Dr Ben and Friends
Jump into Nashville's ultimate healthcare comedy podcast where Dr Ben celebrates healthcare heroes AND comedians! No waiting, no Co-Pay. Dr Ben is putting the MED in COMEDY!
Episodes
23 episodes
Headline Or Hoax? with Dr Brian and Dr John Delony
A headline says certain childhood traumas are linked to fewer mental health problems in adolescence and our brains immediately split in two: curiosity and alarm. We start with a quick round of “Headline Or Hoax,” then unpack why a clean, counte...
GRAND OLE PSYCHE
Your kid isn’t “broken” because they’re anxious, shut down, or fighting every boundary you set and neither are you. From the Nashville skyline, we bring on national mental health rockstar Dr. John Delony alongside Dr. Brian, a child and adolesc...
What the Heck! Comedian Decodes ER Terms
Medical words can sound like spells, and that confusion has a cost. When you don’t understand what a clinician just said, it’s harder to advocate for yourself, follow instructions, or spot a real emergency. So we built a game: we put everyday e...
Headline Or Hoax with Dr Mike and Paula Kosienski
A headline claims a man regrew the tip of his finger with powder made from pig bladder. Another claims coffee can reduce phantom phone vibration syndrome by 23%. Both sound just believable enough to fool you, which is why we love playing Headli...
ANTIDOTE ACE
“Do not bring a live snake to the emergency room” is advice you never expect to hear. Our healthcare hero, Dr Mike, medical toxicologist and emergency room physician breaks down how poisoning, overdoses, and antidotes work in the real world. 🔴 ...
What the Heck! Surgery Tools With Funny Names
A “whirly bird” in an operating room sounds like a joke, until you hear what it actually does to pull bone back into alignment. We kick off a fast, playful game where orthopedic traumatologist Dr. Kate shares real surgical instrument names and ...
Headline Or Hoax? with Dr Kate and Seth Kays
A medical headline about laughter curing an autoimmune spine disease sounds like the kind of internet nonsense we’re trained to ignore and that’s exactly why we put it on the whiteboard. We kick off with “Headline or Hoax,” make our guesses, an...
NASHVILLE TRAUMA TITAN
A broken bone sounds simple until you learn what trauma surgeons actually manage around it: crushed soft tissue, infection risk, evolving wounds, and a hospital full of moving pieces that have to click into place fast. 🔴 Dr Ben and Friends<...
What the Heck! Hospitalist Nerd Words
Some medical words sound like pasta, spells, or something your doctor made up on the spot and that’s exactly why we play “What The Heck Is That?” Dr. Ben is joined by Dr. Jennifer, a hospitalist who lives in the world of hospital medicine, plus...
Headline or Hoax? with Dr Jennifer and Marcus Saputo
Wild medical stories travel faster than careful medical advice, and that’s exactly why games like “Headline or Hoax” are such a useful antidote to health misinformation. When you hear a claim that sounds unbelievable, your brain wants to decide...
ROUNDING ROCKSTAR
The hospital can turn into a blur the second you get admitted, and we wanted to slow it down and make it make sense. 🔴 Dr Ben and FriendsDr. Jennifer, a board-certified hospitalist in Nashville, joins us to explain what a hospitalist act...
What the Heck! Burn Surgery Nerd Words
Your skin does two jobs you never think about until it’s gone: it keeps fluid in and it keeps infection out. So what happens when a major burn breaks that barrier and every decision has to be made fast, with the right words, the rig...
Headline Or Hoax? with Dr Tommy and Tara Brown
Two headlines hit the board, and only one can be real. One claims cracking your knuckles builds extra bones over time. The other claims a man’s hands ooze yellowish cholesterol nodules after living on an extreme meat, cheese, and butter diet. W...
BURN BOSS
OUR FIRST VIDEO EPISODE!You can’t “walk it off” after a serious burn, and you also can’t underestimate the quiet courage it takes to rebuild after one. We sit down with Nashville burn and critical care surgeon Dr. Tommy to get clear, pra...
What the Heck! When Your Stomach Migrates And Your Joke Lands
“Hiatal hernia” sounds like a problem you should keep quiet about, and “choledocholithiasis” sounds like a spell from a medical musical. We decided to make both terms make sense. I’m Dr. Ben, and I’m joined by comedian and university professor ...
Headline Or Hoax? with Dr Jameil and Brinn Daniels
A man gets seizures from Sudoku? That sounds like a punchline- was it a real medical case? We kick things off with our “Headline or Hoax” game and watch how quickly all of us can get fooled by a medical headline that feels just believable enoug...
GUT GURU
GLP-1s are everywhere right now and the hype is loud, the brand names are confusing, and the real tradeoffs can feel impossible to pin down. 🔴 Dr Ben and Friends We wanted a straight answer, so we brought in Dr. Jameil, a board-cert...
What the Heck! Oral MaxilloFacial Surgery Nerd Words
A single medical word can hide a whole anatomy lesson, and it gets even better when someone tries to guess the definition first. We play a fast, funny round of What The Heck? with comedian Drew Davis and Dr. Steve, turning intimidating oral and...
Headline Or Hoax? with Dr Steve and Drew Davis
A surgeon opens a chest with a Swiss Army knife he also uses to cut lunch. Sit with that for a second, then press play, because we turn it into a game where your job is to spot the real headline before we reveal just how strange the truth can b...
MEET THE SMILE SURGEON
If you’ve ever wondered how surgeons put faces back together after devastating injuries, this conversation gets surprisingly specific, surprisingly human, and occasionally ridiculous. 🔴 Dr Ben and Friends We sit down with HEALTHCARE...
What the Heck! Anesthesia Nerd Words
Surgery has a way of turning everyday people into instant experts on medical vocabulary. Someone says “propofol” or “intubation,” and suddenly you are nodding along while silently thinking, what does that actually mean? We keep it simple and ho...
