Too Curious MDs
Curiosity fuels discovery, and in medicine, it’s the key to transformation. Too Curious MDs explores the frontiers of healing through narrative medicine, integrative therapies, psychedelics, and patient-centered care. Hosted by Dr. Alya Ahmad and Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, this podcast challenges the boundaries of traditional medicine, uncovering the untold stories, ethical dilemmas, and groundbreaking research shaping the future of healthcare. Join the journey—because medicine is more than science; it’s a story.
Episodes
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration.
In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Jeff Hoyt, wellness innovator, founder of Zeolite Labs, and host of The Detox Experience podcast, for a nuanced conversation about detoxification, toxic burden, heavy metals, environmental exposures, and what the body may be trying to do when it stores what it cannot immediat...
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration.
In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Dr. Emily Wolbers, naturopathic doctor, yoga teacher, and expert in gastrointestinal health and the gut-brain connection, for a deeply engaging conversation about the hidden relationship between stress, digestion, hormones, inflammation, and emotional resilience.
As modern med...
Healing becomes more powerful when the body, mind, and story are treated together. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Jordanna Quinn shares her journey from conventional physical medicine and rehab into longevity, regenerative medicine, and psychedelic medicine, explaining why she felt called to practice in a way that honors the whole person.
The conversation explores stem cells, ketamine, psychedelic preparation, epigenetics, ...
What if medicine wasn't only about tests, protocols, and outcomes—but about story, art, and human connection? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, physician and poet Sumaiya Malik shares her lived experience practicing medicine in Pakistan, where resilience, listening, and care guide daily clinical decisions.
Our conversation explores healthcare in low-resource settings, narrative medicine, cultural context, and the role of poetr...
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman speaks with Deborah Anderson (Aura), an artist and filmmaker whose work has evolved from photography into immersive storytelling centered on Indigenous voices and the relationship between humanity and Mother Earth.
The conversation explores her global journey across multiple continents, where she lived among Indigenous communities, participated in ceremonies, and captured their ...
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman joins Dr. Andrew Greenland in Voices in Health and Wellness to share her journey from pediatric hospital medicine into integrative and psychedelic-informed care.
The conversation explores how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is being used in cases of treatment-resistant depression, trauma, and complex mental health conditions. Dr. Rahman emphasizes that the medicine itself is onl...
What if the healing medicine needs most cannot be measured by data alone? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Joe Tafur explores grief, spiritual care, ayahuasca, nature, and why suffering is pushing modern medicine to reopen the conversation around psychedelic healing.
What's one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety, ketamine, or psychedelics?
Po...
Trauma is not just personal. It lives in families, communities, world events, and the body. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman and Dr. Alya Ahmad reflect on ancestral healing, generational trauma, and the emotional weight of living through a time shaped by conflict, uncertainty, and collective distress. She explores how psychedelic healing, especially in group settings, may help people process what they are carr...
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Phil Wolfson unpacks the mystery of phantom limb pain—a condition where the brain continues to project sensation, position, and intense discomfort from a body part that no longer exists. He explains how the brain can become 'stuck,' replaying the trauma as if it's still happening, creating a loop of pain that can last for years.
The conversation also introduces a new, free clinical...
What if the biggest limitation in modern psychiatry isn't lack of tools… but lack of perspective?
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Scott Shannon reflects on his journey through conventional and integrative psychiatry, challenging the narrow focus on diagnosis and medication.
The conversation explores a broader, systems-based approach to mental health—one that includes lifestyle, relationships, spirituality, and community. ...
What if staying healthy today requires more than just avoiding disease and asks us to rethink how we live, eat, connect, and heal? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Russell Jaffe shares a wide-ranging conversation on toxicity, trauma, integrative medicine, and the human healing response.
Our conversation explores environmental toxins, emotional burden, chronic stress, detoxification, alkaline living, and the role of love, safe...
What if relief from end-of-life suffering already exists… but patients can't legally access it?
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, lawyer and end-of-life care advocate Kathryn L. Tucker explores the legal barriers surrounding psychedelic-assisted therapy, particularly for patients facing serious and terminal illness. Drawing from decades of advocacy in end-of-life care, she explains how federal scheduling laws, regulatory delay...
What actually changes when transformation happens? In Part 2 of this Too Curious MDs conversation, Jonathan Mozenter goes deeper into ego, metacognition, habit loops, and the practical mechanics of human flourishing. From neuroscience and psychedelic states to archetypes, trauma integration, and conflict resolution, this episode bridges mystical awareness with grounded, real-world change.
What’s one unasked or curious question from ...
Transformation isn't about adding something new, but remembering what you already are. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Jonathan Mozenter shares how identity, ego, discernment, and conscious awareness shape personal evolution, and why upgrading your 'operating system' may be the real path to human flourishing.
What's one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of ...
Are we sick because modern life no longer matches human biology? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Daniel Chille breaks down how microbial depletion, modern toxins, and timing-driven metabolism shifts can quietly shape everything from anxiety and insulin resistance to autoimmunity and resilience.
What's one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety,...
Anxiety isn’t a character flaw. It’s often a biochemical signal that your body isn’t getting what it needs. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, functional nutritional therapist Laurie Hammer explains how targeted amino acid therapy restores neurotransmitter balance, reduces cravings, and supports calm, clarity, and nervous system regulation at the foundation.
What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing j...
Healing starts with telling yourself the truth. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Maria Kang shares how writing ‘Sacred Becoming' during a stage 4 colorectal cancer journey became a process of release, alignment, and self-trust.
What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety, ketamine, or psychedelics?
Post it in the comments! Your curiosity might just...
What if the thing you were ashamed of was never a character flaw at all? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Ryan Thom shares how a late ADHD diagnosis transformed his understanding of himself, reshaped his healing, and ultimately led him into the work of therapy.
What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety, ketamine, or psychedelics?
Post it in the c...
What if the part of you that feels broken is actually the doorway to transformation? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Jared ‘Rudrananda’ Turner shares how trauma, ritual, community, and embodied awareness can help us come back into the body, build a container for healing, and remember who we truly are.
What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety, ...
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Phil Sarpong explains walk-and-talk therapy, how movement and nature lower psychological barriers, and why integrating lifestyle, mental health, and medical care can create lasting change.
What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing journey, or your exploration of the science of anxiety, ketamine, or psychedelics?
Post it in the comments—your curiosity might just spark ...
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