This episode is an announcement that this podcast is set to close at the end of this month, August 2023. Thank you so much for listening to these episodes of Urological and to my previous episodes from the Why Urology podcast here on this feed.

Be Someone Else: Father Figure, Hero, Mentor, Friend

Jun 18th, 2023 10m 57s

Thank you for listening to this episode of Urological.

Put Your Desk in a Corner: Wisdom from Stephen King

May 8th, 2023 12m 21s

This podcast is an open ended conversation of ideas and topics that center around the practice of medicine and the field of urology. Recently, one of my younger partners asked me the following question, “Todd, do you have a spot?” IHere is a q

Here's To the Crazy Ones

Apr 30th, 2023 9m 49s

In this podcast we explore topics and ideas center around the practice of urology and the field of medicine. I am a urologist based in Woodbury and St Paul MN. Patients ask me all of the time if anything is “new” since their last visit as the

Kidney Stones: Idiopathic Hypercalciuria

Apr 16th, 2023 7m 28s

In this episode, we will be talking about kidney stone prevention and a very common problem for kidney stone formers, idiopathic hypercalciuria, or having too much calcium in the urine but otherwise normal body calcium metabolism. This condit

How can something this beautiful not be right?

Apr 15th, 2023 7m

A picture, they say, paints 1000 words. Throughout my practice I have tried to draw as many pictures as I can for my patients. I find that the time I spend in the office often drawing complex anatomical relationships for patients pays off for m

Kind, Quiet, and Competent: A Starting Point for Success

Mar 26th, 2023 11m 32s

Kind, Quiet, and Competent. That’s a good starting point for success. Kindness, Quietness and Competence. Are these foundation elements for success at work? As I reflect on my own performance now over many years of practice I think my failures

Kidney Stone Prevention with Tom Bergman

Mar 19th, 2023 33m 49s

This podcast is my personal exploration into podcasting and the field of urology, but in some episodes I am blessed with a guest and in this episode we have a great one. Tom Bergman is a physician's assistant (PA-C) who works closely with the

Politics, Business, and Art.

Mar 4th, 2023 10m 34s

The best business strategy, plans, tactics and goals don’t matter if your people aren’t allowed to create or feel something beautiful or purposeful at work, to have a mission, and maybe make a little art that gives meaning to their job. Here i

James J Hill and Intelligent Work

Feb 12th, 2023 9m 59s

These episodes are my personal exploration into podcasting and the practice of medicine using my chosen specialty of urology as the pivot point. Most of the episodes that I write and record begin with a single idea, thought, topic, or quote. T

Bladder Cancer: Cysto Diem or The High Price of Doing Nothing

Jan 28th, 2023 9m 52s

Bladder Cancers begin on the inner surface of the bladder, in the lining cells called the transitional cells. Bladder cancer is most often a transitional cell carcinoma. Bladder cancers most often grow as a polyp on the surface of the bladder

Content Creation for Doctors: Keep A Schedule

Jan 14th, 2023 8m 41s

This is the last in this five part series about content creation. in this episode we will talk about keeping a scheduling. We need to be consistent. Consistency creates loyalty from the audience, but it has intrinsic benefit to the creator as

Content Creation for Doctors: Do One Thing Well

Dec 31st, 2022 10m 40s

We are in the midst of a five part series talking about content creation for physicians and medical practices as a way to do content marketing for the practice. This episode is dedicated to my fourth principle for content creation: do one thi

Content Creation for Doctors: Reimagine Your Content

Dec 25th, 2022 8m 47s

We are in the midst of a series of episodes that I am doing about content creation for the medical professional/doctors/medical practice. This five part series is based on five foundational principles or ideas for content marketing for the medi

Content Creation for Doctors: Tell a Story

Dec 18th, 2022 8m 20s

I have 5 principles or concepts that I think are important for me to remember as I create “content.” Those five things are 1 share information or solve a problem 2. tell a story 3. reimagine content 4. do one thing well 5. keep a schedule We

Content Creation for Doctors: Sharing Information, Solve a Problem

Dec 11th, 2022 8m 38s

This is number two in a series of six podcast episodes I am making about content creation for content marketing for the medical practice or medical practitioner. share info or solve a problem tell a story re-imagine content do one thing well k

Content Creation for the Medical Practice: Don't Be Boring

Dec 4th, 2022 14m 36s

First, a huge thank you to those of you who have contacted me to encourage me as I reboot and rebrand the Why Urology Podcast into Urological. Thank you so much for listening and for your ongoing support. 1. share information or solve a problem

Clearing the Water: A Reboot and a New Name

Nov 26th, 2022 4m 35s

Welcome Back to the Why Urology podcast. I am Dr Todd Brandt. This is a podcast is my personal experiment and adventure into podcasting and is centered around the field of urology and my very, very small place in it. I started podcasting on a

A Silly Affection: The End of the Show ep 120

Nov 11th, 2021 9m 8s

I will be ending this podcast in its current format at the end of this calendar year, 2021. I have not run out of ideas for episodes of this podcast. I have not depleted my energy for doing something creative. I still want and would welcome

Tell Me The Old, Old Story: Stage, Page, or Screen ep 119

Oct 30th, 2021 7m 57s

Here is something that is true. You and I are all story tellers. My thesis is that a story does one of four things: inform or inspire, educate or entertain. A story teller is one who informs, inspires, educates, or entertains. I was listening

The Male Urethra ep 118

Oct 16th, 2021 9m 9s

The urethra is a crucial component of genitourinary system in the male, serving both as a way to get urine out of the body as well as to get semen from the prostate and ejaculatory ducts out of the body during ejaculation. We tend to think of t

Aequanimitas: 5 Steps to a Healthy Medical Career and Life ep 117

Oct 3rd, 2021 10m 16s

In this episode I reflect on some things that are important for building a healthy medical career: 1. Education, 2. Find meaningful work within medicine, 3. Move away from home/start a practice, 4. Find partnership in your practice or medical c

Urolift and the Enlarged Prostate (BPH): Ten Questions for Dr. David Prall ep 116

Sep 25th, 2021 23m 39s

Dr David Prall joins this episode of the podcast to discuss BPH and Urolift. Dr Prall is a partner in my practice with a center of excellence designation for the Urolift procedure. I ask Dr Prall the ten questions I think can be applied to any

Prostate Cancer: How I Talk With Patients When First Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer ep 115

Sep 12th, 2021 14m 38s

September is prostate cancer awareness month. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer diagnosed in men. All men are at risk of developing prostate cancer as they get older. 1 in every 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer duri

Six Things to Ask Yourself Before You See the Doctor ep 114

Aug 31st, 2021 9m 20s

Six things to ask yourself before you see your doctor In the previous episode of this podcast, I reviewed five things you need to do before seeing your doctor for your next appointment. In that episode I said that the very first thing you need