The Second Pass at Healing with Rana Awdish, MD
Dr. Rana Awdish, critical care physician and author of In Shock, reflects on her near-death experience and its transformative impact on her understanding of medicine and healing. Written seven years a...
12 Dec 20241h
Smile Interrupted with Sarah Ruhl
Playwright and memoirist Sarah Ruhl discusses her book Smile, which chronicles her journey with Bell's Palsy and the emotional and spiritual challenges of chronic illness. She reflects on the idea of...
5 Dec 202442min
Burnout and Beyond with Jessi Gold, MD
In this episode of Conversations, Dr. Jessi Gold, psychiatrist and Chief Wellness Officer at the University of Tennessee, discusses the mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers. Jessi shar...
21 Nov 202455min
From Pharmacy to Fiction with Ruth Madievsky
In this episode of Conversations, Ruth Madievsky, clinical pharmacist and author of the national bestseller "All-Night Pharmacy," shares the inspiration behind her darkly poetic novel about sisterhood...
14 Nov 202441min
Finding Strength in Medical Malpractice with Gita Pensa, MD
In this episode of Conversations, Dr. Gita Pensa opens up about her harrowing experience as a defendant in a 12-year-long malpractice lawsuit and how it spurred her to create Doctors and Litigation: T...
7 Nov 202458min
The Origins of Life with Sara Imari Walker
In this episode of Conversations, we sit down with Dr. Sara Walker, an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist who is reshaping the way we think about life. From her work on the origins of life to he...
31 Okt 20241h 11min
The American 31 Flavor Ice Cream with Zed Zha, MD
Family medicine physician Zed Zha persuades her reluctant parents, visiting from China, to indulge in the treat of ice cream. Zed performed this story live at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symph...
10 Okt 202448min
Fly Away with Ann Schrooten
Mother of four, writer, and attorney Ann Schrooten reflects on a pivotal moment from her fifteen year journey caring for her son Jack, who lived with congenital muscular dystrophy. Ann performed this ...
3 Okt 202438min
