387 — New Studio, Same BS-Free Truth: What COVID Really Taught Us

We all lived through it, but some stories still stop us in our tracks. Tim and May rewind the clock to those surreal pandemic years—the rules that made no sense, the heartbreaks that still sting, and the lessons we can’t afford to forget.

You’ll laugh with us at the sand-filled California skatepark and shake your head at the “safest sex” guidelines recommending glory holes (yes, really). You’ll sit with us in the grief of not being able to attend a parent’s funeral. And you’ll hear what it was like, as doctors, to watch trust in medicine unravel in real time.

But this episode isn’t just about what was lost. It’s about the fork in the road we face now: rebuilding trust, rethinking how we practice medicine, and remembering that humility, honesty, and humanity matter more than ever.

Episode Highlights

• 🚧 The absurd: playgrounds chained off, skateparks filled with sand, paddleboarders arrested.
• 💔 The heartbreaking: Tim missing his mother’s funeral because borders were closed.
• 🤦‍♀️ The surreal: BC health officials recommending “glory holes” as a safer option.
• 🙋‍♂️ The human: patients who knew more about their rare diseases than we ever could.
• 🩺 The turning point: why we left primary care when medicine became more about ticking boxes than treating people.
• 🧭 The Four Principles of Trust: what we now use to measure whether a doctor, institution, or even an idea is worth following.

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