465. Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Bapu Jena was already a double threat: a doctor who’s also an economist. Now he’s a podcast host too. In this sneak preview of the Freakonomics Radio Network’s newest show, Bapu discovers that marathons can be deadly — but not for the reasons you may think.

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0:00.0	Hey, Bapu.
0:02.8	How's it going?
0:04.2	I like your podcast.
0:05.4	Thank you.
0:06.9	So why don't you just say your name and what you do?
0:09.8	My name is Bapu Jenna.
0:11.1	I'm an economist and a physician at Harvard.
0:14.3	I teach health care policy and health economics.
0:17.4	I see patients at Massachusetts General Hospital.
0:20.4	And I'm a professor at Harvard Medical School.
0:22.3	As if you need another job, you are getting ready to host a new podcast for the Freak
0:26.7	Economics Radio Network. We are about to play now for our listeners a pilot episode of
0:31.4	your new show, which I am incredibly excited about.
0:34.5	But first, let me just ask Bapu is not the name on your birth certificate.
0:38.6	Is it?
0:39.6	Is this being recorded for legal purposes?
0:41.6	No.
0:42.6	My first name is Anupam.
0:44.6	Bapu is my middle name.
0:46.7	It's really more of a nickname.
0:48.4	It's probably on every legal document except for my birth certificate.
0:52.0	So Bapu means father in a variety of different Indian languages.
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