The VPZD Show
- Épisodes
- 48
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- toutes les deux semaines
- Dernier épisode
- 13 Nov 2026
À propos du podcast
Two doctors, one podcast, Alt-Middle as heck. Featuring Dr. Vinay Prasad (host of Plenary Session) and Dr. Zubin Damania (host of The ZDoggMD Show).
Épisodes 48
Jensen Huang, Moderna Cancer Vax, Healthcare Lobbying
Ego, placebo and a $9,000 leather jacket. Plus Moderna’s cancer vaccine, Calley Means on Rogan, and why Washington is basically undrainable. Another live episode of VPZD! Topics (in chronological order): Two …
Notes de l’épisode
Ego, placebo and a $9,000 leather jacket. Plus Moderna’s cancer vaccine, Calley Means on Rogan, and why Washington is basically undrainable.
Topics (in chronological order):
- Two middle-aged men in leather jackets, creatine and the renal failure myth
- Creatinine vs GFR, and why creatine raises one but not the other
- The Jensen Huang scandal: Nvidia, an alleged Chinese spy and chip export controls
- Why this one is a national security story, not just a scandal
- Placebo, suggestion and the pharma drug dinner
- Jensen’s ego unraveling and the leather jacket as identity
- What a Jensen collapse could mean for Nvidia, the S&P and the economy
- Congressional stock trading, nepotism and Zuck’s control of Meta
- California’s billionaire tax and why it failed
- The Prop 38 immunotherapy bond measure
- Brian Johnson, castration, vocal range and the Denny’s where Nvidia began
- Moderna’s cancer vaccine: preventive vs therapeutic vaccines
- Melanoma, pembrolizumab and the neoadjuvant approach
- The 0.58 hazard ratio and why it tanked the stock
- Should taxpayers fund mRNA cancer vaccines?
- Dog lymphoma, BTK inhibitors and how dogs and humans suffer
- Early-onset colon cancer in marathon runners
- The Skinner box pigeon and our love of patterns
- The NEJM editorial: a vaccine against every cancer mutation?
- The ideal three-arm Moderna trial and misspent NIH money
- The J&J drug dinner callback: myasthenia gravis and the FcRn blocker
- Calley Means on Rogan: lobbying, school lunches, ultra-processed food and SNAP soda
- The FDA’s COVID vaccine compromise and why trials get halted
- The Moderna vs Pfizer observational study and negative controls
- John Mandrola, the Watchman device and debating people vs ideas
- COVID sniffing dogs, impeachment talk and a drug dinner skit
- Paying for what works, and small molecules vs immunotherapy
- Wrap-up, Donna Tartt and Murakami’s Norwegian Wood
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Election Blue-nami, Daylight Savings, Learjet Crash
Another "slow news week" 😂 Originally streamed Live on YouTube! The blue tsunami: why the election results were a surprise, and why incumbents tend to lose The political pendulum: voters keep choosing “shake it …
Notes de l’épisode
Another "slow news week" 😂
Originally streamed Live on YouTube!
- The blue tsunami: why the election results were a surprise, and why incumbents tend to lose
- The political pendulum: voters keep choosing “shake it up” candidates who can’t deliver
- Obamacare as a Heritage Foundation blueprint that expanded access but never tackled cost
- Tariffs, the war with Iran and whether Hegseth should be impeached or resign
- Impeachment fatigue and why divided government may let Trump make deals
- RFK Jr., food system reform and special interests
- Populism on both sides: Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico
- Doctors who go into politics, including Amy Acton, Nirav Shah and Richard Pan
- Why healthcare is unsolvable inside its current paradigm
- Peptides, drug approval and the FDA approving things that don’t work
- Whether AI and drug discovery could be the paradigm shift
- Pluto, new dwarf planets and Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Better doctors or better technology? Why outcomes improved since 1950
- Medicare for all: could it separate what works from what doesn’t?
- Hospitals giving flu and COVID shots before discharge
- Preemptive Alzheimer’s treatment and the shifting definition of the disease
- Observational data confounding: vaccines and dementia, “Eat Your Ice Cream,” and Tylenol and autism
- Why the AI-made thumbnail took 17 prompts
- Bringing back old-school conservatives, a new Democratic identity and the cost of living squeeze
- Why the FDA can’t weigh cost and why Medicare must pay
- Aladdin, Will Smith, Fresh Prince and Bryan Johnson
- Med school culture and the Affordable Care Act’s EMR meaningful use mandate
- Alex Jones’ theory that Trump is a Democratic sleeper agent
- The Learjet crash: icing, narrow flight tolerances, private jet safety and the young co-pilot
- What aviation safety culture (including the Korean Air lesson) can teach healthcare
- Iran, incomplete information and what the public never sees
- Ending the clock change, and the Titanic submersible and the fear of death
- Daylight saving time vs standard time, circadian rhythms, school start times and being “fun employed”
- Why you shouldn’t second guess a clinical trial, and betting markets on trial outcomes
- The ER baby declared dead and found alive, and pool dangers for small children
- Quasi-experimental designs, and the Hep B trial in Guinea-Bissau
- Richard Pan, vaccine absolutism and pharma money
- All-cause mortality and number needed to treat
- Flu shot mandates, how flu vaccines get tested and why test-negative studies fall short
- The med school research arms race and the case for putting phones away
- Book recommendations: Elena Ferrante, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King and Haruki Murakami
- Kundalini, awakening and meditation retreats
- Cold showers and sick days: the Dutch randomized trial
- Perimenopause, why Gen X is making it trendy, and more Murakami
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Elizabeth Holmes Doc, Pope Leo Cancer, Bryan Johnson Genome
The all-new Nissan Nystagmus: Deviate your Driving! 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 46, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube. Chronological topic list Housekeeping: clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a …
Notes de l’épisode
The all-new Nissan Nystagmus: Deviate your Driving! 😁
It's VPZD Ep. 46, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube.
Chronological topic list
- Housekeeping: clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a competent examiner matters
- Zubin’s first travel speaking engagement in three years, a pain medicine panel in Dallas, and the Rodeo Goat burger
- Vinay’s panel at a biotech conference and the longevity target question
- Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, and how John Ioannidis spotted the lack of peer reviewed papers
- Why you can’t run 100 tests off a single drop of blood
- Zubin’s Theranos lipid panel at TEDMED and whether the numbers were real
- Finger sticks versus venipuncture, and why lancets hurt
- The Nathan Fielder documentary and the 35 days before federal prison
- Holmes’s personality, her belief that the machine works, and “Theranos 2.0”
- Puppeteer or puppet: Billy Evans, Sunny Balwani, and the men in her life
- Amanda Seyfried’s reenactments and the second half of the film
- Did she commit fraud, did it harm patients, and was she scapegoated for flying too high
- Why Holmes picked a claim that could be tested in minutes, and the harder to falsify claims in biotech
- Health influencers, creatine, and observational studies as placebo
- Stanford versus Berkeley, and the CAC score as a better measured number than Theranos
- A glioblastoma device and the ambiguity of its trial
- Whether Holmes really didn’t understand the “Who’s on First” joke
- Spiritual people, pop culture, and why VPZD isn’t cognitive dissonance
- Pope Leo’s lung cancer: luck or Providence, lead time bias, or an indolent tumor
- Why Pope Leo’s case gets spun as proof that screening works, and the case against scanning non-smokers
- Whether adenocarcinoma, secondhand smoke, and a Peruvian mission shaped the diagnosis
- The Pope’s reported equanimity, and the politics of the papal job
- A New York Times Daily episode on Texas Trump voters, and why a cherry-picked anecdote isn’t a poll
- Why polling is a flawed science, plus spam calls and the “right to be left alone”
- Indian call center scammers and YouTube videos of people hacking them
- AI car dealership calls, and medical car names like the Ford Infarct and the Toyota Tetralogy
- Bryan Johnson’s post that his genome was of no use, and Anne Wojcicki’s response
- Francis Collins’s promise that genomes would guide blood pressure pills
- Zubin’s factor V Leiden and prothrombin findings, and what a genome did and didn’t tell him
- Why reading DNA like letters in a book is the wrong metaphor, and the Lego exhibit analogy
- Craig Venter’s genome talk and his “we can tell you when you will die” pitch
- Bryan Johnson’s changing positions, and what he eats
- Cheese fries, GERD, and a Dallas talk that felt like the whole room was talking
- Pain providers, opioids, the Sacklers, and the overcorrection that followed
- The parallel with SSRIs and the dilemma of taking people off a drug they shouldn’t have started
- A reported 40% rate of pancreatic cysts on MRI, IPMN, and the scan industrial complex
- Jalen Hurts’s blood clots: cleats to the calf, a long flight, and Virchow’s triad
- Lupus anticoagulant, factor V Leiden, and oral contraceptives
- Zubin’s daughter’s factor V Leiden and whether she can take the pill
- Goldfinger, a Scooby-Doo clip, and how standards have changed
- Next week’s topics and a plug to watch the Holmes documentary
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Nobel Prize Snubs, AI Medicine, Brain Death, SSRIs
AI gave Zubin hair in our thumbnail...we truly are at End Times 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 45, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube. Chronological topic list Shout out to Dentalica, the Metallica cover band of dentists …
Notes de l’épisode
AI gave Zubin hair in our thumbnail...we truly are at End Times 😁
It's VPZD Ep. 45, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube.
Chronological topic list
- Shout out to Dentalica, the Metallica cover band of dentists
- Follow up on the failed execution and whether healthcare professionals should take part in executions
- Firing squad and livestreamed executions as a case for the state owning its violence
- Childhood abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, and whether crime is a medical problem or a moral one
- A bilingual doctor barred from speaking Spanish to her patient after failing a hospital proficiency test
- Nobel Prize snubs in optogenetics, including Ed Boyden, Feng Zhang, and the Wayne State researcher
- Rosalind Franklin, narrative, and why credit in science is so messy
- Why science is full of forced moves while art is not, and what that means for AI
- Clinical breakthroughs like Gleevec that never win Nobels
- Political Nobels, Obama, and Bob Dylan skipping the ceremony
- Academic AI studies that are outdated by publication, plus a Lancet “phase one” chatbot trial with no control arm
- AI models guessing Trump’s IQ and the case that the voting booth is the health check for politicians
- Why Zubin doesn’t vote, and the billionaire tax
- The seven levels of wealth and the arc from Rolex to no watch
- NYU’s three-year medical school and the cherry-picked comparison groups
- Zubin’s fourth year of medical school and finishing Berkeley in three years
- Reforming medical training from college through the extra fellowship year
- Teaching critical thinking over memorization as the line between charlatan and expert blurs
- Zeke Emanuel’s Eat Your Ice Cream, reverse causality, and confounding in observational studies
- The descriptive versus prescriptive fallacy in medicine and spiritual awakening
- Counseling cancer patients about alcohol
- SSRIs, RFK Jr., withdrawal, and why long-term data can’t separate benefit from dependence
- Brain zaps and SSRIs in awakening circles
- Vinay’s accidental decaf month and the nicotine gum trend
- Brain death, advance directives, and who you’d trust to pull the plug
- Moral anguish, organ and cadaveric nerve consent, and an ICU nurse’s perspective
- Airplane rules, annual PPD testing, and the absurdity of medical bureaucracy
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Lethal Injection Ethics, Meditation Dangers, GRAIL Cancer Screening
Should we be medicalizing state-sanctioned executions? Is meditation actually safe? Do liquid biopsies save lives? EASY QUESTIONS ONE AND ALL 😂 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#44) In this …
Notes de l’épisode
Should we be medicalizing state-sanctioned executions? Is meditation actually safe? Do liquid biopsies save lives? EASY QUESTIONS ONE AND ALL 😂 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#44)
In this episode, we talked liquid biopsies for multi-cancer screening, the evidence behind recent blood test trials, and the risks of false positives and overdiagnosis. We dove into meditation’s possible benefits and harms, including anxiety, dissociation, and psychosis, as well as concerns about using it as a productivity tool. Finally, we hit physician involvement in state executions and the ethics of lethal injection, along with honest conversations about cancer prognosis and goals of care.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Affirmative Action, AI Medical Recording, AI Doomers
Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42) Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking Whether AI …
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Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42)
- Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking
- Whether AI companies calling for regulation are protecting the public or protecting their own competitive lead
- The "Chernobyl of AI" idea, and skepticism toward vague doomsday percentage predictions
- Burnout across the AI industry, and a personal parallel to burning out in medicine before starting ZDoggMD
- Why doctors, unlike coders, are resistant to AI encroaching on their work
- A court ruling on whether the raw audio of an AI-assisted medical visit is discoverable in a malpractice suit, and a comparison to body cam data
- The DOJ's civil rights division investigation into UCSF and other med schools over affirmative action compliance post-SFFA v. Harvard
- Whether standardized test scores, grit, or adversity best predict who becomes a good doctor, and the weak evidence behind racial concordance studies
- A broader reflection on how identity and tribalism shape reactions to contested topics, using the Israel-Palestine debate and the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran episode as examples
- Institutional neutrality, the NIH funding fight involving Russ Vought, and why one-sided political stances put universities at risk
- Addressing a live comment about their COVID-era track record and clarifying actual positions
- Closing thoughts and sign-off
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Macklemore, Confidence Intervals, LG Spying
Exploring the issues of the day, (Mackle)more or less 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42) Topics covered: the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran controversy over political statements at concerts; land …
Notes de l’épisode
Exploring the issues of the day, (Mackle)more or less 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42)
Topics covered: the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran controversy over political statements at concerts; land acknowledgments and performative activism; T-Rex body temperature research using tooth enamel isotopes; amateur archaeology and human evolution theories; the fluoride-in-water debate, weighing dental benefits against IQ concerns; a University awards ceremony disrupted by political chanting; Jonathan Haidt's three great untruths and campus culture; why Middle East politics resist typical activist framing; Wall Street Journal's editorial inconsistency on FDA drug decisions; statistics deep dive on p-values, split alpha, and confidence interval interpretation; new ACGME resident work-hour rules and their unintended consequences; administrative burden as the real driver of resident burnout; Angela Duckworth's concept of grit, examined through the lens of descriptive versus prescriptive reasoning; ambition, cortisol, and the psychology of never feeling successful; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as a surprisingly good stage production; a JAMA study on pilots, flight attendants, and radiation-induced cancer; skepticism toward routine dental X-rays; hot tub-associated lung disease and questionable AI-generated medical advice; cold plunge trends and the lack of supporting data; why subtle political art works better than explicit statements; the controversy over AI assistance in solving a famous unsolved math problem; concerns about LG smart TVs recording audio and network data; and closing thoughts on 90s hip-hop versus the explicitness of modern rap.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Pancreatic Cancer Drug, USPSTF, Tylenol-Autism
We're trying to become better listeners, SO PREPARE FOR SOME SHOUTING 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#41) We cover the new pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib and its rash side effect, survival …
Notes de l’épisode
We're trying to become better listeners, SO PREPARE FOR SOME SHOUTING 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#41)
We cover the new pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib and its rash side effect, survival benefit, and cost; what makes pancreatic cancer especially deadly; Vinay’s clinical background across hematology and oncology; how mechanistically cancer actually kills; the challenge of finding good podcast guests and why authenticity matters more than plugging a product; vaccine mandates and the difference between individual versus population-level benefit; the USPSTF’s recent upheaval and the challenge of evidence-based guidelines on contested topics like depression screening, mammograms, and prostate cancer screening; observational versus randomized evidence, with examples spanning flu vaccines, shingles vaccines and dementia, and Tylenol in pregnancy and autism; the OpenAI Navier-Stokes controversy and AI’s role in mathematics; AI in medicine and a JAMA perspective piece on AI replacing physicians; statins, coronary calcium scores, and personal decision-making around cardiovascular risk; weight stigma in medical training and the complexity of obesity; alternative medicine, longevity influencers, and Vinay’s evolving views on certainty; the ethics and mechanics of prediction markets and biotech stock betting; and reflections on active listening and communication style on the show.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Fauci's Diary, Vinay's FDA Experience, Jason Arday (Recorded LIVE)
Yeah it's been over a year but you can't keep a couple of handsome brown guys apart forever 😎 A BRAND NEW VPZD EPISODE, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#40) Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr …
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Yeah it's been over a year but you can't keep a couple of handsome brown guys apart forever 😎 A BRAND NEW VPZD EPISODE, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#40)
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Ivy Leagues, Vaccine Science, Politics & Stuff
We're back, just cuz we had dinner and felt like a live nightcap. Enjoy!Watch the originally live YouTube video here. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" …
Notes de l’épisode
We're back, just cuz we had dinner and felt like a live nightcap. Enjoy!
Watch the originally live YouTube video here.
- Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Trump Transition, Reproductive Rights, Vaccine Truth
Another live episode, we touch on a BUNCH of stuff, including Trump's transition, possible FDA appointments, RFK Jr., letters we've gotten about reproductive rights, was Harris or her team afraid to have her go …
Notes de l’épisode
Another live episode, we touch on a BUNCH of stuff, including Trump's transition, possible FDA appointments, RFK Jr., letters we've gotten about reproductive rights, was Harris or her team afraid to have her go on Rogan, a deep dive into COVID infection fatality rate and what to do about vaccines, and MUCH more. Watch the video version here.
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Why Trump Won & What It Means For Healthcare
Regardless of your political leanings, this live podcast WILL traumatize you 😻. Election reactions, media polarization, what this might mean for healthcare and WAY more than you cared to hear about Peyronie’s …
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Regardless of your political leanings, this live podcast WILL traumatize you 😻.
Election reactions, media polarization, what this might mean for healthcare and WAY more than you cared to hear about Peyronie’s disease 🍆🤓. Watch the video version here.
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Rogan & Trump, Dumb Medical Practices, A VPZD Book Club?
In this episode we discuss Joe Rogan/Trump Interview insights, the ‘science’ of polling, irrational COVID policies, erosion of trust in the medical establishment, the dangers of public health dogma, Trump …
Notes de l’épisode
In this episode we discuss Joe Rogan/Trump Interview insights, the ‘science’ of polling, irrational COVID policies, erosion of trust in the medical establishment, the dangers of public health dogma, Trump Derangement Syndrome™️, reflections on the US political system, Zubin’s TikTok verification drama, what creates successful social media reach, TikTok’s cringey docs, the impact of shame on medical practice and education, Rogan’s fixation on physical fitness, why Yoga kicks ass, Vinay’s literary review of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series, and Zubin’s personal experience with psychedelics (watch THAT video here).
Video version of this episode here.
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Public Health Sex Party Hypocrisy
Former New York public health official Jay Varma's hypocritical sex parties during COVID, why we refuse to talk to most reporters, VP’s take on the new schizophrenia drug, the 10 year anniversary of VP’s …
Notes de l’épisode
Former New York public health official Jay Varma's hypocritical sex parties during COVID, why we refuse to talk to most reporters, VP’s take on the new schizophrenia drug, the 10 year anniversary of VP’s PARADIGM-HF heart failure drug trial smackdown, how much an MD/PhD with 100 years of training makes when they finally finish school, Marty’s new book, a Stanford and Emory conference where VP is speaking on public health controversies, and much more!
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Blind Spots (w/Dr. Marty Makary)
Marty's in tha' house to rap about his new book, out Sept. 17th! Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health. Video version here.Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite …
Notes de l’épisode
Marty's in tha' house to rap about his new book, out Sept. 17th! Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health. Video version here.
Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite podcast app. Check out VP's Substack Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts as well as Sensible Medicine. Here's all our previous episodes together.
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Biden’s Drug Pricing, Fake Health News, Marty’s Book
The three horseman of the apocalypse are BACK! We talk Marty’s new book, CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies, Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations, media health reporting biases …
Notes de l’épisode
The three horseman of the apocalypse are BACK! We talk Marty’s new book, CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies, Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations, media health reporting biases, COVID and testing rules, Paxlovid efficacy, the media and lab leak theory, garbage research and health equity, lab leak vs. wet market, medical education is broken and what to do about it, why the med school curriculum is crap, how to fix medical conferences, why debate in medicine is now taboo, ABMS and medical board exam monopoly, culture of obedience in medicine, and more!
Here's a sneak peek of Marty Makary's new book BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health (now available for pre-order).
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Losing ZDadd, MOC is Dumb, Medical Masking
The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version here.Topics covered:00:00 Intro, WE'RE BACK!4:02 Zubin's Dad's Passing30:00 Physician Maintenance of Certification …
Notes de l’épisode
The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version here.
Topics covered:
00:00 Intro, WE'RE BACK!
4:02 Zubin's Dad's Passing
30:00 Physician Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
48:18 Chat GPT and Medicine
52:24 Letting DOJ Know About MOC Monopoly
54:04 Colon Cancer Screening
1:04:30 Whole Body MRI Scans
1:12:24 GI Jokes
1:13:57 Masking In Hospitals
1:23:07 Doctors' Attire and Behavior (Professionalism)
1:27:21 What's Up With Braces?
👉 Ain't The Way To Die, including resources on end-of-life planning.
👉 Link to let DOJ know about MOC.
👉 Previous episode w/Dr. Paul Teirstein on MOC (Maintenence of Certification)
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CDC Masking Comments, Prior Auths, Paxlovid Data
Famous docs who can’t process evidence, prior authorization in healthcare and care variation, private equity and gray areas in medicine, the decline of academic medical centers, indoctrination in education …
Notes de l’épisode
Famous docs who can’t process evidence, prior authorization in healthcare and care variation, private equity and gray areas in medicine, the decline of academic medical centers, indoctrination in education, does Paxlovid actually work in populations that matter and the biases of observational trials, fake twitter medical experts, why hospital maintenance workers have more common sense than healthcare leadership, Cochrane mask review, CDC director masking comments and ivermectin, politics in science and why politicians simply can’t be honest, and more! Video here.
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- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
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- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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Sudden Deaths, Damar Hamlin, FDA Bivalent Fail
We were both victims of the "tripledemic" and now have Long Cold but we're BACK! In Episode 30 we dive into the recent focus on sudden deaths and cardiac arrest in athletes such as Damar Hamlin and whether …
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We were both victims of the "tripledemic" and now have Long Cold but we're BACK! In Episode 30 we dive into the recent focus on sudden deaths and cardiac arrest in athletes such as Damar Hamlin and whether vaccine causation can be attributed as many online "experts" insist, Vinay's new myocarditis paper, FDA withholding Moderna human data from advisory committee members during bivalent EUA approval, do medications really "expire" and much more!
Video: https://youtu.be/DOQF2JNZug4
- Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
- Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
- More on Zubin.
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The Misinformation Police Strike Out (& More)
The boys are back in town 🔥. We talk about the future of social media, Elon Musk's Twitter, misinformation policing failures, metabolic health, being your authentic self and more. Here's VP's Sensible Medicine …
Notes de l’épisode
The boys are back in town 🔥. We talk about the future of social media, Elon Musk's Twitter, misinformation policing failures, metabolic health, being your authentic self and more.
Here's VP's Sensible Medicine article we referenced.
Topics & Timecodes
00:00 Verbal & non-verbal communication, listening & presence
02:43 The future of social media, Zuckerberg, Elon's authenticity, Twitter & the blue checkmark disaster
10:49 Z's alleged 30-millionaire status, calculating net worth, the importance of supporting content & creators you care about
14:54 Sensible Medicine & VP's Misinformation Police article, suppression of ideas vs. presenting a better counter-argument, the far left & tribal identity
27:08 Terrible midterm election predictions, Dr. Oz's inauthenticity & subsequent loss, pseudo-science "influencers"
33:26 America's Frontline Doctors & Simone Gold's alleged implosion
35:02 Masking kids & NEJM's paper, observational vs randomized control trials, bad science & its overlap with politics, myocarditis, MedScape & the attack on Mandrola
46:30 Insulin resistance, the pros & cons of glucose monitoring as "health entertainment", metabolic health, cold plunge
1:07:53 Bob Califf tweets & long Covid claims, Ashish Jha changes his tune
1:13:36 Authenticity, being seen for who you authentically are, ZDadd tech support, post-meditation retreat realizations
1:25:23 Predictions on the approaching world shift, final thoughts
- Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
- Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
- More on Vinay.
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Colonoscopy, Ladapo & Science Mag, UMN White Coat Oath
ZD visits VP studios for a broad discussion about colonoscopy, Florida's surgeon general Ladapo and Science magazine, the new oath taken by UMN medical students during their White Coat ceremony, and MUCH more …
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ZD visits VP studios for a broad discussion about colonoscopy, Florida's surgeon general Ladapo and Science magazine, the new oath taken by UMN medical students during their White Coat ceremony, and MUCH more. The only thing missing is VP's signature black leather jacket 🔥
Watch VP's breakdown of the NordICC colo trial here, here, and here. Read UMN's white coat oath and learn more about Ladapo and the Science magazine editorial here.
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NYU Professor Fired, COVID Personality Changes, College Mask Madness
We discuss firing of the NYU professor who's class was too hard, the problems with screening for medical school admission, Dr. Glauckomflecken's maskless Twitter selfie thing and the nature of virtue signaling …
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We discuss firing of the NYU professor who's class was too hard, the problems with screening for medical school admission, Dr. Glauckomflecken's maskless Twitter selfie thing and the nature of virtue signaling, why JEDI aren't woke enough according to Scientific American (cuz eugenics of course), a recent study on personality changes due to the pandemic, CRAZY liberal arts college masking policies, and much more!
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- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
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Bivalent Boosters, Healthcare Masking, Sensible Medicine
VP and ZD celebrate the return of in-person conferences, lament the challenges of continued mandatory masking in healthcare settings, and talk about better ways to get at truth (yeah, I'm kinda phoning in the …
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VP and ZD celebrate the return of in-person conferences, lament the challenges of continued mandatory masking in healthcare settings, and talk about better ways to get at truth (yeah, I'm kinda phoning in the summary of this dope discussion this time, just listen already 😂 #quietquitting)
Video: https://youtu.be/B7V1RelMXwA
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Omicron Boosters 4 ALL, CO2 Meter Madness
A Labor Day Special!CDC recommends bivalent Omicron-specific boosters for everyone, the madness of the CO2 meter crowd, journalism's challenges, mean attending physician comments, the evolution of language, and …
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A Labor Day Special!
CDC recommends bivalent Omicron-specific boosters for everyone, the madness of the CO2 meter crowd, journalism's challenges, mean attending physician comments, the evolution of language, and more!
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- Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
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Canceled Public Health Doc, AAP Fails, Dr. Oz
The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on …
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The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on Sensible Medicine here), Novak Djokovic and US vaccine mandates, inauthenticity and Dr. Oz, student loan forgiveness, the Thailand kids vaccine study and much more!
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Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession
How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical …
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How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical thinking and religiosity, the dangers of over-testing and over-treatment with regards to routine blood work, Haidt’s 3 Great Untruths and cognitive distortions, pandemic response effect on true progressives, the consequences of ideological possession, how Vinay reviews the trustworthiness of sources, the difficulties of “debunking”, the monkeypox situation, and much more!
Video: https://youtu.be/jmebULFQWyw
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Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism
We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below).Here's the Offit interview I mentioned.Topic List Omicron-specific boosters Data on severe …
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We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below).
Here's the Offit interview I mentioned.
Topic List- Omicron-specific boosters
- Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
- The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
- Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
- Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
- Does repeated COVID infection harm you
- Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
- Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
- Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
- Policing language vs. real policy issues
- Outrage culture
- The abortion mess
- Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
- When Covidians turn on their own
- Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
- When "science" museums behave like buttheads
- Loyalty on the left vs. the right
- Ayn Rand and young people
- Iodinated salt and MORE
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The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer Stuff 4 Tha' Clicks)
Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual …
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Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual feedback a good thing, San Francisco DA gets recalled, new immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, the importance of palliative care in oncology, and much more!
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Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys
We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the …
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We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the emergence of monkeypox, and the Depp/Heard trial.
Video: https://youtu.be/9i8cD4j4sQE
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- Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
- Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg
- More on Vinay: vinayakkprasad.com/bio
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Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg)
We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care.We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing …
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We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care.
We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing, colonoscopy, CT screening for lung cancer), the utility or lack thereof of genetic testing, medical devices, statins, hypertension guidelines and treatment, and much more. And here's my prior interview with Dr. Redberg.
Video: zdoggmd.com/less-is-more
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