Human School

About Human School

Working at the edge of life and death, in 2 medical specialties - emergency medicine and medical toxicology, Dr. Patil Armenian has seen a lot. Join Dr. Armenian as she shares stories & lessons (sometimes learned the hard way), interviews inspiring mentors, physicians, researchers & authors, and explores tools that can help navigate our busy lives. Though her philosophies were born in a busy Emergency Department, they apply to anyone trying to live a joyful life here on Earth. Welcome to Human School! Follow on IG @humanschoolpodcast & @patilarmenianmd

Publisher

Patil Armenian, MD

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2023

Latest episode

4 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Aug 2026

   40. Climate Medicine with Gayle Kouklis, MD

   Dr. Gayle Kouklis is an emergency physician and climate medicine expert in Seattle, WA. She trained in Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno and did a fellowship in Climate and Health Science Policy (aka climate medicine) at the University of Colorado. The intersection of climate and health affects all of our daily lives: from air pollution to increased wildfires in the West to heat and flood emergencies, to name a few. We talk all about what climate medicine means, small changes that can lead to...

2. 

   23 Jun 2026

   39. Zero Day

   This is a short and sweet episode where I discuss the concept of Zero Day, an idea my husband and I came up with a long time ago. Over the years, it has evolved into an overarching concept in my schedule and one of my tricks for being productive in the workplace. Zero Day is a day you mark OFF on your calendar when you don't do any work? How would that actually help you to work? It recharges your batteries and gives you the space to reset. Listen to the episode to find out more! Please ...

3. 

   2 Jun 2026

   38. Psychedelic Research Update with Gül Dölen, MD, PhD

   Dr. Gül Dölen, MD, PhD is a Professor and the Bob & Renee Parsons Endowed Chair in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley, is the senior science advisor at the Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and is an Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Most importantly, she is a groundbreaking neuroscientist, with her lab's work showing that psyched...

Inside a recent episode

37. Psychedelic News Update with Ismail Lourido Ali

Published 19 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So This has been a very seemingly fast moving development, but in the works for years. Now, the FDA commissioner, Marty McCary, immediately commented that priority vouchers would in fact be given to psychedelic studies, specifically three. Then on April 24, the FDA did announce that three commissioners' national priority vouchers were going to be given for psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression. Now, psilocybin is the magic mushrooms that people used to call magic mushrooms. So one for psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, another for psilocybin for major depressive disorder, and then a third one, methylone for PTSD. […]

Who has been a guest on Human School

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ismail Lourido Ali
• Emergency physician
• Paul Daley

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

38,115,430

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

37 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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