A Big Fat Failure For Freedom

Welcome to “The Breakdown” where we plumb the depths of the Internets most fascinating accounts of this world in which we live, scoop up the weirdest headlines, and serve them up with a side of sarcasm, humor, and a sprinkle of absurdity.

🎙️ Hosts:

Aaron Barker, The Evangelical Infidel

Miss Information, Erica Sauer.

Welcome to the Madness

Welcome back to The Breakdown, the podcast that asks the questions that get you kicked out of Bible study and sent to therapy. Host Aaron Barker is broadcasting from an undisclosed location (because we like to keep things dramatic), and as always, the ever-entertaining Erica is here to keep things on track... or at least attempt to.

In this episode, we cover everything from fluoride in the water to government mind control, Trump’s surprising executive order, and the ongoing assault on free speech. It’s a mix of deep dives, wild theories, and the occasional sidetrack (thanks, ADHD). Buckle up—it’s going to be a wild ride!

Fluoride, Filters, and Why We’re All Paranoid

Let’s talk about tap water. You drink it? Gross. According to Aaron and Erica, anyone still drinking unfiltered tap water is basically playing Russian roulette with their health.

Kentucky is making moves to give municipalities the right to remove fluoride from their water, a law that shouldn't even be necessary in the first place. Did you know local governments get paid to put fluoride in the water? Yeah, that’s a thing. And guess what? If you don’t want it in your water, too bad—until now, they legally couldn't remove it even if they wanted to.

Erica questions whether anyone even drinks tap water anymore. Florida water smells like sulfur, Indiana water is so hard it could double as a weapon, and who knows what’s happening in other states? Meanwhile, Aaron reminisces about working at a “Christian” ministry where the water was so chemically treated it might as well have been pool water.

Bottom line? If you’re not filtering your water, you’re probably drinking more government-approved chemicals than you realize. Cheers!

ADHD or Just Too Many Conspiracies?

Aaron might have ADHD—or maybe it’s just the sheer amount of insanity happening in the world. One minute, he’s talking about fluoride; the next, he’s diving into chemtrails, geoengineering, and how the internet has turned everyone into an investigative journalist (or at least someone who thinks they are).

Twitter (excuse us, X) has become a cesspool of breaking news, half-baked theories, and pure information overload. Open the app, and within five minutes, you’ve gone from reading about the Kentucky fluoride bill to a conspiracy about mind control through television flicker rates. It’s a lot.

The takeaway? Sometimes, stepping away from the news cycle is necessary. Otherwise, you might end up drinking three different caffeinated beverages at once and wondering why your brain is going a thousand miles per hour. (Looking at you, Aaron.)

Mass Shootings, Mind Control & The Real-Life 21 Jump Street

Now, here’s where things take a turn. Erica floats a theory that there are government operatives placed in every high school in America, helping identify “troubled” individuals for nefarious purposes. Think 21 Jump Street, but instead of busting drug dealers, they’re scouting for future mass shooters.

Crazy? Maybe. But when you look at the patterns, the common threads in these tragic events, and the fact that we know intelligence agencies love a good psychological experiment (cough MKUltra cough), it doesn’t seem that far-fetched.

Aaron recalls the movie Higher Learning and how it perfectly illustrates how easy it is to radicalize