Spencer Pratt Won the LA Mayor Debate? Mike Vrabel Update & Dr. Sarah Oreck on Post-Roe & the MAGA Baby Boom
The Moment LIVE! Politics & Culture, ExplainedShow Notes
89% of viewers named Spencer Pratt the winner of the LA mayoral debate — what would Justin Bobby say about that? Meredith Lynch and Rebecca Sananès on why that's alarming and what Spencer Pratt and Trump actually have in common. Plus: Hantavirus is on a cruise ship with 146 people from 23 countries, human-to-human transmission is now possible, and the US withdrew from the WHO, which is literally what the WHO is for.
Then: Mike Vrabel update: Following the photos from 2020 of him and Dianna Russini kissing at a bar, we have video from 2021 of them on a boat (alone) while she's seven months pregnant. Meredith's theory: both spouses knew. Dr. Sarah Oreck has thoughts.
Then Dr. Sarah Oreck, board-certified psychiatrist, women's and perinatal mental health specialist, and co-founder of Mavida Health, on the MAGA baby boom, why IVF and abortion bans can't coexist, the tradwife pipeline to Christian nationalism, why Ballerina Farm is a business not a lifestyle, Black women's maternal mortality being 243% higher in abortion ban states, why SSRIs are not addictive and RFK Jr. is not a doctor, and what's actually happening to postpartum women in hospital deserts.
Topics: Spencer Pratt LA mayor debate, Hantavirus cruise ship WHO, Mike Vrabel Dianna Russini update, Dr Sarah Oreck, MAGA baby boom, IVF abortion ban, tradwife pipeline, Ballerina Farm, post-Roe maternal mortality, Black maternal deaths, SSRIs RFK Jr, postpartum depression, Mavida Health, Mother's Day
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Moment LIVE: Politics, Culture & Breaking News
01:01 Today's Rundown: Spencer Pratt Mayor Debate, Hantavirus Outbreak, Russini and Vrabel Relationship Updates & Dr. Sarah Oreck
01:49 Spencer Pratt Shakes Up the LA Mayor Debate
05:50 Nithya Raman Needs Better Debate Prep And Spencer Pratt Is No Trump
08:12 Hantavirus ICruise Traced Back to Birders
13:18 The US Left the WHO & Gutted Public Health Research When We Need It Most
15:15 Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini Update: Boat Babymoon at 7Months Pregnant
22:24 Is the MAGA Baby Boom Real? Dr. Sarah Oreck Is Not Buying It
27:05 The Tradwife Pipeline to Christian Nationalism And Ballerina Farm Is a Business
30:44 Black Women Are 243% More Likely to Die in Abortion Ban States
32:11 SSRIs Are Not Addictive And RFK Jr. Is Not a Doctor
38:00 Each Step Home Giving Dilley Detained Moms What They Need
39:51 Having a Moment: Palm Springs, The Testaments, Trust Me
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