(Our apologies about the quality of the sound on Asif’s track). Today, Ai and Asif discuss the history of comic book superhero Batman (0:55). They reminisce about the Batman TV show from the 1960’s and then speak about Tim Burton’s reimagining of the character in 1989 and the influence of Frank Miller’s ‘The Dark Knight Returns”. They discuss the casting of Michael Keaton and the follow up movie ‘Batman Returns’. They then discuss the diminishing returns of the Schumacher movies (although they did like Val Kilmer). They then discuss the Christopher Nolan movies and the pinnacle of Batman movies ‘The Dark Knight’, featuring the award winning performance by Heath Ledger. Then then discuss Ben Affleck and his portrayal of the character and Asif talks about the ‘Arkham’ video games series. The guys then give their thoughts on the new movie ‘The Batman’ (spoilers after 29:30). Then Ali asks Asif about the mysterious new disease anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (38:20). Asif talks about the cause, the symptoms, how it often affects young women, and how it can be mistaken for psychiatric disease. Asif then discusses how he diagnosed the first Canadian patient with the disease almost 15 years with the help of Dr. Josep Dalmau. He then discusses the very unusual tumors (ovarian teratomas) that can be associated with the disorder. They then discuss the case of Susannah Calahan whose experience with the disease is documented in the book and movie Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness.
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Show Notes:
Episode 47: Remembering Louie Anderson & Bob Saget / Scleroderma
Episode 46: The Limits of Comedy and Free Speech (with Jess Salomon)
Episode 45: Betty White / Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s)
Episode 44: Kal Penn / Physician Burnout (Part 1)
Episode 43: Favourite Entertainment from 2021
Episode 42: Top 1991 Albums / Why do we love music from our youth?
Episode 41: What does it mean to be funny? / What does it mean to be healthy?
Episode 40: Larry David, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and Cringe Comedy / Andropause
Episode 39: ‘Badmotorfinger’ vs ‘Achtung Baby’ / OCD
Episode 38: Kumail Nanjiani gets ripped / HGH and steroid use in Hollywood
Episode 37: TikTok and Tourette
Episode 36: Coming up with material / Laughter & Medicine
Episode 35: ‘Use Your Illusion’ vs ‘The Black Album’ / Vitamins
Episode 34: Squid Game / Is it Ok for Doctors to Cry?
Episode 33: Are the Origins of Stand up Racist? / The ‘Hidden Curriculum’ in Medicine
Episode 32: ‘Seinfeld’ Top 5’s / Body Odour
Episode 31: Life on Set / Unconscious Bias in Healthcare
Episode 30: ‘Nevermind’ vs ‘Ten’ / Cognitive Bias and Vaccine Hesitancy
Episode 29: Emmy Awards Preview / Academic Publishing
Episode 28: Life on the Road / Pharma influence on Doctors
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