Illness & Recovery

We hear from those who’ve been at the sharp edge of sickness and recovery. Their stories help us get better at navigating these unique challenges.

Shoshana-Ungerleider
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  • Feb 21, 2019
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Shoshana Ungerleider On The Oscars & “End Game”

Shoshana Ungerleider

Shoshana Ungerleider is a Hospitalist, founder of End Well & an educator focusing on end-of-life care. She joins us to discuss the evolution of her career, changing the narrative around how we tal...

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Peter Hotez
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  • Feb 07, 2019
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Peter Hotez On The Anti-Vaccine Movement

Peter Hotez

Peter Hotez is a Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine. He is the world’s authority on vaccine science not simply because of ...

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  • Jan 22, 2019
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Kristin Wikelius On United States Of Care

Kristin Wikelius

Kristin Wikelius is a Senior Policy Director with United States of Care and she joins us to discuss the vision of the organization, how illness and sickness can provide common ground for progress, and...

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Robert-Pearl
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  • Jan 08, 2019
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Robert Pearl On Fears & Frustrations of American Physicians

Robert Pearl

Robert Pearl is a physician leader in the United States of the highest order. He is widely published and frequently featured on multiple TV networks. He joins us in our first episode of 2019 to lay ou...

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Gurpreet-Dhaliwal
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  • Dec 17, 2018
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Gurpreet Dhaliwal, The Sherlock Holmes of Medicine

Gurpreet Dhaliwal

In our final episode of 2018, we have a proper A-list MD, Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal, joining us. He is a master diagnostician who never fails to dazzle an audience with his process for evaluating and solv...

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Mary-Brandt
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  • Nov 15, 2018
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Mary Brandt On Guns, Doctors, & Public Health

Mary Brandt

Dr. Mary Brandt is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is in full-time clinical practice as a Pediatric Surgeon at Texas Children...

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Emily-Silverman
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  • Oct 03, 2018
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Emily Silverman On Medical Storytelling & “The Nocturnists”

Emily Silverman

Emily Silverman is a Hospitalist and the creator of “The Nocturnists” podcast and live show. If you love stories from the dark corners of medicine, and the light and lively corners as well...

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  • Jul 30, 2018
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Maureen Bisognano On The Well-Being Trust & Tackling Mental Illness

Maureen Bisognano

Maureen Bisognano is a nurse who has held many roles over her extraordinary career in healthcare, most recently as President of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She now serves as Chair of the...

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  • Jun 08, 2018
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Sam Quinones On The Opioid Epidemic

Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones is an investigative journalist who wrote an extraordinary book about the opioid epidemic in America called “Dreamland.” He joins us to talk about the tremendous challenges he found in...

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