Election Blue-nami, Daylight Savings, Learjet Crash
· 1 h 54 min · Episode 47 · Explicit
Episode Election Blue-nami, Daylight Savings, Learjet Crash
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 up” candidates who can’t deliver • Obamacare as a Heritage Foundation blueprint that expanded access but never tackled cost • Tariffs, the war with Iran and whether Hegseth should be impeached or resign • Impeachment fatigue and why divided government may let Trump make deals • RFK Jr., food system reform and special interests • Populism on both sides: Abdul El-Sayed and Talarico • Doctors who go into politics, including Amy Acton, Nirav Shah and Richard Pan • Why healthcare is unsolvable inside its current paradigm • Peptides, drug approval and the FDA approving things that don’t work • Whether AI and drug discovery could be the paradigm shift • Pluto, new dwarf planets and Neil deGrasse Tyson • Better doctors or better technology? Why outcomes improved since 1950 • Medicare for all: could it separate what works from what doesn’t? • Hospitals giving flu and COVID shots before discharge • Preemptive Alzheimer’s treatment and the shifting definition of the disease • Observational data confounding: vaccines and dementia, “Eat Your Ice Cream,” and Tylenol and autism • Why the AI-made thumbnail took 17 prompts • Bringing back old-school conservatives, a new Democratic identity and the cost of living squeeze • Why the FDA can’t weigh cost and why Medicare must pay • Aladdin, Will Smith, Fresh Prince and Bryan Johnson • Med school culture and the Affordable Care Act’s EMR meaningful use mandate • Alex Jones’ theory that Trump is a Democratic sleeper agent • The Learjet crash: icing, narrow flight tolerances, private jet safety and the young co-pilot • What aviation safety culture (including the Korean Air lesson) can teach healthcare • Iran, incomplete information and what the public never sees • Ending the clock change, and the Titanic submersible and the fear of death • Daylight saving time vs standard time, circadian rhythms, school start times and being “fun employed” • Why you shouldn’t second guess a clinical trial, and betting markets on trial outcomes • The ER baby declared dead and found alive, and pool dangers for small children • Quasi-experimental designs, and the Hep B trial in Guinea-Bissau • Richard Pan, vaccine absolutism and pharma money • All-cause mortality and number needed to treat • Flu shot mandates, how flu vaccines get tested and why test-negative studies fall short • The med school research arms race and the case for putting phones away • Book recommendations: Elena Ferrante, Jonathan Franzen, Stephen King and Haruki Murakami • Kundalini, awakening and meditation retreats • Cold showers and sick days: the Dutch randomized trial • Perimenopause, why Gen X is making it trendy, and more Murakami
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