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#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart

June 25, 2022 2:49:53 123.67 MB Downloads: 0

Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of the most remote places in the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:01) – Hands
(16:15) – Sex
(25:56) – Future of medicine
(35:03) – Throat
(45:26) – Heart and blood
(53:28) – Genitals
(1:05:57) – Poop
(1:10:12) – Emergency room
(1:18:03) – Sperm
(1:23:09) – Liver
(1:28:38) – Living in the Far North
(1:47:21) – War and medicine
(1:52:07) – Antarctica
(2:05:03) – Artificial organs
(2:13:39) – History of medicine
(2:22:40) – Paul Farmer
(2:27:05) – Advice for young people
(2:34:03) – Struggle
(2:40:07) – Mortality
(2:45:44) – Meaning of life