Dr Ben and Friends
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Episodes
43 episodes
Sterile, Fast, And Funny
Surgical jargon can sound like nonsense until you realize it’s describing real, high-stakes work. We bring on operating room tech Herb Coleman alongside comedian Marianna Barksdale and turn a simple guessing game into a surprisingly useful tour...
Big Herb Tackles a 7-Centimeter Aneurysm
He’s deadlifting 600lbs, training like a machine, and then one day his body hits a wall. Herb Coleman thought he was just getting older until a routine check uncovered something that could have ended everything without warning: a th...
Emotional Support Hammer And Other OR Mysteries
Knock knock, howdy folks, we’re bringing the operating room to the mic, one weird term at a time. Dr. Ben is joined by his teammate in surgery and OR tech Herb Coleman plus the wildly multi-talented comedian, writer, actress, and stunt double M...
Two Peas And A Lung
A pea plant grew inside a man’s lung, and that sentence is not a punchline. Our friends kick things off with a round of Headline Or Hoax, putting two outrageous-sounding “medical headlines” in front of Marianna Barksdale and Herb Co...
PATIENT CHAMPION
He chased quarterbacks for a living, then he switched careers and started protecting patients instead. Herb Coleman joins us in Nashville to talk about the real work of an operating room tech, what it means to be a “patient champion...
Less Than Eight, Intubate
A lot of people hear medical jargon and instantly tune out, but we think the fastest path to understanding is laughter plus a great story. We’re playing “What The Heck,” where our ER physician, Dr Domenic, brings real emergency medi...
BTS: Connecting Through Comedy
You’ve laughed at a comedy special and thought, “I could never do that.” We get it, and we also know there’s a real process behind the magic. Stand-up comedy looks effortless from the crowd, but the truth is messier, funnier, and way more human...
Surgical Showdown with a Comedian!
How many “ailments” can you remove in 60 seconds without buzzing? We ran a surgical showdown with Kristen Barczak and a patient named Garth with a cowboy boot blister. What would your theme song be?Before the chaos, we go full operating-...
Capillary Comedy
Medical jargon sounds harmless until you learn what it actually describes. We kick things off with a simple premise: hand a comedian a handful of real ER and cardiology terms, ask her to pronounce them, ask her to guess what they mean, then tra...
Five-Second Rule Fails and Crispy Bacon Tales
Internet nonsense? A headline about worm larvae in someone’s brain sounds like nonsense until you hear the details and realize it’s a real food safety story.We’re putting the “med in comedy” with a round of Headline Or Hoax, joined by Dr...
CHEERS TO THE CHIEF!
You know that feeling when a hospital shift (or a comedy set) starts with a plan and immediately turns lively? That’s the lane we live in today, and we brought the perfect guests for it. Dr. Domenic joins us as an emergency medicine...
DECODE THE DOCS WEEK: Medical Words that Sound like Pasta Dishes (replay)
JOIN US FOR DECODE THE DOCS WEEK! We're revisiting our most popular episodes about medical word trivia. This is when our pro comics do the heavy lifting. Celebrate these heroes who keep you healthy and laughing with Team Dr Be...
DECODE THE DOCS WEEK: maxillofacial surgery (replay)
JOIN US FOR DECODE THE DOCS WEEK! We're revisiting our most popular episodes about medical word trivia. This is when our pro comics do the heavy lifting. Celebrate these heroes who keep you healthy and laughing with Team Dr Be...
Surgery Jargon Showdown
Join us for DECODE THE DOCS Week!Most people hear a word like “anastomosis” and instantly feel like they missed a semester of medical school. We get it, so we turned that confusion into a game. We’re joined by Adam, a surgica...
Autobrewery Syndrome And The Truth Behind Snake Oil
Your gut can turn into a microbrewery, and that’s not a metaphor. We kick things off with our “Headline or Hoax” challenge, then follow the truth to autobrewery syndrome, a real medical condition where gut microbes (often involving ...
SCALPEL SIDEKICK
Someone hands the surgeon the exact instrument they need at the exact second they need it, and most patients never even learn that person’s job title. As our friend Professor Ben Sawyer walks into this medical podcast, we sit down w...
Dr John Explains, We Pretend to Understand
Some mental health terms sound like prank words until you learn they describe real experiences people live with every day. We bring you into a fast, goofy game where I quiz Dr. John Delony on hard-to-pronounce psychiatry vocabulary while Dr. Br...
Dad Jokes Delivered: Docs Who Love Puns
BONUS EPISODE: A single great dad joke can change the mood of an entire room, and we put that theory to the test with two guests who know a thing or two about people. We hang out with child and adolescent psychiatric medicine physic...
GRAND OLE PSYCHE pt2
Nicotine pouches that turn a noisy mind quiet in minutes sound like a miracle until you realize how fast “helpful” can become “hooked.” We’re joined by mental health expert Dr. John Delony and child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Brian for a c...
The Surgeon Is Sneezing Face First
You think surgery looks simple until someone explains the sterile field, and suddenly you’re imagining a single sneeze ruining the whole day. We kick things off by pulling back the curtain on the operating room: what counts as “sterile,” why th...
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...
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...