Empowered Sleep Apnea
Some podcasts give you INFORMATION. Empowered Sleep Apnea gives you knowledge. Join Sleep Medicine master-clinician Dr. David McCarty and Sleep Neuroscientist Dr. Ellen Stothard as they do a deep conversational dive into one of the most complex, common, and misunderstood disorders on the planet: Sleep Apnea. Using a combination of humor, fictional elements, and--yes--even CARTOONS, Empowered Sleep Apnea takes you where no other Podcast has gone before!
Episodes
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EVERYONE SINGS!
...if siloed thinking prevents us from grasping COMPLEXITY, true collaboration requires a moment of transformation, when one can emerge from one's silo...how does that happen?....and what does that moment of transcendence feel like?
Join Dave and special guest, Airway Health Solutions founder and fel...
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A PDF transcript of this episode (includes cartoon! HUZZAH!) is within your grasp by clicking HERE.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, Life Fans! For this extra-delibulous palindromic 11th episode of our second season, Dave reads from the Beautiful Blue Book three tales of a SCARY thing we see here on the ISLE of SLEEP APNEA, something called ...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Episode 10: LEXINGTON
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Let's start with this:
An Eagle Scout walks into a situation that requires situational awareness and an engineering mindset...
We are super -proud to feature Airway Dentist...
To download the MP3 for this song, click HERE!
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Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we could really LEARN from each other?....sometimes a song gets into your head and it won't go away...
Enjoy this special POP SONG edition of Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST...where sometimes life is best sung out loud... :)
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CROWS TEACHING CROWS
(D McCarty)
15 Jan 2024
[D...
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The year is 1844...two dentists are perched on the verge of one of the greatest medical discoveries of modern times...will the world be ready?...how will The Universe respond when recognition and fortune are the pursued prizes?
Spoilers: it doesn't end well!
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Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Episode 5: THE ONE ABOUT CROWS
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14 December 2023
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Ever wonder why there are so many CROWS hanging around the Empowered Sleep Apnea landscape? So have we!
Turns out...we can learn a LOT from ...
Season 2: Episode 6
Special Pop Song Episode: "WoodMender"
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What's a "WoodMender?"
by David E. McCarty, MD, FAASM (but you can call me Dave)
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The musical journey of the PULMONAUTS was glorious, transformative, beautiful…but not without its friction! Think about it! All of us are professionals, at the top of...
A PDF of the TRANSCRIPT of this episode (including a cool photo of Dave and the featured cartoon) can be obtained by clicking HERE.
Dr. William Osler said: To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all...
A patient with unexplained nightmares...
...a collaborative patient-centered teaching tool...
...p...
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***...A speech language pathologist with "Darth Vader" breathing during sleep...
***...a close encounter with a living legend...
***...and a rabbit hole into a complexity that could not be unseen...
...and what about the MONSTER called "Daniel?"
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Join Dave and Ellen as they welcome Speech Langua...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Episode 2: TORONTO
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A Sleep Doc and a Scientist walk into a story of transformation…
Join Dave and Ellen as the Beautiful Blue Balloon leaves the ISLE, on a quest to seek and understand.
In this exciting episode, our...
[For a full PDF Transcript of this episode including cartoons, click HERE!]
Empowered Sleep Apnea is back...and it's time to leave the Island!
Sleep Apnea, as a diagnosis...as a label...means many things to many people. It has a thousand faces. Moreover, it seems like everywhere you go, there's somebody else telling you that they have the answers...and, somehow, it seems like someone is always trying to ...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Season Finale
Episode 5: THE MOUNTAIN
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A lone crow...a hidden key...another traveler...a place full of Mountain Magic...
After crossing the RIVER OF DECISION over to TREATED TERRITORY, Robert&...
To watch the fully RAD video of this on our YOUTUBE channel, click HERE.
In Episode 1, we experienced the rage of not understanding.
In Episode 2, we came face to face with the jargon, and looked under the hood at the Many Moving Parts of Sleep Apnea
In Episode 3, we put that knowledge to good use, discussing our own FIVE REASONS TO TREAT in the comfort of the Coffee Hut. And MMM. Lingonberry Pie. Worthy.
And in Episode 4...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Episode 4: CROSSING THE RIVER
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...the plates sit in satisfied disarray at the Coffee Hut...
...a mysterious phone booth beckons...
...a deep and turbulent...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Episode 3: THE FIVE REASONS
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...in this episode, our friend Robert finds himself following a White Rabbit...
..to find that things on the ISLE are not always as they seem...
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Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
TEASER for Episode 3: THE FIVE REASONS
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Sometimes, zooming in on a new idea, it helps to zoom out first.
Sometimes it helps to change your perspective.
ROBERT PONATERRO just found out he has Sleep Apnea…
…and his perspective is…about…to…change…
[that night, Robert had a dr...
In this special episode, the mysterious and elusive house band 25% FRED takes on the majestic Empowered Sleep Apnea theme music, to produce Empowered Sleep Apnea's first POP SINGLE! How FULLY RAD is THAT?
If Martha Quinn and JJ Jackson were here, they'd probably tell you to watch our GNARLY MUSIC VIDEO version of the song by clicking HERE. How 80's is that?
Yay, EMPOWERMENT!
Our Website: https://ww...
Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Episode 2: ...MANY MOVING PARTS...
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A full transcript of this episode (including a copy of the cartoon in-line with the text--SO RAD!) is available by clicking HERE.
Doesn't matter how you got here, you can't swim home!
Robert sure has washed up on the Isle of Sleep Apnea (I L...
Get ready for SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Get ready for EMPOWERMENT! In this short little ditty that's not really an episode, DAVE and ELLEN give you a small glimpse of what the world of Empowered Sleep Apnea is all about.
For a full transcript of this snappy little teaser, click HERE! :)
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