Glauc Talk: Nostalgia as a Survival Mechanism
This week we go down a bit of an emotional rabbit hole, starting with a Mad Men clip about nostalgia. This leads to us reading some genuinely fascinating research on nostalgia; why it exists, what it ...
8 Sep 43min
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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 31min
