#2393 - Bryan Callen

Bullish:

• $IBOGAINE - Ibogaine shows exceptional effectiveness in treating addiction with 80% success rate after one session and 90%+ after two sessions, particularly for veterans and drug addicts in Texas programs

  • “What they're doing with Ibogaine in Texas with veterans and with people that are drug addicts, they've had tremendous results. It stops your addiction dead in its tracks... With one session, eighty percent of the people never never return. And with two sessions, ninety plus percent of the people never return.”

    Joe·2:46:43
• $DEFENSE - Defense contractors maintain consistent profitability due to high-cost weapons systems and persistent geopolitical justifications for military spending

  • “They make weapons, and those weapons cost a fuckload of money, and they come up with all sorts of cute reasons why we should go fuck up Yemen.”

    Joe·1:17:28
• $NVO - Ozempic may have expanded applications beyond weight loss, potentially treating addiction and cravings through neurological mechanisms

  • “Doesn't Ozempic work for that shit too? Ozempic seems to have some sort of an effect on that as well... Has some sort of craving... Part of your brain.”

    Bryan·2:47:17

Bearish:

• $TYLENOL - Acetaminophen is the leading cause of acute liver failure in America, causing 500 deaths annually from liver failure

  • “Acetaminophen is the number one source of acute liver failure in America. Five hundred people die in America every year from liver failure because of taking acetaminophen. So don't take it.”

    Joe·2:04:36
• $ECHINACEA - Multiple scientific studies (25 studies cited) have proven echinacea is completely ineffective for treating colds despite marketing claims

  • “I remember this guy who said he came up with the whole theory on echinacea, which is good for colds. Then they did this exhaustive study about echinacea, and they were like, listen. We've done 25 studies. It doesn't make a fucking dent”

    Bryan·2:00:53
• $UK - UK's authoritarian overreach with 12,000 arrests for social media posts creates hostile environment for business and innovation

  • “They've arrested 12,000 people this year for social media posts.”

    Joe·18:40
• $SEEDOILS - Seed oils are industrial lubricants processed with harmful methods, driving consumer shift toward healthier alternatives like olive oil

  • “It's industrial lubricant. It's it's not really like, just if you know all the process that's involved in in making it, it's also not nearly as healthy as olive oil, and you can get olive oil. Just use olive oil.”

    Joe·2:01:48
• $MEDIA - Consumer fatigue with political media content driving shift to alternative entertainment like novels

  • “I'm fucking reading novels now. I'm not doing it anymore. I'm fucking done.”

    Bryan·1:09:49