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From JABSOM Students! "Throughout medical school, we are constantly exposed to different career opportunities in medicine. However, simply being aware of a certain specialty is only the first step to understanding what it might be like to practice in that specific field. We can all agree that there's not enough time to experience them all before we have to decide on a specialty for ourselves, making this already important decision feel even more stressful and uncertain. We created this podcast to be a fun solution! "

Also hosted by JABSOM students! "To share the stories of current students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, illuminating their pre-medical journeys and the variety of their paths and experiences. We hope to reach individuals interested in pursuing medicine and help them navigate through the uncertainty of this process."

The Coronavirus is now a global pandemic. How did we get here? What went wrong? What do we do about it now? In season 2, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a physician and former city health commissioner, will keep you updated on what you need to know about COVID-19, what led us to this crisis in the first place, and what policies can lead us out. New episodes of America Dissected: Coronavirus every Tuesday & Friday.

Over two decades, Dr. Fredric Brandt went from a small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna's personal skincare consultant and the go-to for public figures desperate to stave off aging. His clients loved him. Fashion magazines profiled him. But as Brandt continued to build his empire—a best-selling product line, pristine homes in New York and Miami, and an absurd modern art collection—he was slowly becoming addicted to his own product

This limited-run podcast series follows people living through the Covid-19 pandemic in the Mississippi Delta, including nurses, doctors, blues musicians, prison inmates, pastors and athletes. It offers an intimate and deeply human narrative of a health crisis that's been mostly told through statistics and public-health policy. Coronavirus in the Delta gives the perspective of rural America and shows how people in the region are experiencing and responding to an unprecedented moment.

Hosted by Nicole J. Sachs, LCSW, this podcast examines the mind-body connection and how unresolved trauma and untreated mental illness contribute to bodily pain and suffering.

Death, Sex & Money was born out a desire for open and honest conversations about the things that we “think about a lot, and need to talk about more.” Host Anna Sale has hosted honest conversations about living with STIs, what happens when your wife has a psychotic break, how it really feels to kick heroin, and dealing with student debt.

Debra Newell is a successful interior designer. She meets John Meehan, a handsome man who seems to check all the boxes: attentive, available, just back from a year in Iraq with Doctors Without Borders. But her family doesn’t like John, and they get entangled in an increasingly complex web of love, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival.

We’re at our most vulnerable when we go to our doctors. We trust the person at the other end of that scalpel. Dr. Christopher Duntsch was a neurosurgeon who radiated confidence. If you had back pain, and had tried everything else, he could give you the spine surgery that would take your pain away. But soon his patients started to experience complications. A true story about what happens when medical ethics fall down on the job.

In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. What is it? Who sells it? And will it bring you eternal happiness…and, perhaps, eternal life?

Football star Aaron Hernandez went from the bright lights of the Super Bowl to a convicted murderer in a few years. The Boston Globe’s Spotlight Team, best known for its investigation of the sexual abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church, takes a hard look at the crisis facing football through the lens of Aaron Hernandez’s life and terrible crimes. Did a brain badly damaged by football contribute to Hernandez’s violent behavior?

When we face challenges in life, we seek answers from people we believe can help us. When tragedy strikes an exclusive retreat with a self-help superstar, many people are left to wonder: how far is too far? James Arthur Ray was an Oprah-endorsed self-help teacher who achieved fame, fortune, and influence. But friends and family members of his followers questioned his unorthodox methods, and tried to stop him.

A young missionary named Renee Bach left her comfortable life in America to start a malnutrition program in rural Uganda. Folks back home and in Uganda praised her as a model missionary -- an example of the healing power of God’s message. But a decade later she’s accused of masquerading as a doctor and rumored to have killed hundreds of children in her unlicensed clinic. How did Renee Bach end up here? Is she a case of good intentions gone wrong...or a predator posing as a saint?

Stories from Hawaii. Because sometimes, being in the middle of nowhere gives you a good perspective on everywhere else. Season 2 explores the intersection of scientific research and cultural perspectives on Mauna Kea. Season 3 deals with the consequences of the 1990s international adoption boom in the Marshall Islands.

Open minded discussions of habits, meditation, wisdom, depression, anxiety, happiness, psychology, philosophy, and motivation. Recent conversations have included: the difference between pain and suffering, conditioning and the brain, how to work the Change Triangle, sitting with people who are suffering, and a talk with Dr. Gabor Maté on the origins of addiction.

Only Human is a podcast about making the most of our health, whether we’re training for a marathon, overcoming an illness, or trying not to go broke paying for healthcare. Recent arcs have covered Prodigy and sickle cell anemia, the demise Florida's largest home for the severely disabled, and Dr. WIllie Parker's mission to keep safe abortions in the South.

Science Vs takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. Highlights include: what CBD is really good for, research on hair loss treatments, and the (alleged) uses of essential oils.

Veteran journalist Joe Nocera had a Hamptons neighbor: Ike, therapist to celebrities and Manhattan’s elite. He had star-studded parties at the vacation house. But one summer, Joe came back to discover that Ike was gone, and the summer house next door had never belonged to Ike in the first place. It was Marty’s, a therapy patient of Ike’s who had finally broken free from Ike’s psychological domination...The story of one therapist’s psychological manipulation as he crossed lines and defrauded his patients — and he’s still out there.

This podcast might not actually kill you, but it covers so many things that can. Each episode tackles a different disease, from its history, to its biology, and finally, how scared you need to be. Ecologists and epidemiologists Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke make infectious diseases acceptable fodder for dinner party conversation and provide the perfect cocktail recipe to match.

The highest homicide rate in the country. A mayor and his wife charged with extortion. A police chief put on trial for obstruction. Nine tragic deaths of Indigenous teenagers. Why does it all happen here?