Man Who 'Doesn't Trust Experts' Spends $4,000 on Products Recommended by Guy With No Credentials

Area skeptic Dale Credentials, who has publicly stated that he 'doesn't trust so-called experts with their degrees and institutional backing,' has spent approximately $4,000 over the past year on products recommended by a podcast host whose sole qualification is a previous career selling used cars in Dayton, Ohio. 'I don't listen to people with credentials,' Credentials explained while organizing a shelf of supplements, survival gear, and devices that his preferred podcast host, Mack Freedom, describes as 'frequency alignment tools.' 'Credentials are just proof that you've been through the system. Mack hasn't been through the system. That's why I trust him.' Freedom, who hosts the podcast Unfiltered Awakening (tagline: 'No credentials, no filter, no refunds'), has an online store offering 37 products, all of which Credentials has purchased. The products include: AwakeningMax capsules ($49.99, contains turmeric and B vitamins), a Faraday Cage Phone Pouch ($89.99, a cloth bag with a metal lining), a 72-Hour Freedom Bucket of freeze-dried food ($329.99, produced by a company with a one-star Better Business Bureau rating), and a 'frequency realignment crystal' ($149.99, identified by a geologist as 'a rock'). 'Mack says what other people are afraid to say,' Credentials said. 'And then he says you should buy these products. The two things feel related.' Credentials' wife, who holds a doctorate in epidemiology and has been described by Credentials as 'book smart but not truth smart,' declined to comment. Freedom's podcast bio states that he 'left the corporate world to pursue truth,' which public records indicate means he was let go from a Nissan dealership in 2019.