
The ZDoggMD Show
Interviews and live rants on healthcare, depolarizing our divided society, and the non-dual nature of reality. Hosted by UCSF/Stanford-trained physician Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA ZDoggMD).
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May 9, 2023 • 26min
The Deeper Truth Behind Netflix's "BEEF"
Netflix's season finale of BEEF shines a light on the dark places we're *most* afraid to look...and that may just be the key to awakening from the dream of shame and separation. Check out the video version here.
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May 5, 2023 • 50min
Life Is But A Dream (Instagram LIVE Q+A)
Originally streamed live on Instagram and reposted on YouTube, we talk Nurses' Week, system change, authenticity, and waking up from the dream that we are separate from each other and from life itself.And here's that Gobble meal prep offer just for ZDoggMD listeners! (PS I get no commissions from this, but they did send me some free meals, which is really cool): https://gobble.com/zdoggmd
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May 2, 2023 • 1h 51min
Surrender To What IS (w/Suzanne Chang)
Suzanne Non-Duality (AKA Suzanne Chang) helped change everything for my wife and me and here's how. SPOILER: that which you are most afraid to lose was never "yours" to begin with. Watch the video here.Follow Suzanne on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@suzanne-chang and on her website https://suzannechang.net/My interview with Dr. Angelo DiLullo about my wife's awakening and Suzanne's visit: https://youtu.be/2dBKdLNV8MUAngelo DiLullo's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SimplyAlwaysAwakeSupporter Tribe members check your members-only feed (or email me a request with the contact form at https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd) to watch the uncut version. Not a supporter yet? Click "join" on my YouTube channel or visit https://zdoggmd.com/supporters to join via Locals or Facebook.Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me (and a link to the uncut video interview if requested): https://paypal.me/zdoggmdMore about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z
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Apr 17, 2023 • 1h 17min
From Head to Heart: Awakening As A Couple (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)
This is an interview with my friend Dr. Angelo DiLullo about some remarkable "events" that happened to my wife and me in the last couple weeks. Please listen to the intro for more info and for a "trigger warning" 😬 And here's the two hour unreleased interview with me, Suzanne and Margaret (my wife).Check out Suzanne Chang's non-duality material here and her YouTube channel here.
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 51min
Being Here, Now: LIVE Q+A w/John Astin
John Astin is a professor of psychology, author, teacher, and musician. He returns to do a deep dive into appreciating THIS moment as all there is. Originally streamed live with audience Q+A on YouTube. Watch the video here.
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Mar 20, 2023 • 2h 2min
The Case Against Reality (w/Prof. Donald Hoffman) -- The Best Of The ZDoggMD Show
Cognitive scientist Prof. Donald Hoffman explores the Interface Theory of Perception and Conscious Realism, challenging our understanding of reality. Topics include consciousness emergence, AI implications, death, synesthesia, psychedelics, spirituality, medicine, and resource limitations in the universe.

Mar 14, 2023 • 48min
Doc Vader LIVE: Silicon Valley Bank, MD vs. NP, & More
When Doc Vader goes live to YouTube for a q+a, you never know what Dark Side madness might emerge 😂 Watch the video here.
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Mar 10, 2023 • 1h 19min
Friday Zen, LIVE
Streamed LIVE to YouTube with Q+A 3/10/23. We talked about vaccines and the nature of belief, public health messaging challenges, moral foundation theory, dealing with anger and boundary violations, dropping into the body sense and out of the head, emotional repression and the make believe world of thought, kundalini energy, the nature of negativity bias and how we can shift to positive, Trauma Release Exercises (TRE), body as sensor, shame and its roots (particularly in medicine), self inquiry, the nature and trickiness of ego, the nature of mind-identification and the house of mirrors of thought, empaths and sensitivity to others’ emotions, the excess death question, guilt around setting boundaries, letting go, dealing with fear and more. Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5QkTpx3x8
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Mar 6, 2023 • 50min
Burnout, Identity, Left Brain Dominance, and More
The podcast discusses healthcare transformation, burnout, identity, left brain vs. right brain thinking, practical solutions for personal transformation, long COVID, COVID vaccination complexities, balancing different perspectives in healthcare, mindfulness, and the illusionary nature of identity.

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Feb 28, 2023 • 1h 29min
Awakening & The Realization Journey (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)
Originally released in June of 2021, I recently revisited this amazing conversation with Dr. Angelo DiLullo, a physician, author, and teacher of non-dual realization (sometimes called spiritual awakening) and felt compelled to share it again for a newer audience who may be deeply interested in awakening and the end of needless seeking and suffering. The original video and transcript are here. Read Angelo's book on awakening Awake: It's Your Turn here. Check out Angelo's YouTube channel here.0:00 Intro: Eckhart Tolle and “The Three Pillars of Zen”6:44 Disclaimer/Warning: why you should ONLY watch if you’re deeply interested10:17 The possibility of transcending the ego and subject-object duality12:10 The paradox of free will/agency on the path to awakening16:36 Experiencing the present moment as a kind of flow state20:59 Understanding what “presence” is and its relationship to thought27:54 The sneaky ego and how it relates to awakening34:52 The roots suffering in desire, striving, and egoic constructs37:48 Unbound consciousness, the dissatisfaction of seeking via a false “self,” the importance of surrendering and emotional integration50:44 The truth behind paradox56:31 Awakening is available for anyone, and is not a crazy or paranormal experience1:00:20 Is mental illness a hindrance to awakening, or a reason not to go down the path1:05:38 Awakening is beyond the mind’s understanding, so how can you tell you’re awake1:10:18 Unfiltered reality as the primary truth1:16:08 Psychedelics vs. other methods of pointing/awakening
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