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Every book Dr. Marty Makary recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Dr. Marty Makary appears on, in one place — not just one.
Dr. Marty Makary appeared on EconTalk and The Megyn Kelly Show to discuss modern medicine, healthcare systems, and the consequences of institutional policies. On EconTalk, Dr. Marty Makary discussed his book Blind Spots, exploring the themes and principles covered within its pages. He noted that every cell in the human body is connected and that various diseases are interrelated through five basic principles of health that are often overlooked in mainstream discussions. Furthermore, he described how his book focuses on mistaken medical ideas that people falsely assume are true and treat as gospel, which can ultimately ruin lives. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Dr. Marty Makary brought up Peter Benchley's novel Jaws to illustrate the concept of unintended consequences, noting how the author never intended to turn the public away from sharks forevermore through his fictional storytelling.
Books recommended by Dr. Marty Makary
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Blind Spots
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health by Marty Makary is a critical examination of medical dogma and systemic errors within the healthcare establishment.
Discussed“the fact that every cell is connected every disease is interrelated to five basic principles of Health that we don't talk about that we need to talk about”
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Jaws
Jaws by Peter Benchley is a suspenseful thriller novel that follows a coastal community terrorized by a giant great white shark and the subsequent hunt to destroy it.
Discussed“Just like when Peter Benchley wrote Jaws. Did not mean to turn us all off from sharks forevermore. The unintended consequences. of sharks.”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and so I wrote the book really to be a guide to impeccable objectivity when we hear new information and give examples in medical science”
“and that's why I wrote the book blind spots I wanted to educate people on the what we know on the latest scientific evidence on many of the big Health recommendations of today”
“so I thought well I'm writing a book about medical dogma and so I made that one of the chapters amazing Discovery”
“and the real privilege of profiling these innovators in the book the price we pay”