Hippocampal removal and evidence-based medicine (part 1). This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Ryan Overman interviews Dr. Marla Hamberger about her paper on hippocampal removal. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about the "slurp" test for children with myasthenia gravis. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Michael Benatar interviews Dr. Mark Conaway for part one on evidence-based medicine risk and rate for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Overman and Hamberger. Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee. Dr. Hamberger serves on the editorial board of Epilepsy and Behavior and receives research support from the NIH (NINDS R01 NS35140 [PI]). Dr. Overman serves as Deputy Editor on the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section editorial team and the Neurology® Podcast Committee.Dr. Hamberger serves on the editorial board of Epilepsy and Behavior and receives research support from the NIH (NINDS R01 NS35140 [PI]).