Andrew and Frank chat about AI and deep fakes in radiology, as well as robots, clear ice, Project Hail Mary, multi-disciplinary meetings, Theranos, April Fools day, photon-counting CT, Jimmy Carr, learning from mistakes, open disclosure and bad investment advice.

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Craig Hacking chats with Wui K Chong and Tim Squire about imaging in space and radiation protection during spaceflights. Should we spin the patient like an ice-dancer rather than the gantry? If you freeze ice blocks in zero G would they be more or less clear than on earth? Should Frank resign over a computer mouse incident? All the big questions answered, plus Factorio and Project Hail Mary.

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Daniel Gewolb guides Jennifer Gillespie and Francis Deng through a series of skull base MRI scenarios. Includes discussion of neurovascular compression, pulsatile tinnitus, skull base osteomyelitis, CSF leak and more. Meanwhile, we learn that Frank is a naughty boy who breaks rules.

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