Enjoy Your Life with Colleen Farrell, MD
When caring for a young woman with a new brain cancer diagnosis, medicine resident Colleen Farrell comes to grips with her own mortality. Books referenced include Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon. You ...
16 Apr 201933min
A Form of Love with Peter Barish, MD
Hospitalist Peter Barish recounts an intense, intimate moment with a patient. Learn more about Ladybird here. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes fro...
9 Apr 201936min
Compassionate Release with Michele DiTomas, MD
Michele DiTomas, a hospice physician who cares for incarcerated men, races against the clock and slashes through bureaucratic tape to help a dying man go home. Learn more about the U.S. criminal justi...
2 Apr 201937min
The Lazarus Effect with Joe Sills, MD
Emergency medicine physician Joe Sills panics when the patient he has just pronounced dead regains a pulse. The article mentioned in our conversation, "What Does It Mean to Die?" can be found in The N...
26 Mars 201933min
Trailer: Season 2
Season 2 of The Nocturnists, hosted by physician Emily Silverman, launches on Tuesday, March 26th. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Learn more and support us at the...
12 Mars 20191min
Too Important to Die with Dhruv Kazi, MD
Cardiologist Dhruv Kazi recounts the heart-stopping tale of an emergency medical encounter in North Korea. Illustrations by Stephanie Muscat. Learn more and support us at thenocturnists.com. Thank you...
23 Maj 201836min
Even the Morgue Has a Waitlist with Galen Laserson, MD
Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all about the hospital's underbelly and the logistics of deat...
9 Maj 201830min
Missing It with Milana Pebenito, MD
The electronic medical record and a list of to-dos distract family medicine resident Milana Pebenito from her patient's impending death. Illustrations by Stephanie Muscat. Learn more and support us at...
25 Apr 201830min
