Best Adam Cifu Podcasts (2024)

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What's Happening Inside Your Doctor's Head and Heart (with Adam Cifu) 1:03:01

8d ago1:03:01

1:03:01

Physician Adam Cifu keeps a binder of every patient of his who has passed away. Every once in a while, he opens it and remembers the lives of his past patients. Morbid? Maybe a little. But it's just one of the ways Cifu tries to make his practice of medicine more mindful. In this conversation with EconTalk's Russ Roberts, Cifu explores the human si…

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Friday Reflection 43: The Absence of Reassuring Counterfactuals in Clinical Medicine 5:56

2h ago5:56

5:56

Even when a decision is clear, and things turn out badly, the lack of a counterfactual allows endless second guessing. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribeBy Adam Cifu, MD

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What Medical School Looks For and What Medical School Should Look For 29:20

1h ago29:20

29:20

I discuss how medical students are selected, and perhaps how they should be selected. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribeBy Vinay Prasad

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Chaos and Complexity Economics (with J. Doyne Farmer) 1:05:15

36m ago1:05:15

1:05:15

Physicist J. Doyne Farmer wants a new kind of economics that takes account of what we've learned from chaos theory and that builds more accurate models of how humans actually behave. Listen as he makes the case for complexity economics with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Farmer argues that complexity economics makes better predictions than standard econo…

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AI in Medicine: The Present 26:14

7d ago26:14

26:14

We've all heard grand predictions about how AI will transform the future of medicine. But what about the here and now? In this episode, we dive into the ways AI is already reshaping healthcare. Discover how these technologies are not just promises for tomorrow, but are making an impact today. Tune in to explore the exciting developments happening r…

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How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard) 1:09:04

1d ago1:09:04

1:09:04

A soldier goes off to war. Damaged in combat, he returns home, forever changed. Master sculptor Sabin Howard captures this tragic and powerful journey in bronze, for the new World War I Memorial that will be unveiled in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2024. Howard talks about his craft with EconTalk's Russ Roberts as they discuss Howard's hatred …

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The Ever-Present Challenge of Escaping Poverty (with Noah Smith) 1:02:48

23d ago1:02:48

1:02:48

The universe, points out economist Noah Smith, is always trying to kill us, whether through asteroids hurtling through space or our every-few-hours hunger pains. Why, then, should we expect anything but a gravitational pull toward poverty? Listen as Smith explains to EconTalk's Russ Roberts why he believes that poverty will always be our "elemental…

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Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West 1:57:51

1M ago1:57:51

1:57:51

Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris of the podcast Making Sense talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about rising Jew-hatred in the West and what Harris sees as the dangers of radical Islam and Jihadism.By EconTalk: Russ Roberts

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Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel) 1:24:18

24d ago1:24:18

1:24:18

Does parenting make you a better person? Can it improve your life? Neuroscientist Erik Hoel makes the self-interested case for parenting arguing that it makes you less jaded and more heartbroken (in a good way) for how you experience the world. Listen as new father Hoel speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the universal and particular truth…

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Friday Reflection 42: Patient Approaches to a Doctor’s Visit 7:20

1M ago7:20

7:20

It would be foolish to argue that doctors are unaffected by how they are treated by patients. Their treatment may not affect the care they deliver and only affect how they feel at the end of the day. It is probably impossible to know. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis…

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Lessons from Lincoln, Then and Now (with Diana Schaub) 1:34:10

2M ago1:34:10

1:34:10

What lessons can we take from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln for today's turbulent times? How did those speeches move the nation in Lincoln's day? Listen as political scientist Diana Schaub of Loyola University, Maryland talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about three of Lincoln's most important speeches and what they can tell us about the United S…

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Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) 1:34:06

2M ago1:34:06

1:34:06

For many men, surviving the test of battle intensifies the joy of being alive. A provocative claim, perhaps, but to novelist Mark Helprin, simply a fact, and one that drives his new book about men who commit themselves fully both to service during wartime and to the women they love. Listen as Helprin tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts how his service in…

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Is Israel Occupying the West Bank? (with Eugene Kontorovich) 1:06:18

2M ago1:06:18

1:06:18

To international law expert Eugene Kontorovich of George Mason University, all the arguments that make Israel out to be an occupying force collapse under the weight of a single, simple fact: A country cannot occupy territory to which it has a legal claim. Listen as Kontorovich speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the legal issues surrounding o…

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A Discussion with Professor Venk Murthy on Coronary Artery Disease 26:17

2M ago26:17

26:17

When I type the words coronary artery disease I bet that you picture angiograms with stenotic lesions—blockages in colloquial language. Indeed a high grade plaque from atherosclerosis in the inside of a coronary artery can limit flow to the heart muscle. But. But. Not as much as you think. You know why? Because there is something called the coronar…

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Adam Cifu Podcasts

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What's Happening Inside Your Doctor's Head and Heart (with Adam Cifu) 1:03:01

1
Friday Reflection 43: The Absence of Reassuring Counterfactuals in Clinical Medicine 5:56

1
What Medical School Looks For and What Medical School Should Look For 29:20

1
Chaos and Complexity Economics (with J. Doyne Farmer) 1:05:15

1
AI in Medicine: The Present 26:14

1
How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard) 1:09:04

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The Ever-Present Challenge of Escaping Poverty (with Noah Smith) 1:02:48

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Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West 1:57:51

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Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel) 1:24:18

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Friday Reflection 42: Patient Approaches to a Doctor’s Visit 7:20

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Lessons from Lincoln, Then and Now (with Diana Schaub) 1:34:10

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Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) 1:34:06

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Is Israel Occupying the West Bank? (with Eugene Kontorovich) 1:06:18

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A Discussion with Professor Venk Murthy on Coronary Artery Disease 26:17

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