Knock Knock Eye: How Step One Pass/Fail Fueled the Research Arms Race
So last episode I made the case that medical student research should be banned, and I clearly touched a nerve. I got flooded with angry messages arguing against me, and honestly, I expected some backl...
3 Syys 34min
Glauc Talk: Should We Be Using AI in Our Creative Pursuits?
This week we start by discussing our daughter's summer geometry crash course, and I forgot how much I hate proofs. I also tell the story of getting stuck at the Salt Lake airport with the Portland Tho...
1 Syys 44min
Knock Knock Eye: Nine Neonatologists Fired Without Explanation
I just wrapped my second call week of the year, and honestly, getting older has made overnight pages so much harder than they used to be. At 30 I could wake up from a dead sleep and immediately have a...
27 Elo 42min
Glauc Talk: "Ozempic Face" & Other GLP-1 Side Effects
This week Kristin and I get into "Ozempic face," which has been all over social media, and I break down what's actually happening medically when people lose facial fat quickly on GLP-1 medications. Kr...
25 Elo 42min
Knock Knock Eye: Research Hot Takes: Medical Student Research Should Be Banned
I've got a love-hate relationship with research, and this week I finally get into why. I'll read a study, I'll watch a talk, I genuinely enjoy learning about it, but performing research myself has nev...
20 Elo 36min
Glauc Talk: Acting Class Confessions from a 40-Year-Old Ophthalmologist
This week Kristin and I start off with something I've been wanting to work on for a while, my medical Spanish, because we're opening up a new location and I want to actually be able to communicate wit...
18 Elo 42min
Knock Knock Eye: Sydney Towle's Legacy and the Isolation of Young Adult Cancer
I wanted to start this one off talking about Sydney Towle, a 26 year old TikToker who documented her stage four cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis with so much humor and honesty that it genuinely impacted m...
13 Elo 31min
Stupid Cancer, Stupid Insurance, Smart Guests (with Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer)
This week Kristin and I sit down with Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer, two cancer survivors who between them have basically seen every corner of the American healthcare system and lived to write a book...
11 Elo 1h 6min
