560 - Turner Osler, MD

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Turner Osler studied anthropology at Princeton, before becoming a surgeon and research epidemiologist. After 30 years working at the University of Vermont’s trauma center, Dr. Osler left the operating room and began a career as a research epidemiologist, which required hours of sitting at a computer, resulting in unrelenting back pain. Being an expert on the spine, he decided to try to design a chair that would work with, rather than against human anatomy and physiology.

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0:00.0	Radio Mano, Papa Chango.
0:02.3	It's so crowded.
0:27.7	Peace is everywhere.
0:30.5	The name is also Chris.
0:33.5	I'm not sure if you can hear it in the background, but I'm here in my backyard sitting by a big fire.
0:43.5	Just trying to relax and listen to your podcast.
0:47.5	I appreciate what you do.
0:49.5	Keep it up, man.
0:54.5	Hey, Chris, this is Ben from Brookfield, Illinois.
0:59.5	I'm just walking through the snow, the woods near my home, long saw creek.
1:06.5	I just chased a raccoon up a tree.
1:10.5	He climbed way up this tall skinny tree.
1:15.5	I don't know what his plan is.
1:17.5	He's just staring at me.
1:21.5	He's just way up on the twigs.
1:24.5	He's just swaying in the breeze.
1:27.5	If he just jumped down and attacked me, I would run like hell.
1:32.5	I'm not one to fight this little guy.
1:34.5	But he's very scared of me.
1:37.5	I'm just intrigued.
1:40.5	Well, thanks for listening.
1:44.5	Hey, Chris. My name's Max. I live in Bristol, UK.
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