The House of Pod: A Medical Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kaveh is joined by CDC Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Neurofourier, Science Communicator Edward Nirenberg, and ER doctor Ryan Marino to talk about the future of vaccines and take a deep dive on our current vaccine situation. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

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.

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.

Kaveh enlists Dr. Sophie Balzora, Nurse Kelsey, and Dr. Harry Thomas to help answer listener questions on racist tweets by psychiatrists, sex in the hospital, and medical grifters. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

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.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 a 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. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

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 perspective Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Yup. Kaveh got the COVID and recorded this special episode from quarantine. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.