Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey
August 29, 2024
Serious illness communication is hard. We must often deliver complex medical information that carries heavy emotional weight in pressured settings…
What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas
August 22, 2024
We’ve talked about Brain Death before with Robert (Bob) Troug and guest-host Liz Dzeng, and in many ways today’s podcast…
Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng
August 15, 2024
Anti-Asian hate incidents rose dramatically during COVID, likely fueled by prominent statements about the “Chinese virus.” VIewed through the wider…
Between Two Urns: Undertaker Thomas Lynch
August 8, 2024
(We couldn’t resist when Miguel Paniagua proposed this podcast idea and title. And no, you’ll be relieved to hear Eric…
Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston
August 1, 2024
What is a healthy diet and how much does it really matter that we try to eat one as we…
Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley
July 25, 2024
We are dusting off our crystal balls today with three amazing guests who have all recently published an article on…
Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson
July 19, 2024
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or…
Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky
July 16, 2024
Emergency podcast! We’ve been asked by many people, mostly junior/mid career faculty, to quickly record a podcast on ageism and…
Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson
July 11, 2024
In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease), which made us think,…
Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson
June 27, 2024
“Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you…