The Cullen-Snyder Framework (v.1.0) Application #007 – "Final Report" from 2026 CT NDs Data Set Processes

here, I'll share the report that resulted from the processes unleashed upon the 2026 CT NDs data set [data set is here] as detailed in the Naturocrit Podcast Episode 017 as CSF #007:

001. as you will find uploaded to archive.org as "Cullen-Snyder Framework - 2026 Licensed Connecticut Naturopathy Final Report", it goes like this:

"Connecticut Naturopathic Licensure Analysis: Cullen-Snyder Framework Applied to Chapter 373 and Public Act 14-231

Completed: January 2026

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 373, as modernized by Public Act 14-231, establishes a legal and regulatory framework that structurally enables licensed naturopathic physicians (NDs) to present pseudoscientific practices as state-recognized healthcare. When analyzed through the Cullen-Snyder Framework (CSF)—which integrates critical epistemology (Cullen) and political philosophy on freedom (Snyder)—this licensure law produces systematic harms across both epistemic and freedom-based dimensions that harm individual patients and corrode public health institutions[1][2].

This report:

1. Applies the Cullen-Snyder Framework to Connecticut's ND licensure law and documented ND practices
2. Details concrete harms enabled by Chapter 373 and PA 14-231, organized by CSF dimensions
3. Constitutes a profile of Connecticut's revealed state values and postures regarding naturopathy licensure, showing how statutory choices and regulatory allowances reflect particular institutional commitments to legitimizing non-evidence-based practices
4. Provides a template for legislative testimony, regulatory rulemaking, and policy advocacy

The Naturocrit Podcast - Episode 017e [s02e07e] - Script & Annotations [3 of 3]

This is the script, hypertext links, and notes for the five-part Naturocrit Podcast Episode 017, aka s02e07, titled “A CSF Framework Evaluative Analysis of 107 Licensed Connecticut Naturopaths’ Practices in Relation to Science, Ethics, Commerce, and Freedom.”

001. Standard Introduction: 

Standard Introduction

Welcome to, as that robot voice says, The Naturocrit Podcast, and thank you for boldly listening.

What ARE we even talking about?

Well, this podcast series is my take on naturopathic medicine, an area I've been studying for about thirty-four years, including my time in so-called 'scientific nonsectarian naturopathic medical school'.

My approach is a pairing of scientific skepticism and a deep knowledge of naturopathy's intimate details.

In previous episodes of this series, I established that naturopathy is, essentially, a kind of knowledge blending, misrepresentation, and irrationality.

I have termed naturopathy both 'an epistemic conflation falsely posing itself as an epistemic delineation' and 'the naturopathillogical':

the science-exterior is mixed with what is scientific, then that whole muddle is absurdly claimed to be science as an entire category, while particular sectarian science-ejected oath-obligations and -requirements are coded or camouflaged, therein effectively disguising naturopathy's system of beliefs in public view.

Naturopathy's ultimate achievement is a profound erosion of scientific integrity and freedom of belief packaged in the marketing veneers "natural, holistic, integrative and alternative" and improperly embedded in the academic category "science".

002. Main text:

(continued) Conclusion: Legislators, the AG, and Law Infractions

[as posed by a not-a-lawyer]

The Naturocrit Podcast - Episode 017e [s02e07e] - Script & Annotations [2 of 3]

This is the script, hypertext links, and notes for the five-part Naturocrit Podcast Episode 017, aka s02e07, titled “A CSF Framework Evaluative Analysis of 107 Licensed Connecticut Naturopaths’ Practices in Relation to Science, Ethics, Commerce, and Freedom.”

001. Standard Introduction: 

Standard Introduction

Welcome to, as that robot voice says, The Naturocrit Podcast, and thank you for boldly listening.

What ARE we even talking about?

Well, this podcast series is my take on naturopathic medicine, an area I've been studying for about thirty-four years, including my time in so-called 'scientific nonsectarian naturopathic medical school'.

My approach is a pairing of scientific skepticism and a deep knowledge of naturopathy's intimate details.

In previous episodes of this series, I established that naturopathy is, essentially, a kind of knowledge blending, misrepresentation, and irrationality.

I have termed naturopathy both 'an epistemic conflation falsely posing itself as an epistemic delineation' and 'the naturopathillogical':

the science-exterior is mixed with what is scientific, then that whole muddle is absurdly claimed to be science as an entire category, while particular sectarian science-ejected oath-obligations and -requirements are coded or camouflaged, therein effectively disguising naturopathy's system of beliefs in public view.

Naturopathy's ultimate achievement is a profound erosion of scientific integrity and freedom of belief packaged in the marketing veneers "natural, holistic, integrative and alternative" and improperly embedded in the academic category "science".

002. Main text:

(continued) Conclusion: Thomas Paine, the Founding Fathers,

and the Connecticut State Constitution

The Naturocrit Podcast - Episode 017e [s02e07e] - Script & Annotations [1 of 3]

This is the script, hypertext links, and notes for the five-part Naturocrit Podcast Episode 017, aka s02e07, titled “A CSF Framework Evaluative Analysis of 107 Licensed Connecticut Naturopaths’ Practices in Relation to Science, Ethics, Commerce, and Freedom.”

001. Standard Introduction: 

Standard Introduction

Welcome to, as that robot voice says, The Naturocrit Podcast, and thank you for boldly listening.

What ARE we even talking about?

Well, this podcast series is my take on naturopathic medicine, an area I've been studying for about thirty-four years, including my time in so-called 'scientific nonsectarian naturopathic medical school'.

My approach is a pairing of scientific skepticism and a deep knowledge of naturopathy's intimate details.

In previous episodes of this series, I established that naturopathy is, essentially, a kind of knowledge blending, misrepresentation, and irrationality.

I have termed naturopathy both 'an epistemic conflation falsely posing itself as an epistemic delineation' and 'the naturopathillogical':

the science-exterior is mixed with what is scientific, then that whole muddle is absurdly claimed to be science as an entire category, while particular sectarian science-ejected oath-obligations and -requirements are coded or camouflaged, therein effectively disguising naturopathy's system of beliefs in public view.

Naturopathy's ultimate achievement is a profound erosion of scientific integrity and freedom of belief packaged in the marketing veneers "natural, holistic, integrative and alternative" and improperly embedded in the academic category "science".

002. Main text:

Synopsis

In this Naturocrit Podcast Episode 017, also known as Season 2 Episode 7, I've been covering a new 2026 study on the practices of Connecticut naturopaths which I've titled:

“A CSF Framework Evaluative Analysis of 107 Licensed Connecticut Naturopaths’ Practices in Relation to Science, Ethics, Commerce, and Freedom.”

This is a large conclusion section for the 2026 evaluation and analysis of the practices of those licensed NDs in Connecticut.