Season 1 · Episode 252
Dr. Marty Makary on His New Book Blind Spots
October 11, 20241h 47mExplicit
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
It is shockingly common for medicine and science to get it wrong, and Dr. Marty Makary's book, Blind Spots, investigates how it happens. From iatrogenic childhood peanut allergies, to wrongly impugned hormone treatment for women, Dr. Makary describes in painful detail the groupthink and bad science that drive mistakes. Trish on an unfolding mountaineering mystery and the painful truth about speaking truth.
Check out Trish on Substack and stay critical.
Follow Trish on X @woodreporting
Website: www.trishwoodpodcast.com