The House of Pod

Endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of reproductive-age women worldwide — and yet it takes an average of 7 to 10 years to get diagnosed. In this episode of House of Pod, Dr. Kaveh Hoda sits down with two very special guests to break down one of the most misunderstood and chronically dismissed conditions in all of medicine.

Dr. Camran Nezhat — pioneer of modern minimally invasive and robotic surgery, founder of the Worldwide EndoMarch, and one of the world's leading endometriosis specialists — joins the show to explain what endometriosis actually is, why it's so difficult to diagnose, and how it can affect virtually every system in the body, from the GI tract and urinary system to the lungs, eyes, and even the brain.

Also joining is certified yoga therapist and women's health advocate Stacey Felice, who shares her own 10-year journey to diagnosis and how lifestyle practices have helped her manage symptoms over the years.

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Kaveh sits down with author/political scientist Miranda Yaver and ER doc Dr. Seth Trueger to dig into the broken machinery of insurance coverage denials in America and how the system is designed to say no.

They discuss how insurers use prior authorization and claim denials not as isolated mistakes — but as a structural feature of the system. Discussion includes who gets denied, who fights back, why fewer than 1% of denied claims are ever appealed, and what you can do if it happens to you.

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Yes. Of course. But maybe a slightly more competent one? This week, Dr. Kaveh Hoda is joined by virologist Dr. Angela Rasmussen and epidemiologist Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs to break down everything happening at the Department of Health and Human Services — and it's a lot. They dig into the surprise nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director (and why Aaron Siri hating her is maybe the strongest possible endorsement), RFK Jr.'s Congressional hearings and why he keeps slipping through, the re-parenting scandal and its ugly racial undertones, DEI and the Vaccines for Children program, the MAHA–MAGA alliance, and Trump's executive order fast-tracking ibogaine research because Joe Rogan sent a text.

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A bonus replay episode of the case of the mistakenly removed liver, one of the most terrifying medical tales of recent years.

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This week, Kaveh Hoda is joined by comic illustrator, podcaster, and fellow Kaveh, Kaveh Taherian, for a candid conversation about the week Trump threatened to wipe Iranian civilization off the map — and why neither of them can move on from it.

They dig into the psychological and emotional toll this moment has had on the Iranian diaspora, the legal case that Trump's threats may violate the Geneva Conventions, and what polling data actually tells us about what Iranians inside and outside of Iran want. They also cover the latest on the failed JD Vance negotiations, Trump's proposed naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and why keeping Iranian civilians at the center of this conversation matters more than ever.

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