Ben and Aaron stop by to talk about children's physical activity and early mobility in the ICU. They also discuss the 2020 superbowl and things quickly get physical. And personal.

Taylor joins Divya and Sumeet to discuss a QI article about early discharges for patients with asthma. Then they play an impossible game in which they somehow manage 2 points, and end by sharing their alternate careers...just in case they all get fired for their lack of Faith Hill fanaticism.

Article: Discharging Asthma Patients on 3-Hour Beta-Agonist Treatments: A QI Project (Lo HY, et al., Hosp Pediatr. 2018)

Sarah joins Jess and Sumeet to set the record straight on synthetic cannabinoids. They a play a game to prove they're hip to the lingo and eventually they just give up and get high on K2. The mountain.

Sumeet, Jess, and Divya open up the mailbag to take listeners' questions in this holiday episode. Then they play a nice holiday game which, in true Pedantic fashion, ends up pretty naughty.

Benjamin discusses the rationale behind procalcitonin. Jess struggles with naming late 2000s club bangers, and what was supposed to be a nice holiday episode turns contentious, just like Thanksgiving dinner at your weird uncle's house.

Jenn and Adam sit down to discuss the questionable relationship between UTI and meningitis in febrile infants. They participate in the first ever antibiotic draft, but things eventually devolve into a gripe-sesh about the annual pumpkin takeover.

Sumeet and Andy review a study about discharge phone calls and 'Take it to the Streets' to talk with actual nurses. Fahmida joins in to play a game that's just embarrassing for everyone...

Jess and Divya keep Sumeet honest with the truth about family-centered rounds. Two movies from the late 1980s make cameo appearances, and Jess explains what a neuroblastoma-toma is. Like rounds, some content may be cut for time.

Sumeet and Kristen discuss caring for immigrant children using a socio-economic model of health. Then we try to stump her with a game on obscure parasites. Listen now to get the full loa-down!

Things get heated when Lea joins Sumeet and Josh to discuss a recent article about asthma. Then things quickly deteriorate as the gang muses about Clueless, Real Housewives, and hospital hygiene. Unlike Josh's stethoscope, this episode is very long... but worth every minute!