{"podcast":{"title":"Docs Outside The Box","slug":"docs-outside-the-box-323291","podcast_index_feed_id":323291,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1983294.rss","website_url":"http://www.drniidarko.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/07i3h5mncr7oeumj1llnhap7s8x7?.jpg","author":"Dr. Nii Darko","episode_count":568,"summary":"Hosts Dr. Nii (Ghanaian) and Dr. Renee (Haitian) are first-generation physicians who paid off $662,000 in student loans in 3 years - while figuring out contracts, career moves, and money management that their colleagues learned at home. Every episode covers what first-gen docs need to know: Contract negotiation and career decisions Paying off debt without family financial guidance Building wealth from scratch The questions you don't know to ask (but your colleagues already knew) Real strategies from doctors who had to figure it out on their own. Subscribe and build your blueprint with us. Download: The First-Gen Doctor Blueprint","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:18:11.823657+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291"},"episode":{"title":"I Couldn't Run a Mile in Residency. #477","slug":"i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477","published_at":"2026-03-30T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18930028-i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1983294/episodes/18930028-i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477.mp3","summary":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this episode, we share our honest struggle with fitness as first-generation doctors - from not being able to run a mile in residency to building a consistent 5-6 day per week workout habit using the Atomic Habits framework. You'll hear: Why Nii couldn't run a mile by year 3 of surgery residency (and the McDonald's breakfast ritual)The Atomic Habits identity shift: \"I am an athlete\"How to make working ou...","meta_description":"SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show! In this episode, we share our honest struggle with fitness as first…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2921,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/docs-outside-the-box-323291/episodes/i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/docs-outside-the-box-323291/i-couldn-t-run-a-mile-in-residency-477.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}