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Doctor Vs Comedian

Is Laughter the best medicine? We attempt to answer this and other pressing questions in Doctor Vs Comedian. Dr Asif Doja is a pediatric neurologist and Ali Hassan is a stand up comedian and actor (CBC‘s Laugh Out Loud, Designated Survivor, Goon) who are each fascinated by what the other one does. In each episode, Asif picks a topic for Ali from comedy and entertainment and questions Ali about it. Then Ali picks a topic from medicine and health and grills Asif on that subject.We talk about serious subjects in an unserious way. If you want to hear ab...

Episode 156: Just for Laughs / Medical Tourism

47 mins; April 18, 2024

Episode 155: Dan St. Germain on Comedy, Wrestling and Addiction

57 mins; April 11, 2024

Episode 154: 3 Body Problem / Fatty Liver

47 mins; April 04, 2024

Episode 153: Endometriosis (with Dr. Sony Singh)

38 mins; March 27, 2024

Episode 152: Separating the Art from the Artist / Vitiligo

57 mins; March 21, 2024

Episode 151: Dave Chapelle / Medical Complications of Cannabis

49 mins; March 14, 2024

Episode 150: 96th Oscars Preview

39 mins; March 07, 2024

Best of DvsC: ‘Singles’ Soundtrack / Borderline Personality Disorder

77 hours 35 mins; February 29, 2024

Best of DvsC: Interview with Bif Naked

43 mins; February 22, 2024

Best of DvC: ‘Is There Bacon in Heaven’ / Pulmonary Fibrosis

42 mins; February 15, 2024

Best of DvsC - Interview with Dr. Glaucomflecken

39 mins; February 08, 2024

Best of DvsC: Accents & Apu /Medical ‘Miracles’ & Doctor Distrust

42 mins; February 01, 2024

Episode 144: Ricky Gervais / Depression

64 hours 12 mins; January 25, 2024

Episode 143: 2023 Recap / 2024 Preview

65 hours 39 mins; January 18, 2024

Episode 142: Remembering Normal Lear / Death by “Natural Causes”

39 mins; January 11, 2024

Episode 141: Remembering Andre Braugher / Lung Cancer

38 mins; January 04, 2024

Episode 140: ‘Beckham’ / PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)

42 mins; December 14, 2023

Episode 139: Top Albums of 1993 / Gum Disease

57 mins; December 07, 2023

Episode 138: Matt Rife / Gynecomastia

40 mins; November 30, 2023

Episode 137: 1993 Movie Debate / Loss of Smell (Anosmia)

52 mins; November 23, 2023

Episode 136: U2 in Las Vegas / Injuries in Youth Athletes

52 mins; November 16, 2023

Episode 135: Matthew Perry / Addiction

48 mins; November 09, 2023

Episode 134: Special Q and A episode

49 mins; November 02, 2023

Episode 133: Martin Short /Colonoscopies

51 mins; October 26, 2023

Episode 132: Netflix’s ‘Wrestlers’ / Seizures and Pseudoseizures

45 mins; October 19, 2023

Episode 131: Top TV comedies of the 2000’s / Brain Worms

57 mins; October 12, 2023

Episode 130: Hasan Minhaj’s ‘True Lies’ / Narcissistic Personality disorder

54 mins; October 05, 2023

Episode 129: Bruce Springsteen / Peptic Ulcer Disease

48 mins; September 28, 2023

Selena Gomez /Lupus

50 mins; September 20, 2023

Episode 127: Pee Wee Herman / Hernias

53 mins; September 14, 2023

Episode 126: Favorite Summer 20234 Entertainment / Melatonin

53 mins; September 07, 2023

Episode 125: Jury Duty / Artificial Sweeteners (Redux)

57 mins; July 27, 2023

Episode 124: Pitches / Erectile Dysfunction (Part 2)

42 mins; July 20, 2023

Episode 123: Pitches / Erectile Dysfunction (Part 1)

41 mins; July 13, 2023

Episode 122: Reasons to (and NOT to) Pursue Comedy and Medicine

60 hours 3 mins; July 06, 2023

Episode 121: Stage Names / Dyslexia

48 mins; June 29, 2023

Episode 120: ‘The Bear’ / Food Poisoning

55 mins; June 22, 2023

Episode 119: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 / Artificial Sweeteners

46 mins; June 15, 2023

Episode 118: Tina Turner / Hypertension

51 mins; June 08, 2023

Episode 117: Interview with Graham Clark (‘Stop Podcasting Yourself’) /Allergies and Allergy Bullying

68 hours 4 mins; June 01, 2023

Episode 116: Screenwriting and the Writers Guild of America Strike (with Ramona Barckert)

59 mins; May 25, 2023

Episode 115: Michael J Fox, ‘Still’ and Parkinson’s Disease

54 mins; May 18, 2023

Episode 114: Jon Mulaney’s ‘Baby J’ / Cocaine Intoxication

66 hours 7 mins; May 11, 2023

Episode 113 Motley Crue / Ankylosing Spondylitis

47 mins; May 03, 2023

Bonus: Thoughts on ‘The Last of Us’ Finale

9 mins; April 30, 2023

Episode 111: Top 5 U2 songs / Gout

59 mins; April 27, 2023

Episode 110: Chris Farley / Atherosclerosis

58 mins; April 20, 2023

Episode 109: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ / Migraine

53 mins; April 13, 2023

Episode 108: ‘Party Down’/ Misophonia

47 mins; April 06, 2023

Episode 107: Synesthesia / Synesthesia Quiz

31 mins; March 30, 2023

Episode 106: Stand Up Styles / Sleep Apnea

63 hours 37 mins; March 23, 2023

Episode 105: Interview with Dr. Mark Shapiro (‘Explore the Space’ Podcast) / Ted Lasso

50 mins; March 16, 2023

Episode 104: 95th Oscars Preview

45 mins; March 09, 2023

Episode 103: Community / Virtual Medicine

61 hours 30 mins; March 02, 2023

Episode 102: AI in Comedy / AI in Medicine

53 mins; February 23, 2023

Episode 101: ‘The Last of Us’ / Fungal Infections

43 mins; February 16, 2023

Episode 100: Interview With Dr. Glaucomflecken and Lady Glaucomflecken

39 mins; February 09, 2023

Episode 99: Chris Hemsworth / Alzheimer’s Disease

44 mins; February 02, 2023

Episode 98: Interview with Julie Nolke

42 mins; January 26, 2023

Episode 97: Mindy Kaling / Ozempic

45 mins; January 19, 2023

Episode 96: Nepo Kids / Type 2 diabetes

62 hours 24 mins; January 12, 2023

Episode 95: Celine Dion / Stiff-Person Syndrome

45 mins; January 05, 2023

Episode 94: Favourite Entertainment from 2022

52 mins; December 15, 2022

Episode 93: Interview with Steve Way / Muscular Dystrophy

44 mins; December 08, 2022

Episode 92: Favourite Albums of 1992 / Circumcision

71 hours 8 mins; December 01, 2022

Episode 91: Jay Leno

40 mins; November 24, 2022

Episode 90: The Crisis in Nursing (with Amie Archibald Varley and Sara Fung of The Gritty Nurse Podcast)

39 mins; November 17, 2022

Episode 89: Twitter and Comedy / Twitter and Medicine

49 mins; November 10, 2022

Episode 88: Breast Cancer

33 mins; November 03, 2022

Episode 87: Interview with Bif Naked

43 mins; October 28, 2022

Episode 86: Robin Williams / Lewy Body Dementia

54 mins; October 20, 2022

Episode 85: Improving the Health Care of Trans Persons (with Drs. Laura Stratton & Carys Massarella)

64 hours 10 mins; October 13, 2022

Episode 84: Interview with Bilal Baig (‘Sort Of’)

51 mins; October 06, 2022

Episode 83: Best Movies of 1982 / Meat Allergy

51 mins; September 29, 2022

Episode 82: Polio / Polio Quiz

34 mins; September 22, 2022

Episode 81: ‘Is There Bacon in Heaven’ / Pulmonary Fibrosis

42 mins; September 15, 2022

Episode 80: Ashton Kutcher / Vasculitis

39 mins; September 08, 2022

Episode 79: This Hour has 22 Minutes (Part 2) - Interview with Trent McLellan

50 mins; September 02, 2022

Episode 78: This Hour has 22 Minutes (Part 1)

30 mins; August 25, 2022

Bonus: Better Call Saul and Anne Heche

4 mins; August 21, 2022

Episode 76: Brain Death and the Archie Battersbee Case

39 mins; August 18, 2022

Episode 75: Garry Shandling / Hyperparathyroidism

60 hours 58 mins; August 11, 2022

‘This Podcast is Delicious’ / Food Prescriptions

73 hours 46 mins; August 04, 2022

Episode 73: The Rise and Fall of the WWE’s Vince McMahon

47 mins; July 28, 2022

Episode 72: Brad Pitt / Prosopagnosia

54 mins; July 22, 2022

Episode 71: ‘Singles’ Soundtrack / Borderline Personality Disorder

77 hours 10 mins; July 14, 2022

Episode 70: Favourite Canadian Entertainment / Insulin

61 hours 10 mins; July 08, 2022

Episode 69: Diversity in Comedy / Epilepsy

60 hours 3 mins; June 30, 2022

Episode 68: Justin Bieber / Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

42 mins; June 20, 2022

Episode 67: Ms Marvel / Women, Pain and Medicine

46 mins; June 16, 2022

Episode 66: George Carlin / Dangers of Cannabis Edibles in Children

48 mins; June 10, 2022

Episode 65: Kids in the Hall / Monkeypox

66 hours 31 mins; June 02, 2022

Episode 64: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds / Dopa-responsive Dystonia

53 mins; May 27, 2022

Episode 63: Batman / Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

57 mins; May 19, 2022

Episode 62: ‘Power of the Dog/ Anthrax

47 mins; May 12, 2022

Episode 61: Interview with Maz Jobrani (Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, ‘Back to School with Maz Jobrani’)

53 mins; May 05, 2022

Episode 60: Doctor Vs Comedian Vs Comedians Vs The News (Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini)

49 mins; April 28, 2022

Episode 59: Gilbert Gottfried / Myotonic Dystrophy

42 mins; April 21, 2022

Episode 58: Interview with Dave Merheje (Ramy, Mr. D)

48 mins; April 14, 2022

Episode 57: Bruce Willis/Aphasia

43 mins; April 07, 2022

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