Bearing Witness

Psychiatrist Shaili Jain tells the story of a pivotal experience on a road trip with her father, and how it catalyzed her career as a PTSD specialist.

Season 4The NocturnistsFebruary 8, 2022storytelling, performance, medical, doctor, psychiatry, PTSD, psychiatrist, history, family, listening, trauma, generational trauma, mental health, connection

The Ride

Pediatrician Christina Lee recounts a memorable ambulance ride from residency, in which she helped transport a child from the hospital to hospice.

Season 4The NocturnistsFebruary 1, 2022storytelling, medical, pediatrics, transitioning, doctor, urgent care, ambulance, pediatrician, residency, parenting, hospice, cancer, children, dying, anxiety, COVID, Delta, testing, memory, patient, babies

Sharing the Air

Internal medicine physician Natasha Spottiswoode reflects on her flying days from Oxford while teaching a green intern how to recognize whether patients are "sick" or "not sick."

Season 4The NocturnistsDecember 7, 2021storytelling, performance, medical, Pilot, doctor, flying, healthcare, flow, climate, failure, mountaineering, infectiousdisease, teaching, airmanship, diagnosticerror, ER, instinct, intern, medicine, pandemic, patient, residency

Authentically Me

Internist Ashley McMullen decides to let her hair go natural for the first time in over a decade -- a process which serves as a metaphor for self-acceptance in the rigid world of medicine.

Season 4The NocturnistsNovember 30, 2021storytelling, performance, medical, medicine, doctor, healthcare, podcast, patient, black, hair, residency, transitioning, LGBTQ

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