Where There's Woke WTW118: The Trump Administration Is Being Really Weird About Milk...
The New York Post went off on a bioethicist after he published his concerns surrounding the marketing after Trump signed legislation bringing whole milk back into federally subsidized school lunch programs. Lydia breaks it all down: the NYP's attacks, the actual article from the "woke professor," some history of dietary racism, and a smattering of the propaganda that's been coming out of the Administration ever since.
-
Is the Recent Effort to Glorify Whole Milk Tainted by Racism?, (Arthur Caplan, Bioethics Today, 2/4/2026)
-
How Milk Became a Battleground in Trump's War on "Woke", (Paige Oamek, The Nation, 1/30/2026)
-
Milk, a symbol of neo‑Nazi hate, (Andrea Freeman, The Conversation, 8/30/2017)
-
Why the Trump Administration Is Obsessed With Whole Milk, (Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1/18/2026)
**If you enjoy our work, please consider leaving a 5-star review! You can always email questions, comments, and leads to lydia@seriouspod.com.**