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Integrated Medicine with Dr. Joel Warsh MD and his Mom

·1 hr 10 min·4 clips

Joel says patients find his practice because they are frustrated with feeling shamed for asking questions.

1. Your Mom Is A Podcast centers on Dr. Joel Warsh and his work in integrative pediatrics, parenting, wellness, and family health. 2. Joel Warsh is the guest, a board-certified pediatrician in Los Angeles, and Hedy Warsh appears as his mother and the family storyteller. 3. The episode asks what a pediatrician with a social following and a 'crunchy mom' audience thinks families should question. 4. Joel says there is a 'huge lobby' pushing against the health topics he wants to discuss, which he links to his online growth. 5. He explains that 'Dr. Gator' came from his wife’s last name, Intelligator, not from Florida. 6. He describes meeting his wife in residency and training, when he was not yet 'integrated-minded' or focused on natural medicine. 7. Joel says the chronic disease epidemic and his wife’s holistic outlook pushed him toward integrative medicine. 8. He says he opened his own practice, then started social media because people were interested in parenting and wellness content. 9. He says parent questions about vaccines, healthy food, exercise, and hospital procedures should not make someone feel like 'the weird person.' 10. He argues that parents should be able to discuss pros and cons before making decisions, including shots and newborn care. 11. Sandeep describes the heel prick test, saying she could hear her child screaming from the next room while the hospital staff repeated the procedure. 12. She also describes newborn eye ointment and hospital food, including a 'rubber hamburger patty' and orange juice that was '3 percent juice from concentrate.' 13. Joel says a baby without hepatitis B does not need hepatitis B-related treatment in the same way that everyone does not need the same routine care. 14. He says hospitals work by policy, by steps 'a b c and d,' and that the system is often built for the masses rather than the individual family. 15. He says people have options within reason, and that many parents do not realize how much they can say no or ask for discussion. 16. He argues that the food system should shift toward local farms and that healthy food access is a societal problem, not a reason to stop talking about nutrition. 17. The tone is conversational, personal, and argumentative, with the hosts pushing Joel to explain his views in plain language. 18. The format mixes interview questions, family memory, and back-and-forth debate between mother, son, and co-hosts. 19. Parents questioning pediatric norms, school timing, and hospital routines. 20. Listeners wanting a light celebrity-chat format without health-system critique.

As heard by us

Health talk, family tension, and a small on-air wobble at the end.

Your Mom Is a Podcast spends this episode moving through health, pharma, food, marketing, and the pull between personal choice and bigger social pressure.

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