Medical nihilism questions medicine’s uncertainty, treatment breakthroughs, and how we make thoughtful health care decisions.

Pompeii reminds us that mass casualties are a terrifying yet constant feature of human existence 

A nurse’s graphic memoir reveals the human stories, suffering, and compassion behind the AIDS crisis.

Inside a Cave,  Coming to Grips with the Mystery of Consciousness  

Using Pink Floyd’s The Wall, this episode explores psychiatric diagnosis through music, film, trauma, and medical education.

In his chair at the clinic, Dr. Gavin Francis sees the mind as much less fragile than the rhetoric in our culture suggests.

A memoir traces grief, identity, and love through food, memory, and cultural inheritance.

How Tuner transforms disability into a cinematic superpower

This podcast explores tuberculosis’ impact on opera, focusing on La Traviata and La Bohème, examining medical and cultural influences.

A neurosurgeon reflects on triumphs, failures, mortality, and compassion through decades of brain surgery.

A conversation with the author about today’s psychedelic renaissance 

George Tooker’s haunting painting reveals anonymity, isolation, and powerlessness within institutional waiting spaces.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s haunting tale exposes patriarchal medicine, isolation, and psychological collapse through symbolism.

The film highlights the peril of love that demands possession.

An exploration of gender identity, transformation, courage, and the lifelong search for authentic selfhood.

Lucy Grealy links childhood cancer, disfigurement, and the complex, fragile search for identity in her poignant memoir.