The Value of the Liberal Versus Conservative Soul

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McCarthy: The zombie narrative is actually like a deeply conservative narrative. It's the idea that there is no government, public social services have broken down and it's up to the rugged individual to go out with trick weaponry to demolish these inhuman creatures roaming the streets. "That's kind of like a he-man fantasy," says McCarthy.

At the peak of COVID-19, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling set out to write a book about the widespread pushback against masks and vaccines as away to discuss the rise of the medical freedom movement in America. But after meeting a series of people within that movement his efforts took a sharp turn into the motivations, tribulations, and personal lives of the people who sell miracle cures and dietary supplements, skirting the law when they can, and heading to jail when they can't. The book is titled, If it Sounds Like a Quack, and it is a deep dive into the marketplace of snake oils and magical procedures sold by people who each claim to have found the one true cure for any and everything that could ever ail you.

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