Episode 16: Can Comedy Affect Change? / Doctor Stereotypes

Doctor Vs Comedian

In this Episode, the guys discuss whether comedy can affect change (2:36). Ali discusses the Satire Paradox (Malcolm Gladwell) and whether laughter and social protest are friends or foes, including examples such as All in the Family, and Sarah Palin and Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. He then talks about how Trump affected late night talk shows and the NY Times magazine article by Dan Brooks “How Present Trump Ruined Political Comedy”. Finally, Ali talks about comedians who were able to affect change such as Hari Kondabolu, Hannibal Buress, and Sacha Baron Cohen. Next, Asif uses the comedy videos of Dr. Glaucomflecken to illustrate doctor stereotypes in medicine (31:32). Asif discusses various examples of these stereotypes and how they represent examples of the hidden curriculum in medicine. Finally, he discusses ways to address the hidden curriculum and doctor stereotypes.

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Show Notes:

• The Satire Paradox, Malcolm Gladwell: http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/10-the-satire-paradox
• Dan Brooks, How Present Trump Ruined Political Comedy”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/magazine/trump-liberal-comedy-tv.html
• Dr. Glaucomflecken, Hanging out with the neurologist: https://twitter.com/dglaucomflecken/status/1363600732155305985?lang=en
• Did you choose them or did they choose you, Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016: https://blogs.bmj.com/pmj/2016/02/24/did-you-choose-them-or-did-they-choose-you/
• Specialty Stereotypes Held by Medical Students, Cambridge Medical Journal, 2018: https://cambridgemedicine.org/doi/cmj.2018.11.002