Often when we think of simulation, we think of the use of mannequins to practice procedures or simulate a trauma or event, but nothing really prepares you for "real life" in quite the same way as simulating with actual human beings, or standardized patients. Listen to guest host Dr. Samreen Vora as she interviews Joe Miller, human simulation program manager at the University of Minnesota, about the use of live pediatric simulated patients or actors to simulate everything from a "mass casualty" event with multiple high school students to a difficult conversation between a transgender patient and their provider. Standardized patients, or SPs, can be powerful patient teachers that help us improve care for marginalized populations, as they shape the narrative of their experiences and train clinicians to provide culturally responsive care.