What does “FDA approved” really mean? In this eye-opening and darkly hilarious episode of Waywut, Darrell and Jason take a deep dive into the shocking—and often deadly—failures of the Food and Drug Administration.

From overlooked safety trials to outright corporate capture, this episode unpacks how the FDA transformed from a watchdog agency into a rubber stamp for Big Pharma.

💊 Topics include:

• The FDA’s early mission and how it was quietly sold out
• How user fees allowed pharmaceutical companies to help fund their own drug approvals
• The horrifyingly short clinical trial that helped greenlight OxyContin
• Vioxx, a painkiller that killed over 60,000 people before being pulled
• FDA whistleblowers, ...