The Curious Clinicians Podcast
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In our latest episode 'Extremophiles', @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social follows up Episodes 112 and 114 about Chernobyl with the question:
How does a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans withstand extreme levels of radiation?
How does a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans withstand extreme levels of radiation?
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In our latest episode 'Extremophiles', @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social follows up Episodes 112 and 114 about Chernobyl with the question:
How does a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans withstand extreme levels of radiation?
How does a bacterial species called Deinococcus radiodurans withstand extreme levels of radiation?
We were thrilled to welcome back Dr. Mike Todorovic to the show to talk about his new book (coauthored with Dr. Matt Barton):
"The Body A-Z: A fun, fascinating and family-friendly manual for the most important thing you own."
You can order the book here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
"The Body A-Z: A fun, fascinating and family-friendly manual for the most important thing you own."
You can order the book here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We were thrilled to welcome back Dr. Mike Todorovic to the show to talk about his new book (coauthored with Dr. Matt Barton):
"The Body A-Z: A fun, fascinating and family-friendly manual for the most important thing you own."
You can order the book here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
"The Body A-Z: A fun, fascinating and family-friendly manual for the most important thing you own."
You can order the book here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
On our latest episode, 'Ammonia Rising', @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a question straight from the hospital wards: Why does valproic acid cause elevated ammonia?
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October 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On our latest episode, 'Ammonia Rising', @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a question straight from the hospital wards: Why does valproic acid cause elevated ammonia?
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'The Art of the Question' with @etsshow.bsky.social!
Dr. Shapiro joined for a conversation on interviewing, how to connect with others, cutting tension, and translating curiosity in the clinic and beyond. This is a must listen!
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Dr. Shapiro joined for a conversation on interviewing, how to connect with others, cutting tension, and translating curiosity in the clinic and beyond. This is a must listen!
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September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
'The Art of the Question' with @etsshow.bsky.social!
Dr. Shapiro joined for a conversation on interviewing, how to connect with others, cutting tension, and translating curiosity in the clinic and beyond. This is a must listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/6iFc...
Dr. Shapiro joined for a conversation on interviewing, how to connect with others, cutting tension, and translating curiosity in the clinic and beyond. This is a must listen!
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On our latest episode,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
follows up Episode 112 with the question: Why is black mold growing inside Chernobyl?
This story took us from the radioactive Red Forest to the mushroom food supply to extremophile bacteria to future missions to Mars, and back again.
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
follows up Episode 112 with the question: Why is black mold growing inside Chernobyl?
This story took us from the radioactive Red Forest to the mushroom food supply to extremophile bacteria to future missions to Mars, and back again.
September 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
On our latest episode,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
follows up Episode 112 with the question: Why is black mold growing inside Chernobyl?
This story took us from the radioactive Red Forest to the mushroom food supply to extremophile bacteria to future missions to Mars, and back again.
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
follows up Episode 112 with the question: Why is black mold growing inside Chernobyl?
This story took us from the radioactive Red Forest to the mushroom food supply to extremophile bacteria to future missions to Mars, and back again.
In "From Vessel to Bone", @tonybreu.bsky.social poses a hard question: Why does calcium deposit in blood vessels, and even turn to bone?
Listen to learn why vascular smooth muscle cells can cosplay as osteoblasts...
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Listen to learn why vascular smooth muscle cells can cosplay as osteoblasts...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In "From Vessel to Bone", @tonybreu.bsky.social poses a hard question: Why does calcium deposit in blood vessels, and even turn to bone?
Listen to learn why vascular smooth muscle cells can cosplay as osteoblasts...
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open.spotify.com/episode/63LQ...
Listen to learn why vascular smooth muscle cells can cosplay as osteoblasts...
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On our latest episode, Wherefore Iodine?,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social asks: Why was iodine given prophylactically after Chernobyl? We cover Soviet-era geopolitics, nuclear physics, public health, thyroid physiology, and more!
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@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social asks: Why was iodine given prophylactically after Chernobyl? We cover Soviet-era geopolitics, nuclear physics, public health, thyroid physiology, and more!
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July 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
On our latest episode, Wherefore Iodine?,
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social asks: Why was iodine given prophylactically after Chernobyl? We cover Soviet-era geopolitics, nuclear physics, public health, thyroid physiology, and more!
open.spotify.com/episode/0JEH...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social asks: Why was iodine given prophylactically after Chernobyl? We cover Soviet-era geopolitics, nuclear physics, public health, thyroid physiology, and more!
open.spotify.com/episode/0JEH...
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On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question:
Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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July 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
On our latest episode "Null Neutrophils," @tonybreu.bsky.social asks a fascinating physiologic question:
Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts?
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On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
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@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
open.spotify.com/episode/1u8S...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
asked: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
Listen to learn about ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
open.spotify.com/episode/1u8S...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
We touch on ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
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@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
We touch on ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
t.co/k5WkbC85Gx
t.co/5GseDfoHRn
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
On this week's episode, 'Salt in the Wound,'
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
We touch on ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
t.co/k5WkbC85Gx
t.co/5GseDfoHRn
@avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social
shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much?
We touch on ancient Greek history, spicy chili peppers, and poisonous tarantulas...
t.co/k5WkbC85Gx
t.co/5GseDfoHRn
This week, @tony_breu shares another "fresh case" physiology question: Why don't we all get spontaneous HIT?
Listen to ‘The HITs Keep Coming’ at the links below!
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Listen to ‘The HITs Keep Coming’ at the links below!
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June 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This week, @tony_breu shares another "fresh case" physiology question: Why don't we all get spontaneous HIT?
Listen to ‘The HITs Keep Coming’ at the links below!
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Listen to ‘The HITs Keep Coming’ at the links below!
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Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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May 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Each episode, producer @gbuonomomed puts together a paired show notes blog post. For our latest episode, 'Alpha-gal again', we tackle the question: how could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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May 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
On our latest episode, Alpha-gal Again, we
share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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share new insights on how alpha-gal could potentially be used to treat cancer!
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This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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April 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This week, @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social shares new insights on the topic of a previous episode: alpha-gal!
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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open.spotify.com/episode/1GpK...
We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?
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Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?
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April 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of rain aka petrichor?
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We're on a gram negative run! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why does Pseudomonas smell like grapes?
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February 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We're on a gram negative run! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why does Pseudomonas smell like grapes?
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Our latest episode 'A Pseudo-truth?' is live!
Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back to explore whether diabetic foot infections truly are at higher risk for having pseudomonas.
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Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back to explore whether diabetic foot infections truly are at higher risk for having pseudomonas.
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February 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Our latest episode 'A Pseudo-truth?' is live!
Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back to explore whether diabetic foot infections truly are at higher risk for having pseudomonas.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/6N81...
Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back to explore whether diabetic foot infections truly are at higher risk for having pseudomonas.
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Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest show notes blog post, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers hope to create an oral insulin option (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
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January 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin? In our latest show notes blog post, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers hope to create an oral insulin option (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
curiousclinicians.com/2025/01/09/e...
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Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin?
In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...
In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...
January 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Why don't we (yet) have oral insulin?
In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...
In our latest episode, 'Oral Argument', we discuss how researchers are working to make an oral insulin option possible (including a strategy inspired by cephalopods)!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
open.spotify.com/episode/1DEt...
Bring in the new year with our latest episode, 'Long Lives the Lobster'!
We think you'll have swimming time listening to it...
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We think you'll have swimming time listening to it...
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January 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Bring in the new year with our latest episode, 'Long Lives the Lobster'!
We think you'll have swimming time listening to it...
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We think you'll have swimming time listening to it...
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Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
Read our latest show notes blog post to find out!
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Read our latest show notes blog post to find out!
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December 24, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
Read our latest show notes blog post to find out!
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Read our latest show notes blog post to find out!
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More of a visual learner? You can watch our latest episode, ‘Automatic ABO’!
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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December 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
More of a visual learner? You can watch our latest episode, ‘Automatic ABO’!
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
youtu.be/mpeTuK1rzXI?...
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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Ep 101 ‘Automatic ABO’ is up! 🩸
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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December 12, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Ep 101 ‘Automatic ABO’ is up! 🩸
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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open.spotify.com/episode/5Dgd...
Why do we make high levels of antibodies against ABO blood groups even without having been exposed before?
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If you missed our 100th episode, where we recapped our favorite Curious Clinicians podcast episodes, you can also watch it on YouTube!
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November 27, 2024 at 3:14 AM
If you missed our 100th episode, where we recapped our favorite Curious Clinicians podcast episodes, you can also watch it on YouTube!
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