The House of Pod

The House of Pod episodes:

• 05.06.2024

  Episode 223 - Long COVID

  Kaveh is joined by Harvard Public Health Expert and ER doctor, Jeremy Faust and Zack Van Nus of the podcast Grinding to a Halt, to discuss the latest research on Long Covid and the possible mechanisms behind it. Hosted on...

  
• 04.30.2024

  Episode 222 - Protests, Cod Pieces and Tear Gas

  Kaveh is joined by Toxicologist/ER doctor Dr. Ryan Marino, Investigative Journalist James Stout and Dr. Rupa Marya to discuss her work decolonizing medicine as well as how to prepare and train medical professionals to help assist protesters in increasingly dangerous...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Episode 221 - Prescription for Pain

  Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Dr. Arghavan Salles and author Philip Eil to discuss the case of Dr. Paul Volkman, a once promising MD/PHD who became a central figure in one of the largest pill mill operations our country...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Episode 220 - Hubergasm

  Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson and Immunologist Dr. Andrea Love to discuss the immensely popular Andrew Huberman, his podcast, supplements and if it's possible to advertise health and wellness products in an ethical way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

  
• 03.18.2024

  Episode 219 - Mailbag!

  Kaveh is joined by med school classmate and Family Practice Doc, Bobby Davari as well as Musician and SF Commissioner, Sharky Laguana to answer anonymous listener questions that range from the medical, to the musical and to the very, very...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Episode 218 - The Killing Ground

  Kaveh is joined by guest cohost Will Poole (aka Kristi Yamaguccimane) and authors Myke Cole and Dr. Michael Livingston to discuss their new book The Killing Ground: A biography of Thermopylae and why this one particular battlefield became the stage...

  
• 02.26.2024

  Episode 217 - Tuff Love

  Kaveh is joined by Dr. Tricia Pendergast and Dr. Ryan Marino to examine and provide a different perspective on the issue of medical education as given in the recent New England Journal of Medicine podcast, "Tough Love." The generational divide...

  
• 02.20.2024

  Episode 216 - The Penitentiary Pod

  Kaveh and guest co-host Allen Liu chat with former business owner, convicted white collar criminal and founder of Felon Focus, Kristopher Chavez about the challenges of maintaining his mental and physical well being while incarcerated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

  
• 02.06.2024

  Episode 215 - Doctors Unionize

  Kaveh is joined by nurse/author Jess Dillard-Wright and Brigham & Women's Hospital medical residents Max Nguemeni and Lee Richman to discuss the unionization of their program and it's a growing trend in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

  
• 01.29.2024

  Episode 214 - Pod Don't Lie

  Kaveh is joined by producer Nadeem, poet/MC/podcaster Propaganda, and UCSF orthopedic surgeon and sports analyst Dr. Nirav Pandya to talk about basketball and sports related injuries and discuss some excellent advice for parents with kids playing sports. Send your questions and...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Episode 213 - Freedom House: The First Paramedics

  Kaveh and guest co-host Dr. Sophie Balzora sit down to chat with living legend Chief John Moon about the most important piece of medical history that you've never heard of: Freedom House Ambulance, the emergency medical service staffed completely by...

  
• 01.09.2024

  Episode 212 - Blood

  Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) and Dr. Jen Gunter to discuss her new book about menstruation, Blood. We learn why menstruation exists in the first place, how vaccines may affect it, and whether or not Kaveh...

  
• 01.02.2024

  Episode 211 - Nutrition

  Kaveh talks with Neha Shah in a wide-ranging conversation, ranging from diet to food allergies and more. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 12.27.2023

  Episode 210 - Healthcare Crisis in Gaza

  Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Ryan Marino to chat with Amira Nimerawi, from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) about the worsening healthcare crisis in Gaza and what conditions are like currently for medical professionals dealing with injury, psychological...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Episode 209 - The Last of (Fung)Us

  Kaveh is joined by musician Marc Gasway and Infectious Disease expert Dr. George Thompson to learn all about Coccidiomycosis and other fungal infections and if the show The Last of Us is realistic in any way. Send your questions and comments...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Epsidoe 208 - Whalefall

  Kaveh is joined by cohost TJ Mitchell (author of First Cut, Aftershock) and guest Daniel Kraus to discuss his New York Times bestseller, Whalefall and learn all about how to write about being swallowed by a whale and why there's...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Episode 207 - Walter Masterson

  Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Dr. Jason Rosenbaum to interview comedian and actor Walter Masterson, whose hugely popular videos satirize anti-vaccine advocates and far right wing fringe conspiracy theories. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See...

  
• 11.30.2023

  HOP Replay - Episode 162 - Pearls From the Practice of Life

  Replay of episode from May of 2022: Kaveh is joined by world leading expert in colorectal cancer, TR Levin and author Dr. John Chuck who discusses his new book on getting the most good stuff out of a life in...

  
• 11.21.2023

  Episode 206 - Glossophobia

  Kaveh is joined by public speaking coach Misty Scachtell-Megia to discuss tips and strategies for managing the fear of public speaking. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 11.14.2023

  Episode 205 - This Is Sparta?

  Kaveh is joined by Will Poole (aka Kristi Yamaguccimane) and military historian/author Myke Cole to discuss his book the Bronze Lie, the truth behind the spartan myth, and how it’s misused today. Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Episode 204 - Portugal. The Man

  Kaveh is joined by John and Zoe, from the band Portugal The Man to discuss their daughter's rare neurodegenerative disorder and they're joined by Dr. Stan Crooke, who's started the n-Lorem foundation to help find treatments for ultra rare genetic...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Episode 203 - Haunted House of Pod 3

  For the annual Halloween episode, Kaveh is joined by Marc Gasway and Doctors Stephen Sample & Tyler Black to discuss horror films set in psych wards or with psychological themes.  Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Episode 202 - Sexual Assault of Patients

  Kaveh is joined by ethicist/pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Alyssa Burgart & podcaster/cousin Sanam Skelly to discuss cases of doctors sexually assaulting patients and how some perpetrators were allowed to continue for years. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast....

  
• 10.17.2023

  Episode 201 - The Surgery That Killed 3 People

  Kaveh is joined by Dr. Arghavan Salles to discuss the surgeon Robert Liston who helped revolutionize surgery and is famously known for a surgery with a 300% mortality rate. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

  
• 10.10.2023

  Episode 200 - The Impaired Physician

  Kaveh is joined by author Rax King and toxicologist Ryan Marino to discuss addiction and the impaired physician. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 10.03.2023

  Episode 199 - Anorgasmia

  Kaveh is joined by Urologists/Sex Health experts Ashley Winter and Justin Dubin to discuss treatment of sexual dysfunction, cock rings, and more! Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 09.26.2023

  Episode 198 - Fatty Liver

  Kaveh is joined by comedian Turner Sparks and Hepatologist Elliot Tapper to discuss Fatty Liver Disease, what causes it, how to treat it, and why it’s being renamed. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

  
• 09.21.2023

  Episode 197 - Lucy Letby, Part 2

  Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson (Quizotron, Girls on Boys) and Robert Evans (Behind the Bastards) to conclude the story of Lucy Letby, the worst nurse ever. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

  
• 09.18.2023

  Episode 196 - Lucy Letby, Part 1

  Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson and Robert Evans (Behind The Bastards) to discuss the case of Lucy Letby, the nurse in England convicted of murdering infants in her hospitals NICU. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast....

  
• 09.11.2023

  Episode 195 - Worst COVID Tweets Ever

  Kaveh is joined by comedian/podcaster Dave Anthony (The Dollop) and Dr. Jonathan Howard (author of We Want Them Infected) to read and review some of the best/worst COVID tweets and quotes of the past 3 years.  Send your questions and...

  
• 08.16.2023

  Episode 194 - Epidemiology and Other Delights

  Kaveh is joined by med school classmate Bobby Davari and world class shit-poster Kristi Yamaguccimane (Will Poole) to discuss Epidemiology with Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and to discuss what happens when research goes bad.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Episode 193 - Dark Sheik

  Kaveh and psychiatrist Dr. Sulman Mirza chat with The High Priestess of Wrestling, Dark Sheik (Sam Khandaghabadi) about professional wrestling and how a trans Persian story teller started the accidental Bay Area phenomenon known as Hoodslam. Send your questions and comments...

  
• 07.24.2023

  Episode 192 - Violence Against Healthcare Workers

  Kaveh is joined by co-host Ryan Marino to discuss acts of violence in the healthcare setting with Dr. Alison Huckenpahler and medical student Yousof Fawzy, who have studied the rise in attacks.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on...

  
• 07.18.2023

  Episode 191 - COVID Revisionist History

  Kaveh is joined by Ed Niremberg and Dr. Gavin Yamey to examine RFKs disastrous impact on the measles epidemic in Samoa and how the history of COVID is being rewritten. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast....

  
• 07.10.2023

  Episode 190 - Pathology

  Kaveh is joined by musician Marc Gasway and molecular pathologist Jason Rosenbaum to learn what it is that pathologists actually do, why autopsies are important, and why we're doing less of them these days. And also, cow vaginas.Send your questions...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Episode 189 - College!

  Kaveh is joined by intern Ali and psychiatrist Tyler Black to discuss the online bullying of Peter Hotez and what life is like in college in 2023. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Episode 188 - Indigenous Health Care

  In a special team up, Kaveh is joined by James of “It Could Happen Here” to learn more about delivering health care to the Native American population. Guests include medical student Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen and Dr. Molly Hallweaver.Send your questions...

  
• 05.30.2023

  Episode 187 - Undercooked

  Kaveh and Wei chat with comedian and actor Dan Ahdoot about Undercooked, his new book on obsession with food, learn how to return food at restaurants, and how being pre-med can prepare you for a career in entertainment.Send your questions...

  
• 05.23.2023

  Episode 186 - We Want Them Infected

  Kaveh and co-host Parker James are joined by Dr. Jonathan Howard to discuss his new book on the failed quest for herd immunity that led otherwise reasonable doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted...

  
• 05.15.2023

  Episode 185 - Homophobia & Conservative Panic

  Kaveh is joined by Ryan Marino, Tyler Black, and Kristi Yamaguccimane to discuss whether American children are being “hypersexualized” and discuss conservative beliefs about homosexuality and pedophilia.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

  
• 05.09.2023

  Episode 184 - Maz Jobrani Returns

  Kaveh is joined by Shauhin Davari and Comedian/Actor Maz Jobrani to chat about performing comedy around the world, the protests in Iran, and the psychological impact on the Iranian diaspora.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See...

  
• 05.03.2023

  Episode 183 - RFK Jr. and Other Nonsense

  Kaveh is joined by Rebecca Watson and Dr. Dan Freedman to discuss anti-vaxxer and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Florida Surgeon General’s fraud, and those post-vaccine injury videos.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See...

  
• 04.18.2023

  Episode 182 - Sleep with The House of Pod

  Kaveh is joined by college professor Shauhin Davari and sleep doctors Seema Khosla and Chris Winters to talk about what happens when you don't get enough sleep, how to get more, and how alcohol and marijuana may be affecting it.Send...

  
• 04.05.2023

  Episode 181 - Liver Myths and Grifts

  Kaveh is joined by hepatologist Elliot Tapper and musician Marc Gasway to discuss what the liver does, the latest in liver grifts, and how to actually help your liver.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

  
• 03.30.2023

  Episode 180 - Colonics and Heavy Metal Detox

  Kaveh is joined by Ryan Marino and Kristi Yamaguccimane to discuss the strange week in medicine, the reaction to Stanford's incoming surgical interns, vulva gatekeeping, and medical grifts.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

  
• 03.20.2023

  Episode 179 - The State of Emergency Medicine

  Kaveh speaks with ER doctors Jeremy Faust, Ryan Marino, and Lauren Westafer about The Match - what it is and why the emergency medicine spots went so under-filled this year.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See...

  
• 03.14.2023

  Episode 178 - Mailbag #2!

  Kaveh reads listener emails, tells a story he’ll probably regret, and explains Persian new year. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 03.07.2023

  Episode 177 - Rare Diseases

  Kaveh and producer Nadeem chat with transplant surgeon Juliet Emamaullee and medical anthropologist/ethicist Meghan Halley about the challenges and excitement of studying rare disease.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 02.20.2023

  Episode 176 - Yes, There is a Doctor on Board

  Kaveh is joined by guest cohost Dr. Raja Jagadeesan and captain/physician Niall Downey to discuss the similarities and differences between medicine and flight as well as how to manage stressful situations. Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on...

  
• 01.31.2023

  Episode 175 - Hecklers

  Comedians Johnny Taylor and Turner Sparks join Kaveh and psychiatrist Tyler Black to discuss why hecklers do what they do and how to manage them.Send your questions and comments to [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.