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The ZDoggMD Show

735 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings

Interviews and live rants on healthcare, depolarizing our divided society, and the non-dual nature of reality. Hosted by UCSF/Stanford-trained physician Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA ZDoggMD).

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Saving Healthcare, Waking Up & Radical Self-Acceptance (From Instagram LIVE)

March 22, 2024 19:01 - 51 minutes

We rap about Health 3.0, my advice to medical residents, collecting beliefs and MORE! Plus an unmasked cameo from the one and only Doc Vader 🔥 Originally streamed LIVE to Instagram. Full topic list: Will I make more music videos? What is health 3.0 and why waking up to our true nature is the only way to bring it about? Advice for entering medical residents What’s looking through your eyes? Doc Vader’s psychedelic journey What happens when we stop collecting beliefs? The shame and ident...

Is Suffering Your Attention's Cry For Help? (from Facebook LIVE)

March 18, 2024 23:08 - 58 minutes

Originally streamed to Facebook live back in February and released for supporters-only on YouTube, now viewable by everyone 🙏 Join our Supporter Tribe: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Watch the video version here. If you're "into" this kind of content, subscribe & leave a review, it really helps spread the word 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time ...

Are You Addicted To Anger? (Sunday Zen, LIVE)

March 04, 2024 16:16 - 1 hour

I took a month break from creating videos, and guess what? It wasn't just about finding peace. There were some serene moments, but anger stole the spotlight. Here's why. #SundayZen. Originally streamed live to YouTube, watch the video here. If you're "into" this kind of content, subscribe & leave a review, it really helps spread the word 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdog...

Force Friday w/Doc Vader

February 04, 2024 19:57 - 52 minutes

In a galaxy not so far away, you asked, and Vader delivered. The Dark Lord of Medicine enlightens us on vaping, tight scrubs, and the untold secrets of space cancer. Video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.co...

Ask Z Anything (From Instagram LIVE)

January 31, 2024 00:54 - 49 minutes

I take your questions on everything from transforming healthcare to identity shifts to practical decision making strategies and more. Originally streamed LIVE to Instagram, watch the video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: ht...

Closing The Generation Gap (Feat. Tha' ZPupps), LIVE

January 16, 2024 19:59 - 57 minutes

We rap about everything from the generation gap to pronouns to musical taste. Fun for the whole family 🥳 Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, video version here. And check out the Australian generation gap lamb ad! Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More abo...

Hurting Those We Love, Reactivity, The Nature of Now (Sunday Zen, LIVE)

January 09, 2024 22:41 - 1 hour

Originally streamed live on YouTube, in this Q+A we dive into: "Wherever you go, there you are" and what that really means What is "ananda" or bliss in relation to reality? Is there even a Now moment? How realization isn't the slightest bit "spiritual" How can we navigate social media without succumbing to mind traps? Reactivity and how to recognize and uproot it Is Doc Vader spiritual? The nature of desire Why do we hurt those we love MOST? Video show archive, audio podcasts, music...

2024 New Year's Day (From YouTube LIVE)

January 03, 2024 03:09 - 1 hour

Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, we rap about retreat realities, reactivity management, Zcatt's dental saga and more! Watch the video version here. PS if you're into this stuff, join our Supporter Tribe and get access to supporter-only livestreams, online retreats (NEW for 2024) and connect with others on this pathless path 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Suppor...

From Taint to Truth: An Alcoholic's Awakening (w/Eshwar Segobind)

December 22, 2023 00:47 - 2 hours

Awakening to no-self in the comedy of existence with my guest Eshwar Segobind. Listen to our prior episode here. Watch the video version here. Eshwar is an emergency electrical contractor and tradesman whose realization and awakening journey began during a several week stay in an addiction recovery center. We riff in our native immigrant accents for a while on subjects not safe for anyone, and tie all that into realizing the nature of no-self, identity, emotion, and the integration into "real...

Opening The Heart of Compassion (w/Simon Brown)

December 16, 2023 16:30 - 2 hours

Simon Brown returns for a master class on compassion and how it can never be separated from the deepest insights into the non-dual nature of reality itself. We talk about how compassion and suffering could matter if this world is a kind of illusion, the distinction between empathy and compassion as it relates to burnout, dorsal and ventral vagal mechanisms related to deep trauma conditioning, the true meaning of Christmas and the holiday season and MUCH more. Please listen to our previous ...

Beyond Existential Terror (Monday Zen, LIVE)

December 14, 2023 16:12 - 51 minutes

I take YOUR questions on non-duality, silent retreats, the illusion of identity, the nature of reality and more! Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ ...

See And Be Seen – For The First Time (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)

November 26, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour

Joined by Dr. Angelo DiLullo, your favorite ‘pair-o-docs’ dive into the paradox of self-emptying, where the journey to feeling truly recognized sparks a liberation beyond the boundaries of the ego. Plus a whole lotta taint talk 😂 Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Taints (AKA The Perineum, if you're nasty) 06:12 Anger, reactivity, root beliefs, the illusion of control 16:52 Identity, no separation, energetic “knowing” 23:55 Deep stage awakening, the illusion of the physical world 31:35 The “flavor” o...

This Is A Dream, But Suffering Is REAL (LIVE)

November 15, 2023 04:24 - 56 minutes

Waking up to your true nature is all about realizing there’s no separate “you” suffering. And knowing just that transforms how you show up in the world. Spoiler alert: Compassion just flows. Video originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, watch here. Side note: This episode contains intentional stretches of silence, so when things get quiet, rest assured it's not a problem with your podcast app 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social...

Integrating Trauma & Awakening The Heart (w/Simon Brown)

November 04, 2023 14:18 - 2 hours

There's an intricate relationship between past trauma, our bodies, and the spiritual journey of awakening. Realizing the non-dual nature of existence and the illusion of self doesn't allow us to simply bypass the echoes of past trauma that can linger in the body like energetic knots, often manifesting as chronic pain, disability, mental illness, and emotional distress. Our guest, Simon Brown, shares his remarkable journey navigating the challenging terrain of complex childhood trauma. Through...

Wanna End Suffering? Come Back To Your Senses (w/Eshwar Segobind)

October 30, 2023 16:20 - 1 hour

Strip away all the story and identity and spiritual mumbo-jumbo and you're left with what's right in front of your face, always here and only now. My guest Eshwar Segobind is an emergency electrical contractor and tradesman whose realization and awakening journey began during a several week stay in an addiction recovery center. We dive into how investigating YOUR experience in this moment is the key to seeing past the fundamental misperception that there is a "me" looking in the first place. ...

Trauma Is In The Body, And You Were Never To Blame

October 25, 2023 20:06 - 1 hour

A deep dive into how the body stores trauma, surrendering to these hidden sensations and the paradox of free will - originally streamed LIVE to Instagram. And here's Tara Brach's video I mentioned. Join our Supporter Tribe to connect with others on this journey and to access private Zoom meetings. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and g...

This Can Feel Truly Terrible, And That's OK (LIVE)

October 09, 2023 15:47 - 1 hour

Think the awakening journey is all unicorns and rainbows? Think again. Reactivity, emotional volatility, and more, from Sunday Zen, LIVE. And here's Angelo's video I referred to Breaking the Chains of Suffering -- Fetters 4 & 5 with Kevin Schanilec Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www...

Down The Reality Rabbit Hole (w/David Mc Donald)

September 24, 2023 14:29 - 1 hour

A deep dive into all things awakening including no-self realization, with David Mc Donald. Check out the video version and David's YouTube channel Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad ...

Doc Vader: Who's Your Daddy? (From Facebook LIVE)

September 21, 2023 00:19 - 34 minutes

Oh good (dark) lord, he's gone live again 😂 Full video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Universe Holds You: Shadow Work & More (LIVE)

September 17, 2023 16:12 - 40 minutes

From a recent Facebook live episode. I discuss the arising of strong emotions during the realization "journey" and the deep knowing that the Universe, (or God, or whatever descriptor we use to point to the ineffable) perfectly holds us as this process unfolds. And the beautiful synchronicity that all traditions seemingly point at the perennial wisdom: that we are NOT who or what we think we are 🔥 Full video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership...

COVID Killed My Dog! (A Post-Pandemic Playbook) w/Dr. Monica Gandhi

August 27, 2023 19:44 - 1 hour

Dr. Monica Gandhi is BACK to unpack lessons learned from the COVID pandemic. From prolonged lockdowns, to the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, to finding genuine compassion in a time of so much division, this post-pandemic deep dive might give us a playbook for a happier, wiser path forward. #RIPFrodo 🐶 Check out Monica's book Endemic: A Post Pandemic Playbook Watch the full video on YouTube Here's all our previous episodes with Monica. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music ...

Faith, Doubt, and Determination (Sunday Zen, LIVE)

August 20, 2023 19:06 - 1 hour

Zen teaches us that faith isn't blind; it's the knowing of our innate nature. Doubt isn't negative; it's the engine of inquiry that propels us toward understanding. Determination isn't force; it's the steady resolve to persist, harmonizing these traits for profound self-realization. WARNING: Pretty direct pointing here, so be prepared 😂 From a Facebook Live show. Here's the book I mentioned, Throw Yourself Into The House of Buddha. Join my non-cult 🤣 https://zdoggmd.com/supporters/ Watch the ...

Doc Vader: Q&A LIVE!

August 17, 2023 18:09 - 57 minutes

What do Death Stars, CME conferences and powerful sphincters have in common? THIS PODCAST 💀 Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, Doc Vader weighs in on vaccines, drug seekers, the art of upcoding and MUCH MORE 🔥 Watch full video. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme...

The Unbearable Heaviness of Being Human (Monday Zen, LIVE)

August 14, 2023 20:26 - 54 minutes

Ever notice that being human seems kind of unbearable at times? What happens when you look for the one who's really running the show? Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, a crazy discussion about the nature of reality, embodying duality within non-duality, post-realization motivation and so much more. Topic List: Does anything matter: embracing and embodying duality within non-duality Why is reality always perfect…not in the human sense of the word, but PERFECT nonetheless Emotion and shad...

Using Lucid Dreaming To Wake Up (w/Andrew Holecek)

July 11, 2023 14:02 - 2 hours

This conversation originally aired in June 2022 and is definitely worth a second listen. Andrew Holecek is an author, teacher and renowned meditation expert who specializes in lucid dreaming and dream yoga. Basically, it's a meditation practice within a dream, and the twist is the dreamer knows they're dreaming. We explore how this practice of increasing awareness during sleep can have profound benefits for your life. In fact, it might just be the key to unlocking reality. Check out Andrew's ...

No F*cks Friday, LIVE: RFK Jr., Sub Implosion, & More

July 01, 2023 03:16 - 36 minutes

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hitting the media circuit big time, and after his Rogan appearance, I have a bit to say. We also talk about the Titan submersible and take YOUR comments LIVE (with zero f*cks given, cuz it's Friday) 🥳. Paul Offit's editorial on RFK's claims and here's his piece on that notorious convo with RFK. Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdog...

Everything Is Mind (w/Dr. Bernardo Kastrup)

June 23, 2023 19:26 - 2 hours

A revisit to a classic early 2021 interview on the nature of reality that has prompted many to question, well, EVERYTHING. Here's the full video, transcript, and more. Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial ...

Masks & Morality, Revisited

June 06, 2023 19:11 - 45 minutes

This episode from way back in May 2020 bolstered my sense that I've already expressed pretty much everything I want to say about COVID 😂. I think it holds up remarkably well as a discourse on WHY we were (and are) so divided as a people, including on topics as seemingly benign as masking. Here's a link to the original video along with a transcript and links to prior episodes on Jon Haidt's Moral Foundations theory. Have thought or comments? Email me directly at [email protected] and use "Podc...

Our World Is LITERALLY A Story (w/Johnny B. Truant)

June 01, 2023 00:14 - 1 hour

Author and storytelling expert Johnny B. Truant returns for a discussion on the nature of reality itself: is there an objective world out there that we can directly experience, or is everything we know to be "real" simply a construction...a story? We discuss how sense data is converted into a "world" complete with labels and beliefs, how we might modulate our story to see aspects that are more conducive to happiness and human flourishing, going on a news diet, the nature of the subject of our...

Awakening: It Ain't What You "Think" – (LIVE From YouTube)

May 24, 2023 02:11 - 53 minutes

How do you "wake up" when there's no you, it isn't an event, and everything needed is already here? Hmmm 🤓 a live discussion of the unspeakable 👍 Video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more abo...

Light Your Meditation Practice On Fire (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo) | The Best Of The ZDoggMD Show

May 15, 2023 17:29 - 52 minutes

It's pretty much impossible to change our systems without first changing ourselves. But what is our "self" anyways? Here's how to use a simple question to add rocket fuel to your meditation practice and wake up from the dream that we are separate, struggling beings apart from the rest of life. Video and transcript here. Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo’s book on awakening, Awake: It’s Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo’s YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo’s email list...

Awakening Means Feeling EVERYTHING (w/Suzanne Chang)

May 12, 2023 16:57 - 1 hour

"The cave you most fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." -Joseph Campbell A conversation with Suzanne Chang (Suzanne Non-duality on YouTube) about awakening/realization and the dissolution of the sense of a separate self that could stand apart from life. This is an audio-only conversation. Check out our prior video interview here. SPOILERS AHEAD for the Netflix show BEEF 😉 On making YouTube videos and music when there’s no sense of self apart, the creative process The experience of wa...

The Deeper Truth Behind Netflix's "BEEF"

May 09, 2023 22:42 - 26 minutes

Netflix's season finale of BEEF shines a light on the dark places we're *most* afraid to look...and that may just be the key to awakening from the dream of shame and separation. Check out the video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More abo...

Life Is But A Dream (Instagram LIVE Q+A)

May 05, 2023 20:49 - 49 minutes

Originally streamed live on Instagram and reposted on YouTube, we talk Nurses' Week, system change, authenticity, and waking up from the dream that we are separate from each other and from life itself. And here's that Gobble meal prep offer just for ZDoggMD listeners! (PS I get no commissions from this, but they did send me some free meals, which is really cool): https://gobble.com/zdoggmd Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social m...

Surrender To What IS (w/Suzanne Chang)

May 02, 2023 21:54 - 1 hour

Suzanne Non-Duality (AKA Suzanne Chang) helped change everything for my wife and me and here's how. SPOILER: that which you are most afraid to lose was never "yours" to begin with. Watch the video here. Follow Suzanne on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@suzanne-chang and on her website https://suzannechang.net/ My interview with Dr. Angelo DiLullo about my wife's awakening and Suzanne's visit: https://youtu.be/2dBKdLNV8MU Angelo DiLullo's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SimplyAlwaysAw...

From Head to Heart: Awakening As A Couple (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)

April 17, 2023 19:57 - 1 hour

This is an interview with my friend Dr. Angelo DiLullo about some remarkable "events" that happened to my wife and me in the last couple weeks. Please listen to the intro for more info and for a "trigger warning" 😬 And here's the two hour unreleased interview with me, Suzanne and Margaret (my wife). Check out Suzanne Chang's non-duality material here and her YouTube channel here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and ...

Being Here, Now: LIVE Q+A w/John Astin

March 22, 2023 17:35 - 1 hour

John Astin is a professor of psychology, author, teacher, and musician. He returns to do a deep dive into appreciating THIS moment as all there is. Originally streamed live with audience Q+A on YouTube. Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdog...

The Case Against Reality (w/Prof. Donald Hoffman) -- The Best Of The ZDoggMD Show

March 20, 2023 17:45 - 2 hours

One of our favorite interviews ever (originally posted in 2019): We have NO CLUE how consciousness emerges from 3 pounds of wet goo. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman takes us deep into his research that makes a bold claim: we’ve been attacking the problem BACKWARDS. The implications of his theories just may change everything you think you know about reality and our place in it. Take the Red Pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes… Here's the original video and transcript of our interview...

Doc Vader LIVE: Silicon Valley Bank, MD vs. NP, & More

March 14, 2023 20:29 - 47 minutes

When Doc Vader goes live to YouTube for a q+a, you never know what Dark Side madness might emerge 😂 Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Friday Zen, LIVE

March 10, 2023 20:59 - 1 hour

Streamed LIVE to YouTube with Q+A 3/10/23. We talked about vaccines and the nature of belief, public health messaging challenges, moral foundation theory, dealing with anger and boundary violations, dropping into the body sense and out of the head, emotional repression and the make believe world of thought, kundalini energy, the nature of negativity bias and how we can shift to positive, Trauma Release Exercises (TRE), body as sensor, shame and its roots (particularly in medicine), self inqui...

Burnout, Identity, Left Brain Dominance, and More

March 06, 2023 23:29 - 49 minutes

In this episode – originally streamed live to Instagram – I take viewer comments on the topics of healthcare transformation, burnout, identity, and more. We talk about left brain vs. right brain thinking, the absolute vs. the relative world as well as practical solutions and insights for personal transformation. Video here: https://youtu.be/NKH5a-wuJEI Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://...

Awakening & The Realization Journey (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)

February 28, 2023 19:12 - 1 hour

Originally released in June of 2021, I recently revisited this amazing conversation with Dr. Angelo DiLullo, a physician, author, and teacher of non-dual realization (sometimes called spiritual awakening) and felt compelled to share it again for a newer audience who may be deeply interested in awakening and the end of needless seeking and suffering. The original video and transcript are here. Read Angelo's book on awakening Awake: It's Your Turn here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel here. ...

CDC Masking Nonsense, Prior Auths, Paxlovid Data (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)

February 17, 2023 01:08 - 1 hour

Famous docs who can’t process evidence, prior authorization in healthcare and care variation, private equity and gray areas in medicine, the decline of academic medical centers, indoctrination in education, does Paxlovid actually work in populations that matter and the biases of observational trials, fake twitter medical experts, why hospital maintenance workers have more common sense than healthcare leadership, Cochrane mask review, CDC director masking comments and ivermectin, politics in s...

The Ugly Truth Behind Soaring Drug Prices (And How To Fix Them) w/Dr. Alex Oshmyansky

February 14, 2023 14:40 - 1 hour

Parasitic middlemen and others in the healthcare industry are gouging patients who can't afford live-saving medications. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky of Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company teaches us who they are (oh yes, we name names) and how we can fight back to make meds affordable again. A must-watch for patients and caregivers struggling with the high cost of prescription drugs. Here's the full video of the interview. Here's our prior interview with Alex from 2021. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky is the Fo...

Sunday Zen: Meditation & Retreat Q+A

January 29, 2023 16:54 - 58 minutes

Meditation questions, what it's like on meditation retreat (virtual and in-person), thoughts on thoughts, emotion shadow work, reactivity, truth-realization, and more in this Q+A originally LIVE on Facebook. Watch the video here. Future retreats with Dr. Angelo DiLullo can be found here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a perso...

Breaking The Silence: Shame In Medicine (w/Dr. Emily Silverman)

January 20, 2023 17:58 - 1 hour

Can healing happen when we shine a light on the dark places in medicine? Dr. Emily Silverman is a UCSF hospital physician and host of the popular podcast The Nocturnists. We dive into shame and emotional repression in doctors, healthcare professionals, and beyond. Check out the entire Shame series here. Learn more about Dr. Silverman here. Donate to her nonprofit here. Visit The Shame Space. Here is the gun violence article we referenced. Watch the video of our interview here. Video show a...

Doc Vader LIVE in 2023: AVA (Ask Vader ANYTHING)

January 09, 2023 00:08 - 48 minutes

He's a Sith Lord and burned out physician, more machine than doc now. YOU asked him ANYTHING, LIVE! Full video version here. Topics covered: 00:00 Intro 00:09 Pronouns 01:40 Damar Hamlin 03:37 Vaccines 08:57 Fairness 11:44 Societal fails 16:37 Shame 19:18 Universal masking 20:26 Bret Weinstein 22:36 Colonoscopy 23:44 Vaccine induced myocarditis 24:38 Naming your baby 26:54 Champagne 27:55 Lightsaber Vasectomies 29:08 Male nurses 31:15 Clinical leadership 32:07 Power of the Dark Side 35:14 Med...

The Peril & Promise Of "Second Selfing"

December 14, 2022 20:43 - 37 minutes

Avoid the pitfalls of your online "second self" by recognizing & navigating criticism, parasocial projections, audience capture, social media addiction, and creator burnout/metric obsession. Reference courtesy of The Stoa here. Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www...

A Better Pandemic Playbook (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)

December 11, 2022 15:40 - 1 hour

The ever-amazing Dr. Monica Gandhi returns to talk Flu/RSV/COVID, viral interference, China's zero-COVID response, MPox, and public health lessons from HIV for the next pandemic—while searching for true meaning beyond our apparent divisions. Watch the video here. Here's the paper summarizing Monica's proposed pandemic playbook. Find all our episodes with Dr. Gandhi here. Transcript & links here. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 03:27 Influenza, RSV & COVID, "immune debt," viral interference, p...

Sunday Zen LIVE: Who The Heck ARE You?

December 04, 2022 23:01 - 1 hour

Our entire conventional lives are based on a case of mistaken identity. Let's look for who we REALLY are, together (originally LIVE on YouTube) 🔥 Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Lear...

Guests

Donald Hoffman
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Peter Attia
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Abraham Verghese
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David Epstein
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Eric Topol
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