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

A thoughtful conversation on aging, mortality, and balancing quality of life with survival in care decisions

A reflective discussion on education, cultural misunderstandings, and evolving perspectives shaped through contemporary China readings.

A conversation exploring illness as everyday reality, where sickness, care, and family life intertwine in an unsettling literary narrative.

International adoption from China arose amid policy-driven abandonment, later fostering trafficking incentives and coerced family separations.

A deep-dive podcast exploring The Pitt, a gripping medical drama, its realism, emotional impact, and lessons for medicine and humanity.

A special podcast episode blending sports and medicine, exploring The Tennis Partner and the complexities of friendship, addiction, and healing.

Dr. Stuart Harman joins Apollo On Call to explore The PITT—a gripping medical drama through the lens of medical humanities.

A poignant documentary exploring how a young man with muscular dystrophy found profound connection and purpose in virtual worlds.

Two book lovers dive into The Emperor of All Maladies, exploring its impact on medicine and storytelling.

From Hollywood to real life, decades of managed care rage escalate, culminating in a tragic act of violence in Manhattan.

Luke Fildes’ 1891 painting The Doctor evolved from a criticized debut into an enduring, multifaceted symbol of the compassionate physician ideal.

The Who’s Tommy is used to explore psychiatric trauma, with its iconic songs helping teach mental health concepts to students and professionals.

Medical knowledge isn’t static; paradigm shifts can upend what we know, leaving patients and professionals navigating sudden, unpredictable changes.

Leland plunges into the country of the blind, which for him is a “teeming variety of their stories of struggle, adaptation, and adventure.

Eros fuels desires in illness, offering healing through art, literature, and companionship—David B. Morris reveals its transformative power for patients seeking meaning.