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Kookie Podcast International brings together clinicians, educators and researchers from different countries to explore how we think about practice, how we teach it, and how our professions evolve, particularly within manual therapy and osteopathy.

The conversations are grounded in real clinical and educational experience. They aim to move beyond sterile or polarised debates. Rather than showcasing expertise for its own sake, the podcast focuses on clarification: slowing things down, questioning assumptions, reformulating ideas, and making complex concepts understandable, concrete and usable in practice.

Hosted by Marco Gabutti, osteopath and educator, the podcast adopts a direct but respectful tone. Questions are intentionally simple, sometimes deliberately naïve, in order to reflect the perspective of the listener and help guests articulate their thinking clearly. When necessary, concepts are revisited, assumptions examined, and analogies from other fields used to open new perspectives.

The podcast is recorded in English and is aimed at an international professional audience, including native English speakers. Guests are invited not only for their expertise, but also for their ability to engage in a fluent and comfortable spoken exchange.

Kookie Podcast International is for practitioners and educators interested in manual therapy, musculoskeletal care and professional education — and who value thoughtful conversation over dogma, clarity over authority, and dialogue over performance.

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What’s Wrong with Osteopathy? (2) Manual Therapy, Plausibility and the Question of Touch

What’s Wrong with Osteopathy? (2) Manual Therapy, Plausibility and the Question of Touch

2026-02-2037:47

What are we really doing when we put our hands on someone?In this second episode, the conversation moves closer to the clinic. We explore the place of touch in modern manual therapy — not from a defensive position, but from a position of curiosity. If we move beyond outdated structural explanations, does manual therapy still make sense?Does something need to “move” or “change” inside the body for improvement to occur?And how do we think about plausibility without falling into magical thinking — or reducing everything to context?This is not a debate about whether touch works. It’s a conversation about how we understand it.Between biomechanics and experience, between tradition and contemporary thinking, we try to clarify what manual therapy can — and cannot — responsibly claim today.A discussion for clinicians who still use their hands, but want to think carefully about why.
What’s Wrong with Osteopathy? (1) Criticism, Social Media and Professional Culture

What’s Wrong with Osteopathy? (1) Criticism, Social Media and Professional Culture

2026-02-1943:26

Criticism is not new in osteopathy. What is new is the way it unfolds — publicly, instantly, and often emotionally — on social media.In this opening episode, we explore a simple but uncomfortable question: what does criticism reveal about our profession?We discuss:How online debates shape professional identityThe tension between internal critique and public exposureThe role of social media in amplifying divisionWhether controversy signals weakness — or growthWhat professional maturity might look like in a fragmented landscapeRather than taking sides, this conversation aims to step back and examine the cultural dynamics at play.Is the problem the criticism itself — or the way we handle it?A reflective discussion for practitioners who care about the future of the profession.ReferencesThomson, O. P. & MacMillan, A. What’s wrong with osteopathy? Int. J. Osteopat. Med. 48, 100659 (2023).Toloui-Wallace, J., Forbes, R., Thomson, O. P. & Costa, N. Fluid professional boundaries: ethnographic observations of co-located chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists. BMC Heal. Serv. Res. 24, 344 (2024).
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