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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...

Emergency podcast: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock / Alopecia

57 mins; March 29, 2022

Episode 55: 95th Annual Academy Awards Preview

55 mins; March 25, 2022

Episode 54: Canada Reads / Top Medical Books

62 hours 45 mins; March 17, 2022

Episode 53: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ / Trichotillomania

45 mins; March 11, 2022

Episode 52: ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ / Spanish Fly, Rohypnal, GHB

50 mins; March 03, 2022

Episode 51: The Opioid Crisis / ‘Dopesick’

53 mins; February 25, 2022

Episode 50: Favourite Comedy Specials/ Laughter

56 mins; February 17, 2022

Episode 49: Personas in Comedy / Physician Burnout (Part 2)

48 mins; February 10, 2022

Episode 48: Interview with Dr. Sydnee McElroy (Sawbones, Still Buffering)

52 mins; February 04, 2022

Episode 47: Remembering Louie Anderson & Bob Saget / Scleroderma

43 mins; January 28, 2022

Episode 46: The Limits of Comedy and Free Speech (with Jess Salomon)

52 mins; January 20, 2022

Episode 45: Betty White / Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s)

66 hours 6 mins; January 13, 2022

Episode 44: Kal Penn / Physician Burnout (Part 1)

61 hours 0 mins; January 06, 2022

Episode 43: Favourite Entertainment from 2021

57 mins; December 23, 2021

Episode 42: Top 1991 Albums / Why do we love music from our youth?

71 hours 9 mins; December 16, 2021

Episode 41: What does it mean to be funny? / What does it mean to be healthy?

53 mins; December 09, 2021

Episode 40: Larry David, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and Cringe Comedy / Andropause

59 mins; December 02, 2021

Episode 39: ‘Badmotorfinger’ vs ‘Achtung Baby’ / OCD

57 mins; November 25, 2021

Episode 38: Kumail Nanjiani gets ripped / HGH and steroid use in Hollywood

57 mins; November 18, 2021

Episode 37: TikTok and Tourette

55 mins; November 11, 2021

Episode 36: Coming up with material / Laughter & Medicine

52 mins; November 04, 2021

Episode 35: ‘Use Your Illusion’ vs ‘The Black Album’ / Vitamins

51 mins; October 28, 2021

Episode 34: Squid Game / Is it Ok for Doctors to Cry?

42 mins; October 21, 2021

Episode 33: Are the Origins of Stand up Racist? / The ‘Hidden Curriculum’ in Medicine

56 mins; October 14, 2021

Episode 32: ‘Seinfeld’ Top 5’s / Body Odour

66 hours 24 mins; October 07, 2021

Episode 31: Life on Set / Unconscious Bias in Healthcare

64 hours 3 mins; September 30, 2021

Episode 30: ‘Nevermind’ vs ‘Ten’ / Cognitive Bias and Vaccine Hesitancy

53 mins; September 23, 2021

Episode 29: Emmy Awards Preview / Academic Publishing

49 mins; September 16, 2021

Episode 28: Life on the Road / Pharma influence on Doctors

60 hours 37 mins; September 09, 2021

Episode 27: Increase in Eating Disorders During Covid-19 (with Dr. Megan Harrison)

50 mins; September 02, 2021

Episode 26: 40th Anniversary of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’/ Spinal Muscular Atrophy

63 hours 39 mins; August 26, 2021

Episode 25: Can you teach ‘funny’? /ALS

62 hours 56 mins; August 19, 2021

Episode 24: Interview with Dr. Glaucomflecken

39 mins; August 12, 2021

Episode 23: Hecklers / 'Difficult' Patient-Doctor Relationships

52 mins; August 05, 2021

Episode 22: Send in the Clowns

37 mins; July 29, 2021

Episode 21: ‘Ted Lasso’ / Psychedelics in Medicine

46 mins; July 22, 2021

Episode 20: ‘Never Have I Ever’/ Conversion Disorder

57 mins; July 15, 2021

Episode 19: Non-traditional comedy specials / ADHD in adults

52 mins; July 08, 2021

Episode 18: HBO's 'Hacks' / ADHD in Kids

57 mins; July 01, 2021

Episode 17: Interview with Dr. Jen Gunter

36 mins; June 24, 2021

Episode 16: Can Comedy Affect Change? / Doctor Stereotypes

53 mins; June 17, 2021

Episode 15: Another Round / ‘Is It Wine O’Clock?’

50 mins; June 10, 2021

Emergency podcast: London, Ontario Tragedy

14 mins; June 09, 2021

Episode 13: The Tragically Hip / Goop

61 hours 31 mins; June 03, 2021

Episode 12: 'Sound of Metal" / Cochlear Implants

38 mins; May 27, 2021

Episode 11: Saturday Night Live Top 5’s / Intermittent Fasting

47 mins; May 20, 2021

Bonus: As if the director wouldn’t let you pronounce “Asif” properly

2 mins; May 16, 2021

Episode 10: Code Switching / Video Games

38 mins; May 13, 2021

Episode 9: Accents & Apu / ’Medical ‘Miracles’ & Doctor Distrust

42 mins; May 06, 2021

Episode 8: Chadwick Boseman / Colon Cancer

39 mins; April 29, 2021

Episode 7: Special Episode - Oscars Preview

33 mins; April 22, 2021

Episode 6:The United States of Al/Dr. Oz

38 mins; April 15, 2021

Episode 5: Origin Story

24 mins; April 11, 2021

Episode 4: Rebirth of Roast Comedy / Masks & Covid-19

40 mins; April 11, 2021

Episode 3: Auditioning / The Ketogenic Diet

55 mins; April 11, 2021

Episode 2: Joke Theft / Did they get it right?

51 mins; April 11, 2021

Episode 1: Comedy in the time of Covid / Cannabis use in Medicine

45 mins; April 11, 2021

Trailer - Doctor Vs Comedian

1 min; April 11, 2021

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