The VPZD Show

In this episode we discuss Joe Rogan/Trump Interview insights, the ‘science’ of polling, irrational COVID policies, erosion of trust in the medical establishment, the dangers of public health dogma, Trump Derangement Syndrome™️, reflections on the US political system, Zubin’s TikTok verification drama, what creates successful social media reach, TikTok’s cringey docs, the impact of shame on medical practice and education, Rogan’s fixation on physical fitness, why Yoga kicks ass, Vinay’s literary review of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series, and Zubin’s personal experience with psychedelics (watch THAT video here).

Video version of this episode here.

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Former New York public health official Jay Varma's hypocritical sex parties during COVID, why we refuse to talk to most reporters, VP’s take on the new schizophrenia drug, the 10 year anniversary of VP’s PARADIGM-HF heart failure drug trial smackdown, how much an MD/PhD with 100 years of training makes when they finally finish school, Marty’s new book, a Stanford and Emory conference where VP is speaking on public health controversies, and much more!

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Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.

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Marty's in tha' house to rap about his new book, out Sept. 17th! Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health. Video version here.

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Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.

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The three horseman of the apocalypse are BACK! We talk Marty’s new book, CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies, Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations, media health reporting biases, COVID and testing rules, Paxlovid efficacy, the media and lab leak theory, garbage research and health equity, lab leak vs. wet market, medical education is broken and what to do about it, why the med school curriculum is crap, how to fix medical conferences, why debate in medicine is now taboo, ABMS and medical board exam monopoly, culture of obedience in medicine, and more!

Here's a sneak peek of Marty Makary's new book BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health (now available for pre-order).



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Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.

Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.

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The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version here.

Topics covered:

00:00 Intro, WE'RE BACK!

4:02 Zubin's Dad's Passing

30:00 Physician Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

48:18 Chat GPT and Medicine

52:24 Letting DOJ Know About MOC Monopoly

54:04 Colon Cancer Screening

1:04:30 Whole Body MRI Scans

1:12:24 GI Jokes

1:13:57 Masking In Hospitals

1:23:07 Doctors' Attire and Behavior (Professionalism)

1:27:21 What's Up With Braces?

👉 Ain't The Way To Die, including resources on end-of-life planning.

👉 Link to let DOJ know about MOC.

👉 Previous episode w/Dr. Paul Teirstein on MOC (Maintenence of Certification)

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Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.

Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.

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More on Zubin.

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Famous docs who can’t process evidence, prior authorization in healthcare and care variation, private equity and gray areas in medicine, the decline of academic medical centers, indoctrination in education, does Paxlovid actually work in populations that matter and the biases of observational trials, fake twitter medical experts, why hospital maintenance workers have more common sense than healthcare leadership, Cochrane mask review, CDC director masking comments and ivermectin, politics in science and why politicians simply can’t be honest, and more! Video here.

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We were both victims of the "tripledemic" and now have Long Cold but we're BACK! In Episode 30 we dive into the recent focus on sudden deaths and cardiac arrest in athletes such as Damar Hamlin and whether vaccine causation can be attributed as many online "experts" insist, Vinay's new myocarditis paper, FDA withholding Moderna human data from advisory committee members during bivalent EUA approval, do medications really "expire" and much more!

Video: https://youtu.be/DOQF2JNZug4

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The boys are back in town 🔥. We talk about the future of social media, Elon Musk's Twitter, misinformation policing failures, metabolic health, being your authentic self and more. 

Here's VP's Sensible Medicine article we referenced.

Topics & Timecodes

00:00 Verbal & non-verbal communication, listening & presence

02:43 The future of social media, Zuckerberg, Elon's authenticity, Twitter & the blue checkmark disaster

10:49 Z's alleged 30-millionaire status, calculating net worth, the importance of supporting content & creators you care about

14:54 Sensible Medicine & VP's Misinformation Police article, suppression of ideas vs. presenting a better counter-argument, the far left & tribal identity

27:08 Terrible midterm election predictions, Dr. Oz's inauthenticity & subsequent loss, pseudo-science "influencers"

33:26 America's Frontline Doctors & Simone Gold's alleged implosion

35:02 Masking kids & NEJM's paper, observational vs randomized control trials, bad science & its overlap with politics, myocarditis, MedScape & the attack on Mandrola

46:30 Insulin resistance, the pros & cons of glucose monitoring as "health entertainment", metabolic health, cold plunge

1:07:53 Bob Califf tweets & long Covid claims, Ashish Jha changes his tune

1:13:36 Authenticity, being seen for who you authentically are, ZDadd tech support, post-meditation retreat realizations

1:25:23 Predictions on the approaching world shift, final thoughts

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ZD visits VP studios for a broad discussion about colonoscopy, Florida's surgeon general Ladapo and Science magazine, the new oath taken by UMN medical students during their White Coat ceremony, and MUCH more. The only thing missing is VP's signature black leather jacket 🔥

Watch VP's breakdown of the NordICC colo trial here, here, and here. Read UMN's white coat oath and learn more about Ladapo and the Science magazine editorial here.

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We discuss firing of the NYU professor who's class was too hard, the problems with screening for medical school admission, Dr. Glauckomflecken's maskless Twitter selfie thing and the nature of virtue signaling, why JEDI aren't woke enough according to Scientific American (cuz eugenics of course), a recent study on personality changes due to the pandemic, CRAZY liberal arts college masking policies, and much more!

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