Episode 765 • • 1:28:47 - 1:36:12
765: Smart Power
Lamar Odom Hospitalization and the "Viagra" Media Blackout
Following the hospitalization of Lamar Odom at a Nevada brothel, the hosts notice a coordinated media effort to avoid using the word "Viagra." They play a clip of Dr. Drew Pinsky on CNN dismissing "sexual performance enhancers" as irrelevant compared to cocaine use. The hosts hypothesize that pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer/Merck pressured networks to protect the Viagra trademark from being associated with a drug-related medical emergency.