Confronting CNN's Doctor | Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Huge thanks to Dr. Sanjay Gupta for joining me for this interview. Check out his new book "It Doesn't Have To Hurt" here: https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Hurt-Smart-Pain-Free/dp/1668014475/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d4FJp7-oXS65HWqcuLNf-n8knscFwUI3rM03PX4JdgNSjgiqfq0n46gbBr4yk26RaOzsQpBgrfdkmWY7P8logQ8kFt7LlPu3GAeemgSZSudpFPFYM_lWxiimwC6A8AZWQ-oY3CrJ23LbgIb-A5Dj2Ev9IZohoi0Nz73S6VuDNG36elXzA7iBIufdqJsQkdfB5Kb4JGIIjlmFknAYb1QlXjrypWThnODQCI6jjOMp2tU.SvmaNfTFzP8gU2I2C5VQfpy8SIHPm2OS2FoxJwOun8Y&dib_tag=se&hvadid=776848535213&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9197632&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=7004007654206517717--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7004007654206517717&hvtargid=kwd-2442724372063&hydadcr=15553_13842892&keywords=dr+gupta+it+doesn%27t+have+to+hurt&mcid=eda1af13cb2b33f686adf15d2b9dca6b&qid=1761259529&sr=8-1

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00:00 Intro

01:53 Starting In Media

08:17 Medical Specialty / Training Residents

11:37 Working During COVID

21:46 What Would You Do?

25:04 Communicating On TV

28:35 Joe Rogan

37:38 Trump & Tylenol

48:00 RFK’s Anti Vax Claims

1:01:53 Dr. Oz

1:07:18 Can We Trust Federal Agencies?

1:12:18 Covering RFK On CNN

1:16:59 Chronic Pain

1:25:20 Opioids

1:32:05 Pain Is Cultural

1:38:15 Acupuncture

1:44:22 Supplements

1:57:00 Investing In WHO / The Future

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0:00.0	There's a prominent name, Dr. Mark Hyman, that comes up quite often in this space.
0:04.0	I know you've blurbed his book in 2018.
0:06.4	I oftentimes see people who go into this space, perhaps with good intentions.
0:10.2	And then it turns into a business, and it starts losing the sense of actually helping people.
0:14.4	You start seeing Mark Hyman introducing Secretary Kennedy on his podcast as someone who's not
0:19.4	anti-vaccine, introducing concepts like
0:21.6	detox your body or leaky gut syndrome, which we know not to be a true medical diagnosis.
0:27.9	It further makes the practice of medicine difficult because it leads patients down a path,
0:33.6	which is not very scientific, and it further creates a disconnect between us.
0:37.6	So I'm curious where all of that lands for you.
0:39.7	Well, it's, it's complicated, Mike, I think.
0:42.9	First of all, welcome back to the Checkup podcast.
0:47.0	I'm so excited for you to watch this episode, given that it's truly a culmination of sorts for me.
0:53.2	When I stumbled my way into the world
0:55.1	of medical media about 10 years ago, there were very few doctors even remotely interested
1:00.9	in this space, and even fewer who are keeping their integrity by staying true to the science.
1:06.6	Dr. Sanjay Gupta was one of those people.
1:09.0	He's a world-renowned, board-certified neurosurgeon, CNN's chief medical correspondent,
1:14.4	associate professor at the Emory University School of Medicine, and a best-selling author.
1:19.3	Our conversation comes at the perfect time, where honest medical advice is being drowned out
1:25.3	by the noise of grifters, conspiracy theorists, and podcast hosts
1:30.2	who hawk ridiculous quick fixes. And to make the conversation even more exciting, Dr. Gupta
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