The House of Pod

Kaveh is joined by Sharky Laguana to chat with Dr. Ashley Winter, a urologist and sexual health expert, about the G-spot, female ejaculation, and more fun stuff that’ll make you uncomfortable listening to in front of your in-laws. 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 Cody to discuss doctors in horror films and depictions of mental illness on screen. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by Ophthalmologist/satirist Dr. Glaucomflecken and screenwriter Michael Weber to discuss two classic films: The Hospital and Doc Hollywood. Why they love them, what they got right, what aged well and what didn’t. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh takes a deep dive on the first bivalent COVID booster to learn what "imprinting" is, if you can take meds to help with the symptoms of the vaccine, and answer a bunch more questions we all have about the new booster! With Edward Nirenberg, Dr. Neurofourier and Dr. Jeff McLeroy. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Kaveh talk to his mentor Dr. Dennis Low and his colleague Dr. Santhi Lingamneni about physician burnout, and the negotiations between the primary care doctors at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Santa Clara County. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by friends, communications specialist Kristin Flanary, political science professor Miranda Yaver, and ER doctor Stephen Sample to discuss the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, and if it's a bigger deal than people think it is. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh chats about monkeypox with CDC global health and pandemic technical advisor Dr. Neurofourier, San Francisco ER doctor Graham Walker, and ER doctor and writer of Inside Medicine Jeremy Faust. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by Psychiatrist/Suicidoloigist Tyler Black and Toxicologist/ER doctor Ryan Marino to discuss psychedelic medication and studying their use for refractory depression and other psychiatric illness. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by Dr. TR Levin to chat with family physician and author John Chuck about not waiting to find happiness and finding joy, even if things look awful (and they do look awful).Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by political science professor Miranda Yaver and ER doctor Stephen Sample to discuss the leaked draft opinion on Roe vs. Wade from the Supreme Court of the United States, what comes next, and how the language of the opinion will be used in other cases. More cursing than usual. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Kaveh is joined by adolescent psychiatrist Tyler Black and graduating medical student Josh McGough to discuss advice on being a doctor. They are also joined by a high school student to discuss the stresses on youth during COVID times and what life is like for young people. 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 as they chat with Laura Bukavina and Alberto Castro Bigalli, two fellows who volunteered their medical services at the Ukraine-Poland border. They discuss what the scene is like, what we aren’t hearing, and why they went. If you’re interested in volunteering as well, contact umana@umana.org for more information. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail....

Kaveh and Dr. Sophie Balzora chat with Stat News reporter Nicholas St. Fleur about shining a light on the vast health disparities facing our country and filming your own colonoscopy for Good Morning America. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by producer Nadeem and friend Wei to share some embarrassing stories and chat with Hall of Fame NBA legend Rick Barry about the growing rate of injuries in the NBA and what’s changed over in the league over time. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No, he’s not a guest, but Kaveh has podcast host Parker James and ER physician Graham Waker on to discuss some of the controversies regarding Joe Rogan’s medical stances and guests, such as Robert Malone. 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 Dr. Sophie Balzora to reminisce about medical school and chat with two amazing medical students about training in a pandemic and what advice they have for people applying to medical school. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rapper and coffee aficionado Propaganda joins Kaveh to interview Harvard professor Dr. Sanjiv Chopra and Hepatologist Dr. Elliot Tapper about the health benefits of coffee. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You never want to be considered the "interesting" patient by your doctors, but that’s precisely what Dr. Seth Trueger became when he was diagnosed with Paraneoplastic Syndrome and Seminoma. Kaveh sits down with Dr. Trueger, an ER physician, to discuss his diagnosis, family, and doing the best you can with bad news. Read more here: http://ja.ma/sethSend your questions and comments to hopquestions@g...

Kaveh is joined by journalist Lindsey Ellefson, host of “It Could Happen Here” Garrison Davis, and toxicologist Ryan Marino to discuss cases of police reportedly overdosing on Fentanyl by touching it and whether that is a plausible from a medical perspectiveSend your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yup. Kaveh got the COVID and recorded this special episode from quarantine. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by Drs. Sophie Balzora, Tyler Black, and Stephen Sample for drinks and to reflect on the year, discussing what surprised them and what they learned. But mostly to drink. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh speaks to comedian Billy Wayne Davis, Psychiatrist Tyler Black, and podcaster Stephanie Jantzen about the mental and physical effects of a toxic workplace and what can be done about it (other than just quitting, which sometimes works too).Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Dr. TR Levin to chat about the latest in colon cancer screening and to interview Dr. Fola May about the importance of representation, screening inequities, and what she’s doing to change things. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh and guest co-host Dr. Wei Liu chat about Kaveh’s electric car issues and hang out with writer Rax King to discuss her new book Tacky and learn how patients can inadvertently be made to feel shame by the medical community. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaveh is joined by guest co-host Kristin Flanary (aka Lady Glaucomflecken) to talk about growing up and doing adult stuff like finance. Financial advisor Tyler Olsen and ER doctor Viveta Lobo join. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.