{"podcast":{"title":"Itchy & Bitchy Podcast","slug":"itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229","podcast_index_feed_id":397229,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4303608/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://ItchyandBitchy.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/dedca39f75cd214a503ab001ea80eba7.jpg","author":"Miller-Hnilica","episode_count":221,"summary":"Itchy & Bitchy is the podcast for anyone who has ever felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system. From gut health and hormone health to autoimmune disease and chronic pain , we investigate what science actually says. We examine functional medicine, holistic health, and alternative medicine with the same skeptical If it’s pseudoscience, we’ll call it. If it’s medical gaslighting, patient advocacy failure, or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too. For chronic illness warriors, self-advocacy seekers, and wellness skeptics WE OFFER No filters. No BS. Just the truth your doctor didn’t have time to tell you. Meet Doc Itchy (Dr. Keith A Hnilica, DVM, MS, DACVD), a veterinary allergist allergic to Nonsense, and Dr. Stephen Miller, DNP, ACNP-BC a data-driven acute-care cardiology Brainiac with a low tolerance for medical BS. Together, they poke the swollen ego of healthcare, question sacred cows, mock wellness garbage, and translate confusing medicine before the system bills you for oxygen. Visit our website itchyandbitchy.com to read or listen to more Vist our Facebook at I&B Podcast Visit our Principle Sponsor at DocItchy.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T14:17:03.096677+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229"},"episode":{"title":"Can Heartbreak Physically Break Your Heart? - Itchy and Bitchy","slug":"can-heartbreak-physically-break-your-heart","published_at":"2026-04-04T20:17:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/can-heartbreak-physically-break-your-heart","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-heartbreak-physically-break-your-heart-itchy-and-bitchy--71103955","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71103955/iab_123.mp3","summary":"Karen kicks off a new chapter for Itchy and Bitchy by introducing future host Stephen Miller, a cardiology nurse practitioner, for a conversation on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome.” Together they explain what this stress-triggered heart condition is, why it so often affects postmenopausal women, and what recovery can look like. Visit our website itchyandbitchy.com to read blog posts on the many topics we have covered on the show. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/itchy-bitchy-podcast--4303608/support . Itchy & Bitchy: Have you felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system. From gut health, hormones, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, holistic health, and alternative medicine ... medical gaslighting, patient advocacy , or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too. For chronic illness warriors, self-advocacy seekers : WE OFFER No BS","meta_description":"Karen kicks off a new chapter for Itchy and Bitchy by introducing future host Stephen Miller, a cardiology nurse practitioner, for a conversation on Takot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1422,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/episodes/can-heartbreak-physically-break-your-heart/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/itchy-and-bitchy-podcast-397229/can-heartbreak-physically-break-your-heart.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}