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Comedians Johnny Taylor and Turner Sparks join Kaveh and psychiatrist Tyler Black to discuss why hecklers do what they do and how to manage them. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by toxicologist Ryan Marino and infectious disease doctor (and flight surgeon in training!) Sanjiv Baxi to discuss the tripledemic, grade Fauci and the World Health Organization on their management of Covid, as well as discuss the future of ID, including whether or not medical trainees still want to pursue it! Views of the guests do represent the views of the DoD or the Air Force. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh speaks with Dr. Arghavan Salles and Dr. Montreh Tavakkoli about the protests in Iran, what they've learned about the casualties suffered, and what we can do in the United States to help. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by psychiatrist/TikToker Sulman Mirza and 2nd year medical student Bone Wizard to discuss serial killers and America’s fascination with them. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by friend of the show and graduating medical student Tema Fudge, to chat with Dr. Trebach about toxicology, the residency match, and calling consults. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Sharky Laguana to chat with Dr. Ashley Winter, a urologist and sexual health expert, about the G-spot, female ejaculation, and more fun stuff that’ll make you uncomfortable listening to in front of your in-laws. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Ryan Marino, Tyler Black, and Cody to discuss doctors in horror films and depictions of mental illness on screen. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Ophthalmologist/satirist Dr. Glaucomflecken and screenwriter Michael Weber to discuss two classic films: The Hospital and Doc Hollywood. Why they love them, what they got right, what aged well and what didn’t. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh takes a deep dive on the first bivalent COVID booster to learn what "imprinting" is, if you can take meds to help with the symptoms of the vaccine, and answer a bunch more questions we all have about the new booster! With Edward Nirenberg, Dr. Neurofourier and Dr. Jeff McLeroy. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh talk to his mentor Dr. Dennis Low and his colleague Dr. Santhi Lingamneni about physician burnout, and the negotiations between the primary care doctors at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Santa Clara County. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by friends, communications specialist Kristin Flanary, political science professor Miranda Yaver, and ER doctor Stephen Sample to discuss the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, and if it's a bigger deal than people think it is. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh chats about monkeypox with CDC global health and pandemic technical advisor Dr. Neurofourier, San Francisco ER doctor Graham Walker, and ER doctor and writer of Inside Medicine Jeremy Faust. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Psychiatrist/Suicidoloigist Tyler Black and Toxicologist/ER doctor Ryan Marino to discuss psychedelic medication and studying their use for refractory depression and other psychiatric illness. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Dr. TR Levin to chat with family physician and author John Chuck about not waiting to find happiness and finding joy, even if things look awful (and they do look awful). Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by CDC Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Neurofourier, Science Communicator Edward Nirenberg, and ER doctor Ryan Marino to talk about the future of vaccines and take a deep dive on our current vaccine situation. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by political science professor Miranda Yaver and ER doctor Stephen Sample to discuss the leaked draft opinion on Roe vs. Wade from the Supreme Court of the United States, what comes next, and how the language of the opinion will be used in other cases. More cursing than usual. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by adolescent psychiatrist Tyler Black and graduating medical student Josh McGough to discuss advice on being a doctor. They are also joined by a high school student to discuss the stresses on youth during COVID times and what life is like for young people. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh enlists Dr. Sophie Balzora, Nurse Kelsey, and Dr. Harry Thomas to help answer listener questions on racist tweets by psychiatrists, sex in the hospital, and medical grifters. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh is joined by Ryan Marino as they chat with Laura Bukavina and Alberto Castro Bigalli, two fellows who volunteered their medical services at the Ukraine-Poland border. They discuss what the scene is like, what we aren’t hearing, and why they went. If you’re interested in volunteering as well, contact umana@umana.org for more information. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.

Kaveh and Dr. Sophie Balzora chat with Stat News reporter Nicholas St. Fleur about shining a light on the vast health disparities facing our country and filming your own colonoscopy for Good Morning America. Send your questions and comments to hopquestions@gmail.com.