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The ZDoggMD Show

Dr. Zubin Damania
Awakening
Non-Duality
Spirituality
Meditation
Suffering
Mindfulness
Healthcare
Covid-19
Trauma
Consciousness
Reality
Identity
Compassion
Mental Health
Existentialism
Anger
Spiritual Awakening
Self-Identity
Community
Psychedelics

Interviews and live rants on healthcare, depolarizing our divided society, and the non-dual nature of reality. Hosted by UCSF/Stanford-trained physician Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA ZDoggMD).

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Latest Episodes

True lies such as self-help is hopeless, "selfless leadership" is anything but, and spiritual bypass IS THE WHOLE POINT 🔥 The innocent, impersonal simplicity of THIS.

Kat Van Oudheusden's books, free Zoom meetings, and more here.

• Why Kat’s per... more

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Polish the turd of “me” long enough and it still won’t shine. A Thursday Zen rant for anyone who’s done everything "right" and is still seeking that enlightenment fix.

From our live YouTube conversation here.

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• A warning to the seeking e... more

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I sent a kid off to college and a some sort of crazy adult came back 🫣😂 WARNING: contains spiritual ego collateral damage and one ANGRY cat named The Mitch! From our YouTube Live conversation.

• Nina (Z-Pupp) is home from Vassar for fall break, ... more

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Tobias Ricardo spent 15 years as a Hindu monk and had pretty much every spiritual experience on the menu: kundalini fireworks, blissed-out “I am” states, retreats, the works. The real freedom turned out to be seeing that all of it was happening to an... more

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Recent Guests

Kat Van Oudheusden
Author and former law and organizational development professional who leads inquiry meetings
Episode: Why Every Non-Duality Speaker Is Lying (w/Kat van Oudheusden)
Tobias Ricardo
Ex-Hindu monk and speaker on non-duality
Independent speaker / non-duality teacher
Episode: Ex-Hindu monk on the utter failure of spiritual seeking (w/ Tobias Ricardo)
Tim Cliss
Speaker on non-duality
Tim Cliss This
Episode: The Only True Compassion (w/ Tim Cliss)
Heather Wilson
Nurse and surgical thinker discussed in opening to mid-section
Nurse, associated with surgeons in the discussion
Episode: Moral Injury, Health 4.0, and the End of "You"
Carianne McGann
Nurse, concierge care advocate mentioned as contributing to care models
Healthcare professional
Episode: Moral Injury, Health 4.0, and the End of "You"
Katie Marie
Audience member/commenter engaged in the live chat
Listener
Episode: Moral Injury, Health 4.0, and the End of "You"
Rishi Menon
Cardiologist
Cardiology
Episode: Where'd My Inner Critic Go? | TikTok Zen LIVE
Maz Gilmore
Guest mentioned in the live chat / discussion
Episode: All That Seeking Just To End Up HERE | Monday Zen, LIVE
Andrew Huberman
Host of the Huberman Lab Podcast
Huberman Lab
Episode: Back Into The Matrix Where Everything is Just Everything-ing | Friday Zen, LIVE

Host

Zubin Damania
Physician and healthcare commentator trained at UCSF and Stanford

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 3.9k ratings
  • Dr, where have you been my whole life! Magic episode

    Podcast Addict
    5
    Oceanblue
    a month ago
  • Just this

    “Needed in my world”

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MWJ35
    United States7 months ago
  • Truth served in brutally beautiful way

    Love it! Tyty

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Infinite nothing
    Israel8 months ago
  • Weird

    Used to be interesting and topical, now just rambles on enlightenment, blah blah.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Wpchief08
    United States10 months ago
  • Timely and

    For those who want another view of medicine, this is for you. Presenting a balanced compassionate take on current medical events Dr Dumania doesn’t disappoint

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Guerope
    United States2 years ago

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Medical and public-health discussions can draw criticism over balance, evidence, and how opposing views are handled.
Several longtime listeners miss the earlier emphasis on practical medical information and feel recent spiritual topics dominate.
Listeners appreciate strong guests and production, while some find the language or free-form delivery off-putting.
Some value the mix of medical commentary, mindfulness, and personal reflection as useful for professional and personal growth.
Listeners praise the host's humor, candid style, and ability to make healthcare discussions accessible.

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Why Every Non-Duality Speaker Is Lying (w/Kat van Oudheusden)
Q: How do you sort of, how does that process for you?
Van Oudheusden says that if there is no doer, seeking is also simply happening, so telling a seeker to stop seeking does not make sense. Different approaches, including inquiry and radical non-duality, are appearances rather than objectively superior messages.
Why Every Non-Duality Speaker Is Lying (w/Kat van Oudheusden)
Q: What was the brief story of Kat that brought her to this place, apparently?
Van Oudheusden says she no longer sees a point in telling a personal story about how she arrived at non-duality, because the story feels irrelevant to what is happening now.
Do you really need all this spiritual crap? | Thursday Zen, LIVE
Q: Any thoughts on why the recognition of non-duality appears to be correlated to some degree with spiritual practices, e.g. meditation, retreats, et cetera?
He suggests that seeking and practices may accompany a person's apparent inclination toward realization, but says this does not establish that the practices cause it. He cautions against reverse-engineering a prescription from practices that happened to appear in someone's life.
Do you really need all this spiritual crap? | Thursday Zen, LIVE
Q: Do you need all this spiritual shit?
Damania says spiritual practices are not necessary to cause awakening, but if meditation, teachers, or books arise naturally, there is nothing wrong with engaging in them.
ZPupp's Home From College! (LIVE)
Q: Do you think this thing is having an experience?
Nina doubts that AI has an experience or can receive kindness, describing it as a tool that can imitate human interaction but is not a person.

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What is The ZDoggMD Show about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Long-form conversations and live, audience-interactive sessions bring together healthcare, personal experience, and spiritual inquiry. Physician and healthcare commentator Zubin Damania moves between medical systems, burnout, recovery, and current health debates, while recent discussions focus heavily on non-duality, meditation, identity, and the end of spiritual seeking. The format is candid and unscripted, ranging from solo reflections and audience questions to interviews with clinicians and speakers on spirituality. Guests tend to contribute firsthand perspectives on clinical work, recovery, or spiritual practice rather than formal lectures. Humor, personal storytelling, and provocative language sit alongside abstract philosophical ideas... more

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1. Kat Van Oudheusden
2. Tobias Ricardo
3. Tim Cliss
4. Heather Wilson
5. Carianne McGann
6. Katie Marie
7. Rishi Menon
8. Maz Gilmore

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