Education
Your Brain is not a Computer or a Muscle: Annie Murphy Paul on PYP 493
“Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” asked two philosophers in 1998. Today’s guest follows the science to give us an unexpected answer.
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The heART of Medicine with Jody Esselstyn, RN: PYP 335
Jody Esselstyn is a registered nurse, and docent at the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.
An unusual combo, perhaps, but Jody combines her two interests – medicine and art – in some innovative and lifesaving ways.
She leads programs that help medicine students make better diagnoses, display more empathy at the bedside, and collaborate more generously with their medical peers through visits to art museums.
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Unleashing Nurses to Revolutionize Patient Care with Caroline Trapp, DNP: PYP 300
Caroline Trapp, DNP (that’s Doctor of Nursing Practice to you and me), is the director of diabetes education and care with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as well as a nurse practitioner with Premier Internists in Southfield, Michigan.
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A Community Effort: PCRM Comes to the North Carolina Triangle: PYP 293
This weekend, the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is bringing its big guns to my neck of the woods, the Triangle region of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill). Neal Barnard, Suzie Amis Cameron, Eric O’Grey, and others will be bringing their messages of hope and inspiration and information to my community. But PCRM…
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Joel Kahn, MD, on Keto, Sex, and the Next Generation of Doctors: PYP 282
Welcome back to Joel Kahn, MD, one of the great gentle pugilists of the plant-based, evidence-based, lifestyle medicine movement. Joel has gotten a lot of air time since our last talk three years ago – he’s a regular on The Doctors, weighing in with actual science against some of the crazier nutritional theories of our time (ie vegetables are dangerous).
And he’s a publishing powerhouse, coming out with The Plant-Based Solution, The No B.S. Diet Book, Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses, and Vegan Sex, with Ellen Jaffe Jones.
So it’s no wonder that our conversation ranged all over the place. From Halle Berry’s tight buttocks (no, really) to why the ketogenic diet looks so good according to short-term research that ignores underlying progression of disease.
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The Ultimate in Gut Health with Will Bulsiewicz, MD: PYP 277
Will Bulciewicz, MD, trained to become a gastroenterologist as some of the top GI programs in the world: Georgetown, the University of North Carolina (go ‘heels!), and Northwestern. He’s board certified in both gastroenterology and internal medicine. Why am I trotting out Will’s credentials to introduce this podcast? Because even with all that education, Will found…
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Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Spirit for a Plant-Based World with Matt Tullman: PYP 273
Matt Tullman wants 30% of the US population to go plant-based by the year 2030. And that’s not an idle wish – Matt is doing something (a lot of things, actually) about it. Matt is a long-time policy wonk, entrepreneur, bio-hacker, and venture capital guy. And he brings all these talents and outlooks to bear…
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The Counterintuitive Science of Wise Interventions with Gregory Walton, PhD: PYP 267
Gregory Walton has done some of the most groundbreaking social science research of the past decade. His “Wise Interventions” model utilizes brief, targeted experiences to permanently alter a mindset and create a cascading series of life events.
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Transforming the System of Medical Care with David Donohue, MD: PYP 255
David Donohue is a primary care physician in Wilmington, Delaware, and one of only 280 board-certified lifestyle medicine specialists in the United States. As David points out in our conversation, that’s fewer than one for every million Americans. I wanted to talk with David about the successful and innovative Cure Diabetes program that he’s run…
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