Doctor Vs Comedian

Today, Ali and Asif debate the merits of the cult-classic television show ‘Community’ (1:31). They start off by discussing how it was created by Dan Harmon after ‘Rick and Morty’ and then discuss Harmon’s writing style. Then then discuss the sexual misconduct allegations against Dan Harmon and his eventual apology to Megan Ganz, one of the women he harassed. Then Asif discusses how he finds the show clever, but not especially funny…and Ali disagrees. Arguments ensue.

Then they discuss the pros and cons of virtual medicine (34:18). Asif starts by discussing the various types of virtual medicine and how its use has increased since the Covid-19 pandemic. He discusses the benefits of virtual medicine and uses ‘telestroke’ as an example. Ali discusses his negative experiences with virtual medicine and Asif talks about some of the concerns the medical community has with virtual medicine.  

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Show Notes: 

• Community Movie Begins Filming in June, Joel McHale Reveals: https://www.ign.com/articles/community-movie-filming-june-joel-mchale-reveals
• Dan Harmon Story Circle: The 8-Step Storytelling Shortcut: Dan Harmon Story Circle: The 8-Step Storytelling Shortcut
• Save the Cat: https://savethecat.com/
• Elephant Bucks: https://mwp.com/product/elephant-bucks/
• Dan Harmon Gives 'Full Account' of Sexually Harassing Community Writer Megan Ganz: https://time.com/5100019/dan-harmon-megan-ganz-sexual-harassment-apology/ 
• 'No hugging, no learning': 20 years on Seinfeld's mantra still looms large: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/10/no-hugging-no-learning-20-years-on-seinfelds-mantra-still-looms-large
• The Rise of Telehealth: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/apple-day/202210/the-rise-telehealth
• Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article/27/6/957/5822868?login=false
• Telehealth Benefits and Barriers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1555415520305158
• Considerations for the Implementation of a Telestroke Network: A Systematic Review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105230572100576
• The Telehealth Era Is Just Beginning: https://hbr.org/2022/05/the-telehealth-era-is-just-beginning

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Today the guys discuss the implication for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in comedy/entertainment and medicine. The guys go over the basics of AI (1:10) and discuss the rise of Chat GPT. Ali then references how he was on the CBC show “Because News” and how he competed with Chat GPT to come up with a sonnet about hamburgers. Ali then talks about AI in comedy and how some developers created a robot who does stand up comedy. Ali then gives examples of how AI created an “Ali Hassan” stand up routine as well as a screenplay based on Ali and Asif’s (and friends’) lives. They then discuss the use of ChatGPT by students and the concerns raised by academia. 

Then Asif discuss AI in medicine (34:23. Asif starts the “Pie in the Sky” ideal of AI assisting doctors and patients. Asif reviews the use of AI to date in radiology, pathology, cardiology, neurology and in endoscopies. He then goes over the significant limitations and concerns associated with AI in medicine. 

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Show Notes:

• The College Essay Is Dead: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-ai-writing-college-student-essays/672371/
• Comedian Ali Hassan takes the news quiz: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/becausenews/comedian-ali-hassan-takes-the-news-quiz-1.6713577
• Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter: https://time.com/6132544/artificial-intelligence-humor/
• Bot or not? This Canadian developed an app that weeds out AI-generated homework: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/ai-generated-homework-1.6725710
• Elon Musk Sounds the Alarm About ChatGPT: https://www.thestreet.com/technology/elon-musk-sounds-the-alarm-about-chatgpt
• AI revolution in medicine: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/11/risks-and-benefits-of-an-ai-revolution-in-medicine
• Machine Learning in Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1814259
• AI 'outperforms' doctors diagnosing breast cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759
• International evaluation of an AI system for breast cancer screening: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1799-6.epdf?sharing_token=73p_xddYYfCXR223Djr_ONRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0M5zwPVx5jT4z_z-YkUZTBTbM27UWphyoF6vHoR667kKgqCi8GNWj2oxgaEK9QGM_J8TQydlaQ1nMXBUQrsn-83UCUXO7SuwGbD3s5OuqoOSNwRSESFwlfAfcnd7hRZOIcdlNH55gszgA7eOZvj2vKQU5Hli2dyISwrlxvPJ62f4A%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.bbc.com
• Artificial Intelligence Achieves Near-Human Performance in Diagnosing Breast Cancer: https://www.bidmc.org/about-bidmc/news/artificial-intelligence-achieves-near-human-performance-in-diagnosing-breast-cancer
• Artificial Intelligence Can Now Prevent Heart and Brain Strokes: https://industrywired.com/artificial-intelligence-can-now-prevent-heart-and-brain-strokes/
• How this Canadian start-up spotted coronavirus before everyone else knew about it: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/bluedot-used-artificial-intelligence-to-predict-coronavirus-spread.html
• AI in health and medicine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01614-0
• AI in Medicine Is Overhyped: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-in-medicine-is-overhyped/

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Today, Ali and Asif discuss the hit TV show ‘The Last of Us’ (0:56). Asif starts off by discussing the game it is based on and whether video games can be considered ‘art’. Then the guys discuss the challenges of adapting video games to other media. They then discuss the development of the show and how the creators avoided the ‘video game curse’. The guys then give their thoughts on the show. Then Ali asks Asif about fungal infections (22:13). Asif starts off by defining what fungi are and describes some common fungal infections found on the skin. He then talks about more invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised individuals. Finally, Ali asks Asif if the “zombie fungus” that can infect ants could jump to humans.

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Show Notes:

• ‘Contagion,’ the Movie That Predicted Our Pandemic, Is Really About Our World Falling Apart: https://variety.com/2020/film/columns/contagion-the-movie-that-predicted-our-pandemic-1234590420/
• How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’: How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’
• How The Last of Us became ‘the greatest story that has ever been told in video games’: 
• Elliot Page, Bella Ramsay and the Last of Us casting controversy that won’t go away: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/last-of-us-hbo-cast-compare-video-game-voice-actors/
• Bad Dads Vs. Hyper Mode: The Father-Daughter Bond In Videogames: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/hyper-mode/
• The Last Of Us Does What No Show Has Done Before: https://www.wired.com/story/last-of-us-does-the-impossible-hbo/
• https://scriptnotes.net/
• HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ is a hit. This producer wants to clear the air: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2023/01/20/the-last-of-us-hbo-craig-mazin/
• They’re Getting Rid of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Teeth After All: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/sonic-the-hedgehog-teeth-830842/
• Cutaneous Fungal Infections: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845251
• What Are Fungal Infections? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103258/
• Frightened by fungal zombies in The Last of Us? The real-life threat is terrifying, too: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/frightened-by-fungal-zombies-in-the-last-of-us-the-real-life-threat-is-terrifying-too-1.6736291
• White-Nose Syndrome Killed Over 90% of Three North American Bat Species : https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/white-nose-syndrome-killed-over-90-three-north-american-bat-species
• Why Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ Is Ravaging COVID Patients in India: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-deadly-black-fungus-is-ravaging-covid-patients-in-india/
• The “zombie” fungus in The Last of Us, explained by a biologist: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/21/23561106/last-of-us-fungus-cordyceps-zombie-infect-humans

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Today for our 100th episode, Asif and Ali welcome back one of their most popular guests, Will Flannary aka social media star Dr. Glaucomflecken. As a bonus they are also joined by Will’s wife Kristen Flannary, aka Lady Glaucomflecken. They guys ask Will and Kristin about their busy lives with Glaucomflecken.com and balancing work and family and how they met back in college. They then ask about Will’s cardiac arrest in 2020 and how Kristen had to do CPR on Will for 10 minutes. They clarify how Will had a cardiac arrest and not a heart attack and how doctors never found a cause for his arrest. They talk about Kristen’s role increasing awareness of both CPR as well as co-survivors of medical trauma. 

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Show Notes:

• https://glaucomflecken.com/

•  The Quiet Place: https://www.onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-9164(21)00403-6/fulltext

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Today, Ali and Asif discuss the career of actor Chris Hemsworth. They discuss his background, his early roles and his breakthrough roles in “Star Trek” and ‘Thor” (1:00).  Then Asif gives Ali a trivia quiz on all things Hemsworth. Then, the guys discuss how on Chris’ new show “Limitless”, he discusses that genetic testing reveals that he has an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Asif starts off by giving a bit of background on Allzheimers, what causes it and how common it is (15:49). He then talks about how it is diagnosed as well as the treatment and prognosis. Asif talks about the current treatment as well as the promising new drug Lecanemab. Then Ali brings up the testing done by Dr. Peter Attia on Limitless which revealed that Chris has 2 copies of the APOE4 gene which increases his risk of developing Alzheimer’s by 8-10 times. 

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Show Notes:  

• The BEST of 'Loki' Tom Hiddleston | The Graham Norton Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdwClcDvVao
• Chris Hemsworth Changed His Life After an Ominous Health Warning https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/11/chris-hemsworth-exclusive-interview-alzheimers-limitless
• Alzheimer disease: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1134817-treatment#d14
• Spirit of the West's John Mann, 57, dies after battle with Alzheimer's: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/spirit-of-the-west-s-john-mann-dead-1.5367381
• Is lecanemab the Alzheimer's drug that will finally make a difference? https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/08/1141396375/lecanemab-alzheimer-drug-researchers-hope
• Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212948

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Today on a special episode, Ali and Asif interview actress, comedian and YouTube sensation Julie Nolke. They start off by discussing Julie’s background and how she almost pursued engineering before studying theatre. She then discusses how she struggled for years with auditioning before finding her voice on YouTube. They then discuss her viral hit video  “Explaining the pandemic to my past self”, which has over 20 million views. Ali then asks Julie about online criticism which is often sexist when it comes to female comedians. Jule then describes her creative process and the work involved in putting out her weekly videos on her YouTube channel. The guys then ask Julie about her collaborations with Ryan George and Bruce McCulloch. Finally the guys talk about Julie and Ali both being cast on ‘Run the Burbs’ and discuss the second season of the hit sitcom.  

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Show Notes:

• Julie Noke YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@julienolke
• The 6 Year Overnight Success | Julie Nolke | TEDxIIITA: Julie TEDX talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_azujpI4tmE
• Sketches of a Comedic Life on Video: https://www.swaggermagazine.com/home/selfmade/JulieNolke
• Bruce McCulloch Admires the ‘Ferocious’ Comedy of Julie Nolke: https://www.vulture.com/article/julie-nolke-bruce-mcculloch-interview.html
• Run the Burbs: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/run-the-burbs/s01

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Today the guys discuss the career of actress and comedian Mindy Kaling (2:12). Ali and Asif start off  her background and when they first saw her on television. They then talk about her roles in ‘The Office’, ‘The Mindy Project’ and her creating ‘Never Have I Ever’, as well as her book “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?”. Then, Asif tells the unbelievable story about Mindy’s brother pretending to be black to get into medical school in the USA. 

The guys then discuss the diabetes and weight loss medication semaglutide (Ozempiv, Wegovy) (25:14). NB although the gossip pages have alleged Mindy Kaling has used this medication for weight loss, there is NO EVIDENCE that Mindy has used this medication. Asif talks about how the medication works and the evidence for its use in diabetes and obesity. 

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Show Notes:  

• My Favorite Eleven Moments in Comedy: https://publicism.info/humor/hanging/17.html
• Trying to prove reverse racism, Mindy Kaling’s brother uncovered actual racism: https://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8354457/mindy-kaling-brother-racism
• Mindy Kaling on Why Her Work with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Is So Personal (Exclusive): https://www.etonline.com/mindy-kaling-on-why-her-work-with-the-pancreatic-cancer-action-network-is-so-personal-exclusive
• Velma Season 1 Review: Episodes 1-8:; https://www.ign.com/articles/velma-season-1-review-episodes-1-8
• Mindy Kaling Says it 'Took a Long Time' to Let Go of Losing Weight for 'Vanity Reasons': https://people.com/health/mindy-kaling-says-it-took-a-long-time-to-let-go-of-losing-weight-for-vanity-reasons/
• The awful truth about celeb weight-loss drug Ozempic: https://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2022/12/21/the-awful-truth-about-celeb-weight-loss-drug-ozempic.html
• Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183
• A Big STEP Forward: Semaglutide as an obesity treatment: https://drsue.ca/2021/02/a-big-step-forward-semaglutide-as-an-obesity-treatment/
• Semaglutide for weight loss: https://www.cfp.ca/content/67/11/842
• Managing the gastrointestinal side effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists in obesity: recommendations for clinical practice: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00325481.2021.2002616

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Today, Ali and Asif discuss the phenomenon of “Nepo Babies” in Hollywood (1:30). They talk about the origin of the term, which was coined by Meriem Derradji, a 25-year-old Canadian tech-support worker while commenting on Maude Apatow from ‘Euphoria’ being the daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann. Then the guys give the audience a quiz, asking if they can guess the famous father of the lead singer of the band ‘Inhaler’. Asif then asks Ali if he has encountered the “Nepo Baby” phenomenon over the course of his entertainment career. They then discuss various ‘Nepo Babies” in Hollywood as well as some quotes from them. Then the guys discuss Type 2 diabetes (37:06). They discuss the differences from Type 1 diabetes and how the incidence is increasing. They then discuss the causes and risk factors for Type 2 diabetes as well as how doctors test for it. Asif then goes over the complications as well as what people can do to help manage the disease. 

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Show Notes:  

• Inhaler - Cheer Up Baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtnEwlMOFbg
• How a Nepo Baby Is Born: https://www.vulture.com/article/what-is-a-nepotism-baby.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_camp
• An All But Definitive Guide to the Hollywood Nepo-Verse: https://www.vulture.com/article/hollywood-nepotism-babies-list-taxonomy.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym
• In defence of ‘nepo babies’ — we know, we know. But hear us out: https://www.thestar.com/life/opinion/2022/12/21/in-defence-of-nepo-babies-we-know-we-know-but-hear-us-out.html
• Which Nepo Baby Said It? https://www.vulture.com/article/nepo-baby-quotes-quiz.html
• Why Allison Williams has the best ‘nepo baby’ comeback: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/hollywood-nepo-baby-stars-adopt-allison-williams-strategy-rcna64514
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/117853-overview

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The guys start off by welcoming everyone to 2023 and they also talk about their recent trip to Dubai. They then discuss the career of Celine Dion (4;16). Ali talks about how he heard about her in the 80’s while growing up in Quebec. They talk about her crossover success with her English albums and her mega hits “Beauty and the Beast” and “My Heart Will Go on”. They then go over some little known facts about her life and career. Then Ali asks Asif about Celine’s recent diagnosis of Stiff-Person Syndrome (26:53). Asif talks about the symptoms, cause and how it is diagnosed. He then goes over the treatment and prognosis for the disorder. 

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Show Notes:  

• Céline Dion Carpool Karaoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUURLFnr9k 
• Celine Dion Reschedules Spring 2023 shows to 2024, and cancels eight Summer 2023 shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_mb-zUG30
• Stiff-Person Syndrome: https://www.dynamed.com/condition/stiff-person-syndrome

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As a year-end treat, the guys go over their favourite entertainment from 2022… and decide to omit a medical topic. Ali and Asif start off by talking about their  favourite books they read last year. Then they discuss what they listened to last year including music and podcasts. The guys then compare notes on their favourite tv shows and movies from this past year.

NB: The pod will be taking the next two weeks off. We will see all of you in the new year!

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