu lockdowns overseas—and the next pandemic narrative already taking shape. Then, Jefferey examines what’s truly at stake as the AI race threatens to replace human labor at scale. Finally, epidemiologist Nick Hulsch...
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December 17, 2025 52 mins
ICAN lead counsel Aaron Siri, esq., breaks down ACIP’s historic decision to end the recommendation of universal Hepatitis B vaccination at birth for babies of healthy, Hep-B–negative mothers—moving it to age 2 months and “shared decision making.” He details major gaps in the safety data, evidence of harm buried in our federal injury programs, and an ethical crisis in the U.S. of pressuring parents to vaccinate their children under ...
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Ryland and Mollie Engelhart sit down with Del to share the hard lessons learned as their celebrated plant-based restaurant empire ran headlong into the realities of today’s food system. From Café Gratitude’s rise to their unexpected shift into regenerative farming, they reveal how bureaucracy, restrictive policies, and cultural pressures forced them to rethink what sustainability truly means. Their journey exposes the real challeng...
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