The Ultimate Assist
John Stockton and Dr. Ken Ruettgers host The Ultimate Assist Podcast along with special guests that have frontline experience and knowledgable expertise in the medical freedom space. As technology advances and social institutions grow more powerful, we hope you will inform your voice and use it to restore and maintain our medical freedoms now and into the future.
The Ultimate Assist
#61: “Are We Winning the Health Battle — Or Just Entering a New One?" - Dr. Patrick Gentempo Returns
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In this follow-up conversation, Patrick Gentempo returns to discuss the release of MAHA: The Uncensored Truth About Medicine — now streaming free at mahamovie.com — and why he believes the health conversation is entering a pivotal moment.
From food systems and ultra-processed products to regulatory capture and pharmaceutical influence, Patrick explains how modern medicine and policy didn’t simply “evolve” — they were constructed. He connects the dots between corporate interests, agency oversight, and what he calls a long-standing crisis of public trust.
But this episode goes deeper.
Is the growing MAHA movement signaling an “era of truth”?
Or is the bigger battle still ahead — over free speech itself?
Patrick argues that medical freedom and freedom of speech are inseparable. He shares concerns about global censorship efforts, social media pressure campaigns, and how digital policy overseas could influence American discourse in the years ahead.
Despite the warnings, he remains optimistic: informed citizens, common-sense health practices, and grassroots momentum may be shifting the tide.
The real question:
Can truth survive if speech doesn’t?