Irish eyes are smiling this St. Patrick’s Day as the Green Docs share a pint with Dr. Edgar Mocanu, a Dublin-based fertility specialist and president of the International Federation of Fertility Societies. He brings his unique global perspective to the fertility question on everyone’s mind: what on earth is going on in Alabama? The answer might surprise you. Dr. Mocanu also weighs in on the latest trends: how diet can improve fertility, why we worry about jacuzzis and getting pregnant, and how to avoid hormone-disrupting chemicals. There’s a reason they say geniuses pick green.

Nate and Bruce unpack the latest news: what you haven’t heard about the Alabama decision on embryos and personhood; how three parents can sometimes be better than two; and the shocking reunion of twins separated at birth and then reconnected nineteen years later via a TikTok video. All worthy of an Irish blessing! You’ll also learn about Nate’s recent undercover mission in Washington DC, and see if Bruce can pass the tests of a true Irishman? Slainte!

Alabama rules frozen embryos are children

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/health/ivf-alabama-abortion.html

Three’s company two: UK delivered its first child conceived from … 3 parents

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65538866#

Twins separated (actually stolen) at birth are reunited by a TikTok video

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68055420

Pesticides and sperm quality

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/global-decline-sperm-concentrations-linked-common-pesticides-rcna125164#

More Joy campaign

https://www.iffsreproduction.org/morejoycampaign/

Microplastics in placentas

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study-health-impact#:~:text=The%20research%2C%20published%20in%20the,common%20plastics%20detected%2C%20after%20polyethylene.

Mocktails:

Zero-Proof Guinness

https://www.guinness.com/en-us/beers/guinness-0

How to pour a Guinness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbVwv6yMOs