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The VPZD Show

Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania

47 episodes · Explicit

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).

Episodes

  1. Election Blue-nami, Daylight Savings, Learjet Crash

    · 1 h 54 min · Episode 47 · Explicit

    Another "slow news week" 😂 Originally streamed Live on YouTube! • The blue tsunami: why the election results were a surprise, and why incumbents tend to lose • The political pendulum: voters keep choosing “shake it…

  2. Elizabeth Holmes Doc, Pope Leo Cancer, Bryan Johnson Genome

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 46

    The all-new Nissan Nystagmus: Deviate your Driving! 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 46, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube. Chronological topic list • Housekeeping: clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a…

  3. Nobel Prize Snubs, AI Medicine, Brain Death, SSRIs

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 45

    AI gave Zubin hair in our thumbnail...we truly are at End Times 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 45, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube. Chronological topic list • Shout out to Dentalica, the Metallica cover band of dentists •…

  4. Lethal Injection Ethics, Meditation Dangers, GRAIL Cancer Screening

    · 1 h 35 min · Episode 44

    Should we be medicalizing state-sanctioned executions? Is meditation actually safe? Do liquid biopsies save lives? EASY QUESTIONS ONE AND ALL 😂 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#44) In this episode, we talked…

  5. Affirmative Action, AI Medical Recording, AI Doomers

    · 1 h 14 min

    Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42) • Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking • Whether AI companies…

  6. Macklemore, Confidence Intervals, LG Spying

    · 1 h 11 min · Episode 42

    Exploring the issues of the day, (Mackle)more or less 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#42) Topics covered: the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran controversy over political statements at concerts; land acknowledgments and…

  7. Pancreatic Cancer Drug, USPSTF, Tylenol-Autism

    · 1 h 42 min · Episode 41

    We're trying to become better listeners, SO PREPARE FOR SOME SHOUTING 🤭 Originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#41) We cover the new pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib and its rash side effect, survival benefit, and…

  8. Fauci's Diary, Vinay's FDA Experience, Jason Arday (Recorded LIVE)

    · 2 h 08 min

    Yeah it's been over a year but you can't keep a couple of handsome brown guys apart forever 😎 A BRAND NEW VPZD EPISODE, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#40) • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. • Dr.…

  9. Ivy Leagues, Vaccine Science, Politics & Stuff

    · 1 h 00 min

    We're back, just cuz we had dinner and felt like a live nightcap. Enjoy! Watch the originally live YouTube video here. • Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. • Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session"…

  10. Trump Transition, Reproductive Rights, Vaccine Truth

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E38

    Another live episode, we touch on a BUNCH of stuff, including Trump's transition, possible FDA appointments, RFK Jr., letters we've gotten about reproductive rights, was Harris or her team afraid to have her go on…

  11. Why Trump Won & What It Means For Healthcare

    · 1 h 38 min · S1 E37 · Explicit

    Regardless of your political leanings, this live podcast WILL traumatize you 😻. Election reactions, media polarization, what this might mean for healthcare and WAY more than you cared to hear about Peyronie’s disease…

  12. Rogan & Trump, Dumb Medical Practices, A VPZD Book Club?

    · 1 h 42 min · S1 E36 · Explicit

    In this episode we discuss Joe Rogan/Trump Interview insights, the ‘science’ of polling, irrational COVID policies, erosion of trust in the medical establishment, the dangers of public health dogma, Trump Derangement…

  13. Public Health Sex Party Hypocrisy

    · 1 h 04 min · S1 E35 · Explicit

    Former New York public health official Jay Varma's hypocritical sex parties during COVID, why we refuse to talk to most reporters, VP’s take on the new schizophrenia drug, the 10 year anniversary of VP’s PARADIGM-HF…

  14. Blind Spots (w/Dr. Marty Makary)

    · 52 min · S1 E34 · Explicit

    Marty's in tha' house to rap about his new book, out Sept. 17th! Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health. Video version here. Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite podcast app.…

  15. Biden’s Drug Pricing, Fake Health News, Marty’s Book

    · 1 h 07 min · S1 E33 · Explicit

    The three horseman of the apocalypse are BACK! We talk Marty’s new book, CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies, Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations, media health reporting biases, COVID…

  16. Losing ZDadd, MOC is Dumb, Medical Masking

    · 1 h 35 min · S1 E32 · Explicit

    The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version here. Topics covered: 00:00 Intro, WE'RE BACK! 4:02 Zubin's Dad's Passing 30:00 Physician Maintenance of Certification…

  17. CDC Masking Comments, Prior Auths, Paxlovid Data

    · 1 h 18 min · S1 E31 · Explicit

    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…

  18. Sudden Deaths, Damar Hamlin, FDA Bivalent Fail

    · 1 h 32 min · S1 E30 · Explicit

    We were both victims of the "tripledemic" and now have Long Cold but we're BACK! In Episode 30 we dive into the recent focus on sudden deaths and cardiac arrest in athletes such as Damar Hamlin and whether vaccine…

  19. The Misinformation Police Strike Out (& More)

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E29 · Explicit

    The boys are back in town 🔥. We talk about the future of social media, Elon Musk's Twitter, misinformation policing failures, metabolic health, being your authentic self and more. Here's VP's Sensible Medicine article…

  20. Colonoscopy, Ladapo & Science Mag, UMN White Coat Oath

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E28 · Explicit

    ZD visits VP studios for a broad discussion about colonoscopy, Florida's surgeon general Ladapo and Science magazine, the new oath taken by UMN medical students during their White Coat ceremony, and MUCH more. The only…

  21. NYU Professor Fired, COVID Personality Changes, College Mask Madness

    · 1 h 18 min · S1 E27 · Explicit

    We discuss firing of the NYU professor who's class was too hard, the problems with screening for medical school admission, Dr. Glauckomflecken's maskless Twitter selfie thing and the nature of virtue signaling, why…

  22. Bivalent Boosters, Healthcare Masking, Sensible Medicine

    · 1 h 19 min · S1 E26 · Explicit

    VP and ZD celebrate the return of in-person conferences, lament the challenges of continued mandatory masking in healthcare settings, and talk about better ways to get at truth (yeah, I'm kinda phoning in the summary…

  23. Omicron Boosters 4 ALL, CO2 Meter Madness

    · 1 h 13 min · S1 E25 · Explicit

    A Labor Day Special! CDC recommends bivalent Omicron-specific boosters for everyone, the madness of the CO2 meter crowd, journalism's challenges, mean attending physician comments, the evolution of language, and more!…

  24. Canceled Public Health Doc, AAP Fails, Dr. Oz

    · 1 h 57 min · S1 E24 · Explicit

    The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on Sensible…

  25. Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E23 · Explicit

    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…

  26. Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism

    · 1 h 56 min · S1 E22 · Explicit

    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 • Omicron-specific boosters • Data on severe…

  27. The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer Stuff 4 Tha' Clicks)

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E21 · Explicit

    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…

  28. Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E20 · Explicit

    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…

  29. Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg)

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E19 · Explicit

    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…

  30. Supreme Court Abortion Decision & Crazy COVID Stuff

    · 2 h 01 min · S1 E18 · Explicit

    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…

  31. Moderna For Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford Nurses Strike

    · 1 h 37 min · S1 E17 · Explicit

    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…

  32. China Lockdowns, Teen Mental Health, Audience Capture

    · 1 h 26 min · S1 E16 · Explicit

    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,…

  33. Ivermectin, NYC Toddler Masks, Dumb Policies

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E15 · Explicit

    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!…

  34. Worship Lord Zero COVID, 4th Booster, Dumb Policies

    · 1 h 17 min · S1 E14 · Explicit

    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…

  35. Kids' Museum COVID Policy, 5-11 y.o. Vax Efficacy, Public Health Restrictions

    · 1 h 31 min · S1 E13 · Explicit

    In this episode we discuss: -Dr. Z's Twitter "bullying" of the California Academy of Sciences kids' museum over their restrictive booster/testing entrance policy (and why Z deleted Twitter at last). Read about it in…

  36. Tribalism, Deplatforming, FDA Kids' Vaccine Reversal

    · 1 h 33 min · S1 E12 · Explicit

    In this episode: The badges of tribal identity for COVID thesis/antithesis tribes, "deplatforming" scientists and the conditioning of young people, liberals and conservatives trading places, aiming for post-cynical…

  37. Booster Coercion, Vax 4 Toddlers, Canceling Rogan

    · 1 h 21 min · S1 E11 · Explicit

    The docs talk about Vinay getting a booster or losing his job, why we continue to mask children, Pfizer's vaccine dance with the FDA around children younger than 5, the wisdom of trying to cancel Joe Rogan, Spotify's…

  38. Dr. Robert Malone's Joe Rogan Interview, Decoded

    · 1 h 23 min · S1 E10 · Explicit

    Vinay and Z dive deep on the latest censored antithesis hero while trying to make sense of sense-making in general. Here's Vinay's piece on this in Unherd. And here's the Rebel Wisdom episode on sense-making that I…

  39. Offit & Kids' Boosters, Schizo CDC, Omicron Dominoes Fall

    · 1 h 10 min · S1 E9 · Explicit

    We dive into Dr. Paul Offit's Atlantic piece on boosting teens, the nature of the CDC's apparent schizophrenia, the long term effects on the "pandemic generation," and how Omicron is causing all our prior policy…

  40. Omicron Mitigation, Djokovic, Dumb COVID Tweets

    · 49 min · S1 E8 · Explicit

    In this Omi-sode: 1) Can omicron be mitigated AT ALL? The Bay Area experience currently. 2) Novak Djokovic and the COVID vaccine 3) Covidiots vs. Covidians, where is the Alt-Middle? Rogan's role. 4) The dumbest…

  41. Your Date With Omicron, "Fringe" Scientists, Myocarditis, COVID & College Kids

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E7 · Explicit

    Many questions addressed on this last episode of 2021! • Should people who talk about COVID policy actually see COVID patients, and are doctors biased by their daily practice experience? • How should holiday meals…

  42. Rogan/McCullough, Boosters & Omicron, Myocarditis Trial Data, Virtue Signaling

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E6 · Explicit

    This week we dive into Dr. Z's personal booster decision, do vaccines reduce transmission in setting of variants like Omicron, Joe Rogan’s interview with Dr. Peter McCullough , the hypocrisy of physicians who demand…

  43. Stifling Physician Voices, Politicized Journalism, German Kids Study, Policy Solutions

    · 1 h 28 min · S1 E5 · Explicit

    In this episode we dive into some emails Dr. Z received about hospital COVID policies and medical education (and how our leaders are screwing up), the problem with mandates in healthcare, and strongly negative feedback…

  44. Omicron Panic, Natural Immunity, Fluvoxamine, Boosters, Fauci (w/ Dr. Marty Makary)

    · 1 h 39 min · S1 E4 · Explicit

    Dr. Marty Makary joins the fray for a science & reason SMACKDOWN 🔥 How many Omicrons does this register on the media fear-o-meter? Check out all our shows with MedPage today editor-in-chief Dr. Marty Makary here. And…

  45. Dr. Oz, Omicron, Boosters, Saving Science

    · 1 h 49 min · S1 E3 · Explicit

    For the week ending Dec. 1st 2021, VP and ZD dive into Dr. Oz running for the senate, the Omicron gambit, dumb travel restrictions, what the heck with boosters 4 all, poor quality science and biased scientific…

  46. Kids Inside For Thanksgiving? Should Fauci Quit? Boosters 4 All?

    · 1 h 22 min · S1 E2 · Explicit

    Dr. Z and Dr. Vinay Prasad get unfiltered about the NY Times recommendations for a safe COVID Thanksgiving, whether Dr. Fauci should quit, and whether a healthy young person should get a Moderna booster, and more!…

  47. Medication, Mandates, Middle Ground

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E1 · Explicit

    In this inaugural episode of our new collaborative show, Dr. Vinay Prasad (UCSF hematologist/oncologist) and Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA the hospitalist known as ZDoggMD) team up for a medical show designed to bring you up…

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