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On June 2, 1978, five-year-old Eli Beer witnessed something that would impact the rest of his life: As he was walking home from school with his bro...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 34:24
This week on the show: Coronavirus? Don't panic! -
So far, the COVID-19 virus has infected about 200,000 people worldwide. To help contain t...
- Added: Mar 20, 2020
- Length: 30:00
Psychiatrist Matthew Hirschtritt turns to lessons from his Jewish upbringing when caring for a patient with severe refractory depression.
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 29:34
Hospitalist Peter Barish recounts an intense, intimate moment with a patient.
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 36:02
Grand Smith, chief resident in internal medicine at UCSF, recounts the story of his first code blue.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 23:16
Hospitalist Ann Knapp navigates her own doubts and assumptions when her patient, a ninety-year-old man, states he wants to die -- today.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:25
Sirisha Narayana, a hospital internal medicine physician, discusses her strong identity as a physician, and how it collided with her other identiti...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:46
Ben Lerman, an emergency medicine physician, describes how his ability to empathize with his patients deteriorated throughout his medical training,...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:31
The Nocturnists, hosted by Emily Silverman, explores stories from the world of medicine.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 02:58
Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So she seized the moment.
- Added: Sep 20, 2017
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
Tyler Dunning went into the wild to distract himself from his grief…but ended up coming face to face with it instead.
- Added: May 31, 2017
- Length: 20:12
- Purchases: 2
...is the name of this non-fiction book, co-authored by Marsha Mercant, who reads from it for us, and also likely in behalf of many women at times...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 01:40
They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Aug 25, 2014
- Length: 09:04
- Purchases: 3
Three short plays, with Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg and others. In SKIN, romance sparks at the college health clinic where two Bengali students awa...
Bought by KUNM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Oregon Public Broadcasting, XRAY.fm, KUNM and more
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 6
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 09:26
Two short plays. In MILTON BRADLEY by "Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me" host Peter Sagal, a flummoxed Rabbi has to eulogize a mother whose son has only te...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUER, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Dec 22, 2012
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 6
