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    The VPZD Show

    Two doctors, one podcast, Alt-Middle as heck. Featuring Dr. Vinay Prasad (host of Plenary Session) and Dr. Zubin Damania (host of The ZDoggMD Show).

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    Latest Episodes:
    Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession Jul 22, 2022
    Show notes

    How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical thinking and religiosity, the dangers of over-testing and over-treatment with regards to routine blood work, Haidt’s 3 Great Untruths and cognitive distortions, pandemic response effect on true progressives, the consequences of ideological possession, how Vinay reviews the trustworthiness of sources, the difficulties of “debunking”, the monkeypox situation, and much more!

    Video: https://youtu.be/jmebULFQWyw

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism Jul 07, 2022
    Show notes

    We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below).

    Here's the Offit interview I mentioned.

    Topic List

    1. Omicron-specific boosters
    2. Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale
    3. The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination
    4. Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates
    5. Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home
    6. Does repeated COVID infection harm you
    7. Law vs. science and second order effects of legal decisions
    8. Tribal division and taking joy in the suffering of the out-group
    9. Stanford med school dean abortion letter controversy
    10. Policing language vs. real policy issues
    11. Outrage culture
    12. The abortion mess
    13. Jonathan Haidt's "Great Untruths"
    14. When Covidians turn on their own
    15. Taking offense vs. assuming good intent and how to organically promote changes in language
    16. When "science" museums behave like buttheads
    17. Loyalty on the left vs. the right
    18. Ayn Rand and young people
    19. Iodinated salt and MORE


    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer Stuff 4 Tha' Clicks) Jun 12, 2022
    Show notes

    Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual feedback a good thing, San Francisco DA gets recalled, new immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, the importance of palliative care in oncology, and much more!

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys Jun 03, 2022
    Show notes

    We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the emergence of monkeypox, and the Depp/Heard trial.

    Video: https://youtu.be/9i8cD4j4sQE

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/vpzd
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here: sensiblemed.substack.com/
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast: vinayakkprasad.com/plenarysession
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast: zdoggmd.com/z-blogg
    • More on Vinay: vinayakkprasad.com/bio
    • More on Zubin: lnk.bio/zdoggmd

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    Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg) May 19, 2022
    Show notes

    We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care.

    We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing, colonoscopy, CT screening for lung cancer), the utility or lack thereof of genetic testing, medical devices, statins, hypertension guidelines and treatment, and much more. And here's my prior interview with Dr. Redberg.

    Video: zdoggmd.com/less-is-more

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Supreme Court Abortion Decision & Crazy COVID Stuff May 07, 2022
    Show notes

    CDC data collection, hepatitis in kids, Johnson & Johnson vaccine limited use, more on physician "influencers," the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court leaked draft decision, surprise medical billing, a nutty Twitter COVID story, seroprevalence of COVID in children, the White House Correspondents Dinner, annual COVID shots, Omicron's mortality, the "Pfizer documents" and more!

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Moderna For Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford Nurses Strike Apr 29, 2022
    Show notes

    Elon Musk buys Twitter and what that may mean, group mind and the threat of nuclear holocaust, the conundrum of "physician influencers" on social media, Moderna's push to get EUA for it's vaccine in kids younger than 5, the Stanford nurses go on strike, challenges in academic medicine, should people in healthcare forge their OWN path, and much more! The Dr. Risa Hoshino substack piece: https://sarahburwick.substack.com/p/who-is-risa-hoshino.

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    China Lockdowns, Teen Mental Health, Audience Capture Apr 15, 2022
    Show notes

    We dive DEEP into all the things in this rare in-person video episode of The VPZD Show. And VP's lookin' pretty fly for a brown guy in that black jacket 🔥

    We talk Elon Musk & Twitter, Bill Maher & medical humility, CNN's Dr. Leana Wen and her recent 360, China lockdowns, declines in teen mental health, kids cloth masking, booster science, Dr. Ashish Jha, the nature of audience capture, the value of authenticity, imposter syndrome, and much more. As promised, here's our first in-person interview from 2020; you can find all our episodes here.

    Full transcript and video: https://zdoggmd.com/vpzd-16/

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Ivermectin, NYC Toddler Masks, Dumb Policies Apr 08, 2022
    Show notes

    In this episode: Ivermectin, the latest Twitter absurdities, vacation without COVID, Will Smith, why medical conferences SUCK, NYC's toddler mask policy, why so many academics leave for pharma, that 4th dose, and more! Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-15/

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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    Worship Lord Zero COVID, 4th Booster, Dumb Policies Mar 23, 2022
    Show notes

    We're back! In this episode we talk: dumb COVID policies, mask shaming on both sides, Kyrie Irving vaccine controversy, worshipping Lord Zero COVID (Hong Kong and elsewhere), press coverage biases, a FOURTH booster shot, ethical considerations around pharma not providing meds to Russia, dumber college COVID policies, the deal with early treatments, Ash Jha and John Ioannidis, and the James Webb telescope and STEM inspiration. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-14/

    • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app.
    • Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here.
    • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.
    • Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.
    • More on Vinay.
    • More on Zubin.

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