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The VPZD Show

Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania

Two doctors, one podcast, Alt-Middle as heck. Featuring Dr. Vinay Prasad (host of Plenary Session) and Dr. Zubin Damania (host of The ZDoggMD Show).

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All Episodes

99:32

Less Is More Medicine (w/Dr. Rita Redberg)

The VPZD Show ·

2022/05/19

We talk with Dr. Rita Redberg (professor of medicine & cardiologist at UCSF) about how very often less is more when it comes to medical care. We cover cancer screening (PSA, mammograms, blood testing, colonoscopy, CT screening for lung cancer), the utility or lack thereof of genetic testing, medical devices, statins, hypertension guidelines and treatment, and much more. And here's my prior interview with Dr. Redberg. Video: zdoggmd.com/less-is-more Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite

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123:18

Supreme Court Abortion Decision & Crazy COVID Stuff

The VPZD Show ·

2022/05/07

CDC data collection, hepatitis in kids, Johnson & Johnson vaccine limited use, more on physician "influencers," the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court leaked draft decision, surprise medical billing, a nutty Twitter COVID story, seroprevalence of COVID in children, the White House Correspondents Dinner, annual COVID shots, Omicron's mortality, the "Pfizer documents" and more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr

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99:17

Moderna For Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford...

The VPZD Show ·

2022/04/29

Elon Musk buys Twitter and what that may mean, group mind and the threat of nuclear holocaust, the conundrum of "physician influencers" on social media, Moderna's push to get EUA for it's vaccine in kids younger than 5, the Stanford nurses go on strike, challenges in academic medicine, should people in healthcare forge their OWN path, and much more! The Dr. Risa Hoshino substack piece: https://sarahburwick.substack.com/p/who-is-risa-hoshino. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast

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86:37

China Lockdowns, Teen Mental Health, Audience Capture

The VPZD Show ·

2022/04/15

We dive DEEP into all the things in this rare in-person video episode of The VPZD Show. And VP's lookin' pretty fly for a brown guy in that black jacket 🔥 We talk Elon Musk & Twitter, Bill Maher & medical humility, CNN's Dr. Leana Wen and her recent 360, China lockdowns, declines in teen mental health, kids cloth masking, booster science, Dr. Ashish Jha, the nature of audience capture, the value of authenticity, imposter syndrome, and much more. As promised, here's our first in-person

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97:11

Ivermectin, NYC Toddler Masks, Dumb Policies

The VPZD Show ·

2022/04/08

In this episode: Ivermectin, the latest Twitter absurdities, vacation without COVID, Will Smith, why medical conferences SUCK, NYC's toddler mask policy, why so many academics leave for pharma, that 4th dose, and more! Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-15/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on

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78:19

Worship Lord Zero COVID, 4th Booster, Dumb Policies

The VPZD Show ·

2022/03/23

We're back! In this episode we talk: dumb COVID policies, mask shaming on both sides, Kyrie Irving vaccine controversy, worshipping Lord Zero COVID (Hong Kong and elsewhere), press coverage biases, a FOURTH booster shot, ethical considerations around pharma not providing meds to Russia, dumber college COVID policies, the deal with early treatments, Ash Jha and John Ioannidis, and the James Webb telescope and STEM inspiration. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-14/ Subscribe to

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92:20

Kids' Museum COVID Policy, 5-11 y.o. Vax Efficacy,...

The VPZD Show ·

2022/03/01

In this episode we discuss: -Dr. Z's Twitter "bullying" of the California Academy of Sciences kids' museum over their restrictive booster/testing entrance policy (and why Z deleted Twitter at last). Read about it in MedPage Today. -New data on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of Pfizer's vaccine in the 5-11 year old population and what this means for policy. -Why public health may need controls placed on it in the future to avoid restrictive policies that lack evidence (see also: Vinay's Substack

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94:49

Tribalism, Deplatforming, FDA Kids' Vaccine Reversal

The VPZD Show ·

2022/02/17

In this episode: The badges of tribal identity for COVID thesis/antithesis tribes, "deplatforming" scientists and the conditioning of young people, liberals and conservatives trading places, aiming for post-cynical discourse, the perils of comparing nations' COVID outcomes, and the FDA's crazy <5 y.o. kids' vaccine EUA mess. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr

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81:57

Booster Coercion, Vax 4 Toddlers, Canceling Rogan

The VPZD Show ·

2022/02/04

The docs talk about Vinay getting a booster or losing his job, why we continue to mask children, Pfizer's vaccine dance with the FDA around children younger than 5, the wisdom of trying to cancel Joe Rogan, Spotify's "trusted" COVID disclaimer, and the urgency of getting kids back to a normal. Here's the Urgency Of Normal site that Vinay referenced in the show. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-11/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new

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83:58

Dr. Robert Malone's Joe Rogan Interview, Decoded

The VPZD Show ·

2022/01/20

Vinay and Z dive deep on the latest censored antithesis hero while trying to make sense of sense-making in general. Here's Vinay's piece on this in Unherd. And here's the Rebel Wisdom episode on sense-making that I referenced. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-10/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on

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71:11

Offit & Kids' Boosters, Schizo CDC, Omicron Dominoes...

The VPZD Show ·

2022/01/13

We dive into Dr. Paul Offit's Atlantic piece on boosting teens, the nature of the CDC's apparent schizophrenia, the long term effects on the "pandemic generation," and how Omicron is causing all our prior policy dominoes to fall. Also: FUNNY TWEETS 🤓 Here's Dr. Paul Offit's Atlantic article we mentioned. Full transcript: https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/vpzd-9/ Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr

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49:31

Omicron Mitigation, Djokovic, Dumb COVID Tweets

The VPZD Show ·

2022/01/06

In this Omi-sode: 1) Can omicron be mitigated AT ALL? The Bay Area experience currently. 2) Novak Djokovic and the COVID vaccine 3) Covidiots vs. Covidians, where is the Alt-Middle? Rogan's role. 4) The dumbest tweets of 2021 5) Who was most right about COVID policy? Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on Vinay. More on

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75:51

Your Date With Omicron, "Fringe" Scientists,...

The VPZD Show ·

2021/12/27

Many questions addressed on this last episode of 2021! Should people who talk about COVID policy actually see COVID patients, and are doctors biased by their daily practice experience? How should holiday meals "safely" occur, and how can we understand risk and risk reduction? Are Vinay and Zubin wrong about the response around college students and COVID? Did Francis Collins try to discredit "fringe epidemiologist" Jay Bhattacharya and his colleagues instead of promoting dialog? Why is Dr. Z so

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85:44

Rogan/McCullough, Boosters & Omicron, Myocarditis...

The VPZD Show ·

2021/12/15

This week we dive into Dr. Z's personal booster decision, do vaccines reduce transmission in setting of variants like Omicron, Joe Rogan’s interview with Dr. Peter McCullough , the hypocrisy of physicians who demand masks and distancing and then do the opposite themselves, medical students speaking out against distance learning, new myocarditis trial data with implications for Moderna and spacing vaccines in general, meditation stuff, the problem with virtue signaling, the number needed to boot with

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89:26

Stifling Physician Voices, Politicized Journalism,...

The VPZD Show ·

2021/12/10

In this episode we dive into some emails Dr. Z received about hospital COVID policies and medical education (and how our leaders are screwing up), the problem with mandates in healthcare, and strongly negative feedback for us from a critical care nurse on the front lines about our vaccine messaging. In the news, we react to NPR’s piece saying Trump voters more likely to die of COVID, what is the nature of “misinformation” on both sides of the political spectrum, the challenges of quantitative

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100:12

Omicron Panic, Natural Immunity, Fluvoxamine,...

The VPZD Show ·

2021/12/04

Dr. Marty Makary joins the fray for a science & reason SMACKDOWN 🔥 How many Omicrons does this register on the media fear-o-meter? Check out all our shows with MedPage today editor-in-chief Dr. Marty Makary here. And all our shows with UCSF hematologist-oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad here. And our new joint podcast, The VPZD Show, here. And here's the video version of this interview! Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 2:17 Boosters for All? 8:47 Young people + Covid, flawed CDC studies? 12:45 Natural

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110:40

Dr. Oz, Omicron, Boosters, Saving Science

The VPZD Show ·

2021/12/01

For the week ending Dec. 1st 2021, VP and ZD dive into Dr. Oz running for the senate, the Omicron gambit, dumb travel restrictions, what the heck with boosters 4 all, poor quality science and biased scientific oversight, and MUCH more! Here's all our other shows featuring VP. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on

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82:50

Kids Inside For Thanksgiving? Should Fauci Quit?...

The VPZD Show ·

2021/11/24

Dr. Z and Dr. Vinay Prasad get unfiltered about the NY Times recommendations for a safe COVID Thanksgiving, whether Dr. Fauci should quit, and whether a healthy young person should get a Moderna booster, and more! Here's all our other video episodes featuring VP. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on Vinay. More on

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86:08

Medication, Mandates, Middle Ground

The VPZD Show ·

2021/11/18

In this inaugural episode of our new collaborative show, Dr. Vinay Prasad (UCSF hematologist/oncologist) and Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA the hospitalist known as ZDoggMD) team up for a medical show designed to bring you up to speed on the weeks events with a nuanced, Alt-Middle perspective. Here's all our other shows featuring VP. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr

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