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The Curious Clinicians

The Curious Clinicians is a medical podcast that asks "why?". Why do diseases present in certain ways? What are the mechanisms of treatments we use? Why does the human body function as it does? Join us to explore these questions and many more.

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every 13 days
Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
135
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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114 - The Mold that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

114 - The Mold that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

This week, Avi follows up Episode 112 with the question: What’s with the black mold growing inside Chernobyl?

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00:24:10  |   Wed 10 Sep 2025
Reboot! Hyperkalemia

Reboot! Hyperkalemia

This week, we bring back a classic question for new interns and old hats alike: Why do we give calcium in hyperkalemia?

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00:27:03  |   Wed 20 Aug 2025
113 - From Vessel to Bone

113 - From Vessel to Bone

This week, Tony poses a hard question: Why does calcium deposit in blood vessels?

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00:25:24  |   Wed 06 Aug 2025
112 - Wherefore Iodine?

112 - Wherefore Iodine?

This week, Avi asks: Why was iodine given to people exposed to radioactivity after Chernobyl?

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00:28:46  |   Wed 23 Jul 2025
111 - Null Neutrophils

111 - Null Neutrophils

This week, Tony asks a physiologic question: Why is Duffy Null status associated with lower neutrophil counts? 

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00:27:07  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
110 - Salt in the Wound

110 - Salt in the Wound

This week, Avi shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much? 

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00:27:21  |   Wed 11 Jun 2025
109 - The HITs Keep Coming

109 - The HITs Keep Coming

This week, Tony shares another "fresh case" physiology question: Why don't we all get spontaneous HIT? 

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00:28:28  |   Wed 28 May 2025
108 - Alpha-gal Again

108 - Alpha-gal Again

This week, Avi shares new insights on the topic of episode 61: alpha-gal! We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer?

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00:25:50  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
107 - The Smell of the Rain

107 - The Smell of the Rain

This week, Hannah dives into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain?

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00:33:54  |   Thu 27 Mar 2025
106 - Pulse Check: Methemoglobin

106 - Pulse Check: Methemoglobin

This week, Tony brings us a fresh case straight from morning report! Join  the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why do patients with methemoglobinemia have an oxygen saturation fixed at 85%?

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00:30:46  |   Thu 13 Mar 2025
105 - Grapes of Pseudomonas's Wrath

105 - Grapes of Pseudomonas's Wrath

We're on a gram negative run! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why does Pseudomonas smell like grapes?

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00:21:18  |   Thu 20 Feb 2025
104 - A Pseudo-truth?

104 - A Pseudo-truth?

Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why do we worry about Pseudomonas infection in diabetic patients?

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00:34:23  |   Wed 29 Jan 2025
103 - Oral Argument

103 - Oral Argument

Welcome back to the Curious Clinicians! In today's episode, Tony asks an important question: "Why don’t we administer insulin orally?"

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00:26:40  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
102 - Long Lives the Lobster

102 - Long Lives the Lobster

Happy Holidays from the Curious Clinicians! In today's episode, Avi shells us about a fascinating question: "Why do lobsters live so long?"

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00:30:03  |   Wed 25 Dec 2024
101 - Automatic ABO

101 - Automatic ABO

In today's episode, Hannah asks the question: "Why do we 'automatically' form antibodies to ABO blood type antigens that are not our own?"

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00:29:29  |   Wed 11 Dec 2024
[Archive] Thanksgiving & The Food Coma

[Archive] Thanksgiving & The Food Coma

Join us as we revisit our annual Thanksgiving episode, in which we answered the question: "Does tryptophan in turkey really cause a food coma?"

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00:15:58  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
100! - Our Favorite Questions

100! - Our Favorite Questions

For our 100th episode this week, the Curious Clinicians take a look back at some of our favorite old episodes. Take a trip down memory lane with us and get some spaced repetition of our favorite lear…

00:23:56  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
99 - Living on a Lung

99 - Living on a Lung

This week, the Curious Clinicians come to you LIVE from the CHEST 2024 conference explore a breathtaking topic: How could you live with only one lung?

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00:33:44  |   Wed 30 Oct 2024
[Archive] Tusks and Tumor Suppressors

[Archive] Tusks and Tumor Suppressors

Before our 100th episode, we are rebooting some favorite early episodes! In episode 89, we asked the question: Why don't elephants get cancer?

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00:31:29  |   Wed 16 Oct 2024
98 - How Do You Feel?

98 - How Do You Feel?

This week, the Curious Clinicians meet Dr. Jessi Gold to talk about an important, and often undiscussed question in medicine: "How Do You Feel?" Dr. Gold's new book, out 10/8, covers the mental and p…

00:33:08  |   Sun 06 Oct 2024
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