Noel King

Around the time that Me Too was in the public consciousness, so seven or eight years ago, I'm guessing that someone like Candace Owens would not have been given a lot of leeway to defend someone like Harvey Weinstein. The public was disgusted overwhelmingly. People did not like this man. People wanted to see him pay. But now she's defending him and she's getting new fans by defending him.

What do you think has changed in the culture that's making Candace Owens' defense of Harvey Weinstein not only acceptable but popular?

What do you think has changed in the culture that's making Candace Owens' defense of Harvey Weinstein not only acceptable but popular?

What do you think has changed in the culture that's making Candace Owens' defense of Harvey Weinstein not only acceptable but popular?

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes autism is preventable. He believes science can find the root cause. And he believes the root cause is something in our environment. Here he is at a press conference last month.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes autism is preventable. He believes science can find the root cause. And he believes the root cause is something in our environment. Here he is at a press conference last month.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believes autism is preventable. He believes science can find the root cause. And he believes the root cause is something in our environment. Here he is at a press conference last month.

Right now, the science suggests there may be environmental factors, among other things, at the root of autism. But it was RFK's description of autistic people that stoked outrage. This is the same press conference.

Right now, the science suggests there may be environmental factors, among other things, at the root of autism. But it was RFK's description of autistic people that stoked outrage. This is the same press conference.

Right now, the science suggests there may be environmental factors, among other things, at the root of autism. But it was RFK's description of autistic people that stoked outrage. This is the same press conference.

On Today explained what RFK gets wrong according to science and according to some people who did date and who found love on the spectrum.

On Today explained what RFK gets wrong according to science and according to some people who did date and who found love on the spectrum.

On Today explained what RFK gets wrong according to science and according to some people who did date and who found love on the spectrum.

You're listening to Today Explained. RFK Jr. 's conviction that autism is caused by something in the environment, in the air or water or vaccines, simply cuts against what most science suggests, that environment may be a factor. So where did he get this idea? Catherine Wu is a science writer for The Atlantic, and she recently set out to answer that question.

You're listening to Today Explained. RFK Jr. 's conviction that autism is caused by something in the environment, in the air or water or vaccines, simply cuts against what most science suggests, that environment may be a factor. So where did he get this idea? Catherine Wu is a science writer for The Atlantic, and she recently set out to answer that question.

You're listening to Today Explained. RFK Jr. 's conviction that autism is caused by something in the environment, in the air or water or vaccines, simply cuts against what most science suggests, that environment may be a factor. So where did he get this idea? Catherine Wu is a science writer for The Atlantic, and she recently set out to answer that question.

Now that RFK Jr. is heading up the Department of Health and Human Services, how is he changing the way that department approaches autism?

Now that RFK Jr. is heading up the Department of Health and Human Services, how is he changing the way that department approaches autism?

Now that RFK Jr. is heading up the Department of Health and Human Services, how is he changing the way that department approaches autism?

What is HHS going to do specifically?