The Nocturnists

Failure to Treat with Peter Kowey, MD

Drawing on a lifetime in medicine and the stories behind his new book Failure to Treat, cardiologist Dr. Peter Kowey explores how profit, bureaucracy, and the corporatiza

The Body as Teacher with Giulia Enders, MD

Dr. Giulia Enders—physician, gastroenterologist, and bestselling author of Gut—joins us to discuss her new book, Organ Speak. She invites us to see the body not as a mach

Beyond Moral Injury with Lisa Rosenbaum, MD

Cardiologist Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum tells the story of how her grandfather—a physician-writer whose experience as a patient transformed his view of medicine—influenced her se

The Memory Disco with Kaylee Glenn (Crossover Episode with Remo Health)

In this crossover episode with Remo Health, Kaylee Glenn of the Day By Day Project shares how a childhood moment playing violin in a memory care facility inspired her to

The History of Being Sick with Susan Wise Bauer, M.DIV, PhD

Historian Susan Wise Bauer tells the story of how, across centuries—from ancient civilizations to modern medicine—humans have tried to make sense of illness through evolv

Beyond the Shore with Erika MacIntyre, MD

Dr. Erika MacIntyre reflects on her path into critical care and chronic ventilation medicine, as well as the mounting pressures she faced during COVID-19—including profes

Rounds at the Zoo with Chris Carroll, MD

Pediatric intensivist Dr. Chris Carroll tells the story of an unexpected consult: a young gorilla named Kevin, critically ill with Shigella sepsis during an outbreak at t

Practice and Reality with Solange Madriz, MA, MS

Solange Madriz, a public health professional at UCSF, reflects on her work training birth attendants and clinicians in rural Guatemala to respond to maternal emergencies

Failure and Grace with mike Reid, MD

In this episode, infectious disease physician and global health leader Dr. mike Reid reflects on a moment early in his career working in Botswana, when a young patient di

Held in Prayer with Nikki Mittal, DO

While navigating a painful period in her personal life, ICU physician Nikki Mittal cares for a patient with severe brain injury whose family is preparing to withdraw life

Introducing: The Nocturnists+

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Choosing Home with Tiffany Chan, OD

Tiffany Chan shares how her journey from a small-town family optometry practice to high-intensity academic medicine at Johns Hopkins was transformed when her mother suffe

A Soft Place to Land with Frances Southwick, DO

Physician and writer Frances Southwick tells a deeply personal story about love and illness. Growing up queer in rural Colorado, Frances experiences mysterious episodes o

Medicine Beyond Medicine with Alicia Ashorn & Anthony Thigpen

Community health workers Alicia Ashorn and Anthony Thigpen share their personal stories—Alicia's journey through addiction and recovery, and Anthony's path through grief,

Stories that Save Us with Sharon Fennix

Sharon Fennix spent 38 years incarcerated before becoming the hotline coordinator for the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), where she now supports people returning to the

The Nurse and the Nun with Linda Wick, DNP, APRN

Nurse practitioner Linda Wick has spent more than four decades in medicine, beginning her journey as a six-year-old watching nurses care for her injured brother. In today

Birth and Poetry with Sarah Auna

Birth doula Sarah Auna has attended nearly 500 births. Today, she shares the story of one particularly powerful birth—an experience that unfolded not only in the body, bu

In This Body with Meghan Rothenberger, MD

Infectious disease Physician Meghan Rothenberger grew up feeling uncertain and disconnected from her body. As a teenager, she struggled with an eating disorder, trying to

The Chaplain and the Doctor with Chaplain Betty Clark & Jessica Zitter, MD

Physician Jessica Zitter and chaplain Betty Clark to explore their partnership and the making of their film The Chaplain and The Doctor. The documentary, set in Oakland's

The 100-Year Turnaround in Child Survival with Perri Klass, MD

Pediatrician and author Perri Klass joins us to discuss the dramatic fall in child mortality, drawing from her book The Best Medicine. She traces how clean water, vaccine