{"podcast":{"title":"Knock Knock, Hi! with the Glaucomfleckens","slug":"knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256","podcast_index_feed_id":5910256,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/TCAHH7525935012","website_url":"https://glaucomflecken.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5531285c-6a13-11ee-be5b-57290dcac5b9/image/4c6ecd72c78f599d833d06882075eb4f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Human Content","episode_count":337,"summary":"\"Knock Knock, Hi! with the Glaucomfleckens\" dives into the highs, lows, and WTFs of healthcare. Whether you're in the medical field, live with a healthcare worker, or broke your arm once and are still paying off your medical bills, this is a must-listen. Join Will and Kristin Flanary (aka the Glaucomfleckens) for candid chats with leading healthcare voices like Dr. Mike and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Discover fun facts about eyeballs, hear relatable stories from medical training, and sneak a peek into the U.S. health insurance industry (spoiler alert: it's not great!). We'll share our own perspectives of being a patient or family member experiencing the healthcare system. And, of course, we explore the question on everyone's minds: \"Why has Dr. Glaucomflecken never had his eyes dilated?\" Combining science with humor and a dash of snark, we unpack the human side of healthcare.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T18:18:03.628787+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256"},"episode":{"title":"Knock Knock Eye: Can Pig Semen Eye Drops Actually Treat Childhood Cancer?","slug":"knock-knock-eye-can-pig-semen-eye-drops-actually-treat-childhood-cancer","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256/knock-knock-eye-can-pig-semen-eye-drops-actually-treat-childhood-cancer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256","url":"https://p.podderapp.com/9752035609/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCAHH3975940424.mp3","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/9752035609/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCAHH3975940424.mp3","summary":"Put down the \"Standard of Care\" manual for a second, this week I’m talking to you like a med student watching a corporate train wreck in slow motion as we break down the \"rigged\" request for proposals (RFP) process. I’ll show you how a local group with 35 years of perfect staffing was given a \"0.1\" score for call coverage just so a corporate giant could swoop in. We’ll also discuss a federal judge’s incredible \"low-wattage\" insult and why two Apollo MD doctors are now facing accusations of lying under oath. After we finish our lesson on corporate retaliation, we’re pivoting to some \"legitimate\" science that sounds like a skit: Pig Semen Eye Drops. I’ll explain a recent study, yes, in an actual scientific journal, about using exomes from pig semen to shrink retinoblastoma tumors in mice by 98%. It’s a perfect confluence of my two professional loves: medicine and comedy. Takeaways: The \"Rigged\" Scorecard: How Eugene Emergency Physicians were given a near-zero score for \"transition planning\" despite already being the ones doing the job. The MSO Loophole: Why companies like Apollo MD create \"shell\" clinical entities to circumvent state laws meant to protect local medicine. The Judge’s Admonishment: Why \"evasive\" testimony and \"obfuscation\" led a federal judge to suggest that corporate executives were lying under oath. The \"Rodent\" Breakthrough: How a basic science study used pig semen to reduce rare childhood eye tumors to just 2% of their original size. Aged Urine vs. Science: Why the new retinoblastoma research is a major step up from the \"aged urine\" eye drop groups Will fought as a resident. To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com…","meta_description":"Put down the \"Standard of Care\" manual for a second, this week I’m talking to you like a med student watching a corporate train wreck in slow motion as we…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256/episodes/knock-knock-eye-can-pig-semen-eye-drops-actually-treat-childhood-cancer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256/knock-knock-eye-can-pig-semen-eye-drops-actually-treat-childhood-cancer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}