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Qiological Podcast

Michael Max

In depth discussions of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Episodes

20 of 526 episodes

478 Often Confused and Having Fun • Linda Kim

Confusion is often treated as a problem to solve on the way to a real answer. But in the clinic, it may be closer to the beginning of the pr...

01:10:52Sep 15, 2026

477 Shen, Emotion, and Ghosts • Henry Tarazona

Long before Chinese medicine took the form we recognize today, healers drilled holes in skulls to release demons. Philosophers debated what...

01:29:17Sep 8, 2026

476 Beyond Normal: Reading Blood Work Through a Chinese Medicine Lens • Jessica Parker

Reading blood work well means resisting the urge to sort everything into simply normal or abnormal. But what happens when the real diagnosis...

01:13:36Sep 1, 2026

475 The Practice of Seeing- Ming, Hidden Jing and Original Face • Anita Chopra & Angela Hunt

In this episode Qiological celebrates its ninth anniversary. For nine years new conversations on East Asian medicine and methods have appear...

02:29:29Aug 25, 2026

474 Character, Nature & Fate, A Manual of Polestar Astrology • Gregory Done

As astrology draws curiosity as both a spiritual practice and a lens for self-understanding. Its symbolic language of image can speak meanin...

01:10:26Aug 18, 2026

473 Right Tradition for the Condition, Combining classical Maps in the Treatment of Long Covid • Brendan Kelly

A diagnosis can feel like a single label, but some conditions reveal a wider terrain — one that spans immune response, cultural rhythm, and...

01:10:41Aug 11, 2026

472 Art of Medicine • Bonnie Wright

Much of what happens in the treatment room never makes it onto an intake form, yet it often shapes the outcome as much as anything measurabl...

01:08:11Aug 4, 2026

471 History Series: Nature is the Primary Curriculum • Judy Worsley

Practicing acupuncture for over fifty years asks us to trust intuition and stay open even when the path ahead isn't clear. But what happens...

01:13:44Jul 28, 2026

470 Wen Bing Anatomy • Kerri Westhauser

As chronic, hard-to-treat disorders become more common in clinic, many practitioners are returning to Wen Bing theory for answers. In this c...

01:16:34Jul 21, 2026

469 You Don't Know Before You Know • Shaun Goodman

Not every point sits in the textbook. Others only appear when the body decides to show them. In this episode we visit with Shaun Goodman, lo...

01:19:47Jul 14, 2026

468 The Challenge of Chinese Medicine • Alex Jacobs

As acupuncture and Chinese medicine face regulatory pressure and institutional change on both sides of the Atlantic, many practitioners are...

01:34:25Jul 7, 2026

467 History Series, Rebellious Empirical Scientists Pt. 2 • Bill Prensky & Gene Bruno

Part Two How does a profession begin? Not on paper. Not with licensing boards or schools. Often enough, it starts with a handful of curious...

52:40Jun 30, 2026

467 History Series, Rebellious Empirical Scientists Pt. 1 • Bill Prensky & Gene Bruno

Part One. How does a profession begin? Not on paper. Not with licensing boards or schools. Often enough, it starts with a handful of curious...

01:38:34Jun 30, 2026

The Cost of Entry—Loans, Schools, and Sustainability • Bex Groebner

It’s not news that there are changes afoot in the world of education. You’re probably already well aware of the closure, over the past few y...

02:00:54Jun 25, 2026

466 Not Two, The Geometry of Heaven and Earth • Johan Hausen

Some teachings are preserved in books. Others are preserved in people. In this episode we visit with Johann Hausen, translator, publisher, p...

01:29:09Jun 23, 2026

Deconstruction or Innovation • Valerie Hobbs

We tend to think of the acupuncture profession as something fixed and stable, but the reality is that it is always in motion. The practice o...

01:26:48Jun 18, 2026

465 Fire and Water, The Fire Horse at Mid-Year • Christine Cannon

As the Fire Horse year reaches its peak, many practitioners are noticing shifts in both the environment and the clinic. In this conversation...

01:32:07Jun 16, 2026

What is Essential • Kathleen Lumiere

What if the very things that seem to be pulling our profession apart are actually the forces that will finally condense it into something mo...

01:01:24Jun 11, 2026

464 Time, Timing and the Timeless • Peter Firebrace

Many of us experience life through schedules, deadlines, and calendars, yet beneath them are deeper patterns that shape how we grow, adapt,...

01:36:26Jun 9, 2026

Realities of the Math • Ryan Hofer

We’re at a moment where the structure of loans and professional education is changing. Not just for the acupuncture profession, but across t...

01:18:39Jun 4, 2026