Kaveh is joined by producer Nadeem, poet/MC/podcaster Propaganda, and UCSF orthopedic surgeon and sports analyst Dr. Nirav Pandya to talk about basketball and sports related injuries and discuss some excellent advice for parents with kids playing sports. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 29, 2024•53 min
Kaveh and guest co-host Dr. Sophie Balzora sit down to chat with living legend Chief John Moon about the most important piece of medical history that you've never heard of: Freedom House Ambulance, the emergency medical service staffed completely by underemployed Black men in Pittsburgh that revolutionized the delivery of health care and created what we now know as paramedics. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) and Dr. Jen Gunter to discuss her new book about menstruation, Blood. We learn why menstruation exists in the first place, how vaccines may affect it, and whether or not Kaveh should try putting menstrual blood on his face like he saw in that TikTok. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Kaveh talks with Neha Shah in a wide-ranging conversation, ranging from diet to food allergies and more. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Ryan Marino to chat with Amira Nimerawi, from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) about the worsening healthcare crisis in Gaza and what conditions are like currently for medical professionals dealing with injury, psychological stresses and rising cases of infectious diseases. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 27, 2023•47 min
Kaveh is joined by musician Marc Gasway and Infectious Disease expert Dr. George Thompson to learn all about Coccidiomycosis and other fungal infections and if the show The Last of Us is realistic in any way. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr
Kaveh is joined by cohost TJ Mitchell (author of First Cut, Aftershock) and guest Daniel Kraus to discuss his New York Times bestseller, Whalefall and learn all about how to write about being swallowed by a whale and why there's so many religious references in books. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 12, 2023•52 min
Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Dr. Jason Rosenbaum to interview comedian and actor Walter Masterson, whose hugely popular videos satirize anti-vaccine advocates and far right wing fringe conspiracy theories. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Replay of episode from May of 2022: Kaveh is joined by world leading expert in colorectal cancer, TR Levin and author Dr. John Chuck who discusses his new book on getting the most good stuff out of a life in medicine, despite all the reasons not to. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 30, 2023•47 min
Kaveh is joined by public speaking coach Misty Scachtell-Megia to discuss tips and strategies for managing the fear of public speaking. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Kaveh is joined by Will Poole (aka Kristi Yamaguccimane) and military historian/author Myke Cole to discuss his book the Bronze Lie, the truth behind the spartan myth, and how it’s misused today. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Kaveh is joined by John and Zoe, from the band Portugal The Man to discuss their daughter's rare neurodegenerative disorder and they're joined by Dr. Stan Crooke, who's started the n-Lorem foundation to help find treatments for ultra rare genetic diseases just like this. Take a listen to hear about the struggles of navigating health care for patients and families and the exciting new world of treatments opening up with ASOs (Anti-Sense Oligonucleotides). Send your questions and comments to hopqu...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 9 min
For the annual Halloween episode, Kaveh is joined by Marc Gasway and Doctors Stephen Sample & Tyler Black to discuss horror films set in psych wards or with psychological themes. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Kaveh is joined by ethicist/pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Alyssa Burgart & podcaster/cousin Sanam Skelly to discuss cases of doctors sexually assaulting patients and how some perpetrators were allowed to continue for years. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 24, 2023•58 min
Kaveh is joined by Dr. Arghavan Salles to discuss the surgeon Robert Liston who helped revolutionize surgery and is famously known for a surgery with a 300% mortality rate. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 17, 2023•45 min
Kaveh is joined by author Rax King and toxicologist Ryan Marino to discuss addiction and the impaired physician. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Kaveh is joined by Urologists/Sex Health experts Ashley Winter and Justin Dubin to discuss treatment of sexual dysfunction, cock rings, and more! Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Kaveh is joined by comedian Turner Sparks and Hepatologist Elliot Tapper to discuss Fatty Liver Disease, what causes it, how to treat it, and why it’s being renamed. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2023•57 min
Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson (Quizotron, Girls on Boys) and Robert Evans (Behind the Bastards) to conclude the story of Lucy Letby, the worst nurse ever. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2023•58 min
Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson and Robert Evans (Behind The Bastards) to discuss the case of Lucy Letby, the nurse in England convicted of murdering infants in her hospitals NICU. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 18, 2023•54 min
Kaveh is joined by comedian/podcaster Dave Anthony (The Dollop) and Dr. Jonathan Howard (author of We Want Them Infected) to read and review some of the best/worst COVID tweets and quotes of the past 3 years. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Kaveh is joined by med school classmate Bobby Davari and world class shit-poster Kristi Yamaguccimane (Will Poole) to discuss Epidemiology with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and to discuss what happens when research goes bad.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Kaveh and psychiatrist Dr. Sulman Mirza chat with The High Priestess of Wrestling, Dark Sheik (Sam Khandaghabadi) about professional wrestling and how a trans Persian story teller started the accidental Bay Area phenomenon known as Hoodslam. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 31, 2023•55 min
Kaveh is joined by co-host Ryan Marino to discuss acts of violence in the healthcare setting with Dr. Alison Huckenpahler and medical student Yousof Fawzy, who have studied the rise in attacks.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Kaveh is joined by Ed Niremberg and Dr. Gavin Yamey to examine RFKs disastrous impact on the measles epidemic in Samoa and how the history of COVID is being rewritten. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Kaveh is joined by musician Marc Gasway and molecular pathologist Jason Rosenbaum to learn what it is that pathologists actually do, why autopsies are important, and why we're doing less of them these days. And also, cow vaginas.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Kaveh is joined by intern Ali and psychiatrist Tyler Black to discuss the online bullying of Peter Hotez and what life is like in college in 2023. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2023•49 min
In a special team up, Kaveh is joined by James of “It Could Happen Here” to learn more about delivering health care to the Native American population. Guests include medical student Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen and Dr. Molly Hallweaver.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Kaveh and Wei chat with comedian and actor Dan Ahdoot about Undercooked, his new book on obsession with food, learn how to return food at restaurants, and how being pre-med can prepare you for a career in entertainment.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 30, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Kaveh and co-host Parker James are joined by Dr. Jonathan Howard to discuss his new book on the failed quest for herd immunity that led otherwise reasonable doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min