Encounter on Aisle 9 with Mike Abernethy
Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he'd seen a ghost. Find show notes, transcript, and more a...
16 Maalis 202346min
Serendipity in Shutdown with Jackie Howitt, MD & Gretchen Volk, MD
OB/GYN Jackie Howitt and pediatrician Gretchen Volk bring us into the deserted airport where they first met in April 2020 on their way to offer COVID-19 relief in NYC. Though their friendship began at...
9 Maalis 202353min
Trailer: Season 5 - Stories from the World of Medicine
On March 9th, join The Nocturnists for our newest season of "Stories from the World of Medicine," featuring original stories from frontline clinicians.
2 Maalis 20231min
How One Novel Exposes Medical Injustice with Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In today's episode, Emily speaks with author Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her recent novel Take My Hand, based on the 1973 case of the Relf sisters who were forcibly sterilized at a federally-funded hea...
23 Helmi 202340min
Unlocking Creativity in Dementia with Jake Broder, Lucy Davenport & Bruce Miller, MD
In this live panel at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, Emily sits down with playwright Jake Broder, actor Lucy Davenport, and neurologist Bruce Miller to discuss Broder's play UnRavelled, which explo...
16 Helmi 202334min
The Divided Brain with Iain McGilchrist, MD
In this episode, Emily speaks with psychiatrist-philosopher Iain McGilchrist about his seminal book The Master and His Emissary, which explores the relationship between our brain's right and left hemi...
9 Helmi 202342min
Art as Recovery with Matthew Wetschler, MD
In this episode, Emily speaks with physician-painter Matthew Wetschler about pushing limits, the tension between presence and absence, and how he's remained curious in the aftermath of crisis. Find sh...
15 Joulu 202243min
The Myth of Normal with Gabor Maté, MD
Emily speaks with physician and author, Dr. Gabor Maté about his latest book, The Myth of Normal, which explores the connections between our environment, psychological wounds, and medical disease. Fin...
8 Joulu 202256min
