LAUNCHING JANUARY 3:
Medical Humanities is excited to present our newly re-launched podcast. Launching the first Thursday of every month (with occasional extra content on the second Thursday), this new and vibrant platform will provide conversations and interviews about current events, cutting edge topics, social justice and global crises from a medical and health humanities perspective. Listen in!
Interested in appearing on the MH podcast? Or have a topic you’d like to hear more about? Fill out a request form.
26-October-2023
Brandy Schillace speaks to Kimberly Campanello about poetry, disability, and the power of medical humanities to make connections; TITLE: On Poetry, Disability, and the Power of Medical Humanities
28-July-2023
Brandy Schillace speaks to Stuart Murray and David Tabron about LivingBodiesObjects, the Blueberry academy, and Virtual Reality as a means of support for those with learning differences; TITLE: Podcast with Stuart Murray and David Tabron
20-June-2023
In this podcast, Noura Kevorkian discusses the personal and professional journey of her award-winning documentary ‘Batata’, its impact on the film’s protagonists, and how the film advocates for the rights of refugees around the world; TITLE: Bittersweet Potatoes: Noura Kevorkian, Documentary Film Maker, Reflects on the Plight and Resilience of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
02-March-2023
Brandy Schillace speaks to Luna Dolezal and Emily Silverman about the lasting consequences of shame in medicine; TITLE: Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
12-January-2023
Brandy Schillace speaks to Amelia DeFalco and Steve Byrne about Interplay Theater; TITLE: Immersive and Interactive: Accessibility Theatre and LivingBodiesObjects
12-December-2022
Khalid Ali speaks to Edward Lovelace; TITLE: Lawand: From Voiceless to a Voice Representing the Deaf Community and British Sign Language (BSL)
08-November-2022
Brandy speaks to Cindy Weinstein about her book (with Dr. Bruce Miller), Finding the Right Words, on grief, dementia, and family; TITLE: Finding the Right Words, a book on Grief, Dementia, and Literature
15-September-2022
Brandy speaks to epidemiologist John Wright about epidemic inequality; TITLE: Infectious Disease Epidemics and Inequality
18-August-2022
Brandy Schillace speaks to Sally Waite and Olivia Turner; TITLE: Body Talk: “Corporeal Pedagogies” with Dr Sally Waite and Dr Olivia Turner
21-July-2022
Brandy speaks to Stuart Murray and Amelia DeFalco about the LivingBodiesObjects project; TITLE: Posthumanism and the LivingBodiesObject Project
07-July-2022
Brandy Schillace speaks to Narin Hassan and Jessica Howell about the June Special Issue: Global Health Humanities; TITLE: Global Health Humanities, a June Special Issue
23-June-2022
Clio Barnard, multi-award winning British Film writer, director and producer speaks to Khalid Ali, film and media correspondent; TITLE: LivingBodiesObjects with Stuart Murray
17-March-2022
Brandy Speaks to Stuart Murray; TITLE: LivingBodiesObjects with Stuart Murray
24-February-2022
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Riva Lehrer; TITLE: Podcast with Riva Lehrer, Author of Golem Girl: A Memoir
21-January-2022
Khalid Ali in conversation with writer, director and producer Rick Castañeda about his film All Sorts; TITLE: Loneliness, Friendship and Love in the Office Space
09-December-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Donna McCormack and Magrit Shildrick; TITLE: December Special Issue Podcast: Transplantation and its Imaginaries
05-November-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Eric Garcia; TITLE: We’re Not Broken: Changing the Conversation around Autism with Eric Garcia
14-October-2021
Khalid Ali in conversation with Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri; TITLE: Reflections on Childhood Trauma, Creativity and Mental Well-Being
02-September-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Clare Barker; TITLE: Global Genetic Fictions
12-August-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Alice Wong and Alyssa Burgart; TITLE: Medicine’s Disability Blind Spot: Vaccine Roll-out, Privilege, and Access
15-July-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Eleanor Janega; TITLE: Going Medieval: Historical Comparisons of Plague and Pandemic
11-June-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Brian Sims; TITLE: Celebrating PRIDE Month with Brian Sims!
27-May-2021
Khalid Ali in conversation with Sarah Gavron; TITLE: The Female Gaze in Film as Seen by Sarah Gavron
12-May-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with David Perry; TITLE: Generation Covid: Education, Access, and the Long Shadow of Pandemic Trauma
21-April-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Arabella Proffer; TITLE: Life, Art, Cancer: Living to the Fullest
07-April-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Natalie Kerres; TITLE: Designing for the Body: SCALED Wearable Technology
08-March-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Rita Colwell; TITLE: The Fight Against Sexism in Science: International Women’s Day Featuring Scientist Rita Colwell
24-February-2021
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Oni Blackstock; TITLE: The Power of Equity: Interview with Oni Blackstock
19-November-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Josh Mugele; TITLE: What Becomes of Us: Health Disparity in Pandemic
05-November-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Jaipreet Virdi; TITLE: Hearing Happiness: Jaipreet Virdi on Deafness, Accessibility, and Her Latest Book
16-October-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Cheryl Green; TITLE: Accessibility, Creation, Community: An interview with Cheryl Green
25-September-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Sara Hendren; TITLE: The Dignity of Help: Sara Hendren’s What A Body Can Do
27-August-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Chris Higgins; TITLE: Accessibility Isn’t a New Coat of Paint: Chris Higgins on His Film ACCESS
02-July-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Oni Blackstock; TITLE: Where Race, Disparity, and Pandemic Collide: COVID-19 USA
26-March-2020
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Annamaria Carusi; TITLE: Bodies, Environments, and the Spread of Disease
17-October-2019
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Ciara Breathnach; TITLE: Making Space
20-June-2019
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Professor Roberta Bivins; TITLE: History’s Lessons: Immigration, the NHS, and Fear of the Other
06-June-2019
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Julian Simpson; TITLE: Making History Matter: Interview with Julian Simpson on #migration, Social Issues, and the Role of History
23-May-2019
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Monica Greco; TITLE: A New Outlook on Psychosomatics?
02-May-2019
Brandy Schillace in conversation with Dr Sara Wasson; TITLE: Narrative, crisis, and Pain: Interrogating Medicine: A podcast on humanities and pain
07-April-2019
Daniel LaForest on Medical Humanities; TITLE: Daniel LaForest on reaching beyond medicine to live experience of health
14-March-2019
Medfest Interview with Dr Nabil Elkot; TITLE: United in film: psychiatrist Dr Nabil Elkot recommends drama therapy for patients and doctors
07-March-2019
Brandy Schillace Interviews GP and Author Gavin Francis; TITLE: What kind of society do we live in? Doctor Gavin Francis on precarity, vulnerability, and narrative
14-February-2019
Victoria Hume; TITLE: Prescribing Art: An interview with Victoria Hume, Director of the Culture, Health, and Well-being Alliance
07-February-2019
Kathleen Bachynski and Brit Trogen; TITLE: The Immigrants’ Case of Shakespeare: a discussion about borders and health effects of separation
14-January-2019
Medfest Interview with Dr Omniya Okasha; TITLE: Medicine meets film: Dr Omneya Okasha shares with Dr Khalid Ali her journey from dentistry to film making
03-January-2019
Eugene Gu: A Physician’s Response to ICE Internment Camps; TITLE: ICE, Immigration, and Health: Eugene Gu (who sued Trump and won) talks about the medical consequence of politics