Out Loud with Dr. Makkani

In this episode of Out Loud , Dr. Makkani is joined by Dr. Javier “Kenji” Martinez, a family medicine physician in Miami, for an honest conversation about primary care, physician voices on social media, and the realities of taking care of patients in a healthcare system that often makes good care harder to deliver. They discuss what patients often misunderstand about primary care, the difference b...

In this episode of Out Loud, Dr. Makkani is joined by Dr. Aryanna Amini, a board-certified family medicine physician with additional certification in sports medicine and obesity medicine. They talk about what obesity medicine actually looks like beyond the online noise around GLP-1 medications. The conversation covers obesity as a chronic medical condition, the stigma patients carry, realistic exp...

GLP-1 medications have changed the way we treat obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease. In this episode, I talk about compounded GLP-1s, online prescribing, and why the process around these medications matters — including dosing, follow-up, patient selection, and informed consent. This is not a conversation about fear. It is a conversation about treating these medications with the medical oversi...

Women’s health is finally being talked about more openly and that matters. But somewhere along the way, hormones, cortisol, inflammation, gut health, perimenopause, PCOS, supplements, and “wellness” became one of the biggest industries on the internet. In this episode of Out Loud , Dr. Makkani talks about why so many women have felt dismissed for years, why online health content can feel validatin...

Out Loud with Dr. Makkani is a podcast about medicine, wellness, aesthetics, misinformation, and the realities of modern healthcare from the perspective of a board-certified internal medicine physician. Some episodes break down confusing health trends and viral medical claims. Some explore the systems, burnout, and frustrations shaping the way patients experience healthcare today. Others are hones...