On today's episode we sit down with Dr. Chris Booth of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada to discuss his new paper out now in JAMA Oncology titled "An Analysis of Contemporary Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials From Low/Middle-Income vs High-Income Countries". We also talk about how COVID-19 has affected oncology research. We touch, too, on the topic of evaluating how you spend your time and prioritizing your research.

Contemporary Oncology RCTs: doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7478

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On today's episode we are joined by Jacob Hale Russell, an Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. We discuss his forthcoming book on skepticism, elites, and expertise, as well as his article out now on StatNews about the myth of COVID-19 denial. We talk about anti-intellectualism and how science ought to be debated in the era of trade-offs and COVID-19.

Straw Man of Pandemic Denial: www.statnews.com/2020/12/23/put-straw-man-pandemic-denial-out-of-its-misery/comment-page-1/

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On today's episode we sit down with Dr. Arye Elfenbein, a cardiologist and "doctorpreneur " to interview him on the bio-tech company he recently co-founded: Wildtype. Wildtype manufactures ex-vivo fish meat for human consumption in fulfillment of their mission to create the cleanest, most sustainable seafood.

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Today we interview Anne Sosin of Dartmouth College on public health policy in Vermont and how the state has uniquely tamed the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Today we sit down with Dr. Matthew Smith, an associate professor in the Northeastern University Department of Philosophy and Religion, for a far-ranging discussion on COVID-19 from a philosopher's point of view.

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Today we are joined by Dr. Aaron Goodman, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California San Diego, who talks with us about hematologic malignancies, transplantation, and our new paper out now in Blood titled "Persistent Challenges with Treating Multiple Myeloma Early".

Persistent Challenges: doi.org/10.1182/blood.2020009752

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Today we talk with Dr. Stephen Bradley, a General Practitioner and Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, on publishing in medical journals -- peer review, editorial practices, anti-intellectualism, and more!

Notes on Nationalism: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/notes-on-nationalism/

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Today we have for you an episode of random thoughts. We talk over the ramifications of the strict COVID-19 policy that prevents people from visiting their dying loved ones in the hospital. We also talk more about Norman Wang and his surrounding controversy given the recent lawsuit the Center for Individual Rights has filed against the University of Pittsburgh on his behalf.

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On today's episode we interview Dr. Bill Hall, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Surgery at Medical College of Wisconsin, on our new paper out now in The Lancet Oncology titled "Considering benefit and risk before routinely recommending SpaceOAR".

SpaceOAR: doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30639-2

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On today's episode we discuss censorship in medicine in all its forms with legal expert Jonathan Darrow, an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

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