Episode 195; David Lynch / Emphysema

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Groundbreaking director David Lynch passed away recently, so today Asif and Ali review his career (4:17). They review his classic movies and television shows including Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks: the Return. They discuss his legacy as well as the tributes that poured in after his death. They discuss his battle with emphysema and in the second half, Ali asks Asif about this disease (39:37). Asif talks about what emphysema is, how common it is and the main symptoms. He then discusses how it is diagnosed and the utility of pulmonary function tests. He then goes over the treatment and prognosis.

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Show Notes:

• Why a unionized warehouse in Quebec posed a threat to Amazon: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/unionized-amazon-warehouse-quebec-concern-1.7441043
• Amazon Unleashed Flood of Water on Striking Workers, Say Teamsters: https://inthesetimes.com/article/amazon-flooded-striking-workers-say-teamsters
• Union: https://www.unionthefilm.com/
• David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-lynch-blue-velvet-mulholland-drive-1236110711/
• David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/
• How David Lynch Became and Icon of Cinema: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/how-david-lynch-became-an-icon-of-cinema
• Mulholland Drive: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mulholland-drive-2001
• The world's 40 best directors: https://www.theguardian.com/film/features/page/0,11456,1082823,00.html
• Kyle MacLachlan: How David Lynch Invented Me:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/opinion/kyle-maclachlan-david-lynch.html
• Steven Spielberg Honors David Lynch as Hollywood Mourns a Film Icon: ‘The World Is Going to Miss Such an Original and Unique Voice’: https://web.archive.org/web/20250116221206/https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-remembered-steven-spielberg-1236276104/
• The Fabelmans 2022 Final Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4BAY9ERJow
• David Lynch Started Smoking at Age 8 — Now He Needs Oxygen to Walk: 'It's a Big Price to Pay': https://people.com/david-lynch-smoking-at-age-8-now-he-needs-oxygen-copd-exclusive-8743594
• Emphysema: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482217/

FEV1 and COPD: How to Interpret Your Results: https://www.healthline.com/health/fev1-copd