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Neurosurgery Podcast — 442 episodes
LIVE from the 2026 NeuroCharity Softball Tournament!
The Future is Now: Transformational Spinal Instrumentation
Beyond Cell Cultures: Unlocking BRAIN Biology
Social Media for Professionals: Platforming with Propriety
Memorial Day Special, with Return to Duty!
The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics!
Going Viral: How Viruses Can Cause (and Treat!) Cancer
Personal Finance, Part II: Intentionality, Infrastructure, Permission
International Care: The Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation
The Shrinking World of Neurosurgery: Perspectives from Down Under!
Advances in Endoscopic Spine Surgery!
Book Club: Comfort Always - Live at AANS 2026!
How to Match Neurosurgery in 2026!
Looking for Brains in Washington: Dr. John Cowan Runs for GA 11th District - Live at AANS 2026!
Will RVUs Make You Happy?
Neurosurgery in Geneva!
REBROADCAST: Red Card, Blue Card
The Neurosurgical Newsletter!
Neurosurgery in Poland!
Neurosurgery in Austria!
Neurosurgery in Romania
A Life of Passion: Exploration, Innovation, MINS!
Real Human Resources: Neurosurgical Workforce in the USA
Practice Update! New Guidelines for Penetrating TBI
Becker Returns! Reviewing 2025 in Healthcare
Evidence-Based Medicine - A Sensible Perspective
Meeting Madness! How Much is Too Much?
NYE 2025 - Predictions for the Coming Year!
Neurosurgery in the Press: Michael J. Fox & Parkinson's Disease
Achievement Unlocked: 1,000,000 Listens!
SPECIAL EDITION - Neurosurgery in the Press: The Jake Paul Fight
Out of Many: Collective Bargaining for American Physicians
Neurosurgery in the Press: Insurance Denials
The RIME Model: One Simple Hack for Crazy Success!
Inside the White Journal
Thanksgiving, 2025: Hard Dogs and Turducken!
The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation
Neurosurgery in the Press: Billy Joel's NPH
Neurosurgery in the Press: Sharon Stone's Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Settling Into a New Program
LIVE SHOW! Neurosurgery in the Press: The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
What is an "Expert," Anyway?
LIVE SHOW: Controversies in Neurosurgery - Owning the Future of Neurosurgery
Physician Contracts 201: Negotiations
Neurosurgery Spotlight on Different Markets: Croatia!
Finance, Federation, Physician Independence
Modern Surgical Training: Good, Bad, & Ugly
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Neurosurgery Spotlight on Different Markets: India!
Robotics in Cranial Neurosurgery
Spotlight: The Seattle Science Foundation
In Defense of Magical Thinking
Bulletin Board: Brainwaves, Neurosurgery in the Press, and More!
Training, Technically: Active-Duty Aeronautics
Get Your Personal Finances in Order!
Triple Helix: Ghostwriters, Ghostbusted
On the Road, in Toronto!
Women in Neurosurgery Spotlight: Dr. Bente Skeie
Keep Calm and Carry On: Neurosurgery in London
Hell Week: Redux
Book Report: Brain and Heart
Physician Contracts: 101
The First Ambulatory NEUROsurgical Center
Memorial Day Special: Neurosurgery at the VA
Women in Neurosurgery Spotlight: Dr. Shweta Kedia
Following in the Footsteps
Physician-Owned Hospitals: The Facts
Neurosurgery Spotlight on Different Markets: El Salvador!
In Memoriam: Dr. Mike Groff
Improving Your Game, Round Two: Industry Trends in Spine Surgery
ERAS Equalizer: The Arms Race Control Score
Behind the Barrow: Battles Fought, Wars Won
Match 2025: Immediate Reactions
Efficiency, Education, Excellence
From the Navy, to Neurotrauma
Fair Pay for Honest Work - Neurosurgical Advocacy
Women in Neurosurgery Spotlight: Dr. Rupa Juthani
The Lumbar Spine Research Society - Neuro & Ortho, Unite!
Training, Technically: Just Keep Swimming
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: ROCKY!
Training, Technically: Inside the Actor's Studying
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: Lebowski, Idiocracy
Episode 199: Becker's Top 5 Healthcare Trends in 2025
Episode 198: Cumulative Blast Exposure
Year in Review: NYE 2024
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: Godfather, Titanic, La La Land
Episode 197: SOFtoSOM - Medical Training for Veterans
Commentary: Luigi's Back Pain
In Memoriam: Dr. Mark Shaffrey
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: Unbearable Lightness, Apocalypse Now!
Episode 196: Update - Neurosurgery in Ukraine
Episode 195: Public Policy, Public Speech
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: Titans, Matrix, Star Wars
A Neurosurgeon at the Movies: Ambiguity in Cinema - Casablanca, Blade Runner, Magnificent 7
Episode 194: A Neurosurgeon at the Movies
Book Report - Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery
Episode 193: The Washington Committee - Policy, Politics, PAC
Episode 192: His Better Half
Good & Evil: Summary, Retrospective
Good & Evil: The Army of Good
Good & Evil: Sloth
Good & Evil: Greed
Good & Evil: Anger
Good & Evil: Lust
Good & Evil: Gluttony
Good & Evil: Envy
Good & Evil: Pride
Good & Evil: What is Evil?
In Reply: Dr. Goobie, Professional Mismatch, and Evil
Episode 191: Anarchy in the UK! - Doctors on Strike
Episode 190: Running Two Rooms - A Legal Perspective
Leksell's Gamma Knife: Skull Base Across the Pond
Episode 189: Non-Competes & the FTC
Episode 188: Fatherly Advice
Episode 187: A Neurosurgeon Before Congress
Leksell's Gamma Knife: A Benign Treatment for Benign Disease
Episode 186: Civilians, Called to Serve
Episode 185: Prior Authorization
Episode 184: DOD Grants - The Obstacle is the Way
Leksell's Gamma Knife: Functional Forays
Episode 183: I, Robot - Engineering Excelsius
Episode 182: Digital Health - Physician-Centered Technology
Episode 181: So You Didn't Match - Setback, Recovery, Victory
Leksell's Gamma Knife: Targeting Tumors
Episode 180: Losing My Mind (Online)
Episode 179: At the Spearhead - Ultra MIS
Episode 178: Engineering Neurosurgery - Watching the Brain Think
Remembering Irene
Episode 177: Exit Interview - AI, Institutions, Maxims
Episode 176: The CSNS - Enjoying Uncompensated Time
Episode 175: Scott's Parabola - SI Fusion & Beyond
Episode 174: Trial Alert! MMA Embolization for SDH
Episode 173: What is Truth? Concluded
Episode 172: What is Truth? Part I
Episode 171: Necessary Discomfort
Episode 170: Our Cities as Warzones
Episode 169: Residency Regulations, Part II - ...The Years are Short
Episode 168: Residency Regulations, Part I - The Days are Long...
Thinking Back, Looking Ahead: NYE 2023
Episode 167: Hospital Consolidation
Episode 166: True Private Practice
Episode 165: Neurosurgery in Germany
Episode 164: Scarcity in Neurosurgery
Interviews 2023: The Applicant
Interviews 2023: Face to Face Again!
Episode 163: Outpatient Spine Surgery - Development, Refinement, Mastery
Episode 162: Becker's Spine - Concluded
Episode 161: Becker's Spine - The Media Mogul of Medicine
Episode 160: Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Episode 159: Neurosurgeons & the Emergency Department
Episode 158: Hiring Academic Neurosurgeons
Episode 157: The Ortho Show - Follow the Fro
Episode 156: Perverse Incentives in Research
Episode 155: More Medical Justice
Episode 154: Statistics in Neurosurgery - Use, Misuse, & Abuse
Episode 153: The Long Arc of Spine - An Orthopedist Among Neurosurgeons
Episode 152: The Path of Justice
Episode 151: From Operating Room, to Board Room
Episode 150: Rise of the Machines - AI in Neurosurgery
Episode 149: A Neurosurgeon at War
Episode 148: Single Author, Single Vision: The Primer
Episode 147: Getting Started in Spine
Military Medicine - Life After SEALS: Holding the Line
Military Medicine - Select to the Standard: Our Currency is Blood
Military Medicine - The Process: From Academy to University
Military Medicine - Training the Warrior Class
Special Edition: Graduation, 2023
Military Medicine - Unconventional Warfare, Unconventional Injuries
Military Medicine: From SEAL to Surgeon
Military Medicine: Combat Trained, Civilian Territory
Military Medicine: Extreme Operational Environments
Episode 146: Science, Leadership, and Peripheral Nerve - The Calgary Way
Episode 145: The Very Model of a Modern Major-General...Neurosurgeon
Episode 144: Supply and Demand in Surgical Stroke Care
Episode 143: Mobile Stroke Centers
Episode 142: The National Spine Health Foundation
Episode 141: The Tiger Mom - Myth, or Reality?
Episode 140: Neurosurgery Permanente - From Minnesota to Hawaii
Episode 139: Red Card, Blue Card
Episode 138: The Summit
Episode 137: The Exit Interview - After the MBA
Episode 136: Quality Care - Beyond Surgery
Episode 135: Fellowships - Series Wrap
Episode 134: Fellowships - So You Want To Be a Fellow (Redux)
Episode 133: Fellowships - Neuro-Oncology
Episode 132: Fellowships - Neurotrauma
Episode 131: Fellowships - Spine
Episode 130: Fellowships - Functional
Episode 129: Fellowships - Pursuing Pediatrics
Episode 128: Fellowships - Skull Base, Post-Graduate and Enfolded
Episode 127: Fellowships - Cerebrovascular, Dual-Trained
And a Happy New Year: 2023
Season's Greetings: 2022
Episode 126: Flying High Again
Episode 125: Compassionate Aggression in Spinal Cord Injury
Episode 124: Orders - A Vision Put Forth
Episode 123: The School of Spine
Episode 122: Elective Surgery Overseas
Episode 121: New Tech, New Practice - Adopting Focused Ultrasound
Episode 120: Return to Duty - Patriotic Patient Care
Episode 119: Neurosurgery in Ukraine
Episode 118: EQ - Emotional Intelligence
Episode 117: From Pupil to Partner
Episode 116: Talking About Talking About Neurosurgery
Episode 115: Scientific Censorship
Episode 114: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - Applicant Addendum
Episode 113: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - Wrap Up (For Now)
Episode 112: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - The PD Perspective
Episode 111: Collaboration & Cohesion - The International Spine Study Group
Episode 110: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - A Seat at the Table
Episode 109: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - What Lies Ahead?
Episode 108: Establishing an Academic Practice
Episode 107: The Interviews They Are A-Changin' - Another Impression
Episode 106: The Interviews They Are A-Changin', Part II - Mixed Signals
Episode 105: The Interviews They Are A-Changin', Part I - Evaluation
Episode 104: The DO Path to Neurosurgery
Episode 103: Bare-Knuckle Neurosurgery
Episode 102: Organizing Neurosurgery
Episode 101: Behind the Handbook
Episode 100: Retrospective
Episode 99: The Future of Tumor Surgery
Episode 98: So You Want to Be a Neurosurgeon - Neurosurgeon Edition!
Episode 97: Neurosurgery Internationale - The Australian Experience
The Business of Neurosurgery: Leading Leaders...The Wharton Way!
The Business of Neurosurgery: Quality Improvement
The Business of Neurosurgery: ABCs of MBA
The Business of Neurosurgery: Introduction
Episode 96: Neurosurgery on the Screen
Episode 95: Moving in the Time of COVID - Planning (and Luck!)
Episode 94 - Getting Back to the World
Episode 93 - Military Neurosurgery: At Home and Abroad
Episode 92 - By the Horns
Episode 91 - Staying Hungry
Episode 90 - Staffing Shortages: The CEO Perspective
Episode 89 - Travel Nursing: The NP Perspective
Episode 88 - Spine Clinic
Dr. Death, Revisited: The Near Occasion of Sin
The Case I Can't Forget: The Last Story
The Case I Can't Forget: A Sense of Community
The Case I Can't Forget: His Own Case
The Case I Can't Forget: The Frequent Flyer
Residency Spotlights: Baylor Scott & White! Series Wrap-Up!
Residency Spotlights: Missouri! Rochester! Iowa!
The Case I Can't Forget: A Bump on the Head
Residency Spotlights: Carolinas! UCSD! Temple!
Residency Spotlights: Nebraska! UCLA! Hopkins!
The Case I Can't Forget: Look Before You Leap
Residency Spotlights: Tufts! Brown! Barrow!
Residency Spotlights: MGH! Rutgers! Baylor!
The Case I Can't Forget: Climbing the Mountain
Residency Spotlights: NYU! Ascension Providence! UW Madison!
Residency Spotlights: Thomas Jefferson! Calgary! Duke!
The Case I Can't Forget: The Snowball Effect
Residency Spotlights: Case Western! UC Davis! Georgetown!
Residency Spotlights: UF! OHSU! USC!
The Case I Can't Forget: A Matter of Timing
Residency Spotlights: Beaumont! Wash U! Northwestern!
Residency Spotlights: Pitt! UConn! Brigham!
The Case I Can't Forget: The Mother
Residency Spotlights: Wake Forest! McMaster! Utah!
Residency Spotlights: UT SW! Spectrum MSU! Columbia!
The Case I Can't Forget: The Ballerina
Residency Spotlights: LSU Shreveport! Mt. Sinai! Rush!
Residency Spotlights: WVU! UT Galveston! Vanderbilt!
Episode 87: Investing in Neurosurgery
Residency Spotlights: Westchester/NYMC! Mississippi! UVA!
Residency Spotlights: UT Houston! Albany! Maryland!
Episode 86 - Occiput to Sacrum: The Backbone of Spinal Neurosurgery
Residency Spotlights: Tulane! Tennessee! Cleveland Clinic!
Residency Spotlights: Ohio State! Hofstra! Emory!
Episode 85 - Past the Protocol: Creativity in Clinical Research
Residency Spotlights: Oklahoma! Toronto! Mayo!
Residency Spotlights: The NIH! Henry Ford! Geisinger!
Episode 84 - XR: Extended Reality in Neurosurgery
Interview Season, 2021: The Field at Large
Interview Update: Get Ready to Rumble!
Episode 83 - Cultivating Creativity
Interview Season, 2021: Looking Back, to the Future
Episode 82 - Augmented Reality in Spine
Episode 81 - A New Perspective on Pain
Episode 80 - Stimulation Innovation
Families in Neurosurgery - Divorce, Concluded
Families in Neurosurgery - Divorce
Families in Neurosurgery - Father & Son
Families in Neurosurgery - Remembering
Families in Neurosurgery - Band of Brothers
Families in Neurosurgery - Generations
Special Report: August 22, 2021
Families in Neurosurgery - Married...with Neurosurgery
Families in Neurosurgery - Saying Goodbye
Families in Neurosurgery - Teach Your Children Well
Episode 79 - Families in Neurosurgery
Episode 78 - A Change of Scenery
Episode 77 - Hail to the Chief
Episode 76 - Neurosurgery in Puerto Rico
Episode 76 - Neurosurgery on the Ballot
Episode 75 - So You Passed Your Oral Boards
Sections in Neurosurgery - Series Wrap
Section in Neurosurgery - Pain
Sections in Neurosurgery - Women in Neurosurgery
Sections in Neurosurgery - Tumors
Sections in Neurosurgery - Stereotactic and Functional Surgery
Sections in Neurosurgery - Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Sections in Neurosurgery - Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Sections in Neurosurgery - Neurotrauma & Critical Care
Sections in Neurosurgery - Cerebrovascular
Sections in Neurosurgery - History of Neurological Surgery
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Functional Frontiers
Neurosurgery & Cognition - The Cognition of a Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Epilepsy and LiTT
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Motor Control
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Psychology of Aging
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Pain: Perception, Psychology, Palliation
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Psychosurgery
Neurosurgery & Cognition - Functional Fundamentals
Neurosurgery & Cognition
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: The Thrill of the Hunt
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: Gone Fishin'
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: Building Boats - By Hand!
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: A Walk Through Time
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: Back to the Cutting Board
Hobbies in Neurosurgery: Giving Back, With Guitars!
The 2020 Match - Rank Lists, Part II: The Applicants
Episode 74 - Sports & Spine: Operating on Athletes
The 2020 Match - Spot Check: Early Interview Experiences
Episode 73 - Practice Patterns: Privademics
The 2020 Match - Rank Lists, Part I: The Program
Episode 72 - Consult to Pharmacy
Thanksgiving 2020
The 2020 Match - A Piece of Our Minds
Episode 71 - Technology in Spine: Development to Implementation
The 2020 Match - An Attending Perspective
Episode 70: Fear, Faith, and Finance, Part II: Back in the Saddle
The 2020 Match - Behind the Scenes
Episode 69 - Fear, Faith, and Finance, Part I: A Fish Out of Water
Episode 68 - Always Be Closing: Device Reps in Neurosurgery
Episode 67 - Turning the Tables: Inside the Mind of "Iron Mike"
Episode 66 - An Inside Track for Outside Students: The NERG Project
Episode 65 - The Past Through Tomorrow: Perspectives in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
Episode 64 - Extended Training: The Long Road from Colombia to Arizona
Episode 63 - The Building Blocks of Biomechanics
Episode 62 - Conquering the Skull Base: Neurosurgery from 14,000 Feet
Episode 61 - Complications: The Clinical Perspective
Medicine & Law - Series Wrap-Up
Episode 60 - The 2020 Application Cycle: A Student's Perspective
Episode 59 - Fellowships in Neurosurgery
Medicine & Law - The Dilemma of Divorce
Episode 58 - Wine & Spine
Medicine & Law - Defending Your Intellectual Property
Episode 57 - Get Off Your Ass and PUBLISH! A Clarion Call for Academic Productivity
Medicine & Law - Coming to America: Immigration Law
Episode 56 - Global Neurosurgery: The Tanzanian Experience
Medicine & Law - The Process (and Paperwork) of Disability
Episode 55 - A Culture of Giving: The Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation
Medicine & Law - Learning Litigation: From Deposition to Trial
COVID 2020 - Update: NYC, COVID & Stroke
Medicine & Law - So You've Been Served...Now What?
Episode 54 - So You Want to Be a Neurosurgeon: College Edition
Medicine & Law - Avoiding Malpractice
Episode 53 - So You Want to Be a Neurosurgeon: High School Edition
Medicine & Law - Introduction
Episode 52 - Spinal Oncology: Looking Toward Tomorrow
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Graduation
Episode 51 - A Primer on Pediatrics
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Perspectives
Episode 50: Physical Fitness and Neurosurgery
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Rounds and Rounds
Episode 49 - Life and Learning in a County Hospital
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Leaving the Hospital
Episode 48 - Morality in Neurosurgery: Doing the Right Thing
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Staffing Consults
Episode 47 - Lifelong Learning in Neurosurgery
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Fighting Fear
Episode 46 - Service and Specialization in Spine
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Lists of Lists
Episode 45 - Maintaining Focus in Neurosurgery
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - An Invitation to Interns
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Scrubbing In
Episode 44 - More than Hands: Technical Excellence in Neurosurgery
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - The Importance of Being Honest
COVID 2020 - Chapter 13: Atlanta, Exploring the Post-COVID Landscape
Episode 43 - Content and Presentation: Leadership in Neurosurgery
Hell Week: Beyond Boot Camp - Seeing Your First Consult
Welcome to Hell Week!
Episode 42 - The Metamorphosis of the Neurosurgeon: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
COVID 2020 - Chapter 12: Mayo Clinic, The Economic Impact of COVID-19
Episode 41 - Stroke Call and Family Life
Episode 40 - Philanthropy & Service
COVID 2020 - Chapter 11: NYC, A Resident Re-Deployed
COVID 2020 - Chapter 10: Chicago, The APP Perspective
COVID 2020 - Chapter 9: Portland, Impacting Interview Season
Episode 39 - Late-Career Financial Management
COVID 2020 - Chapter 8: San Francisco
COVID 2020 - Chapter 7: Johns Hopkins, Leading in the Laboratory
COVID 2020 - Chapter 6: A Patient's (and Physician's) Perspective
COVID 2020 - Chapter 5: The Big Apple
COVID 2020 - Chapter 4: Taiwan
COVID 2020 - Chapter 3: Stanford, Incorporating Telemedicine
Episode 38 - Early-Career Financial Management
COVID 2020 - Chapter 2: Geneva
Interlude - The 2020 Match
COVID 2020 - Chapter 1: San Diego, Hitting Close to Home
Episode 37 - Mid-Career Financial Management
Episode 36 - The Clinician-Scientist
Episode 35 - The Politics of Neurosurgery
Episode 34 - Philosophy & Finance in Neurosurgery
Episode 33 - How I Prepare for a Case
Episode 32 - Neurosurgery and Sports
Episode 31 - Managing Early Success
Episode 30 - The Anatomy of a Neurosurgeon
Episode 29 - Back in the USA: American Careers for Neurosurgeons Abroad
Episode 28 - Neurosurgeons and Trauma: A National Resource
Episode 27 - Delivering Bad News
Episode 26 - Quality Time: Finding Balance in Neurosurgery
Year in Review: Season 1
Episode 25 - Dr. Death: A Disservice to our Community - Neurosurgery Responds
Episode 24 - Test Anxiety: Inside the Written Boards
Episode 23 - A Study in White: How to Get Published
Episode 22 - Onboarding APPs Into Your Practice
Episode 21 - Patient Satisfaction Scores: Insight, or Insignificant?
Episode 20 - The Student's Handbook: A Neurosurgical Path through Medical School
Episode 19 - Ready With Plan B: Anticipating the Unknown
Episode 18 - A Tale of Two Programs: Uniting an MD and DO Residency
Episode 17 - Valkyries in Neurosurgery: The Lives of Female Neurosurgeons
Interlude - Becoming
Episode 16 - Why You Should (Still) Take Stroke Call
Episode 15 - High Times: The Cannabis Controversy
Interlude - Live from CNS 2019
Episode 14 - Denial of Claims: The Pain of Payment
Episode 13 - Content vs. Clickbait: Social Media 101
Episode 12 - Why You Should Learn MIS (and you, and you, and you...)
Episode 11 - Carving More Time Into Your Day: How to Keep Up with the Iron Man of Neurosurgery
Episode 10 - Go West, Young Neurosurgeon: Innovation and Invention in Neurosurgery
Episode 9 - Professional Matchmaking: The Search for Your First Job
Episode 8 - Old Dogs, New Tricks: Life-Long Learning for Neurosurgeons
Episode 7 - The Personality of a Neurosurgeon
Episode 6 - APPs vs. Residents: Can There Be Only One?
Episode 5 - Preventing Burnout
Episode 4 - Control the Controllables: Managing Your OR Environment
Episode 3 - How to Choose the Right Job
Episode 1 - Rocking the Sub-I
Episode 2 - Surviving the Oral Boards