The Glaucomfleckens: The Best in Medical Comedy

Below is a brief video snippet from our conversation. Full videos of all Ground Truths podcasts can be seen on YouTube here. The current one is here. If you like the YouTube format, please subscribe! This one has embedded one of my favorite TikTok’s from Will. There are several links to others in the transcript. The audios are also available on Apple and Spotify.

Transcript with links to both audio and videos, commencement addresses, NEJM article coverage

Eric Topol (00:06):

Hi, it's Eric Topol from Ground Truths, and I've got an amazing couple with me today. It's Will Flanary and Kristin Flanary, the Glaucomfleckens. I've had the chance to get to know them a bit through Knock Knock, Hi! which is their podcast. And of course, everyone knows Dr. Glaucomflecken from his TikTok world and his other about 4 million followers on Instagram and Twitter and all these other social media, and YouTube. So welcome.

Will Flanary (00:43):

Thanks for having us.

Kristin Flanary (00:44):

Thank you. Happy to be here.

By Way of Background

Eric Topol (00:45):

Yeah. Well, this is going to be fun because I'm going to go a quick background so we can go fast forward because we did an interview back in early 2022.

Kristin Flanary (00:56):

Yes.

Eric Topol (00:57):

And what you've been doing since then is rocking it. You're like a meteoric, right. And it was predictable, like rarefied talent and who couldn't love humor, medical humor, but by way of background, just for those who are not up to speed. I guess you got your start, Will, as a class clown when your mother was a teacher in the sixth grade.

Will Flanary (01:22):

Yep, yep. I misbehaved a little bit. It helped that I still made good grades, but I cut up a bit in class.

Eric Topol (01:32):

And then you were already in the comedy club circuits doing standup in Houston as an 18-year-old.

Will Flanary (