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Emily Silverman, MD, talks with authors, filmmakers, and other media makers about their recent books and films for this ongoing series by The Nocturnists.

Emily Silverman, MD, talks with authors, filmmakers, and other media makers about their recent books and films for this ongoing series by The Nocturnists.


38 Pieces

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Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin speaks about her book "Real Self-Care", which challenges mainstream notions of self care and offers a new framework for...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 53:06
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Critical care physician Hannah Wunsch speaks about her book The Autumn Ghost, which tells the story of a polio epidemic in Copenhagen in the 1950s,...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:03
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Ophthalmologist-comedian Will Flanary and educator Kristin Flanary (aka Dr. Glaucomflecken and Lady Glaucomflecken) discuss their medical comedy pl...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:42
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Cardiologist Eric Topol speaks about his 2019 book Deep Medicine, which explores the potential for AI to enhance medical decision-making, improve p...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 55:23
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Physician, public health professor, and author Michael Stein speaks about his recent book Me vs. Us: A Health Divided, which explores the differenc...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 49:38
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Emily speaks with writer and physician Ricardo Nuila about his debut book The People's Hospital, a love letter to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Tex...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 46:06
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In this episode, Emily speaks with writer and philosophy professor Chloé Cooper Jones about her memoir Easy Beauty, which chronicles her quest to w...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:50
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Emily speaks with historian, attorney, and diplomat Philip Zelikow about the investigative report Lessons from the Covid War, authored by the COVID...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:08:16
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In this 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 ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 40:06
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In this live panel conversation recorded on November 16, 2022 at UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center, Emily sits down with playwright Jake Broder, actor...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 34:49
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In this episode, Emily speaks with psychiatrist-philosopher Iain McGilchrist about his book The Master and His Emissary, which explores the relatio...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 42:01
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Emily speaks with physician-painter Matthew Wetschler about pushing limits, the tension between presence and absence, and how he’s remained curious...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 43:08
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician and author, Dr. Gabor Maté about his latest book, The Myth of Normal, which explores the connections b...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 56:42
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician, artist, and author, Shirlene Obuobi about fiction as escapism, and the stories behind her debut novel...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 38:22
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In this episode, Emily speaks with documentary filmmaker and journalist David France about his films How to Survive a Pandemic (2022) and How to Su...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 46:32
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician Rupa Marya and political economist Raj Patel about their recent book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 56:21
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In this episode, Emily speaks with neuroscientist and author Sidarta Ribeiro about his book The Oracle of Night, which investigates the art and sci...

  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 52:57
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In this episode, Emily speaks with poet, physician, and medical ethicist Dr. Laura Kolbe about her poetry collection, Little Pharma, the languages ...

  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 45:12
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In this episode, Emily speaks with Dr. Wesley Ely about the harms of deep sedation and immobilization in the ICU, and how he's transforming critica...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 56:27
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In this episode, Emily speaks with cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi, about her poetry collection Focal Point, which examines science, disease, lo...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 32:59
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