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.

When Doc Vader goes live to YouTube for a q+a, you never know what Dark Side madness might emerge 😂 Watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

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 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 and why politicians simply can’t be honest, and more! Video here. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app: https://link.chtbl.com/vpzd Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parasitic middlemen and others in the healthcare industry are gouging patients who can't afford live-saving medications. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky of Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company teaches us who they are (oh yes, we name names) and how we can fight back to make meds affordable again. A must-watch for patients and caregivers struggling with the high cost of prescription drugs.Here's the full video of the interview. Here's our prior interview with Alex from 2021.Dr. Alex Oshmyansky is the Founder and CEO of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder at the age of 18 with a BA in Biochemistry. He went on to earn an MD at the Duke University School of Medicine and a PhD at Oxford University in Mathematics as a Marshall Scholar. Alex completed a surgical internship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He went on to a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in pediatric radiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Alex then served as an adjunct faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine and continues to practice as an emergency radiologist.Topics & Timecodes00:00 Intro2:08 About Alex, the inspiration for Cost Plus Drugs9:34 Why drugs cost so much, price gouging, parasitic middlemen (PBMs)18:23 Who ultimately suffers?25:29 Breaking the system, price transparency, the problem with “discounts”31:18 Financing this model, negotiating directly with drug manufacturers, Mark Cuban, simple pricing38:55 How providers can prescribe using costplusdrugs.com42:12 Employer incentives, the Health 3.0 vision, building a new (less corrupt) system51:06 Primary care, concierge care, importance of preventative care1:07:03 Med expiration dates, working with Mark Cuban1:11:52 Finding a sense of purpose (both personally & within your team), founder stress & burnout1:20:30 Final thoughts Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meditation questions, what it's like on meditation retreat (virtual and in-person), thoughts on thoughts, emotion shadow work, reactivity, truth-realization, and more in this Q+A originally LIVE on Facebook.Watch the video here.Future retreats with Dr. Angelo DiLullo can be found here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can healing happen when we shine a light on the dark places in medicine? Dr. Emily Silverman is a UCSF hospital physician and host of the popular podcast The Nocturnists. We dive into shame and emotional repression in doctors, healthcare professionals, and beyond.Check out the entire Shame series here. Learn more about Dr. Silverman here. Donate to her nonprofit here. Visit The Shame Space. Here is the gun violence article we referenced.Watch the video of our interview here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's a Sith Lord and burned out physician, more machine than doc now. YOU asked him ANYTHING, LIVE! Full video version here.Topics covered:00:00 Intro00:09 Pronouns01:40 Damar Hamlin03:37 Vaccines08:57 Fairness11:44 Societal fails16:37 Shame19:18 Universal masking20:26 Bret Weinstein22:36 Colonoscopy23:44 Vaccine induced myocarditis24:38 Naming your baby26:54 Champagne27:55 Lightsaber Vasectomies29:08 Male nurses31:15 Clinical leadership32:07 Power of the Dark Side35:14 Medication side effects37:33 Perfect families40:26 Dark side philosophy42:13 Personality disorders Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices