Hello, everyone, and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, May 4th, 2026, and I'm the host of the show, Dr. Kara, Santa Maria.

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All right.

This week, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Tricia Pusricha.

She's an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and she's the Ask

a Doctor columnist for the Washington Post.

And currently, she serves as director of the Institute for Gut Brain Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

She has a new book out.

I think you guys are going to love this one.

It's called You've Been Pooping All Wrong, How to Make Your Bowel Move movements a joy. It was just in time for me prior

to my endoscopy and colonoscopy. So yeah, we're going to go there without any further ado.

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