Best Dr Imran Lasker Podcasts (2024)

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S6E12 - British Book Awards 2024 Special 48:15

27d ago48:15

48:15

Episode Notes It's our British Book Awards Special! We discuss the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction. The shortlist is: Alan Partridge: Big Beacon, written and narrated by Alan Partridge Making It So, written and narrated by Patrick Stewart Spare, written and narrated by Prince Harry Strong Fe…

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S6E11 - A chat with Matthew Weisgerber 50:12

1M ago50:12

50:12

Episode Notes We chat to Matt Weisgerber. Matt is a narrator and voice actor who currently has 38 audiobooks available on Audible. He works mostly in the sci-fi and fantasy genres, as well as works aimed at younger audiences. Outside of narration, Matt is currently working on obtaining a Master's degree in counselling, and is a lover of retro video…

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S6E10 - The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler 37:36

2M ago37:36

37:36

Episode Notes We discuss The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler as narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle de Cuir.We're looking for guests. About the book: When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die …

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S6E9 - Leo Moon: The Aries Billionaire by Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams 29:38

2M ago29:38

29:38

Episode Notes We discuss Leo Moon: The Aries Billionaire by Rachel Wells & Jessica Adams as read by Oliver Chris. Aries billionaire Mike Kirby is celebrating his 50th birthday on his remote island with his unhappy wife, handpicked guests, a Blood Moon Eclipse and...a rocket launch. A coma and a murder later, it’s down to astrologer Leo Moon to unco…

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S6E8 - From the archives: Dr Imran Lasker 57:36

3M ago57:36

57:36

Episode Notes No new episode this week. Instead, here is an episode from the archive. We chat with Dr Imran Lasker about his favourite audiobooks. Imran is a consultant radiologist and co-host of the Two Medics Podcast (www.twomedics.com). We discuss his favourite audiobooks, why he started a podcast about medical Twitter and of course Back To The …

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ep 129 - its been....84years 1:11:37

4M ago1:11:37

1:11:37

Bethan and Tharusha catch up and discuss PAs... but hasnt it been talked about to death in a way? So they talk about stuff like how being a medic seems to just AGE you. Amongst other thingsBy Dr Bethan John & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 128 - Bethan spits solo - It is what a podcast is 39:39

4M ago39:39

39:39

Bethan solo - it is what a podcast isBy Dr Bethan John

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S6E7 - Edith! by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig 32:39

3M ago32:39

32:39

Episode Notes We discuss Edith! which is a historical fiction podcast written and created by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig, produced by QCode and Crooked Media starring Rosamund Pike about Edith Wilson. It was directed by Maureen Bharoocha. We're looking for guests. Get in touch if you want to talk about audiobooks! The episode is brought to yo…

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ep 127 "blow your own crumpet" 1:05:08

4M ago1:05:08

1:05:08

We talk about hugging people with ICDs, superstitions in medicine and explain what antimony is. CPD points are there and some other hidden nuggets. As usual we talk about other mundane stuff like a love of 20year old tv shows and crumpets! We hope you like it.By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E6 - Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale 40:25

4M ago40:25

40:25

Episode Notes Once a Monster by Robert Dinsdale as narrated by Justin Avoth About the book: London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway. An orphan since her mother died four years past, leaving Nell with only broken dreams and a pair of satin slippers in her possession, …

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ep 126 - its not Terry's its mine 1:14:16

5M ago1:14:16

1:14:16

TW (suicide) - please skip ahead to beyond 14mins if you would rather avoid the topic. If you need support: The Samaritans are 24/7 on 116 123. If you would rather text SHOUT to 85258The BMA offer free counselling and peer support 24/7 to medical students and doctors on0330 123 1245By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 125: Keeping the christmas "spirit" alive 1:08:51

5M ago1:08:51

1:08:51

We talk airplanes, our hopes and dreams for the new year and the usual nonsenses (including that rheumatologist)By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E5 - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 27:00

5M ago27:00

27:00

Episode Notes Happy New Year! We review The Housemaid by Freida McFadden as narrated by Lauryn Allman. Thanks to Jess from Bookouture for the ARC. About the book: “Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I …

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ep 124- dont they know its christmas 55:42

5M ago55:42

55:42

Bethan and Tharusha discuss the new round of strikes, birmingham hospital AGAIN, working over xmas and having one's shoes confiscated. Please check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK and use our promor twomedics10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 123 - Bethan's party of one 41:44

5M ago41:44

41:44

Bethan discusses phrases that give us the ick, how the middle ground of uncertainty can actually be scarier than peri arrests and how media portrayals dont always tell the whole storyBy Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E4 - The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper 30:56

5M ago30:56

30:56

Episode Notes We review the BBC's adaptation of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. The Dark Is Rising is a 12-part dramatisation for radio of Susan Cooper‘s classic 1970s novel for families Simon McBurney and Robert MacFarlane. With a full cast including Simon McBurney, Toby Jones, Noah Alexander, Amanda Hadingue, Paul Rhys and Harriet Walter. You…

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EP 122: Risk it for a biscuit 1:09:35

6M ago1:09:35

1:09:35

Bethan and Tharu discuss DEMEC, the new lot of strikes and crucially...biscuits!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E3 - The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams 38:27

6M ago38:27

38:27

Episode Notes We review the ecological fable/fantasy epic The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams as narrated by Debra Michaels. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. About the book: Welcome to The Real, where Pyn-Poi's people live in harmony with nature - until a killing stink threatens their whole world. Pyn-Poi's mother Marak wants her to grow up to b…

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EP121: The amazing spider toe 1:09:57

6M ago1:09:57

1:09:57

Bethan and tharu discuss the consultant contract offer, spiders nibbling on toes and amongst other things there are some tv show recommendations. Check out our sponsors @scrbs_uk and use our promo code twomedics10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 120: I dont speak french 1:11:17

6M ago1:11:17

1:11:17

Bethan and Tharu discuss being the medical reg, how many airways we can squeeze in and figure out what the manliest most broski specialties are. Check out our sponsors @scrbs_uk and use our promo twomedics10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E2 - #AudioFestival Special with Imogen Church and Alba Proko 46:24

6M ago46:24

46:24

Episode Notes Notes go here We chat to Imogen Church and Alba Proko about all things audiobook and the upcoming #AudioFestival on the 22nd of November (head over to Bookouture's socials to participate). Imogen is an award-winning actor and scriptwriter, ex-Burlesque dancer, adoptive parent and lover of satire. Her debut novel Death and the Burlesqu…

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EP 119: Will you start the fans please? 1:08:58

7M ago1:08:58

1:08:58

bethan and tharu discuss OSCEs and what the best stations should be, the recent training survey results and anon accounts - how we love thee! check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK and use our promo twomedics10 for 10% off comfy, great looking practical scrubs, TREAT YOSELF!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 118: Hop on the couch 1:18:36

7M ago1:18:36

1:18:36

Bethan and Tharu discuss the doctor title, couches and whether people should hop or pop on them. Obscure neuro exam reference in there too. Its the topics of the week. Check out @SCRBS_UK with twomedics10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S6E1 - The Doctor's Wife by Daniel Hurst 31:58

6M ago31:58

31:58

Episode Notes We review The Doctor's Wife by Daniel Hurst, the first in a trilogy of thrillers about a village doctor and his wife. Thanks to Jess from Bookouture for the ARC. About the book: He thinks his secret is safe. But she knows the truth.... My husband is a doctor. He’s smart and charming, and everybody trusts him. Except me. On the surface…

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EP 117: lovesick 1:13:01

7M ago1:13:01

1:13:01

Bethan and Tharu chat about the HEE dating advice, is the NHS trully equal for men and women, knitting during talks, good historians and bad medical terminology. Check out our sponsors @scrbs_uk and use our promo TWOMEDICS10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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EP 116: Taste the rainbow 1:09:19

7M ago1:09:19

1:09:19

Bethan and Tharu discuss outrage. I mean thats what they always do but it seems worse. Or does everyone think that? Topics include the strikes, looking your age, we have a balanced discussion on GPs, pooping (obviously) and whether FOAMed can just be sex shaming. Check out our newsletter for all the topics and background reading and check out our s…

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Small Fry 1:14:06

8M ago1:14:06

1:14:06

Bethan and Tharu discuss what is better - horses or zebras, whether OSCEs are outdated and whether you really should be hunting for that apex beat. They dillgently try and figure out why AI find it just so hard to imagine what a surgeon might look like, whether ALS is a neurodivergent conspiracy amongst other things! Please do subscribe for episode…

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life is a rollercoaster 58:10

8M ago58:10

58:10

bethan and tharu discuss neurosurgery versus GP, bad tattoos and general preconceptions. Check out our newsletter to see all the tweets we discussed!By Dr Bethan John & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S5E5 - From the archives: 35:17

8M ago35:17

35:17

Episode Notes No new episode this week. Instead, we're re-releasing an old episode. We review the lyrically written coming-of-age story Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi. It's about Ruby's struggles to fit in against the backdrop of racism, and, her mother's bouts with mental illness. Thank you all for listening. We will be back in the new year.If y…

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Midnight Feast 1:06:54

8M ago1:06:54

1:06:54

We talk about pot noodles and discuss the essence of being (of noodles). We talk about medical terminology, sterile water injections and who is better (really) - generalists or specialists? As usual, expect just general musings on working in medicine.Check out our sponsors @scrbs_uk for comfortable, practical scrubs and use twomedics10 promo for 10…

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Getting a cob on (accidental CPD episode) 1:02:05

8M ago1:02:05

1:02:05

We talk about the natural order of things and blood bottles, whether twitter counts as famous, whether we should wear uniforms and we also celebrate hype women.Check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK using the promo twomedics10 for 10% off and check out our newsletter on https://sendfox.com/twomedics if you wanna catch links to the subject matter and read…

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S5E4 - Spaceboy and Real Pigeons 37:29

8M ago37:29

37:29

Episode Notes This is the last in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023. Spaceboy by David Walliams as narrated by Akiya Henry, Reginald D. Hunter, Eric Meyers, Penelope Rawlins, Liza Ross, David Walliams America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-ol…

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slowly slowly catch the monkey 58:41

8M ago58:41

58:41

Doc Lasker is back - get those scan requests in while you can! We discuss doctors vote, how reply guys are like charity muggers and tips on whistleblowing. Check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK and use twomedics10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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S5E3 - Running Out of Time & Natural Wonders of the World 37:38

9M ago37:38

37:38

Episode Notes This is the third in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023. Running Out of Time by Simon Fox as narrated by Michael Golab. Alex can steal time. The most he can take at the moment is fifteen seconds, but his grandmother took almost three minutes once - although he never…

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Get in loser, we are going bidet shopping 58:12

9M ago58:12

58:12

CW- we do talk about the article in BJS about sexual harassment and so as a result - please consider whether that material is safe for you to listen to. Bethan and Tharu talk about Mean girls (the movie), bidets, hospital's falling apart, the usual stuff. Please give our sponsors a look @SCRBS_uk and use our promo TWOMEDICS10 for 10% off!Believe wo…

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S5E2 - Wolfbane & Ellie and the Cat 29:03

9M ago29:03

29:03

Episode Notes This is the second in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023. We chat about Wolfbane by Michelle Paver as narrated by Ian McKellen: The grand finale to the prize-winning adventure series that has changed the lives of millions. Breathtaking world-building on an epic scal…

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The Penguin will see you now 1:02:13

9M ago1:02:13

1:02:13

Bethan and Tharu discuss how we might integrate AI penguins into the MDT given the Tories radical new strategy for ignoring all the major problems in the NHS as well as discussing our intubation wishlist, making the time for people in training and some tips on how not to perform self-endoscopies. Please check out @scrbs_uk for comfortable, great lo…

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S5E1 - The Ice Children & The Book that No One Wanted to Read 37:54

9M ago37:54

37:54

Episode Notes The first in our specials reviewing the books on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist for Audiobook of the Year 2023. First up is The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard, as narrated by Helen Keeley and a full cast. At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen in the city park on a pedestal of…

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Natures Candy 1:08:54

9M ago1:08:54

1:08:54

Bethan and Tharusha talk about whistleblowers, brain worms and pizza toppings. Please check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK for durable, comfortable scrubs and use out promo twomedics10 to get 10% off.By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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Being kind or else 1:02:50

9M ago1:02:50

1:02:50

Imran is back for an episode so enjoy him whilst you can before he goes off for more monies. We talk about the GMC, resilience (this counts towards your mandatory training alledgedly) and we talk about what bad people might look like. Do check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK for comfortable, well fitting scrubs and use twomedics10 for 10% off!…

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Find my doctor 1:09:53

10M ago1:09:53

1:09:53

Bethan and Tharu talk health tracking, robot carers and ask why is it so important that the work carpark needs to be locked at 20.00? Check out our sponsors @SCRBS_UK for comfortable, excellent scrubs and use our promo TWOMEDICS10 for 10% off!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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Strike while the weather is hot 1:18:18

10M ago1:18:18

1:18:18

We discuss break taking, bullying name calling and of course the strikes. Imran is away and Dr Bethan John has kindly stepped up as co host. We hope to regularly update you on the goings on in medicine and talk about the topics in current conversation. Please check our sponsors SCRBS_UK and use the promo twomedics10 for 10% off the best looking, du…

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S4E13 - British Book Award 2023 Winner's Special 6:10

1y ago6:10

6:10

Episode Notes Here's a minisode with the winner's speech from the British Book Awards a few weeks ago. One of my local bookshops All Good Books in Turnpike Lane, has set up a Patreon. Please support them if you can (we know times are hard). https://www.patreon.com/TheAllGoodBookshop We'll be back in a few weeks! Support Audiobookish by contributing…

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S4E12 - British Book Awards Special 3: A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant and Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry. 1:23:23

1y ago1:23:23

1:23:23

Episode Notes British Book Awards Special 3! The last in our special series discussing the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction. We discuss A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant and Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry. This episode was brought to you by Alexandra Par…

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S4E11 - British Book Awards Special 2: A Visible Man by Edward Enninful and Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby 1:05:56

1y ago1:05:56

1:05:56

Episode Notes British Book Awards Special 2! The second in our special series discussing the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction. We discuss A Visible Man by Edward Enninful and Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby. This episode was brought to you by Alexandra Park BJJ. To book a free trial cla…

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S4E10 - British Book Awards Special 1: Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe and Menopausing Davina McCall with Dr. Naomi Potter

1y ago

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Episode Notes British Book Awards Special 1! The first in our special series discussing the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction. We discuss Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe and Menopausing Davina McCall with Dr. Naomi Potter. This episode was brought to you by Alexandra Park BJJ. …

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S4E9 - Do Not Resuscitate The Life and Afterlife of Maurice Saatchi (DNR) By Maurice Saatchi 38:39

1y ago38:39

38:39

Episode Notes We discuss Do Not Resuscitate: The Life and Afterlife of Maurice Saatchi (DNR) by Maurice Saatchi. Thanks to the publishers for the ARC. Our next episodes will be a series of reviews of the titles on the British Book Awards shortlist for Book of the Year - Audiobook: Non-Fiction! This episode was brought to you by Alexandra Park BJJ: …

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S2: EP 2: But theres still only 1. Strike while I'm still hot. 52:03

1y ago52:03

52:03

WELL WELL WELL. Here we are. Imran is still away but is saving all his energies for a flourish next week before Ramadan. So Tharusha discusses the strikes, fake news cardiologists and Dunning Krugers. It all makes total sense. Do check out our sponsors - @SCRBS_UK they put U in scrubs: promo TWOMEDICS10 to get 10% off!…

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S4E8 - Josh and Gemma the Second Time Around by Sarah Ready 34:46

1y ago34:46

34:46

Episode Notes We review our first rom-com. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. About the book: Gemma Jacobs has life figured out. She’s upbeat, positive to a fault, and the master of her own destiny. She has a wonderful career in social media marketing, lives in a trendy apartment with her fiancé Josh Lewenthal, and is pregnant with their much-loved b…

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Season 2: Episode 1 (as there is only one) 54:17

1y ago54:17

54:17

Tharusha goes it alone. But it's fine I promise.We are proud to announce our sponsors! @SCRBS_UK please give them a follow! They make really comfy and practical scrubs. If you wanna treat yourself - use the promo code TWOMEDICS10 to get 10% off PEW PEW PEWWW!By Dr Imran Lasker & Dr Tharusha Gunawardena

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