John talks about Vladimir Putin's annual call-in show, reactions to the Panama Papers in the United Kingdom, the Böhmermann affair, the Flint water crisis and lead poisoning in the U.S.

John talks about the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, the 2016 Philippine general election and candidate Rodrigo Duterte, and the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea. The main story is about how scientific research and science journalism are often distorted by themselves, news media and social media and why it's dangerous.