Not Your Doctor Podcast

Laurel, Rachel & Tara
  • 5.0 (4)
  • Health & Fitness

Not Your Doctor Podcast is a chatty, question-driven show hosted by three first-year doctors in the US and UK. Each week, we answer listener-submitted questions about health, wellness, and life. All the things you’ve Googled at 2 a.m. or felt too awkward to ask your friends, or even your actual doctor. We mix evidence, real-world experience, cultural context, and plenty of hot takes, all without the jargon or judgment. This is not medical advice. It’s honest conversation, thoughtful nuance, and doctors talking like people, for people. Send your listener questions to NotYourDoctorPod@gmail.com or submit them here: https://forms.gle/yk3qETzXBm6d244z9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 4d ago

    From the Patreon: Toxins and toxic traits

    Find the other half of the episode on Patreon at patreon.com/notyourdoctorpod where Tara and Laurel delve into our most toxic traits and relationships. And this week, the docs are your personal poison control center and ask what it takes to get products recalled, from lead-painted toys and asbestos makeup to craft beads that accidentally metabolize into GHB. Then we abandon toxicology for toxicity of a more personal variety, unpacking bad relationships, questionable personality traits and the uncomfortable possibility that sometimes the contaminant is coming from inside the house. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Sep 16

    The IBS industrial complex

    This is the episode where we say we’re going to talk about everything gastrointestinal and then mainly talk about IBS. Along the way, we declare war on minimal-privacy bathrooms, we decipher FODMAPs, explain why IBS and IBD are very much not the same thing, and investigate the deeply suspicious case of a boyfriend who apparently doesn’t poop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Sep 9

    Prozac and Jesus are fighting for my soul

    This week, the docs are finding god. Tara and Laurel tackle listener questions about SSRIs vs prayer, whether your delivery room needs a religious affiliation, and finding community at synagogue when you don’t actually believe in God. Plus, we dig into some of medicine’s complicated religious history and finally figure out what a hospital chaplain actually does. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Sep 2

    Radicalized by Daycare Moms United

    This week, the docs tackle the people who know you best and therefore know exactly how to drive you up a wall: your family. We get into meddling mothers-in-law, getting caught in the crossfire of a parent’s divorce, a sister running birthday-party infection control like the CDC, and a mom who decides the pickleball league absolutely needs an update on her daughter’s IVF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Aug 26

    Build-A-Baby

    Are your genes actually calling the shots, or do we just really want someone to blame? This week, the docs tackle listener questions about designer babies, whether Ancestry.com can accidentally become a paternity test, how worried we should be about inherited genetic disorders, and whether your DNA can really tell you if you're destined to be anxious, athletic, or just annoying.  Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/NotYourDoctorPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Aug 19

    The discharge is giving yellowish

    Laurel and Rachel tackle listener questions about troubleshooting office visits. We chat provider personalities, nosy receptionists, and a doctor who tries to set their patient up on a date. AND we now have a patreon:  https://patreon.com/NotYourDoctorPod Please join we will love you forever and ever Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Aug 12

    Sense and Sensitivities

    On this episode, Tara and Laurel tackle listener questions about dilemmas in friendships. One listener has a friend who seems dead-set on poisoning her. Another is sick of a pal’s therapy speak, and a third is wondering whether to lock it down with a work-wife. And how is a gentle-lady expected to maintain civility and decorum when a norovirus outbreak upsets a 30th birthday?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Aug 5

    The acupuncture of it all

    Tara has just moved house and Laurel has moved to Canada (maybe). Amidst it all, the two delve into listener questions about chiropractors, acupuncture, and aromatherapy in this week’s episode on alternative or holistic medicine.  In this episode: Acupuncture, holistic medicine, coining, aromatherapy, chiropractic, Eastern medicine, alternative medicine, traditional medicine, naturopath, skincare, beauty standards, wellness culture, evidence-based medicine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Not Your Doctor Podcast is a chatty, question-driven show hosted by three first-year doctors in the US and UK. Each week, we answer listener-submitted questions about health, wellness, and life. All the things you’ve Googled at 2 a.m. or felt too awkward to ask your friends, or even your actual doctor. We mix evidence, real-world experience, cultural context, and plenty of hot takes, all without the jargon or judgment. This is not medical advice. It’s honest conversation, thoughtful nuance, and doctors talking like people, for people. Send your listener questions to NotYourDoctorPod@gmail.com or submit them here: https://forms.gle/yk3qETzXBm6d244z9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Laurel, Rachel & Tara
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Laurel, Rachel & Tara
  • Show Website
    Not Your Doctor Podcast

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