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The VPZD Show

by Drs. Vinay Prasad & Zubin Damania
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Today: #173 in Science on our combined chart.

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#74#102#130#157#185Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27#173Episode released Oct 20: Elizabeth Holmes Doc, Pope Leo Cancer, Bryan Johnson Genome
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Oct 21#108#93#91
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Latest episodes

  • Elizabeth Holmes Doc, Pope Leo Cancer, Bryan Johnson Genome

    October 20, 2026 · 60 min

    The all-new Nissan Nystagmus: Deviate your Driving! 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 46, ⁠originally streamed LIVE on YouTube⁠. Chronological topic list Housekeeping: clarifying brain death versus severe brain damage, and why a competent examiner…

  • Nobel Prize Snubs, AI Medicine, Brain Death, SSRIs

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    AI gave Zubin hair in our thumbnail...we truly are at End Times 😁 It's VPZD Ep. 45, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube. Chronological topic list Shout out to Dentalica, the Metallica cover band of dentists Follow up on the failed…

  • Lethal Injection Ethics, Meditation Dangers, GRAIL Cancer Screening

    October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min

    Should we be medicalizing state-sanctioned executions? Is meditation actually safe? Do liquid biopsies save lives? EASY QUESTIONS ONE AND ALL 😂 Originally streamed ⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠! (#44) In this episode, we talked liquid biopsies…

  • Affirmative Action, AI Medical Recording, AI Doomers

    September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Easy topics for easy times 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠⁠! (#42) Using Beethoven's Archduke Trio as a lens for why AI-generated art still falls short of true creative risk-taking Whether AI companies calling for…

  • Macklemore, Confidence Intervals, LG Spying

    September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Exploring the issues of the day, (Mackle)more or less 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠⁠! (#42) Topics covered: the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran controversy over political statements at concerts; land acknowledgments and performative…

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  • Pancreatic Cancer Drug, USPSTF, Tylenol-Autism

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

    We're trying to become better listeners, SO PREPARE FOR SOME SHOUTING 🤭 Originally streamed ⁠LIVE on YouTube⁠! (#41) We cover the new pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib and its rash side effect, survival benefit, and cost; what makes…

  • Fauci's Diary, Vinay's FDA Experience, Jason Arday (Recorded LIVE)

    September 10, 2026 · 2 hr 8 min

    Yeah it's been over a year but you can't keep a couple of handsome brown guys apart forever 😎 A BRAND NEW VPZD EPISODE, originally streamed LIVE on YouTube! (#40) ⁠Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast.⁠ ⁠Dr. Damania's "ZDoggMD Show"…

  • Ivy Leagues, Vaccine Science, Politics & Stuff

    April 23, 2025 · 1 hr 0 min

    We're back, just cuz we had dinner and felt like a live nightcap. Enjoy! Watch the originally live YouTube video here. Subscribe to "The VPZD Show" on your favorite podcast app. Dr. Prasad's "Plenary Session" podcast. Dr. Damania's…

  • Trump Transition, Reproductive Rights, Vaccine Truth

    November 14, 2024 · 1 hr 25 min

    Another live episode, we touch on a BUNCH of stuff, including Trump's transition, possible FDA appointments, RFK Jr., letters we've gotten about reproductive rights, was Harris or her team afraid to have her go on Rogan, a deep dive into…

  • Why Trump Won & What It Means For Healthcare

    November 9, 2024 · 1 hr 38 min

    Regardless of your political leanings, this live podcast WILL traumatize you 😻.  Election reactions, media polarization, what this might mean for healthcare and WAY more than you cared to hear about Peyronie’s disease 🍆🤓. Watch the…

  • Rogan & Trump, Dumb Medical Practices, A VPZD Book Club?

    October 30, 2024 · 1 hr 42 min

    In this episode we discuss Joe Rogan/Trump Interview insights, the ‘science’ of polling, irrational COVID policies, erosion of trust in the medical establishment, the dangers of public health dogma, Trump Derangement Syndrome™️…

  • Public Health Sex Party Hypocrisy

    October 4, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min

    Former New York public health official Jay Varma's hypocritical sex parties during COVID, why we refuse to talk to most reporters, VP’s take on the new schizophrenia drug, the 10 year anniversary of VP’s PARADIGM-HF heart failure drug…

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About the show

Two doctors, one podcast, Alt-Middle as heck. Featuring Dr. Vinay Prasad (host of Plenary Session) and Dr. Zubin Damania (host of The ZDoggMD Show).