April 01, 2026

79. Medically Unexplained Symptoms with Catherine Newman

48 minutes

This episode was made possible by the generous support of Ken Stevens.

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Catherine Newman has written a gazillion pieces (columns, articles, canned-bean recipes) for magazines and newspapers, in addition to two memoirs, two kids’ life skills books and a middle grade novel. We All Want Impossible Things was her first adult novel and was featured on “Read. Talk. Grow.” for an episode about being a friend to a friend who is dying. Her second novel, Sandwich, was released in 2024 to great acclaim. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Listen to previous “Read. Talk. Grow.” Podcasts, Episode 14 and Episode 37, featuring Catherine.

Catherine Newman Author Website

Read. Talk. Grow. Podcast Episode 14

Read. Talk. Grow. Podcast Episode 37

Rebecca N. Thompson, MD, is a family medicine and public health physician in Portland, Oregon, where she specializes in women's and children's health. She's also the author of Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love, a decade long collaborative project about the joys, the challenges, and the everything in between of parenthood and family life, which was featured on episode 67 of “Read. Talk. Grow.”

Rebecca N. Thompson Author Website

Read. Talk. Grow. Podcast Episode 67

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