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Against Medical Nihilism Through Perseverance and Humility with Dr Ross Upshur
Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.
Aging as Destiny
A provocative novel about aging, mortality, agency, risk, and the uncertain bargains we make with destiny.
AIDS in the Comics: The Graphic Memoir Taking Turns with MK Czerwiec
A nurse’s graphic memoir reveals the human stories, suffering, and compassion behind the AIDS crisis.
Michael Pollan Trips over Consciousness
Inside a Cave, Coming to Grips with the Mystery of Consciousness
Factors Underlying Mental Disorders Depicted in Pink Floyd’s The Wall
Using Pink Floyd's The Wall, this episode explores psychiatric diagnosis through music, film, trauma, and medical education.
Consumptive Heroines: Opera and TB with Drs Linda and Michael Hutcheon
This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural influences.
Two Long-Hidden Stories about Barriers to Health Care Surface and Still Relate
Two unknown stories from the past forewarn of problems in health care ahead.
Chasing a Disease that was Chasing Him: The Plague Years by Dr. Ross Slotten
A physician’s memoir tracing compassion, loss, resilience, and survival through the devastating early decades of the AIDS epidemic.
When AIDS Activism Went Inside a Hospital: Ward 5B at San Francisco General
Documentary recounts San Francisco’s Ward 5B, where nurses and activists humanized AIDS care amid fear.
Eat Your Ice Cream
A pragmatic guide to longevity that favors balance, evidence, and meaningful human connection.
I’m Sick, Therefore I Am: Illness as Normality in Nervous System with Author Lina Meruane
A conversation exploring illness as everyday reality, where sickness, care, and family life intertwine in an unsettling literary narrative.