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Renegade Psych is a health podcast hosted by Ethan P. Short, MD. It has 184 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.

In more than a decade of training and clinical practice as a psychiatrist, I've become increasingly disillusioned by the American healthcare system. It prioritizes profit over progress at the expense of OUR health. The average American spends almost twice as much on healthcare as the next highest spending country, yet our life expectancy drags four years behind other industrialized nations and ranks OUTSIDE the top 50 in the world. The system is a disaster, yet it's broadcast as 'the greatest healthcare system in the world.' Renegade Psych wants to return medicine's focus to PROGRESS OVER PROFIT, and limit the influence and power of the pharmaceutical industry and big business entities, whose primary motivations are financial in nature.This conversational podcast is released monthly via SERIES on particular topics. There are 8-12 SEGMENTS, or episodes, per topic. I interview internationally-recognized experts in their fields AND relatively unknown, up-and-coming healthcare provi

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49.1 Brazil perspective: Immoral Marketing of SSRIs, MAOIs, Lithium, Benzo's - FULL Interview Antonio Nardi, MD

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48.1 Philanthropic Funding of Research by Elizabeth Lukens, DO student

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47.4 Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimers: EXPENSIVE, UNSAFE, and INEFFECTIVE with Jon Berner, MD, PhD

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47.3 Lithium is NOT a Panacea: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

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47.2 USE MORE LITHIUM: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

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47.1 Fantasy of Understanding Reality: Jon Berner, MD, PhD

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46.6 AI: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD

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46.5 GLP-1s and SSRIs: EMPOWERMENT was the Pitch, DEPENDENCY is the Business Model, with David Healy, MD

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46.4 The Cautionary Tale of Andrea Yates: SSRI Risk in Postpartum Depression (+ Visual Snow) with David Healy, MD

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46.3 Don't Take SSRIs for Premature Ejaculation (+ the Preventable Suicide of Woody Witczak) with David Healy, MD

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46.2 LISTEN TO YOUR PATIENTS; Responsible Prescribing with David Healy, MD

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46.1 EXPERT: SSRIs, Suicide, and Homicide with David Healy, MD

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45.1 Hyperconnected Minds Unraveling: Impact of Information Overload

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44.2 Nuances of Therapy with Joe Kanengiser, SW

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44.1 MCAS/EDS/POTS and a Mixed Response to Low Dose Lithium with Joe Kanengiser, SW

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43.2 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 2

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43.1 The Power of Belief with Kat Cederberg, Part 1

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42.3 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated ft. Roman Wyden - Part 3

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42.2 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 2

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42.1 ADHD in America: Real AND Over-Medicated, ft. Roman Wyden - Part 1

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41.1 Dr. Short Answers Ask Reddit Mental Health Questions

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40.1 The Tylenol-Autism Controversy

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39.2 Keto for Severe Mental Illness with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD

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39.1 Metabolic Psychiatry, Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Matt Bernstein, MD

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38.1 Can Lithium Supplementation Prevent Alzheimer's, New HARVARD Dementia Study

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37.3 A Lithium Argument and A Broken Healthcare System with David Cohen, PhD, MSW

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37.2 ADHD is Overdiagnosed/Treated, DSM is invalid with David Cohen, PhD, MSW

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37.1 Nuances of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Addiction with David Cohen, PhD, MSW

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36.2 From Recovery to Doing What Matters with Norman Curtiss, PA, PharmD

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36.1 PA's Journey to Recovery with Norman Curtiss, PharmD, PA

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35.2 Eugenics in Psych's Origins Part 2 + Steve Hayes, PhD

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35.1 Eugenics in Psych Origins with Steve Hayes, PhD

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34.2 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD

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34.1 Functional Medicine with Patient/Physician/Cancer Survivor, Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD

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33.2 Lithium, Lithium, Lithium, + Lavender + Seroquel with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD

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33.1 Evaluating DATA with Carlat's Chris Aiken, MD

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32.3 DATA on Increased Risk of SSRIs in pregnancy w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN

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32.2 Makena, Pharmaceutical Corruption, and Misinformation w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN

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32.1 Meds are Chemicals. Chemical have Consequences w/ Adam Urato, MD, OB/GYN

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32.0 Teaser: Medication Risk in Pregnancy with Adam Urato, MD

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31.1 Functional Psychiatry with James Greenblatt, MD

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30.2 Vaccine Nuance, THE SCIENCE, and Alzheimer's Drugs with Nikki Johnson, MD

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30.1 Gender Dysphoria and Medical Education with Nikki Johnson, MD

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29.2 A Radically Genuine Conversation with Roger McFillin, PsyD, ABPP

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29.1 A Radically Genuine Conversation with Roger McFillin, PsyD, ABPP

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28.2 Stop Abandoning the Severely Mentally Ill with Nick Rosenlicht, MD

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28.1 Stop Abandoning the Severely Mentally Ill with Nick Rosenlicht, MD

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27.2 Misdiagnosed and Overmedicated Kids with Kassondra Ola, Part 2

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27.1 Misdiagnosed and Overmedicated Kids with Kassondra Ola

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24.3 Why Most Modern Research is Flawed with Ken Gillman, MD

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