Podcast Episodes

What Is a GI Psychiatrist? with Dr. Claire Brandon

This week we sit down with Dr. Claire Brandon, one of only a handful of GI psychiatrists in the country, to talk about something most of us learned i…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Knock Knock Eye: Is Corporate Medicine Breaking Emergency Care?

This episode starts with something that makes me very angry and ends with something that makes me genuinely happy. First, we talk about what’s happen…

7 months ago

Glauc Talk: Why Is My Dog Having Seizures?

This episode starts with TikTok’s updated Terms of Service, specifically the part where apps want to know where you are at all times, and quickly spi…

7 months ago

Knock Knock Eye: Can Penis Size Really Affect Olympic Performance?

We start this episode exactly where you’d expect: Olympic penis drama. From pole vault mishaps to ski jumpers allegedly injecting hyaluronic acid for…

7 months, 1 week ago

Glauc Talk: How Residency Applications Became an Arms Race

This week, Kristin and I unpack what really happened after Step 1 went pass/fail and why medical students are now under more pressure, not less. We t…

7 months, 1 week ago

Knock Knock Eye: Why Do We Still Require Pre-Op Clearance for Cataract Surgery?

Let’s talk about something deeply unsexy but incredibly important: pre-op clearance for cataract surgery.

After watching a colleague get sent to thei…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Glauc Talk: Should You Trust Chat GPT Health With Your Medical Records?

This episode opens with an extremely serious debate about whether buying a $5,000 air hockey table is financially irresponsible… or medically necessa…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Knock Knock Eye: What Should You Do If You’re Pepper Sprayed At A Protest?

This episode is a tough one. I start by talking about the killing of Alex Preti and Renee Good in Minneapolis and why it’s been sitting so heavily wi…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

What Actually Keeps Your Heart Healthy? with Dr. Stacey Rosen

It’s Heart Month, so we went straight to the top and invited Dr. Stacy Rosen, Volunteer President of the American Heart Association, to help us answe…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Knock Knock Eye: How Dangerous Is Pickleball for Your Eyes?

This episode we get into a new JAMA Ophthalmology study takes a hard look at pickleball-related eye injuries, and the numbers are… not great. Retinal…

8 months ago