
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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Dec 14, 2022 • 38min
The Peril & Promise Of "Second Selfing"
Avoid the pitfalls of your online "second self" by recognizing & navigating criticism, parasocial projections, audience capture, social media addiction, and creator burnout/metric obsession.Reference courtesy of The Stoa here.Watch the video here.
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Dec 11, 2022 • 1h 3min
A Better Pandemic Playbook (w/Dr. Monica Gandhi)
The ever-amazing Dr. Monica Gandhi returns to talk Flu/RSV/COVID, viral interference, China's zero-COVID response, MPox, and public health lessons from HIV for the next pandemic—while searching for true meaning beyond our apparent divisions.Watch the video here.Here's the paper summarizing Monica's proposed pandemic playbook.Find all our episodes with Dr. Gandhi here.Transcript & links here.Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro03:27 Influenza, RSV & COVID, "immune debt," viral interference, population immunity, targeted boosting, pregnancy & immunity12:30 Bivalent boosters, age stratified risk, flu shot uptake, public health’s vaccine messaging failures, China’s zero-COVID policy, mRNA vaccines & the immunocompromised22:53 Mpox (formerly monkeypox) messaging, why at-risk population targeting is so important28:17 Monica’s new book Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook, HIV lessons learned but not applied to the COVID pandemic, harm reduction, school closures, global vaccine equity, planning for future pandemics37:42 Social divisiveness & the moral matrix, societal harms due to the pandemic response, mental health, substance abuse & suicide, the Alt-Middle44:15 Burnout, healing divisiveness, fostering compassion, searching for meaning through connection, waking up to what “is”57:46 Final thoughts
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Dec 4, 2022 • 1h 12min
Sunday Zen LIVE: Who The Heck ARE You?
Our entire conventional lives are based on a case of mistaken identity. Let's look for who we REALLY are, together (originally LIVE on YouTube) 🔥 Watch the video here.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 1h 37min
When In-Laws Are More Dangerous Than Chocolate Cake (w/Dr. Ron Sinha)
Arguing over vaccines with your crazy relatives might raise your glucose more than dessert; continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for insight into diet, exercise, sleep, emotional stress, and more with Dr. Ronesh Sinha.Check out Dr. Sinha's website, follow him on Instagram, and subscribe to his Meta Health podcast. All our prior episodes together.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/continuous-glucose-monitoring/Topics & Timecodes:00:00 Intro to lifestyle medicine02:30 ABIM recertification, left vs. right brain medicine, Attia & Thor on National Geographic10:03 Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) as a motivator, exploring root causes, the primary care doc crisis19:25 Insulin resistance, matching carbs to your metabolism, vital role of protein intake & muscle mass, fasting, plant-based diets31:53 Sleep quality, food choices, glycemic variability, glucose spikes & recovery periods, "worry journaling"43:47 Public speaking and stress, cortisol release & glucose levels51:28 Social media & the news, memory recall, creating spaces to give the nervous system a break, biopsychosocial factors, the right brain approach57:45 CGM data patterns, approaching exercise realistically, walking, “EPIC” workouts, positive vs. negative stress1:07:54 The pandemic of emotional repression, teen metabolic health in decline1:18:20 Gender-specific considerations, alcohol1:23:12 Environmental conditioning, the downside to working from home, the approaching societal tipping point, waking up1:27:47 Second-selfing, audience capture, internal capitalism, final thoughts
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Oct 31, 2022 • 45min
Seoul Tragedy, Vaccine Fatigue, Musk's Twitter (Live)
Sunday Roundz, originally live on YouTube 10/30/22.Video: zdoggmd.com/seoulGear: supportertribe4lyfe.com
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Oct 18, 2022 • 2h 24min
A Billionaire, a Doc, & a Sorceress Walk Into a Closet (An Awakening Tale) w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo
Dr. Angelo DiLullo (author of Awake, It's Your Turn) interviews ME 😂We talk about my own weird history, becoming "ZDoggMD", advice for medical students and residents, and a crazy thing that changed my life back in 2012.If you really wanna wake up, subscribe to Angelo's amazing YouTube channel and check out all our previous conversations here.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChalT87vnM
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Oct 2, 2022 • 55min
Left Brain Vs. Right Brain & The Future Of Humanity
Our collective shift towards left brain dominance may be the end of us all.A live discussion of the ramifications of increasing reductionism in healthcare, COVID, and beyond. Learn more about McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/left-right-brain/
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Sep 20, 2022 • 1h 54min
The Miracle Of This Moment (w/John Astin)
John Astin, health psychologist and meditation teacher, discusses the non-conceptual experience of the present moment and the limitations of the thought world. Topics include consciousness, impermanence, integrating realization into daily life, anxiety, the power of attention, and the infinite and impermanent nature of reality.

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Sep 16, 2022 • 1h 8min
Do We Need These Omicron-Specific Boosters? (w/Dr. Paul Offit)
A must-watch deep dive into some science!Vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit is less than impressed with evidence to support the Omicron BA.4/5 "bivalent" booster shots now rolling out for everyone 12 and older. We also talk polio and monkeypox and flu 👍Video: https://zdoggmd.com/paul-offit-10/Topics & Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:10 A brief history of the Covid vaccines, groups that benefit from boosting5:12 Incubation periods and vaccination "goals," preventing infection vs. severe disease10:54 Bivalent vaccine, the FDA's EUA approach, crucial dosing issues (ancestral strain vs. bivalent)17:15 BA.4/5 booster immunogenicity data (or lack thereof), mouse data & vax safety profile21:40 Why Paul himself would pass on the new booster, incubation periods, why Covid zero is a fantasy24:28 Paul's "perfect" bivalent vaccine25:37 Yearly targeted boosters, myocarditis and the Thai children's study28:39 BA.4/5: MIS-C, boosters & long Covid, data from JAMA's Italian study31:28 Comparing BA.4/5 & the yearly flu vax, timing of the yearly flu shot38:45 Polio's resurgence, injected inactivated vs. live oral polio vaccines, the role of sanitation48:05 Monkeypox and a history of smallpox vaccines56:43 Reflection w/Dr. Offit: what he's gotten right, what he's gotten wrong and where to go from here1:01:57 Final thoughts
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Sep 14, 2022 • 22min
California's COVID Medical Misinformation Bill
Should California discipline doctors who "disseminate misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19?" Here's one California physician's take.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/misinfo-bill/And here's the interview with Dr. Paul Offit I referenced. Read the full text of AB2098 here.
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