The VPZD Show

94:50

Lethal Injection Ethics, Meditation Dangers, GRAIL...

The VPZD Show ·

2026/10/04

Should we be medicalizing state-sanctioned executions? Is meditation actually safe? Do liquid biopsies save lives? EASY QUESTIONS ONE AND ALL 😂 Originally streamed ⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠! (#44)In this episode, we talked liquid biopsies for multi-cancer screening, the evidence behind recent blood test trials, and the risks of false positives and overdiagnosis. We dove into meditation’s possible benefits and harms, including anxiety, dissociation, and psychosis, as well as concerns about using it

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73:30

Affirmative Action, AI Medical Recording, AI Doomers

The VPZD Show ·

2026/09/26

Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠⁠! (#42)Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking Whether AI companies calling for regulation are protecting the public or protecting their own competitive lead The "Chernobyl of AI" idea, and skepticism toward vague doomsday percentage predictions Burnout across the AI industry, and a personal parallel to burning out in medicine before starting

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70:34

Macklemore, Confidence Intervals, LG Spying

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2026/09/19

Exploring the issues of the day, (Mackle)more or less 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠! (#42)Topics covered: the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran controversy over political statements at concerts; land acknowledgments and performative activism; T-Rex body temperature research using tooth enamel isotopes; amateur archaeology and human evolution theories; the fluoride-in-water debate, weighing dental benefits against IQ concerns; a University awards ceremony disrupted by political chanting; Jonathan

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102:11

Pancreatic Cancer Drug, USPSTF, Tylenol-Autism

The VPZD Show ·

2026/09/11

We're trying to become better listeners, SO PREPARE FOR SOME SHOUTING 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠! (#41)⁠⁠Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠More on Vinay.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠More on Zubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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128:10

Fauci's Diary, Vinay's FDA Experience, Jason Arday...

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2026/09/05

Yeah it's been over a year but you can't keep a couple of handsome brown guys apart forever 😎 A BRAND NEW VPZD EPISODE, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#40)⁠Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app⁠. ⁠Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.⁠ ⁠Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast.⁠ ⁠More on Vinay.⁠ ⁠More on Zubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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62:17

Ivy Leagues, Vaccine Science, Politics & Stuff

The VPZD Show ·

2025/04/23

We're back, just cuz we had dinner and felt like a live nightcap. Enjoy!Watch the originally live YouTube video here. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on Vinay. More on Zubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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84:57

Trump Transition, Reproductive Rights, Vaccine Truth

The VPZD Show ·

2024/11/14

Another live episode, we touch on a BUNCH of stuff, including Trump's transition, possible FDA appointments, RFK Jr., letters we've gotten about reproductive rights, was Harris or her team afraid to have her go on Rogan, a deep dive into COVID infection fatality rate and what to do about vaccines, and MUCH more. Watch the video version here.Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite podcast app. Check out VP's Substack collaboration, Sensible Medicine. Here's all my previous episodes with Dr

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100:20

Why Trump Won & What It Means For Healthcare

The VPZD Show ·

2024/11/09

Regardless of your political leanings, this live podcast WILL traumatize you 😻. Election reactions, media polarization, what this might mean for healthcare and WAY more than you cared to hear about Peyronie’s disease 🍆🤓. Watch the video version here.Subscribe to The VPZD Show on your favorite podcast app. Check out VP's Substack collaboration, Sensible Medicine. Here's all my previous episodes with Dr. Prasad and Vinay's Plenary Session podcast. More on Vinay. More on Zubin. Learn more about

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104:02

Rogan & Trump, Dumb Medical Practices, A VPZD Book Club?

The VPZD Show ·

2024/10/30

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

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64:44

Public Health Sex Party Hypocrisy

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2024/10/04

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!Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite

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52:55

Blind Spots (w/Dr. Marty Makary)

The VPZD Show ·

2024/09/16

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. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show" podcast. More on Vinay. More on Zubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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68:13

Biden’s Drug Pricing, Fake Health News, Marty’s Book

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2024/08/22

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

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95:02

Losing ZDadd, MOC is Dumb, Medical Masking

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2024/04/29

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

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79:26

CDC Masking Comments, Prior Auths, Paxlovid Data

The VPZD Show ·

2023/02/16

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

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92:33

Sudden Deaths, Damar Hamlin, FDA Bivalent Fail

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2023/01/11

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 Subscribe to "The

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98:46

The Misinformation Police Strike Out (& More)

The VPZD Show ·

2022/11/17

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

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98:54

Colonoscopy, Ladapo & Science Mag, UMN White Coat Oath

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2022/10/15

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. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast

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78:45

NYU Professor Fired, COVID Personality Changes,...

The VPZD Show ·

2022/10/07

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! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new

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81:26

Bivalent Boosters, Healthcare Masking, Sensible Medicine

The VPZD Show ·

2022/09/24

VP and ZD celebrate the return of in-person conferences, lament the challenges of continued mandatory masking in healthcare settings, and talk about better ways to get at truth (yeah, I'm kinda phoning in the summary of this dope discussion this time, just listen already 😂 #quietquitting) Video: https://youtu.be/B7V1RelMXwA 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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73:34

Omicron Boosters 4 ALL, CO2 Meter Madness

The VPZD Show ·

2022/09/06

A Labor Day Special! CDC recommends bivalent Omicron-specific boosters for everyone, the madness of the CO2 meter crowd, journalism's challenges, mean attending physician comments, the evolution of language, and more! 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 Zubin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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