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White Coat Black Sheep

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by Dr. Valerie Civelli

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Hosted by Dr. Val Civelli, White Coat Black Sheep explores physiology, functional medicine, and the medical questions most people are told not to ask. This is where evidence meets curiosity, where dogma gets uncomfortable, and where real world medicine takes priority over headlines. From understanding your lab work to debunking hormone myths, medication misconceptions, and optimization strategies, this podcast helps you understand what is actually happening inside your body. If you care about health and think there might be a better way to practice medicine, you’re in the right place.

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2/18/2026

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Recent Episodes

June 24, 2026

The Candor Code: What End-of-Life Care Taught One Nurse About Living Better

Angelina Rodriguez has been in rooms most people only read about. As a hospice nurse, HMO case manager, healthcare liaison, and now consultant, she has spent over two decades watching the healthcare system do what it does best — and what it fails to do completely.This episode opens with something unexpected: a story about grief. After losing her nephew to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and watching him die in pain, Angelina didn't step away from medicine. She walked straight into hospice care, where she spent years being the last kind presence in people's lives. The work was heavy, she admits, but it was also a privilege she doesn't take lightly.From there, the conversation goes places that might surprise you. Dr. Civelli and Angelina dig into the structural failures of hospital discharge systems, why families often leave without understanding their options, and what it actually looks like when a population takes its health seriously — contrasting Bakersfield's outcomes with communities like San Luis Obispo where the numbers tell a very different story.They also get personal. Dr. Civelli shares her own reluctance to be a patient, the wake-up call that finally got her into her mammogram, and why healthcare professionals are often the worst at taking care of themselves. Angelina talks about building Candor Consulting — a practice named after what the system rarely offers — and why joy, not revenue, is what actually drives her.The second half of the episode is a masterclass in human relationships: accountability partners versus people who just let you off the hook, the psychology of all-or-nothing thinking, parenting five children across a 23-year span, and the quiet complexity of the mother-daughter relationship from both sides of the table.Find Angelina at Candor Consulting — search "Candor Consulting Bakersfield" and she populates right through.

June 17, 2026

Francisco Padilla's Road From Prison to Doctor of Physical Therapy

Francisco Padilla's path to becoming a Doctor of Physical Therapy started about as far from a classroom as possible. He grew up in a rural part of Mexico where he didn't know anyone in a medical or professional career, dropped out of high school, and ended up serving five years in prison, where he earned his GED. Less than a year after his release, while working in the oil fields, he was in a car accident that left him with burns over nearly 80% of his body. He spent months in an induced coma, underwent 30 surgeries, lost the digits on his hand, and remained hospitalized for over 10 months.In this episode, Dr. Civelli talks with Francisco about how that experience became the turning point of his life. He shares what it was like to relearn how to walk, the depression and brain fog that followed, and the moment his own physical therapists encouraged him to go back to school instead of returning to his old life. As a first-generation college student with no roadmap, he sold his car, his motorcycle, and his jet skis to study full time, retook classes he failed, and prepared for the GRE while working a near full-time job. He talks candidly about how his criminal record became a "red flag" in nearly every program application, how some interviewers questioned whether he'd even be able to get licensed, and why he pushed forward anyway. Francisco now owns Padilla Physical Therapy and Fitness Incorporated, a family-run practice in Wasco, California, where his mother and nephew both work, and is preparing to open a second location in Bakersfield. He and Dr. Civelli also dig into the recovery tools he uses and recommends to patients, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, peptides like BPC-157 and TB-500, sauna, cold plunge, and why he believes movement is often the most underused medicine in physical therapy.

June 10, 2026

The Album I Owe Myself | Ep. 17

SHOW NOTES About This EpisodeBrandon Benjamin Benavidez — known as B3 — is a Bakersfield native, hip-hop artist, and labor foreman in the film industry. He's worked on major productions including Twisters, Elevation, and Sponsor, managing large crews on location across the country. He's also a husband, a father to a four-year-old daughter with autism and a history of febrile seizures, and a musician with four albums out — with his best work, he says, still ahead of him. Topics Covered<ul><li>B3's background: from football dreams to film sets to the Bakersfield rap scene</li><li>Why he almost didn't take music seriously — and what changed his mind senior year</li><li>Working as a labor foreman on Twisters, Elevation (Anthony Mackie), and Sponsor (John C. Reilly)</li><li>His daughter's autism diagnosis and febrile seizures — 16 seizures by age four</li><li>The gut-brain axis and its connection to autism, seizure thresholds, and neurological health</li><li>Why he chose not to medicate, and how ABA therapy and speech therapy have shaped her daily life</li><li>Dr. Civelli on ketogenic diet and glucose stability as tools for seizure management</li><li>The perfectionist artist: rushing album four (Neapolitan), and what "letting God write it" looks like now</li><li>Being the sole provider, managing chronic stress, and the gray beard that showed up during Twisters</li><li>What accountability in health actually looks like — and why B3 is ready to start</li></ul>Mentioned in This Episode<ul><li>Twisters (2024) — film, directed by Lee Isaac Chung</li><li>Elevation (2024) — film with Anthony Mackie</li><li>Sponsor — film with John C. Reilly</li><li>Neapolitan — B3's fourth album (released August 2024)</li><li>Bricktown, Oklahoma City</li><li>ABA therapy and speech therapy for autism</li><li>Ketogenic diet and febrile seizure management</li><li>Love on the Spectrum — Netflix series</li><li>Baylen Out Loud — YouTube creator with Tourette syndrome</li><li>Buc-ee's</li></ul>Connect<ul><li>B3 on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/b3astof661/#">b3astof661</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbxGBNS_FeHurJ4O9RFVzbpKRNVqr4fsU">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbxGBNS_FeHurJ4O9RFVzbpKRNVqr4fsU</a></li><li>Dr. Valerie Civelli / Trifecta Medical: trifectamedical.org | (661) 677-2623</li><li>Guest inquiries: <a href="mailto:justin@thebeaconstudios.com">justin@thebeaconstudios.com</a></li></ul>

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What is White Coat Black Sheep?: Hosted by Dr. Val Civelli, White Coat Black Sheep explores physiology, functional medicine, and the medical questions most people are told not to ask.

This is where evidence meets curiosity, where dogma gets uncomfortable, and where real world medicine takes priority over headlines. From understanding your lab work to debunking hormone myths, medication misconceptions, and optimization strategies, this podcast helps you understand what is actually happening inside your body.

If you care about health and think there might be a better way to practice medicine, you’re in the right place.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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