Health care, explained from inside the room.
The Podcast by KevinMD brings people in and around health care into measured conversations about medicine’s real working conditions. Its episodes turn KevinMD articles into practical discussions about money, training, ethics, burnout, research, and patient experience.
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The Podcast by KevinMD is a daily interview program about the health care system from people moving through it. Its episodes are usually anchored to a KevinMD article, which gives each conversation a clear starting point rather than a loose chat. The host asks direct questions. Guests then bring the piece back to their own training, research, practice, illness, finances, or advocacy work. That structure makes the show useful for listeners who want medical culture explained by participants rather than summarized from a distance. Recent conversations spend unusual time on physician money decisions. Hernan Moscoso-Boido discusses why doctors may be highly educated and high earning yet still avoid equity investing. Stanley Liu frames career choice around risk tolerance, fixed expenses, reserves, and the ability to make a worst-case scenario acceptable. The show also looks past physician finances into the design of care itself. Niarika Singh argues that patients should not be treated only as data points in clinical research. Kim and Eva discuss empathy, burnout, and the difference between recognizing a patient’s story and absorbing its emotional weight. Ken Botello connects value-based care to a workforce problem: clinicians are being asked to operate inside a system many were never taught to understand. Ethical and institutional tension is another recurring lane. Jonah Rochield talks through end-of-life care, Jewish law, medical school, and the difficulty of changing a firm view after seeing care firsthand. Adam Cunningham links medical debt to patient behavior and survival, including the prescriptions patients may not fill and may not disclose. Kathleen Muldoon brings attention to moral courage in medical training and the stories learners may not feel safe reporting through official channels. The show’s appeal is not speed or spectacle. It is a steady stream of physician-facing conversations that keep asking what the real constraint is, who is not being heard, and what practical next step might follow.
Made for: For physicians, medical students, health care educators, patient advocates, and medical leaders who want practical conversations about medicine’s pressures and tradeoffs. It also suits policy-minded listeners who prefer firsthand professional perspectives over broad commentary.
What sets it apart: The show’s daily, article-led format gives each episode a concrete argument to test, refine, and translate into take-home lessons. It stands out by mixing physician finance, medical culture, patient experience, ethics, and workforce education in the same steady interview feed.
Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dr. Kevin makes the financial and organizational pressures of medical work legible through focused, practical guest interviews.
The Podcast by KevinMD turns published articles into focused interviews about the decisions shaping medical work. Dr. Kevin establishes each guest's background, then uses direct follow-up questions to translate an argument into practical terms.
Clinical empathy meets money nerves, with Kevin Pho asking the practical question you would ask next.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Distance from finance may matter more than schooling alone.
The episode explains why physicians can be highly educated and still stay at arm's length from the stock market. Hernan Moscoso-Boido ties that distance to practical habits, not just schooling: doctors may have limited contact with finance inside hospitals, little finance…
A practical look at how physician finances shape career risk tolerance.
Stanley Liu, a cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner, frames physician career decisions as a matter of risk tolerance and financial capacity.
A thoughtful case for treating patient experience as evidence, not background noise.
Patient involvement is framed here as a matter of evidence quality. Niarika Singh argues that clinical research loses useful signal when patients are treated as a single data point, especially given how little time clinicians may have with them.
A grounded conversation about empathy, physician wellbeing, and keeping connection alive when visits are short.
Doctors may have limited time with patients and still preserve real connection, but this review frames that connection as a skill that often needs intention, practice, and support.
A grounded leadership review about pausing, mapping responsibility, and resisting the urge to fix too fast.
New health care leaders often inherit pressure before they have a clear read on the system around them. This review follows a practical six-step framework for building that awareness, grounded in Kristen Mount's move into leadership after fellowship and Steve Lettrick's Army…
A grounded look at safety-net dentistry, addiction, access, and the dignity carried in a smile.
Safety-net dentistry frames this episode's look at dental access, early recognition, and what can happen when oral disease reaches care late. Dentist and clinical director Charan Tejaboba describes why patients in underserved settings may arrive with severe dental and mouth…
Leadership balance before burnout takes over.
A midweek reset for school leaders.
Dentist Charan Tejaboba discusses treating methamphetamine-associated dental disease in safety-net clinics.
Steve Lettrick and Kristen Mount from All Levels Leadership discuss their six-step framework for new healthcare leaders.
Women physicians often leave by 45, Dawn Sears says, because caregiving and clinical workloads collide with rigid schedules.
Augusta Uwa, a hospitalist and physician executive, says physicians must lead AI adoption before vendors and executives define healthcare tools for them.
Kim Downey and Randy McNeely discuss how Kimberly's cancer experience with Dr.
Physicians spend their days solving hard problems, but Hernan Moscoso-Boido says many still keep the stock market at arm's length.
Stanley Liu returns to KevinMD to talk through why physicians can hesitate to leave jobs that feel financially safe.
Niarika Singh joins Dr.
The Podcast by KevinMD interviews physician advocate Kim Downey and executive coach Eva Minkoff about “regulating clinical empathy” to reduce physician burnout.
This episode discusses how clinicians are struggling with value-based care due to gaps in medical education and features an interview with Ken Botello about bridging this workforce gap.
A medical student discusses reconciling Jewish law with medical ethics in end-of-life care, based on his personal experiences and upbringing.
This episode explores why patients don't fill prescriptions and discusses the hidden toll of medical debt on patient health and survival with healthcare executive Adam Cunningham.
This episode features a discussion with Kathleen Muldoon about her article on moral courage in medical training, exploring why medical students need to find their voice and the challenges they face in medical culture.
This episode discusses the dual nature of oral Wegovy as both a miraculous treatment for weight loss and diabetes with significant clinical benefits and a complicated reality in its implementation.
A physician tax specialist discusses why physicians pay high taxes and strategies to reclaim income through better financial planning.
This episode features metabolic health educator Kevin Witt discussing insulin resistance as a survival mechanism rather than a disease, challenging mainstream medical perspectives.
This episode features patient advocate Richard Lawhorn discussing how U.S.
This episode features an interview with healthcare leaders Kristen Mount and Steve Lettrick discussing their six-step framework for mastering new leadership roles in healthcare, based on Kristen's military experience and insights into overcoming initial anxiety.
This episode features vascular surgeon Paula Muto discussing how bureaucracy and middlemen consume most healthcare spending, diverting subsidies away from direct patient care and driving up costs.