{"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: Why Does the U.S. Have a \"Barbaric\" Emergency Room Problem?","slug":"knock-knock-eye-why-does-the-u-s-have-a-barbaric-emergency-room-problem","published_at":"2026-05-07T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256/knock-knock-eye-why-does-the-u-s-have-a-barbaric-emergency-room-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knock-knock-hi-with-the-glaucomfleckens-5910256","url":"https://p.podderapp.com/9752035609/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCAHH5472350249.mp3","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/9752035609/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCAHH5472350249.mp3","summary":"Put down the hospital cafeteria coffee because today I am diving into a \"barbaric\" problem in American hospitals that I can't believe I haven't addressed yet: ED Boarding. I’m talking to you like a med student in the trenches to explain why patients are stacking up in hallways for days and why it’s not because we’ve run out of beds, but because the incentives of hospital administration and insurance companies are fundamentally broken. Later, we’re tackling the new Netflix documentary Caterpillar about eye color change surgery. I’ll break down the \"laser-guided\" sales pitch for keratopigmentation and why injecting ink into your clear cornea is an ethical nightmare that can lead to permanent inflammation, infections, and \"unnatural\" results. We wrap up with a terrifying masquerade syndrome: a cancer that looks exactly like a common stye until it starts making your eyelashes fall out. Takeaways: The Boarding Crisis: Why hospitals \"concentrate the unhappy\" in the ER to keep their inpatient satisfaction scores high elsewhere. The Profit Filter: How the aging Medicare population is treated as a \"non-profitable\" nuisance compared to high-margin outpatient surgeries. Iris Implants vs. Tattoos: The mechanical reason silicone discs are failing and why \"eye tattoos\" are actually just a layer of ink trapped in your cornea. The \"Spontaneous\" Color Myth: Why you should be wary of any surgeon claiming they can \"naturally\" change your eye color. The Masquerade Cancer: How Sebaceous Cell Carcinoma fools doctors for years by pretending to be a run-of-the-mill eyelid bump. 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 Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You ca…","meta_description":"Put down the hospital cafeteria coffee because today I am diving into a \"barbaric\" problem in American hospitals that I can't believe I haven't addressed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2521,"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-why-does-the-u-s-have-a-barbaric-emergency-room-problem/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-why-does-the-u-s-have-a-barbaric-emergency-room-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}