Knock Knock Eye: Why Does Hollywood Keep Getting Eyeballs Wrong?
Hollywood, we need to talk. If one more movie shows an eyeball dangling from someone’s cheek, I might start mailing anatomy textbooks to Los Angeles. And while we’re at it, can we please stop calling ...
2 Jan 42min
Glauc Talk: What Does an Apgar Score Actually Measure?
This week, Kristin and I answer listener comments about colonoscopy prep, including a truly cursed diet of mashed white vegetables and learn about Cologuard, the screening test where you… mail your po...
30 Dec 202543min
Knock Knock Eye: Which Christmas Characters Need an Ophthalmologist?
This week, I start by sharing why First Descents, the nonprofit that helped me rebuild community and trust in my body after cancer, deserves a spot on your end-of-year giving list. And then, because i...
26 Dec 202542min
Glauc Talk: The Weirdest Skin Diagnosis I’ve Ever Seen
It’s Christmas, which means two things: Kristin’s wearing a periodic-table tree shirt, and I’m reminiscing about the worst cafeteria meal in VA history (“brown meal,” may it never return). But the re...
23 Dec 202541min
Knock Knock Eye: What Happens When Your Eyelids Won’t Close?
This week, I’m answering your YouTube questions, including why my histology shirt is back, and then diving into a mystery case straight from the ICU. A sedated teenager with a swollen face, red eyes, ...
18 Dec 202541min
Glauc Talk: Why Are Health Insurance Premiums Going Up AGAIN?
This week, Kristin and I break down the kind of healthcare headline that makes you want to scream into a pillow: premiums going up while subsidies disappear. Love that for us. We talk about why insura...
16 Dec 202547min
Knock Knock Eye: What Happens When Surgery Becomes Content?
This week, I’m diving into one of the weirdest modern medical questions: what actually makes a “top doctor” in the age of TikTok? After an Allure article exposed the rise, and sometimes fall, of socia...
11 Dec 202543min
Glauc Talk: How Does Vision Loss Turn Into Visual Hallucinations?
This week, Kristin and I dive into aphantasia, anendophasia, and why apparently my wife’s brain works more like a slideshow than a podcast. I’m learning things about her that I wish I didn’t know, an...
9 Dec 202542min
