{"podcast":{"title":"The Doctor's Lounge","slug":"the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524","podcast_index_feed_id":7442524,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/5aWyTD7j.rss","website_url":"https://thedoctorslounge.buzzsprout.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/59501f59-aca4-4def-bd99-a043a6802263/logos/147cc477-82c6-40d3-8a78-59fd96e7eb31.png","author":"The Doctor's Lounge","episode_count":64,"summary":"Where scalpels meet systems — and physicians say what they really think. Co-hosted by Anish Koka, MD & Anthony DiGiorgio, DO. Candid talks on healthcare policy, reform, physician autonomy & patient care.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T14:17:24.601594+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524"},"episode":{"title":"The Cost of Dissent: How a Viral Newsweek Op-Ed Led to Medical School Dismissal","slug":"the-cost-of-dissent-how-a-viral-newsweek-op-ed-led-to-medical-school-dismissal","published_at":"2026-03-15T13:36:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524/the-cost-of-dissent-how-a-viral-newsweek-op-ed-led-to-medical-school-dismissal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/895f15ee2c2bc774bb5e978c8ecac8273273ca17ca1944d76b7e4bf8f0fc5243/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIyYmY3NzY5MS0xZTE4LTRkZGYtOGEyNi01MmM4MDc0NTkyZGEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI1OTUwMWY1OS1hY2E0LTRkZWYtYmQ5OS1hMDQzYTY4MDIyNjMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJmNTE0YTZlYjA1ZDMyNzdmZTA2OWQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjliNWUxM2Y3MThlNDk3ZWQ1MTg2ZWJhL2RvY3RvcnMtbG91bmdlcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi0zLTE0X18yMy0yOS0xOS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/895f15ee2c2bc774bb5e978c8ecac8273273ca17ca1944d76b7e4bf8f0fc5243/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIyYmY3NzY5MS0xZTE4LTRkZGYtOGEyNi01MmM4MDc0NTkyZGEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI1OTUwMWY1OS1hY2E0LTRkZWYtYmQ5OS1hMDQzYTY4MDIyNjMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJmNTE0YTZlYjA1ZDMyNzdmZTA2OWQiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjliNWUxM2Y3MThlNDk3ZWQ1MTg2ZWJhL2RvY3RvcnMtbG91bmdlcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi0zLTE0X18yMy0yOS0xOS5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Kevin Bass, PhD, joins Anish and Dr. DiGiorgio to tell the story of how a viral Newsweek op-ed apologizing for his support of COVID lockdowns and mandates set off a chain of events that ended in his dismissal from Texas Tech's MD/PhD program. Kevin walks through the internal emails, sham professionalism hearings, and rigged dismissal process he uncovered through FERPA records requests — and his ongoing federal and state lawsuits alleging First Amendment retaliation. The conversation then shifts to what Kevin has been building since: using AI pipelines to do large-scale investigative data analysis, from parsing the Epstein files to probing Medicaid fraud — work he argues would have taken a newsroom months, done now in days by one person. YouTube Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction and Kevin Bass background 01:16 - Kevin's COVID arc: from establishment supporter to dissenter 03:14 - The Newsweek op-ed and Tucker Carlson appearance 08:00 - Internal emails and the professionalism complaint campaign 13:44 - Sham hearings, appeals, and eventual dismissal 19:19 - The rigged consolidated hearing and Darren Gibson 27:34 - Dr. DiGiorgio on the medical training dismissal system 29:51 - Why Kevin still believes in the broader legal system 33:00 - What Kevin has been building since dismissal 36:00 - Using AI to analyze the Epstein files 40:10 - The messiness of large health data sets 46:00 - Immigration policy data analysis 49:06 - Medicaid fraud and the limits of legal definitions 56:20 - Advice to physicians on AI 01:03:10 - The future of health policy research in the AI era @anish_koka and @drdigiorgio @drsloungepod 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doctors-lounge/id1489323962 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vE4aCMpVHnSGwuOHiGVLp ▶️ YouTube: https:…","meta_description":"Kevin Bass, PhD, joins Anish and Dr. DiGiorgio to tell the story of how a viral Newsweek op-ed apologizing for his support of COVID lockdowns and mandates…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3554,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524/episodes/the-cost-of-dissent-how-a-viral-newsweek-op-ed-led-to-medical-school-dismissal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-doctor-s-lounge-7442524/the-cost-of-dissent-how-a-viral-newsweek-op-ed-led-to-medical-school-dismissal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}