Morality Muscles, Midwest Chili, Medical Devices
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
4.8 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
A newly minted Doctor calls to talk about earning their PhD in medical devices, how they managed to end up in the middle of a red panda escape, and the small surprises that come with moving to the U.S. He and Geth talk about finishing a PhD when the future feels up in the air, the uneasy role of AI in health care, and why practicing tiny rebellions can help you show up when it really matters.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello to everybody who's had some weird days at the zoo. |
| 0:08.3 | It's beautiful anonymous one hour. |
| 0:10.6 | One phone call, no names, no holds barred. |
| 0:17.0 | I'd rather go one-on-one. |
| 0:19.9 | I think it'll be more fun |
| 0:21.7 | and I'll get to know you |
| 0:24.3 | and you'll get to know me |
| 0:27.1 | Hi everybody |
| 0:28.2 | If you don't love an intro |
| 0:29.5 | I get it |
| 0:30.5 | And skip about four and a half minutes ahead |
| 0:32.6 | It'll put you right towards the beginning of the call |
| 0:34.1 | Thanks |
| 0:34.7 | Hi everybody towards the beginning of the call. Thanks. |
| 0:45.2 | Hi, everybody, Chris Gathard here. Welcome to another episode of Beautiful Anonymous. |
| 0:53.0 | I feel really lucky to be talking to you. I'm snowed in in New Jersey, recording this from my house like the old days before I rented that office |
| 0:55.8 | where I record it now. If you got slammed by the weather this week, hope you're hanging in there, |
| 1:01.6 | hope it wasn't too much of a pain in the butt. Also have to be very loud and clear. I want to send |
| 1:08.9 | all the love in the world to the people of Minneapolis, to the people of St. Paul, to the people of Minnesota, and to people being crushed by oppression and fascism. |
| 1:19.9 | All over this country, I don't want to be ambiguous about that. I don't want to be vague about that. I want to be extraordinarily clear. |
| 1:40.5 | Things are messed up, man. Things are feeling real, messed up. And it's, I hope this comes to an end very, very soon. And I hope that that end is peaceful and sane and does not have to be |
| 1:49.4 | driven by further violence. |
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