Fun Police

In our final episode in this season: is Uber dangerous? For decades, the argument against Uber has been that of safety, but it was the competition, vested interests, that made it. Released on March 26, 2025. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/l...

In this third episode, we have a drink. But where and when we can buy and have that drink in Canada is regulated, due to rules dating back to prohibition.  Act 1: LC Beer-No Act 2: A question of morality Act 3: Free my booze Released on March 19, 2025. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consum...

In this second episode, we follow the money of neo-prohibitionist organisations. Why different levels of the Canadian government funding advocacy groups to lobby itself? Act 1: Who is counting anymore? Act 2: Show me the receipts Act 3: If you solve my problem, I will have nothing left to do Released on March 12, 2025. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun...

In this season of Fun Police, we are focusing specifically on Canada, a country which unlike any other displays all the things that go wrong with neo-prohibitionism.  In this first episode: an unholy alliance of holy rituals and profiteers of prohibitionism. Act 1: A question of tradition Act 2: A lucrative scheme Act 3: The difference between hurt and harm Released on March 5, 2025. More res...

The official trailer for the third season of Fun Police. Episodes start streaming March 5th. Released on February 26, 2025. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this season finale, Movendi International makes a comeback. UNODC and Movendi collaborate on global health policy, and it's all a bit odd. Also, we talk to an infant feeding expert who leads us down the path of the WHO's weird obsession with infant formula.  Act 1: Listen first Act 2: Magic formula Act 3: Conclusion Released on January 21, 2024. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https:...

In this third episode, we look at the role of international institutions when it comes to litigation. IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, uses a method of analysing hazard, not risk, opening up companies to expensive litigation. This appears to be used as a method to impose quasi bans. Act 1: Precaution Act 2: Lawyer up Act 3: Conflicts of interest Released on January 14, 2024....

In this season of the Fun Police podcast, we are looking at the role of international institutions in the propagation of misinformation and how prohibitionists are using them to further their goals.  In this episode: the dirty on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its Conference of the Parties (COP), the World Health Organization's treaty organ that continues to deny the science on ha...

In this season of the Fun Police podcast, we are looking at the role of international institutions in the propagation of misinformation and how prohibitionists are using them to further their goals.  In this first episode: the World Health Organisation, and its role in global health policy. Act 1: WHO got it wrong Act 2: Negative impacts Act 3: WHO cares Released on January 31, 2024. More resource...

The official trailer for the second season of the Fun Police podcast series. Episode one will be released on January 31, 2024. New episodes, four in total, dropping week by week. Released on January 17, 2024 More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ Check out the weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/ Check out Consumer C...

The trailer for the second season of Fun Police will be released on January 17. Stay subscribed to this channel and hit the notification bell so you never miss any of the upcoming episodes being released.  Thank you for all the positive feedback on season 1. Check out the other work we're doing in the Fun Police campaign at: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ See omnystudio.com/listener...

There's a few last things to say, a few questions to ask. We'd love to have asked those questions to the Neo-prohibitionists themselves, but they were not ready to talk to us. What makes us as a society realise the detrimental effects of prohibition? Is it really something we have to try over and over again? There's more to say, but for this conclusion we only have ten minutes. Who knows, maybe th...

We have a fascination with gambling, but for some, it is also seen as both shady and dangerous. As a result, activists try to ban it, for public health reasons and on the grounds of morality. The promise of potential winnings are evil, they say. But what are the consequences of making gambling illegal, and what are the economic benefits of legalising activities such as sports betting and games of...

Many people attempt to quit smoking, but it's a difficult task. With the availability of smoking cessation devices, the question is: how effective are they, and why are they being treated the same as smoking? In this episode, we take a look at tobacco harm reduction, its proponents and adversaries. Act 1: Thank you for Not Smoking Act 2: Just Say No Act 3: Difficult goodbyes Released on November 2...

Episode 2: The Billionaire Every prohibitionist movement needs its funders. Its moneymen. Usually, there are powerful industrialists who've made it big and are "giving back" by restricting choices of the little people. For popular movements against alcohol in the 1900s, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford were the principal philanthropists. Neoprohibitionists now rely on a man wit...

To understand Neo-prohibitionism, we need to understand the premise of their arguments. In this episode we talk about the harm principle, and the implications of self-harm. We also analyse the history of prohibition throughout time and answer the question: is prohibitionism limited to only one culture, or is it a universal fallacy? We close the episode with a Canadian example of how neo-prohibitio...

The official trailer for the Fun Police 5-part podcast series, a Consumer Choice Center original podcast. Episode one dropping November 15, 2023. New episodes week by week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.