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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 h

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

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 dea

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 qu

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 perf

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 actua

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 honest

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 sy

Knock Knock Eye: Cosurvivorship & Why Kristin Belongs on This Podcast

I've got something serious to get off my chest this week. It's about how Kristin gets treated in the comments section of our own YouTube clips. A recent clip from our epi

Glauc Talk: What's the "Surgeon God Complex"?

We start with Kristin's ever-escalating sleep setup, my childhood bedtime prayer that explicitly included the possibility of dying in my sleep every night from ages zero

Knock Knock Eye: The Top Five Malpractice Risks for Ophthalmologists

Dr. Oz's proposed 2027 CMS rules dropped, and I've been waiting all week to get into them. The push toward value-based care and Accountable Care Organizations continues,

What Healing Actually Looks Like After Near-Death with Dr. Rana Awdish

Dr. Rana Awdish is one of those rare humans who can speak from both sides of the hospital bed with complete authority, and somehow make you feel understood in the process

Knock Knock Eye: Physicians and Unionization: Why We're Behind

Two topics today. First, unionization, which is having a real moment in healthcare. Banner Health's hospitalists just formed the largest physician union in Arizona. The B

Sharon McMahon on How Physicians Can Make Real Change in the Healthcare System

Sharon McMahon, America's government teacher, author of the number one New York Times bestseller The Small and the Mighty, and one of the most effective science communica

Knock Knock Eye: My July 4th On-Call Recap

I almost finished my July 4th call week. Good news! Portland did not blow its face off this year. No open globes, no eyelid lacerations, no thermal injuries, no sclopetar

Glauc Talk: Can Free Medical School Fix the Primary Care Crisis?

It's just the two of us this week, which means we bounce between Star Wars, ageism in medicine, Mark Cuban's healthcare policy ideas, and the spleen. Kristin sent me a vi

Knock Knock Eye: Life Advice for Residents Starting Their First Month

Today's main event: how a physician-owned practice negotiates with UnitedHealthcare. UHC is notorious for raising premiums 20 to 30% while offering physician reimbursemen

Two Sisters, Two Cardiac Arrests, Zero Explanations with Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana

This week we're joined by Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana, sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Flatlined and Fine, and their stories are almost impossible to believe.

Knock Knock Eye: World Cup Eye Injuries: An Ophthalmologist's Field Guide

I'm on call July 4th for the first time in what feels like forever, and I have fully lost perspective on what call should feel like. 2018 me, fresh out of an Iowa trauma

Is the Match Broken? A Deep Dive into Medical Education with Dr. Bryan Carmody

I've been watching the Sheriff of Sodium break down medical education data on social media for years, so I'm thrilled to finally have Dr. Bryan Carmody on the show to hel