A Valentine’s Day special edition! Listen to us talk about our early 20s, mental health, relationships, heartbreak and friendship ❤️

Resources below for mental health support:

Suicide hotline (USA): 988

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

https://988lifeline.org/

Meet Mary Behan: author, scientist, professor, and avid explorer. We discuss her book A Measured Thread, as well as her inspiration, writing process, and what she is working on now!

This week we are running it back, discussing our favorite, least favorite, and most shocking books of the year. Also included is a sneak peak at what we’re reading next!

This week, we dive into the Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. We discuss what makes for a good thriller/mystery, the ethics of calling for collateral in a psychiatric setting, and whether or not the big twist surprised us. Tune in for our takes on this popular book!

In this episode, we discuss God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Dr. Victoria Sweet. We also welcome special guest Dr. Samuel Porter, a hospitalist at the University of Colorado. God’s Hotel is a memoir chronicling Dr. Sweet’s transformative experience at Laguna Honda Hospital—San Francisco’s last almshouse. Tune in as we consider what modern healthcare can learn from a slower style of medicine and as Dr. Porter shares his insights regarding systems level care.

This week we discuss The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer. Clover is a death doula, helping clients and families navigate death while she learns to live her life to the fullest. We are joined by Beth Patterson, a palliative care chaplain and death doula herself as we discuss introverts vs. extroverts, coping with what we see at work, and how to live without regret.

This week we talk with Dr. Reza Manesh, an internist, professor, and author of Finding Joy in Medicine. We are also joined by Dr. Juan Lessing, our faculty mentor and a hospitalist.

In this episode, we interview sociologist, professor, and author Jennifer Reich, PhD on her book Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines. Some of the reasons may surprise you!

We talk about why parents may feel hesitant to vaccinate their children and touch on some strategies to address those viewpoints in a healthcare setting. We also dive into whether or not these views have changed since COVID and hear why Dr. Reich loves Colorado.

This week we share our favorite crime shows, fact check medical claims, and discuss why gender affirming care matters in Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

For more information on gender affirming care, please visit:

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/public-education/

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/25340/AAP-reaffirms-gender-affirming-care-policy

https://wpath.org/resources/recommended-reading/

This episode we discuss When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Join us to chat about finding meaning in your day to day, advice for pre-meds, and what job we would do outside of medicine.