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The ZDoggMD Show

736 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 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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Omicron & The Endemic Phase of COVID

January 05, 2022 23:18 - 19 minutes

Could the Omicron wave be the beginning of the end of this? What the science so far means for mandates, schools, and more. Video, transcript and more: https://zdoggmd.com/omicold/ Here's a piece I did previously about shifting from pandemic to endemic illness. Here's the podcast I mentioned that I did with Dr. Peter Attia and Dr. Marty Makary on this. Topics & Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Hospitalization vs.Cases 03:13 Vaccination, Reinfections & Mitigation Measures 09:32 Therapeutics 11:17 O...

Science Vs. Advocacy, Omicron, & More (w/ Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Marty Makary)

January 03, 2022 23:47 - 2 hours

Dr. Peter Attia (host of The Drive), Dr. Marty Makary (Johns Hopkins professor) and I team up to try some serious sense-making in the Age of Omicron.Check out full show notes and Peter's podcast, The Drive here. Topics & Timecodes: Comparing omicron to delta and other mutations [4:15] Measuring immunity and protection from severe disease—circulating antibodies, B cells, and T cells [13:15] Policy questions: what is the end game and how does the world go back to 2019? [18:45] A policy-min...

New Year's Eve 2022 LIVE (2021 in Review, Omicron, & Sense-Making)

January 01, 2022 04:19 - 1 hour

It's been a s**tshow of a year, so let's have some fun, review the year, and do some sense-making, LIVE 🥳Video: https://zdoggmd.com/new-years-2022/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Psychologist Interviews Dr. Z (w/Dr. Rachel Zoffness)

December 28, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour

A little year end mind-bender: psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness interviews ME about all the personal things 🙀Video version is available exclusively on Locals (so my parents can’t watch 😂), you can watch there for free (just follow the prompts to create a free account). Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd M...

School Shooters, Long COVID, Medical Cannabis (w/Dr. Rachel Zoffness)

December 19, 2021 13:18 - 1 hour

A new series called Pain Points with UCSF pain and health psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness where we answer YOUR questions 👍 In this episode: detecting homicidal intent in children, what's up with Long COVID, does cannabis help with pain, emotional intelligence, choosing a therapist, and more. See all our episodes with Dr. Rachel Z here. Grab her outstanding Pain Management Workbook here. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And check out her website here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/p...

The Joe Rogan/Dr. Peter McCullough Interview, Explained

December 17, 2021 22:31 - 1 hour

This Rogan interview with hydroxychloroquine advocate Dr. Peter McCullough is generating a LOT of buzz and considerable confusion.So here's an examination of each one of Dr. McCullough's claims along with ways we all might better evaluate science and health information. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/peter-mccullough/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donat...

Zen Dogg, Live: COVID Update & More

December 13, 2021 00:30 - 1 hour

A little Sunday live easy listening: Q+A and Zen Roundz 🙏Video: zdoggmd.com/covid-update-12-12 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fixing Healthcare With A Comic Strip? w/Dr. Peter Valenzuela

December 08, 2021 00:20 - 1 hour - 97.7 MB

An interview with ZPac supporter, family physician, healthcare leader and author Dr. Peter Valenzuela. Peter's new book Doc-Related uses art, humor, and clinical and leadership wisdom to highlight challenges in healthcare and propose real solutions. Check out his website here: https://www.doc-related.com/ and his book here: https://amzn.to/3Is39mR His wife Vivian's amazing wines are here: https://www.woogirlcellars.com/connect, they're giving the ZPac a 15% discount with the code FIZZ_THE_SE...

Fix Healthcare With A Comic Strip? (w/Dr. Peter Valenzuela)

December 08, 2021 00:20 - 1 hour

Family physician, healthcare leader and author Dr. Peter Valenzuela’s new book “Doc-Related” uses art, humor, and clinical and leadership wisdom to highlight challenges in healthcare and propose real solutions.We dive into patient experience vs. patient satisfaction, the challenges of the electronic health record, billing and coding, the Great Resignation how we need meaning/relationships/positive emotions/accomplishment in our work, leadership communication, price transparency in healthcare,...

Booster Shots For EVERYONE?

November 30, 2021 02:58 - 15 minutes

Here's why the CDC recommending COVID vaccine boosters for young and healthy people is a bad idea and might actually prolong the pandemic.Here's a link to the Washington Post piece I reference featuring Dr. Paul Offit. Here are shows we've done with Paul on vaccines and COVID. We also discussed boosters for all on a prior episode of my podcast with Dr. Vinay Prasad, The VPZD Show Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/boosters-4-all/Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Suppo...

OMG Omicron? A Doctor Explains

November 27, 2021 00:23 - 26 minutes

The WHO just announced that the Omicron variant is a new "variant of concern." Will it be like Delta on crack, or just plain wack (i.e., more fear mongering)? Here's what we know, LIVE. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/omicron/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.co...

John's Story: A COVID-19 ICU Survivor

November 24, 2021 22:41 - 14 minutes

He's in his fifties, diabetic, and nearly died of COVID-19. But ICU delirium can feel like a fate worse than death. Learn more about preventing ICU delirium and the post-critical care survivor syndromes here with my interview with Dr. Wes Ely (an expert on this). Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/johns-story/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get ...

The Great Resignation, Or The Great Awakening?

November 20, 2021 03:22 - 21 minutes

Moral injury is driving people to quit their jobs, especially in healthcare. But this may actually be an opportunity for REAL transformation.Here was the video I did early in the pandemic about never forgetting how we were treated. And here's a pre-pandemic video on moral injury. Full video with transcript here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal e...

Treating The Root Causes Of Our Suffering (w/Dr. Ron Sinha)

November 20, 2021 00:00 - 2 hours

Metabolic health and wellness expert Dr. Ronesh Sinha returns to explore the roots of why we are hurting so much, and how we can keep ourselves and our children well. SPOILER ALERT: it ain't about pills and procedures.Learn more about Dr. Sinha's work in metabolic health and corporate wellness here. And check out his Meta Health podcast if you wanna go DEEP on the science! And here's all of our other episodes with Dr. Ron! Video: https://zdoggmd.com/ron-sinha-3/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro...

Science, Story, And The Power Of Myth

November 17, 2021 19:24 - 1 hour - 146 MB

What do science fiction, storytelling, and mythology have to do with COVID, healthcare, politics, and life? Everything, it seems. Writer and sci-fi expert Damien Walter goes deep on everything from Ken Wilber's integral theory (aka Alt-Middle) to creating a new mythos for the 21st century. Links, transcript, audio podcast, and more information about writer/storyteller/critic Damien Walter: https://zdoggmd.com/damien-walter Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: ht...

Science, Story, And The Power Of Myth (w/Damien Walter)

November 17, 2021 19:24 - 1 hour

What do science fiction, storytelling, and mythology have to do with COVID, healthcare, politics, and life? Everything, it seems.Writer and sci-fi expert Damien Walter goes deep on everything from Ken Wilber's integral theory (aka our Alt-Middle) to creating a new mythos for the 21st century. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/damien-walter/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us...

COVID Chill Chat, LIVE: The Alt-Middle Way

November 10, 2021 03:20 - 1 hour

Deep breaths, y'all, it's gonna be alright. Let's talk kids' vaccines, boosters, pills, all the things. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-chill-chat/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Anxiety Contagion & Healing Our Kids' Mental Health Crisis (w/Dr. Rachel Zoffness)

October 29, 2021 14:23 - 1 hour

The COVID pandemic has accelerated another epidemic: anxiety, depression, and suicidality in children, especially young girls. It turns out fear may be the WORST contagion of all. Here's what we can do about it.Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a UCSF pain and health psychologist and teaches pain management at UCSF, Stanford, and Dartmouth. Here are all our episodes together. Here is her excellent book, The Pain Management Workbook. Here's her piece on the Anxiety Contagion in Psychology Today. Transcri...

Did COVID Break Our Brains? (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)

October 28, 2021 03:52 - 1 hour

Sense-making on vaccines and young kids, recognizing groupthink, removing ideology and personal attack from scientific discourse, and much more. Watch all our other shows with Dr. Vinay Prasad here. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-broken-brain/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:15 We turn science debate into good vs. evil, why? 6:27 Understanding FDA decision on kids vaccines 5-11, myocarditis etc. 12:49 The “Retrospectoscope” and our takes on COVID over the months 16:17 ...

FDA Decision On Pfizer Vaccine For Kids 5-11

October 27, 2021 00:21 - 14 minutes

Here's the scoop on the FDA committee recommendation and the pros and cons of vaccinating young children against SARS-CoV2.Check out our prior show with FDA advisory committee member Dr. Paul Offit here. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pfizer-4-kids/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More...

COVID Update 10/24/21: Portugal Vs. The UK, Influenza, & More

October 24, 2021 21:35 - 43 minutes

We talked about turning a pandemic endemic in Portugal, the nature of fraudulent scientific literature, where influenza went and more. Originally streamed LIVE to FB.Here's the WSJ piece on Portugal. Here's the piece I referenced on scientific data accuracy using ivermectin as an example. Transcript, video & more: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-update-10-24-21/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support ...

Covidiots Vs. Covidians? An Alt-Middle View

October 20, 2021 23:10 - 32 minutes

We're more divided than ever it seems. How can we reconcile a COVID thesis and antithesis into an Alt-Middle synthesis? A deep dive.Here's the piece I mentioned from Peter Limburg of The Stoa. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/covidiots/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: z...

Joe Rogan Vs. Sanjay Gupta? A Doctor's Alt-Middle Take

October 15, 2021 03:25 - 51 minutes

Social media is blowing up with stories about each of these guys schooling the other. But is that really what this is about? Here's my take (aired LIVE Oct. 14th on YouTube). Video: https://zdoggmd.com/rogan-gupta/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about y...

The Truth About Myocarditis, Kids, Boosters, Natural Immunity, & More (w/Dr. Paul Offit)

October 11, 2021 23:40 - 57 minutes

COVID vaccine answers, straight from Dr. Offit (vaccine co-inventor and member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee) 🔥.Watch all our episodes with Dr. Offit here! Full video with transcript. Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Kids and COVID: current epidemiology 3:59 Vaccine for kids: dosing, data, risks, a polio rant 9:48 Myocarditis risks, kids 5-11 vaccine data 11:48 Single dose for kids? 12:52 Mechanism of myocarditis, is it due to accidental intravenous injection? MIS-C & MIS-A ...

Testing For Coronavirus, RSV, Influenza, & More (w/Dr. David Persing)

October 10, 2021 12:47 - 39 minutes

Cepheid's chief medical and technology officer returns to talk PCR testing for COVID, flu, RSV, and future variants & viruses not yet discovered.Watch our other episodes with Dr. David Persing here and learn more about molecular testing at Cepheid here. Video with transcript here Click here for easier navigation through this show's key topics. 0:00 Intro 1:27 What happened to flu (influenza) last year (viral exclusion, innate immune response) 3:20 Nasal vaccines and innate immunity 5:10 Ho...

Delta's End, Kids & COVID, Natural Infection vs. Vaccine, & More LIVE

October 08, 2021 22:58 - 51 minutes

We're talking delta's end, kids and COVID, natural vs. vaccine immunity, Moderna and more, LIVE 🔥Here's a Kaiser Health News piece on natural vs. vaccine immunity. Here's an interesting Scientific American piece on why kids are so resistant to COVID's bad effects. And here's a piece on how the risk to kids from COVID compares to other dangers.  Video here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support u...

A Pill For COVID? Molnupiravir, Explained

October 03, 2021 20:18 - 13 minutes

Promising early results for an oral therapeutic for SARS-CoV2. Here's what we know and what it may mean.Here's the topline data from Merck so far. Video with transcript here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fire Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers? An Alt-Middle Perspective

September 28, 2021 18:36 - 17 minutes

Are we really going to fire healthcare workers who won’t vaccinate…during a pandemic? Here’s my Alt-Middle take.Here’s a New York Times article on the subject. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Live COVID Update w/Dr. Z & Dr. Marty Makary 9/26/21

September 26, 2021 20:47 - 1 hour

We're talking LIVE with Dr. Marty Makary about all things COVID! We covered MANY COVID-related topics, including natural immunity, mandates, vaccine spacing, gain of function viral research, managing coronavirus risk in different age groups, and much more. Check out Marty Makary's other episodes with me here. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/marty-makary-7/ Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us wi...

Second Dose Spacing, Natural Immunity, Lab Leak, & More (w/Dr. Marty Makary)

September 24, 2021 23:03 - 1 hour

Our COVID science should be much better than it is. Here's a breakdown on spacing doses, natural immunity, gain of function research, therapeutics, healthcare worker burnout & much more. Dr. Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins physician and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today. Here are all our past shows! Full transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/marty-makary-6/   Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 2:35 NIH spending & COVID research 7:53 Herd Immunity, was Marty wrong, clickbait headlines 11:...

The FDA Vaccine Booster Vote

September 19, 2021 18:48 - 18 minutes

The FDA advisory committee voted this week to reject approval of COVID Pfizer vaccine boosters for healthy people 16 and up. Here's what's up with that, and how we can better understand the booster question for the healthy and those at higher risk. Here's an interview I did with Dr. Vinay Prasad that touched on this. And here's another discussion that features boosters with Dr. Monica Gandhi. Video & Transcript Here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, mer...

Booster Shots, Kids & Masks, Vaccine Mandates, & SCIENCE (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)

September 15, 2021 21:50 - 1 hour

Tha’ Notorious VP returns to talk about the numbers around mandates, booster science or lack thereof, masking young kids, and more!Check out Dr. Vinay Prasad’s YouTube channel here and here are the other episodes we’ve done together. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-mandates/   Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:31 The science on masking young children 6:29 Criticizing irrational views held by rational people, kids’ masking 9:47 Bangladesh mask study promoting surgical m...

Why This Vaccine Mandate Is A Huge Mistake

September 10, 2021 18:41 - 15 minutes

Sometimes I think our leaders don't understand human beings. At all.See also a relevant discussion with Dr. Monica Gandhi here. Full video with transcript here. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Immunity Is The Only Way Past COVID-19 (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)

September 05, 2021 22:42 - 1 hour

Immunity (natural and/or vaccine-induced) is the only way past COVID-19. Dr. Gandhi returns to discuss how we get there.Watch all our prior discussions with Dr. Monica Gandhi here. We talk about the bungled messaging around vaccines, masks, and natural immunity, why vaccines decrease actual viral transmission, why the US got hit so hard with Delta & why shame backfires in public health, why masks and lockdowns can't end a pandemic, natural immunity & why a single dose of vaccine should be our...

Improving Recovery & Healing Beyond The ICU(w/Dr. Wes Ely)

September 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 107 MB

A front line critical care doc talks about how to preserve quality of life AFTER an ICU stay. Links to his new book, the video, transcript & more: https://zdoggmd.com/every-deep-drawn-breath or go directly to Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3haTaWP (early release video is here: https://youtu.be/GIRKIwV2VbY) Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Key T...

Improving Recovery & Healing Beyond The ICU (w/Dr. Wes Ely)

September 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour

A front-line critical care doc talks about why preserving quality of life AFTER an ICU stay matters...a LOT. Dr. Wes Ely's book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath, is available now. Check out the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center here. Here's our other episodes with Dr. Ely. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/wes-ely-3/ Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 7:06 Importance of family in ICU care, especially with cultural/language issues 13:08 Testimonial injustice...

Natural Immunity Is Real, And Here's What That Means

September 02, 2021 18:23 - 12 minutes

New preprint data suggests prior COVID infection generates fantastic immunity. Can we talk about that? What it means for vaccines, mandates, and more.Here’s a Science summary of the latest information on “natural immunity” vs. vaccines and a combination of the two. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from...

Virtual Reality, COVID, & The Future Of Public Health (w/Gary Yost & Dr. Josiah Child)

August 31, 2021 04:46 - 1 hour

A filmmaker and an emergency physician (who almost died of COVID) teamed up to create a powerful VR time capsule for the pandemic. Is this the future of public health education?You can watch the Inside COVID-19 documentary using an Oculus Quest VR headset here. Here’s a link to the trailer. If you don’t have an Oculus, you can watch a 2d rendered version here. If you have a non-Oculus headset or are watching using the YouTube app on a phone, here’s a cool way to watch. And check out WisdomVR ...

Paul Was On The Fence About The Vaccine, Then THIS Happened

August 27, 2021 22:28 - 15 minutes

Paul, 37, had elderly parents, an ER nurse wife, and young children, and he had good questions about COVID vaccines. Then everything changed.This is his story. And here's a piece we did on whether you should get vaccinated now.  Video & Transcript Here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: ...

3 COVID Vaccine Myths, Explained

August 26, 2021 14:15 - 11 minutes

We should be ENCOURAGING and answering vaccine questions, not shaming the people asking them. Here are three big vaccination myths, explained. Transcript, video podcast, links: zdoggmd.com/3-vaccine-myths Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FDA Approval & Pfizer Calls It "Comirnaty?"

August 25, 2021 02:20 - 1 hour

Here’s what FDA approval of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine means, why its name is so stupid, the concept of psychological reactance, vaccine “hesitancy” and more, previously LIVE.Here’s an interesting piece on psychological reactance and vaccines. Here’s my interview with Paul Offit on vaccines. Here’s how mRNA vaccines work. Here’s my show on vaccine breakthrough infections. And here’s a show on turning COVID into an endemic common cold.  Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, musi...

Turning COVID Into The Common Cold

August 17, 2021 18:11 - 18 minutes

There’s a good chance this pandemic can be transformed into an endemic common cold, safely and relatively quickly. Here’s some science.Here’s the research piece on coronavirus immunity dynamics that I cited. And here’s a blurb on Iceland’s vaccinated breakthrough surge. Here’s my Iceland video from some months back. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-t...

Are These Vaccines Even Working?

August 14, 2021 19:54 - 29 minutes

Vaccine breakthrough infections, Moderna vs Pfizer waning immunity, boosters for the elderly, and more.Here’s the Intelligencer article I referenced by Dave Wallace-Wells with Dr. Michael Mina. And here’s a post-show live discussion I did on Locals (you can sign up for a free account to watch). Video and Transcript Here Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a p...

Awakening Q+A LIVE w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo

August 11, 2021 17:18 - 2 hours

Previously LIVE Q+A on awakening, meditation, the nature of thought, emotion, non-dual realization, and unfiltered reality. Easy stuff 😂 Here's Dr. Angelo DiLullo's website with links to his book, Awake: It's Your Turn and more info. And here's all our other episodes with Angelo, with links to the book and more.  Full video here. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation a...

Should You Get Vaccinated NOW?

August 08, 2021 15:26 - 45 minutes

A deep dive into the risk/benefit of vaccination vs. "natural" COVID infection at this delta-driven stage.We talk mask and vaccine mandates, how variants work, natural immunity, an alt-middle approach to sensemaking, and more, originally LIVE. Video and transcript here.Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd M...

The Delta Surge May Collapse Faster Than You Think

August 03, 2021 18:37 - 12 minutes

Guess what: pandemic dynamics are complex. Let's stop reducing them to mask mandates and indoor dining, OK? Article link, video podcast, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/delta-crash Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaccine Update LIVE 7/20/21 w/Dr. Paul Offit

July 20, 2021 22:23 - 1 hour

We're talking with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit about variants, kids & COVID-19, boosters, breakthrough infections, misinformation, schools + masks, immunity from natural infection, vaccine mandates, and much more, LIVE 👍Check out all our episodes with Dr. Paul Offit here. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank...

The Truth About Managing Chronic Pain (w/Dr. Rachel Zoffness)

July 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour

Why do we reduce humans who suffer with chronic pain to simple molecules and receptors? Pain psychologist Rachel Zoffness, P.h.D. returns to talk fibromyalgia, stomach pain, anxiety, the role of trauma, and much more.UCSF pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness, PhD teaches us methods to take better control of our pain. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, a pain educator on faculty at Dartmouth, and columnist for Psychology Today. Full video with transcript. Video archive, audio ...

Masks R Back? Unvaccinated Pandemic? Sunday Roundz, LIVE

July 18, 2021 21:25 - 40 minutes

Public health mask mandates, who's getting Delta now, vaccine "breakthrough" infections, the politics of the pandemic, kids & COVID-19, and much more, LIVE.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sunday-roundz-7-18-21 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad cho...

Theories of Everything (LIVE w/Curt Jaimungal)

July 17, 2021 21:38 - 2 hours

Filmmaker and host of the Theories of Everything podcast Curt Jaimungal & I talk sensemaking, medicine 3.0, consciousness and the nature of reality, the challenges of meditation, sleep disturbances, thought storms, free will, and much more, originally LIVE.Watch Curt's outstanding YouTube interview podcast Theories of Everything. And check out his documentary on the radical need for Alt-Middle thinking, Better Left Unsaid. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/curt-jaimungal/ Video archive, audio podcas...

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