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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

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

The VPZD Show ·

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

The VPZD Show ·

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

The VPZD Show ·

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

The VPZD Show ·

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

The VPZD Show ·

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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119:20

Canceled Public Health Doc, AAP Fails, Dr. Oz

The VPZD Show ·

2022/08/28

The saga of Dr. Leana Wen, omicron-specific boosters for the fall, low uptake for vaccinating kids <5 years old, is the American Academy of Pediatrics a broken and failed organization (read Vinay's article on Sensible Medicine here), Novak Djokovic and US vaccine mandates, inauthenticity and Dr. Oz, student loan forgiveness, the Thailand kids vaccine study and much more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine"

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86:14

Trust Issues, Sensible Medicine, Ideologic Possession

The VPZD Show ·

2022/07/22

How can you determine who is trustworthy when it comes to medical information? Our new project "Sensible Medicine," untangling the complexities of health care reform, angry doctor Covidian tweets with magical thinking and religiosity, the dangers of over-testing and over-treatment with regards to routine blood work, Haidt’s 3 Great Untruths and cognitive distortions, pandemic response effect on true progressives, the consequences of ideological possession, how Vinay reviews the trustworthiness of

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117:32

Omicron Booster Science, Policy Ethics, Tribalism

The VPZD Show ·

2022/07/07

We deep dive into how our tribal divisions influence interpretations of science, ethics, and policy (topic list below). Here's the Offit interview I mentioned. Topic List Omicron-specific boosters Data on severe disease prevention and booster rationale The challenges of case-control data for kids' vaccination Evidence-based morality, ethical and practical considerations around vaccine mandates Ethical and practical considerations around cooking pizza at home Does repeated COVID infection harm

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94:44

The Death Throes Of Covidian Culture (& Some Cancer...

The VPZD Show ·

2022/06/12

Stanford medical school commencement ceremony, boosters for 5-11 year olds, Cat COVID, the end of pre-departure screening, VP's Oncology video drama, Twitter addiction and "second selfing," is continual feedback a good thing, San Francisco DA gets recalled, new immunotherapy for colorectal cancer, the importance of palliative care in oncology, and much more! Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here. Dr. Prasad's

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94:41

Guns, Vaccines, & Monkeys

The VPZD Show ·

2022/06/03

We dive into the riddle of gun violence in America, violence against healthcare professionals, public health officials and closing schools, will we need an annual COVID shot and how would we study that, the emergence of monkeypox, and the Depp/Heard trial. Video: https://youtu.be/9i8cD4j4sQE Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/vpzd Check out our new Substack collaboration, "Sensible Medicine" here: sensiblemed.substack.com/ Dr. Prasad's "Plenary

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