Sad to see the latest entry into the puscast “lit-ra-ture” involves the end of the series. As a urologist, I loved listening to a bit of sometimes applicable, sometimes crazy things I’m never going to see, medicine. Best wishes in your future forays.
I really enjoyed and looked forward to listening to puscast. Loved your humor and all the good information.
So sad that this has ended.
Good luck on your novel.!
I found you during my infectious disease rotation in pharmacy school 6 years ago, I got excited to listen to each episode ever since! I use your website often at work! Thank you for sharing your time and talents! Good luck with your novel!
I first discovered the Puscast in perhaps 2012 or 2013. This along with the quackcast planted the seeds for a career change to epidemiology. I have continues to listen over the years, and the Puscast has stayed with me to my next career change: medical school. As I head into my third year clerkships, I will certainly miss having the Puscast to enjoy on my drives. Thank you, Dr. Crislip, for inspiring my career.
As a one-time general surgery resident turned family medicine, I have enjoyed your podcast for years for digestible ID news. Will miss you; enjoy your retirement from podcasting.
We will miss your informative reviews and snarky humor. I don’t know how I am going to keep up with the ID literature anymore. You have been instrumental in my development as an ID pharmacist and I thank you for all the time and effort you have put in to this podcast through the years.
I have enjoyed this podcast for quite a while, since finding it on Science-Based Medicine. Snarky without being snide, I enjoy the observations and commentary.
When I hear a host of anything start to work political bias in as fact it makes me instantly think everything they say is completely biased (Or complete garbage, is there a difference?)
Calling it Covid45, is both sophomoric and incorrect. President Trump did everything he could to help this country, albeit it was not a perfect response. It was leagues better than anything Biden/Obama could produce. Remember the Swine Flu debacle?
Your bias against anyone with conservative points of view makes me question your ability to be objective, not only as a physician, but as a person in general.
I feel I can’t trust you anymore if you can totally rename the virus and then run it into the ground. I enjoy a serious medical podcast with some humor sprinkled in, but you only intend to alienate because of politics.
There’s almost no reason for any clinician interested in infectious diseases to NOT listen to this podcast! Addresses a wide array of topics.
It’s a concise, conversational, informative
I just found this (as well as “a gobbet ‘o pus”) and already am incorporating it into my practice. I’m a rural FP working in the IHS and spend over 50% of my days battling pus. I feel I now have a leader. I particularly resonate with the dry, concise delivery and hidden humor gems (?vegetations) that I sometimes have to work really hard to uncover. The blend of clinical experience meets cutting-edge research presented succinctly is rare.
Any chance you could do cirrhosis? The GI guys are so boring.
Thanks!
As a young ID physician it is important to stay updated. Also, listening to those who have been doing it for much much longer than me is key to success. While I don’t always agree with his interpretation of the studies he discusses, understanding his point of view opens up different trains of thought in my brain. 5 stars!
It also saves me a huge amount of time I would have spent reading. Guess I'm just lazy and love a good laugh. Also, love the snarky political comments.
The medical information in this podcast is great, but lately it has been laced with increasing amounts of political commentary. Takes away from otherwise valuable information presented in a memorable and funny way.
Love this show. I miss Quack cast. Luckily it can still be heard online, though not on itunes, where quack cast is now a duck tales podcast no one needed.
Dr. Crislip, how gross is it that male Docs at the Mayo clinic are required to wear ties, the petri dishes of the fashion world....? Totally gross or just somewhat gross?
I started listening to these about five years ago. I was doing locums work at the time and was on the road a lot, so I downloaded all of them and listened to all. Yes. I have ocd like symptoms. I bought the ap for iphone and enjoy and use it frequently. Thanks for all of your work in educating the masses.
I love this podcast, it makes great work-listen-to he explains everything that I want to know and cuts out frankly the bullpucking noise that happens in papers. He also is very honest in his opinions about the current state of the literature. I listen to the previous ones until he makes a new one. So 10/10 would recommend to everyone with a science based heart.
As a resident aspiring to ID fellowship, I love listening to the puscast and the gobbet of pus respectively as a succinct summary of new and important literature in ID, and as a neat review of Dr. Crislip's cases ranging from the horse to the zebra.
I always thought ID was infectious disease but in today’s world we can’t escape politics anywhere so here it’s Idealogical Debate. Good info but snarky political comments thrown in. PLEASE just leave it out. Politics permeates everything. Why? Doesn’t belong in an ID talk. I’d give 5 stars if he’d just stick to the topic.
Crislip presents ID literature relevant to all medical specialties in a humorous and entertaining manner. The information is both interesting and extremely clinically relevant for those at each stage of training.
Education and entertainment at the same time - who can beat that. I even made an iTunes account just to review this podcast.. It's that good.
As a few podcaster (One of the hosts of This Week in Parasitism (TWIP)) also available on iTunes I have for some time had this podcast recommended to me. I first heard of 'The Puscast' while working in India, then again in Thailand, then Cambodia, and well I finally decided I needed to give it a listen. Being a competitive fellow I was not prepared to enjoy this podcast as much as I do!First I thought I did not have the time. Our podcast is often two hour slong and people listen in parts but to my delight this little 20 minute segments are something I get bite off and swallow on my way to the different hospitals where I round as an Infectious Disease Physician. My advice...If you are trying to keep up with the literature...You definitely have the time to listen to the puscast everytime it comes out. Even if you spend many hours reading the literature Dr Crislip's take on it all is memorable and spot on. Now if you have another 1-2 hours a week and love parasites and all the other bugs .... well them This Week in Parasitism and the rest of the This Week in Virology, Microbiology, etc are for you. Now just who is this Persiflagers fellow? :-)
I have listened to a plethora of podcasts and this, along with emcrit are my favorite two podcasts. Maybe it's because they are independent thinkers, maybe it's because they speak their mind, or maybe it's because they use occasional bits of colorful language. It's probably because of all these and why the educational experience of their podcast is so effortlessly consumed. I'm tired of the complainers and their snootiness, nose in the air attitude. If they think they can put out a better podcast that people would actually listen too they should try, instead of griping because someone uses the occasional interesting language that they find offensive. If you can't handle it you should go spend your life at church and become a pastor...and grow up. Good god, let's see you do better.
Superb content I recommend it to every medical student resident and fellow( not to mention us old-timers).
His quips and asides are delightful and almost make you forget the current political landscape.
Just love this podcast.
Helps me keep up with ID for only an hour per month freeing me up for other reading, plus the political commentary is amusing. Ever notice that the anti-vax parents are always the first in line to demand antibiotics for their kid's sore throat?
I love this for his wit and snark, on top of interesting tidbits I can follow along without knowing much detailed medical information (although I'm sure I'm missing more details).
Not only does this podcast do a great job covering important infectious disease literature, but it is also much more entertaining than I ever would have expected. I love this podcast. Mark Crislip is awesome.
I've been listening to this for about 5 years and have become thorougly inculcated in Mark Crislip's tropes. For a combination of useful ID literature, puns and dad jokes he can't be beat. I look forward to listening to many more.
Glad to see you brought back your original music. A nice raw sound. Too many podcasters seem to think everybody wants to hear their favorite rock song turned up to eleven.
Keep up the great work.
Mike from Oregon
I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I’ve been fascinated by epidemiology since my parasitology course - and listening to Mark is a great overview of new research - presented in a warm and personable way. The bulk of the show is a review of studies methodologies and outcomes, the pros & cons thereof, and how they relate to other research or reality. And I, for one, like the occasional little jokes and respect his experience with how politics/ human behavior and epidemics interact.
Dr. Crislip does a great job of summarizing the literature and also providing enough commentary and jokes to help you contextualize what you're hearing and keep you awake. My only complaint is that his selection of articles is a little imbalanced - the podcast would be much improved by a greater focus on Harris County, Texas.
As a clinical pharmacist that loves infectious disease and travels an hour each way for work, this is a great review and a good way to stay update. Very entertaining!
Such a fun, informative podcast. Great supplement to staying up-to-date on the recent ID literature. I appreciate the personality-infused style, it makes listening easy. Thanks for the entertainment!
This is a great podcast to listen while commuting to work, informative and entertaining. The best in ID out there. It would be awesome to also earn CME credits from it, hope that will be possible in the future?..
A fanstastic way to keep up with the liturature and get solid commentary on what's worth while and what's not. I gain knowlege I use every day-every time I listen.
I recommend this to all my medical/pharmacy students
Persiflagers Puscast is, as my Grandma Phyllis would say, the bee’s knees. I am both greatly entertained and engaged in the content of this podcast. If you work in healthcare, studying to work in healthcare, or are just thirsty for knowledge of the world of Infectious Disease, I can’t recommend this podcast enough.
Dr. Crislip’s other Podcast are also wonderful. I listen to “Gobbet” while I’m doing chores. Dually productive.
As an ED NP I love this podcast. It really helps keep us up to date. Not to mention, I love his humor, and really makes this a fun learning experience!
