The House of Pod

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 comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by toxicologist Ryan Marino and infectious disease doctor (and flight surgeon in training!) Sanjiv Baxi to discuss the tripledemic, grade Fauci and the World Health Organization on their management of Covid, as well as discuss the future of ID, including whether or not medical trainees still want to pursue it! Views of the guests do represent the views of the DoD or the Air Force....

Kaveh speaks with Dr. Arghavan Salles and Dr. Montreh Tavakkoli about the protests in Iran, what they've learned about the casualties suffered, and what we can do in the United States to help. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by psychiatrist/TikToker Sulman Mirza and 2nd year medical student Bone Wizard to discuss serial killers and America’s fascination with them. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by friend of the show and graduating medical student Tema Fudge, to chat with Dr. Trebach about toxicology, the residency match, and calling consults. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.