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You're listening to The Nocturnous Conversations.

I'm Emily Silverman.

In medicine, we tend to take ourselves pretty seriously.

Between the long hours, difficult decisions, and huge responsibilities we take on as clinicians. You can see why that might be.

But sometimes, a comedic voice comes along and quenches that thirst we all secretly have,

to poke fun at ourselves, to poke fun at each other, and even more courageously, to poke

fun at the institutions and systems

that we operate within.

Oscar Wilde once said, comedy is the highest form of intelligence.

And I've always felt that to be so true, given how sensitive and observational comedians

have to be, not to mention the skill that they have with

words and emotion and timing.

By that measure, today's guests are definitely some of the most intelligent people in the

world.

I am thrilled to be hosting Dr. Will Flannery, better known as Dr. Glaucomfleckin, whose online

medical comedy shorts have reached an audience of over

3.5 million viewers. I'm also here today with his wife Kristen, whose stage name is Lady Glaucomfleckin.

Together, they host a podcast called Knock Knock High, which brings together health care and

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