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PopMed PodcastSkydiving: Falling FastIn this episode we (sky)dive into the science behind leaping from a plane from tens of thousands of feet in the air! Through the lens of Furious 7, Mission Impossible: Fallout, and Point Break, we explore the do's and the don'ts of skydiving! Mostly, we examine the realism (or lack thereof) in certain scenes. Plus, personal stories of skydiving and skydiving medicine from Adam and Justin! (Need a mattress? Use our link! https://allswellhome.mvvx.net/popmed)2022-04-211h 14PopMed PodcastHopefully We're NOT Going NuclearIn this episode, Justin, Adam, and Nick tackle the medicine behind nuclear explosions: a newly potential threat in our current times. Unlikely as it may be, don't miss out on the science behind bombs, blasts, and barricading yourself! We watched Terminator 2: Judgement Day and The Iron Giant, and revisited our earlier episode on radiation that covered Chernobyl and Radioactive. [Need a mattress? Head to https://allswellhome.mvvx.net/popmed so they know we sent you!]2022-03-241h 13PopMed PodcastThe Oscars: Anthrax and ElectrocutionWelcome back! In this episode, Justin and Adam talk about electrocution in Nightmare Alley and anthrax in Power of the Dog. Take your chances with the latest odds from Nick, our resident betting expert. Find out who's gonna win which awards, and who we wish would win them. Grab some popcorn and place your bets! Pssst. Need a mattress? Use this link! https://allswellhome.mvvx.net/popmed Or use the promo code SNOOZE for 20% off mattresses and 10% off bedding through March 21st! This post contains affiliate links and we will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking o...2022-03-1058 minPopMed PodcastAbdominal Pain: How to Pass Gas!Nick, Adam, and Justin dive into abdominal pain in this episode. Whether it's an alien in your stomach or just some really painful gas, we discuss any issue that might upset your belly. From a variety of genres, we explore timeless classics such as Alien, The Last King of Scotland, and Dumb & Dumber. Plus, enjoy other topics such as how to deal with spicy food, Stockton's fall from grace, and which movie had the best fart.2022-02-261h 11PopMed PodcastLove: Happy Late Valentine's Day!Welcome to the start of Season 2! In honor of Valentine's Day, we tried to tackle the science of love. Delve into the different types of love, the chemicals involved, and the post-breakup ice cream. And we have an unofficial sponsor! Shoutout to Welke's Flowers in Milwaukee and visit their website at www.welkes.com. Check them out for all your Valentine's (or any other occasion) needs!2022-02-161h 02PopMed PodcastSummer Special: Nick, Adam and Justin's Favorite Movies Countdown!Welcome to our summer vacation episode! For this episode, we've done something a bit different and decided to go through each of our favorite movies of all time! You'll get to hear, count down style, our top 5 movies that we recommend everyone watch at least once, and our top 5 movies that we most love to rewatch. We would love to hear feedback. Did we leave your favorites off? Reach out and let us know your own lists!2021-07-151h 23PopMed PodcastElectroconvulsive Therapy: This Will Come as a ShockWelcome back from another break! We've learned that as life is returning more to normal, our free time is not. So we are trying to make up for lack of frequency by providing content with real Shock value! This week we discuss ECT, also known as Shock Therapy, and discuss the movies Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Shock therapy may have a bad rap, but we want to keep the good raps coming, so thanks for listening and providing suggestions!2021-06-231h 01PopMed PodcastBack Pain: Except Much More ExcitingWelcome to the episode Nick has been waiting for. We tried to make a boring old back pain episode, including a discussion about a Simpsons episode, but this thing got a little out of control. We had a special request to do a breakdown of There's Something About Mary, and while this movie has lots of back pain issues, it also has...a lot of other medical mishaps. And we pull no punches discussing them. So sit back, relax, and enjoy our newest episode - which almost needed an explicit tag!2021-06-021h 04PopMed PodcastSpace Medicine: We Don't Really Know Anything About ThisYou thought we had done all possible environmental medicine subjects, didn't you? Altitude medicine, check. Arctic medicine, check. Deep water medicine, check. But I bet you didn't think of Space Medicine! We promise it's a thing. Just not one we know much about. But we do have fun discussing Total Recall and Apollo 13, and we think you'll have fun coming along for the ride and listening to our vacuum of knowledge on the subject!2021-05-191h 08PopMed PodcastVaccines: Not Throwin' Away My ShotThis week we wanted to do a podcast about vaccines, and watched Doc Hollywood thinking it had a scene about vaccines. It didn't. That's what you get when you rely on google! And this is what you get this week: vaccine talk surrounding the movie "World War Z," and then just random medicine commentary about various Doc Hollywood scenes. And we don't regret it one bit.2021-05-101h 12PopMed PodcastDive Medicine: The Deep Dive, with SlappingWelcome to this reddit requested episode on Dive Medicine, from a couple of doctors that have never scuba dived and never treated complications from diving! Our subject material is James Bond's Thunderball and James Cameron's The Abyss. Things get crazy in both these films, so strap on those flippers and dive in with us!2021-04-221h 12PopMed PodcastScars, Allergies and TB: Prepping the Oscars!Cinema's great excuse to party is right around the corner! And I'm not talking about Adam and Nick's birthdays, although those are here too. The Academy awards are a fun time for movie shows like ours to take a close look at this year's contenders, and past winners and losers. We took this opportunity to discuss the medicine depicted in past winners, including Unforgiven and Parasite. Then we deep dive into a discussion on which Best Picture winners were most and least deserving. Enjoy!2021-04-1458 minPopMed PodcastEpistaxis: View from the NosebleedsWe are back from our spring break and better than ever! This week we talk everything you never wanted to discuss about nosebleeds. Adam makes an incredible unforgettable confession. Seriously, just wait until you hear this one! We discuss the movies Lady Bird and Chronicle, and of course, Nick discusses The Office. We've missed sharing for a few weeks and are so excited to be back!2021-04-071h 03PopMed PodcastCannabis: Getting Into the Weed(s)Proof that we're here to tackle the most controversial of issues, welcome to the episode where we discuss what marijuana does and doesn't do, and why movies that are all about weed are so dang funny. We break down 3 cult classics: "Dazed and Confused," "Pineapple Express," and "Friday." And Adam tells some stories, coming to you straight from legalized Oregon. You'll want to hear these.2021-03-181h 33PopMed PodcastAltitude Medicine Pt 2: Ask the World Expert!The episode we've all been waiting for! Part two of our discussion of high altitude medicine as depicted in the movies Everest and Vertical Limit! This time we have the world's leading expert on Altitude Medicine joining the discussion, Dr N. Stuart Harris! And Dr Harris drops some bombs! Join our discussion as he casually breaks the news that he's reworking how to define and diagnose altitude sickness! Don't miss this one! Lots of exclamation points!2021-03-1039 minPopMed PodcastAltitude Medicine Pt 1: It's All Downhill From HereGet ready for a two part series on high altitude medicine in movies, where we will take you on the most amazing podcast expedition of your life! Our special guest today, Steve Pearson, has actually summitted Everest! He joins us to discuss what movies got right and wrong about the climb. This week we watched Vertical Limit, Everest, and The Man Who Skied Down Everest. We discuss how close Chris O'Donnell is to nailing what it's like to climb with a pick axe! Next week we will have another guest who has summitted Everest (!!!) and happens to be a worl...2021-03-041h 54PopMed PodcastThrowback Episode: Adam Interviews Justin, plus Episode 1 Insomnia is BackNick had to work. So what do we do? Adam and Justin talk about life and how we fell into our careers in medicine. And then we re-publish our first ever episode that we recorded before Nick joined the team. It's a little rocky, but it's also...a little rocky. Come join us for a personal deep dive and a special throwback! Then psych yourself up for next week, when we will unveil our next very special guests!2021-02-261h 59PopMed PodcastFrostbite and Hypothermia: My Cold, Frozen Heart Will Go OnAll things cold. Just what you were looking forward to this winter, right? We delve into the movie Titanic, and have a heated (or cooled) discussion about the temperature of ocean water. We also throw in an episode of Seinfeld! And a few other movies you probably haven't seen, but should see. Like Frozen (no, not THAT Frozen, the other one), and Arctic. Listen in and learn about the treatment of hypothermia, and what to do with those frozen toes.2021-02-171h 17PopMed PodcastHearing Loss and Tinnitus: A Hum in the DrumToday is Nick's first born son's rapping debut and you are all the first to hear it! Speaking of hearing, we hope this episode brings some awareness of what it means to have adult onset hearing loss and tinnitus. This is possibly our favorite movie lineup so far. We start with Baby Driver, then discuss A Star Is Born, and finish up with Sound of Metal. If you haven't seen these three movies, put them on your list!2021-02-101h 13PopMed PodcastRadiation: We're Going NuclearWant to have fun while learning about radiation medicine? We have a guest for you! Geoff Nelson is a Professor of Medical Physics and a Chernobyl expert, and helps guide us through understanding radiation through the lens of the hugely entertaining and fascinating miniseries "Chernobyl." We also discuss the excellent movie "Radioactive." Learn answers to questions like "why do radioactive things glow blue-green?" and "what would a nuclear fallout do to my skin?" and "should I worry about a dirty bomb?" and "what are the northern lights?" and a million other questions you never knew you had. Be ready to gro...2021-02-031h 30PopMed PodcastTransplants: My Heart (and Face) Will Go OnTransplant medicine is pretty dang complicated, but not if you're Nic Cage and John Travolta and in the need of a new face! Or if you're Denzel and want to take a hospital hostage! This week we discuss face transplants in the ridiculous crazy Face/Off. We also talk heart transplants using John Q and 21 Grams as backdrops. Buckle up because this discussion gets wild. Also, be an organ donor!2021-01-271h 14PopMed PodcastDiabetes: A Pod So Sweet You'll Need InsulinThis week's episode has our first ever special guest! Big welcome to Nikki Frederick, who provides invaluable insight into the life of a type one diabetic as we discuss the disease with the backdrop of some true classic movies. Check this lineup: Memento, Steel Magnolias, and I guess for the purposes of this sentence we'll count Panic Room as a classic as well!2021-01-201h 24PopMed PodcastSports Injuries: Hands Shoulders Knees and BlowsThis week, Justin successfully cajoled Adam and Nick into discussing some of his favorite sports movies, including Warrior, which is the best sports movie ever made (not up for debate). So naturally, this is the best podcast episode ever made (up for debate). We talk shoulder dislocations, broken hands and forearms, and ACL tears. And Carlos Boozer. Sorry, Carlos.2021-01-131h 11PopMed PodcastCrazy For Swayze: Ultimate Patrick Fan Episode!Welcome back from the holiday break! We decided to do a special episode for Nick and dedicate an entire hour plus to his hero and idol, the one and only Patrick Swayze. We get a little lost in the discussion about such classics as Dirty Dancing, Road House, and Point Break. Also, don't get shot in the chest with a shotgun, it doesn't end well.2021-01-061h 21PopMed PodcastHome Alone + Christmas Vacation: Christmas Special Edition!!!Welcome to your special bonus holiday episode! For this Christmas bonus, we decided to break down some of the injuries to Chevy Chase and Joe Pesci in the Christmas classics Christmas Vacation and Home Alone. Overall, Joe Pesci gets the worst of things. In fact, we aren't sure he would have survived if Home Alone worked a little harder on realism. But come listen and decide for yourself!2020-12-231h 02PopMed PodcastZombies: The Walking AliveWelcome to our first listener requested episode! We do our best to break down how zombie pathology can be seen in various diseases, drugs, Michael Jackson videos, etc. They aren't real...or are they??!!!! Dun, dun, dun!!!!2020-12-191h 07PopMed PodcastBee Stings: That's Swell(ing)We hit up some real classics this week, including the (MTV) award-winning stunner "My Girl," the no-award winner "Pure Luck," and the classic horror film and soon-to-be-remade by Jordan Peele "Candyman." All of these movies have one thing in common: their classic status. Ok, two things in common: bee stings are significant plot mechanisms in all of them. Join us for a discussion on how to protect ourselves against the real threat to all mankind. Yes, I hate bees.2020-12-1258 minPopMed PodcastPandemics: The Virus Got Wings!Pandemics. The topic everyone has been waiting for, because we know you haven't heard enough about them. While living through the worst pandemic of our lifetimes, we should be listening to two doctors and another dude discuss movies about pandemics. Because there are some bad ones (*cough* Outbreak *cough*). And some good ones (*cough* Contagion *cough*). Also, find out what a couple of real doctors think are the most valuable Public Service Announcements in the year of COVID-19. Listen and pass it on!2020-12-051h 10PopMed PodcastEsophageal Foreign Bodies: Baby Touchdown!This week we discuss what happens when someone swallows something they shouldn't have swallowed. Specifically, when Borat's daughter swallows a plastic baby. Certain things just don't belong in the GI tract. Things like plastic babies. Or heroin baggies. Or crackpipes. Real life lessons learned on this pod.2020-11-281h 02PopMed PodcastFood Poisoning: Vampires and Point GuardsThis week we do a deep dive into deep dish. And we talk about the hit TV series "What We Do In The Shadows." What happens when non-human vampires eat human pizza? And what happens when Justin insists that Stockton is better than Isiah Thomas? And what happens when Adam eats seafood? These answers and more, served not-quite-fresh on your weekly platter that is PopMed.2020-11-211h 02PopMed PodcastHyperhidrosis: Teen Wolf and Teen NickSometimes people sweat. Sometimes some people sweat a lot with no reason. Sometimes this can be embarrassing. Dr Adam Frederick and Dr Justin Pearson ask Nick how embarrassing it can be, since he has some real world experience dealing with this embarrassing problem. Also, we discuss the movies Teen Wolf and Airplane, and throw in a little Saved By The Bell as a bonus.2020-11-1157 minPopMed PodcastAddiction and Overdose: A Real Downer (With a Few Uppers)In this episode, we delve into the tragedy of addiction with the movie Beautiful Boy as our backdrop. It's a real tearjerker with excellent acting by Timothee Chalamet and Michael Scott...errr...Steve Carell, and this pod is basically one long PSA. Now I'm sure that all you want to do is listen to this episode! Take the time, spread the word. It's worth it.2020-11-031h 14
PopMed PodcastAmputations: Corporal Lieutenant DanEver wondered what it's like to have your arm or leg cut off? Hollywood has no shortage of depictions of amputations, and a couple of doctors discuss what they get right and wrong in Forrest Gump, 127 Hours, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (with a little Star Wars thrown in for free). You also will get a free story about Nick's first time out with his future in-laws.2020-10-201h 05
PopMed PodcastInsomnia: Your Introductory Episode!Delve into the world of medicine as portrayed in movies and TV shows with Dr Justin Pearson, Emergency Medicine Physician, and Dr Adam Frederick, Family Medicine Physician. We discuss how Liam Neeson's insomnia experiments are pretty jacked up in the movie The Haunting. Then we'll go over how Robert DeNiro's insomnia is even more jacked up because of what it makes him do in the movie Taxi Driver. Laugh with us, and learn a little medicine along the way.2020-10-2000 min
PopMed PodcastConcussions: Welcome to the pod, Nick!Prepare to go on a journey of discovery with two MDs and our new contributer, Nick Otis, who has never seen Star Wars but wants to pretend he should be discussing pop culture. In this episode we discuss concussions as portrayed in movies like 50 First Dates, Tommy Boy, and Kickboxer. And we enjoy ourselves a little too much.2020-10-201h 07