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!
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD Episode 12: ...AND YOU KNOW... (Special POP SONG Edition)
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13:40To download a PDF Transcript of this episode (includes cartoon! So RAD!), click HERE. 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 s…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 11: PRESSURE TOXICITY (Three tales of TERROR!) (Halloween Super-Special)
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30:44All content (c) 2024 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC unless otherwise noted A PDF transcript of this episode (includes cartoon! HUZZAH!) is within your grasp by clicking HERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 10: LEXINGTON
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56:20Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD Episode 10: LEXINGTON ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To listen to this episode on Buzzsprout, click HERE. To listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, click HERE. To listen to this episode on Spotify, click HERE. For a PDF transcript of this episode (includes the cartoon! HUZZAH!), click HERE. Climb ab…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 8: THE TALE OF THREE FACES
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46:49For a PDF of this transcript, click HERE. To access the Landing Page for the PODCAST EPISODE, click HERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To download "Crows Teaching Crows" [our third POP SONG SPECIAL FEATURE] click HERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Let's start with this: An Eagle Scout walks into a situation that requires situational awareness and an engineering mindset... We are super …
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 9: CROWS TEACHING CROWS (special POP SONG edition)
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3:44To download the MP3 for this song, click HERE! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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... :) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CROWS…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 7: BOSTON
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31:50For a link to a PDF transcript of this episode, click HERE. To go to this episode's home page, click HERE :) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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? Spo…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 5: THE ONE ABOUT CROWS
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44:12Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD Episode 5: THE ONE ABOUT CROWS ©2023 www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com 14 December 2023 For a full-color PDF transcript of this episode (contains images!--YAY; no music! BOO!), click HERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ever wonder why there are so many CROWS hanging around the Empowered Sleep Apnea landscap…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 6 (MUSIC SUPER-SPECIAL): "WOODMENDER" (our pop single)
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4:01Season 2: Episode 6 Special Pop Song Episode: "WoodMender" To go to this episode's home page, click HERE :) What's a "WoodMender?" by David E. McCarty, MD, FAASM (but you can call me Dave) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The musical journey of the PULMONAUTS was glorious, transformative, beautiful…but not without its friction! Think about it! All of us are professionals…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 4: SHREVEPORT
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31:33A 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 col…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 3: ADELAIDE
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51:59[For a full PDF Transcript of this episode, click HERE] ***...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?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Join Dave and Ellen as they welcome Sp…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 2: TORONTO
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1:13:31Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD Episode 2: TORONTO All content © 2023 Empowered Sleep Apea, LLC To access a complete PDF transcript of this episode, please click HERE! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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…
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Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD. Episode 1: PROLOGUE
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41:23[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..…
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Season 1: THE ISLE. Episode 5: THE MOUNTAIN
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58:29Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Season Finale Episode 5: THE MOUNTAIN All content © 2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com For a PDF Transcript of this Podcast, including links to cartoons and whatnot, click HERE! A lone crow...a hidden key...another traveler...a place full of Mountain Magic... After crossing the RIVER OF DE…
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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 co…
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Season 1: THE ISLE. Episode 4: CROSSING THE RIVER
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34:42Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Episode 4: CROSSING THE RIVER All content © 2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com For a PDF transcript of this episode, COMPLETE WITH LINKS AND CARTOONS (HUZZAH!) click HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...the plates sit in satisfied disarray at the Coffee Hut... ...a mysterious phone booth beckons... ..…
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Season 1: THE ISLE. Episode 3: THE FIVE REASONS
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48:18Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Episode 3: THE FIVE REASONS All content ©2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com For a copy of a transcript to this episode, INCLUDING CARTOONS (how RAD is that?), click HERE. ...in this episode, our friend Robert finds himself following a White Rabbit... ..to find that things on the ISLE are n…
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Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST TEASER for Episode 3: THE FIVE REASONS All content © 2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC TO VIEW OUR FULLY RAD VIDEO FOR THIS, CLICK HERE. www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com 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 S…
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Season 1: THE ISLE. Episode Super-Special: ...AND YOU CAN'T SWIM HOME (fully RAD Dance Single and Music Video!)
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3:36In 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…
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Season 1: THE ISLE. Episode 2: ...MANY MOVING PARTS...
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51:16Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Episode 2: ...MANY MOVING PARTS... All content © 2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com 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…
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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! :) Our Website: https://www.empoweredsleepapnea.com Officia…
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We know how long you've waited for EMPOWERMENT! You won't have to wait much longer for the next EXCITING EPISODE of Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST. Check out this new, improved, jumbo-sized and stain-free TRAILER for Episode 2: ...MANY MOVING PARTS... If you want, we also made a FULLY RAD video for this bit, and it's available on EmpoweredSleep…
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Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST Episode 1: NARRATIVE All content © 2022 Empowered Sleep Apnea, LLC www.EmpoweredSleepApnea.com For a complete PDF transcript of this episode, including in-line cartoons (So RAD!) click HERE. In this FIRST episode of EMPOWERED SLEEP APNEA, your hosts Dr. Dave McCarty & Dr. Ellen Stothard will converse their way thr…
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