history-of-medicine

BHoP#113 A Disfunction of Energy

October 6, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about technological innovation in Germany in the 19th century, idiosyncrasies of German culture, the history of cancer research, why German scientists were so successful, the career of Otto Warburg, and why the freedom of exploration and discovery matters.

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College.

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#097 How to Survive the Great Depression Part 1 – Basic Dishonesty

June 16, 2022 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the real and the exaggerated dangers of living in the US, the present discussion of gun violence and gun control, the necessity of holistic thinking, looking at history “from below”, biological differences out of the agricultural revolution, and the reality of rural America.

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID and Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO

Dr Koontz – Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev Fisk – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#038 Nothing Fatherly

April 30, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about the origins and nature of vaccines, the U.S. government’s slow thinking leading to a narrow definition of health and its love of soft power, the lack of long term thinking in democratic systems, the differences between our government and late USSR government, and the case of Jacobson v Massachusetts concerning a mandatory Smallpox vaccination demonstrating that the Supreme Court will ultimately ‘side with the house’.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#033 Deinstitutionalizing Psychosis

March 25, 2021 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk talk about memory vs nostalgia, the connections between homelessness, mental illness, the factors that lead to random violence and radicalization, good intentions gone awry, and societal problems addressed with more and more medication.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#019 The SF AntiMa(sk) Bloc of Suffragettes

December 17, 2020 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk continue the discussion of the history of medicine and plagues with a look at the Spanish Flue of 1918 and the San Fransisco Anti-Mask League, and look at the history of vaccination. In the second half of the show they catch up on listener questions.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford

BHoP#018 Decimating 4H Cancer circa 1983

December 10, 2020 ·

Dr Koontz and Rev Fisk discuss the history of the HIV/AIDS, the early career of Anthony Fauci, and the politicization of medicine and infectious diseases.

Dr Koontz – Agrarian, Egghead – Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne
Rev Fisk – Author, Fanatic – St Paul Rockford