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The Nocturnists

The Nocturnists is an award-winning medical storytelling podcast, hosted by physician Emily Silverman. We feature personal stories from frontline clinicians, conversations with healthcare-related authors and art-makers, and special podcast documentary series such as “Post-Roe America,” “Shame in Medicine,” “Black Voices in Healthcare,” and “Stories from a Pandemic. Our mission is to humanize healthcare and foster joy, wonder, and curiosity among clinicians and patients alike.

**Anthem Award winner, two-time Webby Award nominee, and Ambie Award finalist for Best Indie Podcast in 2023.**
Learn more at thenocturnists.org.

Society & Culture Medicine Personal Journals Storytelling Health Health & Fitness
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
37 minutes
Episodes
203
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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Breath and Beyond with Michael Stephen, MD

Breath and Beyond with Michael Stephen, MD

Our lungs connect us to our innermost selves, the outside world, and each other. In this episode, Emily talks to pulmonologist Dr. Michael Stephen, author of Breath Taking: What Our Lungs Teach Us Ab…

00:45:14  |   Tue 26 Jan 2021
The Untold Story of America's First Female Doctors with Janice Nimura

The Untold Story of America's First Female Doctors with Janice Nimura

Emily talks to biographer Janice Nimura about her new book, The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women—and Women to Medicine, which examines the complicated and excep…

00:39:16  |   Tue 19 Jan 2021
2020 Holiday Special, Act II

2020 Holiday Special, Act II

The Nocturnists Holiday Special looks back on a year like no other and celebrates the holiday season with creative contributions from healthcare workers.

Contributors include:

Alex Raines, Alina Kung…

00:42:38  |   Tue 22 Dec 2020
2020 Holiday Special, Act I

2020 Holiday Special, Act I

The Nocturnists Holiday Special looks back on a year like no other and celebrates the holiday season with creative contributions from healthcare workers.

Contributors include:

Alex Raines, Alina Kung…

00:39:11  |   Tue 22 Dec 2020
Just Five Minutes with Cathy Humikowski, MD

Just Five Minutes with Cathy Humikowski, MD

Pediatric critical care physician Cathy Humikowski tells the story of having a cardiac arrest the day she gave birth to her daughter. This story was originally told at The Nocturnists Transitions sho…

00:34:32  |   Tue 08 Dec 2020
The Bridge with David Muller, MD

The Bridge with David Muller, MD

The Nocturnists picks up with Season 3, which was interrupted by the COVID pandemic.

Internal medicine physician David Muller tells a story about a chance encounter on the George Washington Bridge t…

00:28:37  |   Tue 01 Dec 2020
Ambivalence with Miriam Sheinbein, MD

Ambivalence with Miriam Sheinbein, MD

The Nocturnists continues with Season 3, which was previously interrupted by the pandemic.

In this episode, family medicine doctor Miriam Sheinbein tells a story about coming to terms with ambivalenc…

00:33:08  |   Tue 24 Nov 2020
Not Cut Out for This with Latha Panchap

Not Cut Out for This with Latha Panchap

The Nocturnists picks up with Season 3, which was interrupted by the COVID pandemic.

Medical student Latha Panchap shares a story about a crisis of confidence on the wards. Latha was the winner of Th…

00:38:22  |   Tue 17 Nov 2020
10 - Black Voices in Healthcare: A Conversation

10 - Black Voices in Healthcare: A Conversation

In this final episode of Black Voices in Healthcare, Host Ashley McMullen and Executive Producer Kimberly Manning discuss the making of the series.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimbe…

01:03:45  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
9 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Birth

9 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Birth

Our series began with reflections on the death of George Floyd, and ends with stories of birth. Even in the midst of tragedy, new life is beginning.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimb…

00:40:50  |   Tue 25 Aug 2020
8 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Touch

8 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Touch

From the physical exams we conduct to diagnose disease to the reassuring handshakes before a surgical procedure, human touch is fundamental to the work we do in healthcare.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

00:31:47  |   Tue 18 Aug 2020
7 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Standout

7 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Standout

Have you ever looked around and realized you were the only one? Standing out in the crowd can be hard, but it might just be your superpower.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Man…

00:35:02  |   Tue 11 Aug 2020
6 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Becoming

6 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Becoming

Everyone has a different origin story. This week we hear about all the roads you’ve taken to become who you are.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Manning, MD

Consulting Producer…

00:42:09  |   Tue 04 Aug 2020
5 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Pandemic

5 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Pandemic

We know the pandemic has disproportionately affected communities of color. This week, we hear about how COVID-19 has affected your lives.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Mannin…

00:42:26  |   Tue 28 Jul 2020
4 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Hair

4 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Hair

Our Black hair speaks volumes about our lives, and can be a source of joy or pain.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Manning, MD

Consulting Producer: Emily Silverman, MD

Podcast …

00:33:08  |   Tue 21 Jul 2020
3 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Home

3 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Home

Many of us travel far and wide to become healthcare workers. What is home to you?

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Manning, MD

Consulting Producer: Emily Silverman, MD

Podcast P…

00:29:11  |   Tue 14 Jul 2020
2 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Joy

2 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Joy

We are so much more than Black pain. This week, we focus on what makes us come alive.

Host: Ashley McMullen, MD

Executive Producer: Kimberly Manning, MD

Consulting Producer: Emily Silverman, MD

Pod…

00:31:53  |   Tue 07 Jul 2020
1 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Again

1 - Black Voices in Healthcare: Again

In our first episode of Black Voices in Healthcare, we sit with the grief of the event that set this project into motion: the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneap…

00:34:31  |   Tue 30 Jun 2020
10 - Stories from a Pandemic: Mourning

10 - Stories from a Pandemic: Mourning

How does the pandemic end? Does it go out with a bang? Does it fizzle out? What we know for sure is that this story is not over.

In today’s episode you will hear from a pediatric hospitalist, laborat…

00:29:27  |   Tue 09 Jun 2020
From the Nocturnists

From the Nocturnists

00:01:03  |   Tue 02 Jun 2020
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