Episode 49: Personas in Comedy / Physician Burnout (Part 2)

To start the episode, Ali asks Asif about 2 movies he saw recently - Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix Resurrections. Short story: one was good nostalgia and the other reminded him of the “member berries” from South Park. Then, Asif asks Ali about how comedians create personas for comedy (7:28). Ali also discusses how podcasts and twitter have made personas less common but also discusses the advantages of using a persona. The guys then discuss some classic comedians who have used personas such as Larry the Cable Guy and Andrew Dice Clay and others who have dropped personas such as Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Joan Rivers. Then Ali asks Asif to pick back up on their conversation on Physician Burnout from a few episodes back (23:57). The guys start the discussion by using the example of a video from friend of the show Dr. Glaucomflecken. Asif then discusses what individuals can do, but more importantly what organizations can do to help address burnout. 

 

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Show Notes:

• Stand-Up Comedians and Their Alternate On-Stage Personas: https://www.vulture.com/2012/08/stand-up-comedians-and-their-alternate-on-stage-personas.htm
• Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay?: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/style/andrew-dice-clay-star-is-born.html
• Dr. Glaucomflecken “Resiliency Pizza” Video: https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1440443128603762696
• Burnout isn’t due to resiliency deficit. It’s still a system issue: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/burnout-isn-t-due-resiliency-deficit-it-s-still-system-issue
• Resilience and Burnout Among Physicians and the General US Working Population: https: //jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767829
• Physician burnout: contributors, consequences and solutions: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joim.12752
• Executive Leadership and Physician Well-being. Nine Organizational Strategies to Promote Engagement and Reduce Burnout: https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)30625-5/fulltext