Dr. Kashif Anwar is a Family Medicine Dr. in New Jersey, where COVID-19 has hit the 2nd hardest in the country. We spoke about changing landscape of family medicine, the anxiety that is overwhelming his patients, and what its like to be a father of three trying his best to keep it together while dealing head on with infected patients.  We also talked about the f*cking Knicks.  Please spread the word. These stories need to be told. And now. <a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

The Essential Lighter Side: Broadway

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.