Doctoring the Truth

Welcome to Doctoring the Truth, a podcast where two dedicated audiologists dissect the world of healthcare gone rogue. Explore jaw-dropping stories of medical malfeasance, nefariousness, and shocking breaches of trust. The episodes provide deep dives that latch onto your curiosity and conscience. It's a podcast for truth-seekers craving true crime, clinical insights, and a dash of humor.

Podcasting since 2025 • 76 episodes

Doctoring the Truth

Latest Episodes

Ep 76-Nonconsensual Studies: Dr. Halikas and Marginalization of a Hmong Community

A patient walks into a hospital for help with opioid withdrawal, accepts a medication offered by a doctor, and later learns that dose was part of an experiment. That single shift, from treatment to research, is where trust can break for good.

August 14, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 76 • 1:10:51

Ep 75-In the Trenches with Marybeth: Near Death By Boxcutter

He walks into triage at 3 AM with his girlfriend, dressed for a night out, calm as can be, and says he just needs stitches. Then we lift the paper towel and see the kind of injury that makes your stomach drop: a box cutter laceration to the nec...

August 07, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 75 • 25:16

Ep 74-The Surgeon Who Fooled The World: Paolo Macchiarini (Part 2)

A surgeon can save your life, but a story can steal your judgment. We pick up the Paolo Macchiarini saga with the part that sounds too wild to be true: an award-winning NBC producer, Benita Alexander, falls for the “super surgeon” while making ...

July 30, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 74 • 1:11:07

Ep 73-The Killer Surgeon with a Plastic Windpipe: Paolo Macchiarini (Part 1)

A plastic windpipe. A world-famous surgeon. One of the most prestigious medical institutions on earth. What could possibly go wrong when hope, headlines, and reputation move faster than evidence? We’re in Stockholm at Karolinska University Hosp...

July 23, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 73 • 1:02:53

Ep 72-Guinea-Pigging Geezer: An Unethical U of M Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist with a résumé full of prestige gets ordered to sit in on a medical ethics class. That single detail sent us down one of the most unsettling Minnesota medical board stories we’ve ever read, and it forced us to ask how clinical tri...

July 17, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 72 • 1:07:15

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