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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 "Uncertainty in Medicine" , “Post-Roe America", and others. thenocturnists.substack.com
physician Emily Silverman hosts The Nocturnists, a health show with 208 episodes published.
This week’s guest on The Nocturnists is optometrist Tiffany Chan, who told a story live onstage at an event produced by Dr. Rebecca George at the Sierra Valley Health Center in Nevada City, California, in 2025. Tiffany g
What if falling in love meant literally falling down? In this week’s episode of The Nocturnists, physician and writer Frances Southwick shares a story that begins in rural Colorado with unexplained episodes of paralysis.
This week on The Nocturnists, we hear from Alicia Ashorn and Anthony Thigpen, two community health workers with the Transitions Clinic Network who are redefining what care looks like beyond the hospital walls. Alicia and
This week, we’re joined by Sharon Fennix—a hotline coordinator with the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), a community leader shaped by lived experience, and a storyteller whose creativity helped her survive 38 years of i
Dear friends, Nurse practitioner Linda Wick has spent more than four decades in medicine, beginning her journey as a six-year-old watching nurses care for her injured brother. In today’s story, she recalls the early less
This week, I’m joined by Sarah Auna, a birth doula whose story we first heard live on stage at Intersections, a live storytelling event produced by the Center for the Art of Medicine in Minneapolis in 2024 through our pr
This week, I’m joined by Dr. Meghan Rothenberger, an infectious disease doctor whose story we first heard live on stage at Intersections, a live storytelling event produced by the Center for the Art of Medicine in Minnea
Today I’m joined by Chaplain Betty Clark, a hospital chaplain, community leader, and lifelong caregiver, and Dr. Jessica Zitter, a critical and palliative care physician, author of Extreme Measures, and filmmaker. Their
Dear Friends, What does it mean to write about illness in fragments? How can children’s questions reveal a kind of collective philosophy? On our 70th episode of Conversations, I speak with the writer Sarah Manguso, whose
Today, we're releasing a special bonus episode featuring Emily and our "uncertainty correspondent" Alexa Miller, in conversation with the ABIM Foundation. Together, they reflect on the key insights from creating the Unce
In the series finale, we explore a different type of uncertainty—the uncertainty that arises around the healthcare system itself. This episode follows Ed Stratton, a stage IV cancer patient who beat his cancer, only to b
What does it mean to live well in a world where nothing is certain — not in medicine, not in life? In this episode, we follow a high school teacher who asks his students to examine “the good life” through philosophy, Bud
Today, we explore the paradox of mortality: something both certain and utterly unknowable. Through a haunting parable from Ursula K. Le Guin and stories from doctors and loved ones, we hear what happens when people try t
Today, we step inside the studio of visual artist Leila Simon Hayes, whose bold, shape-driven designs are born from a process rooted in imperfection, intuition, and trust. Through her story, we explore how Leila’s creati
Today, we explore the hidden layers of communication in medicine—what gets said, what doesn’t, and how uncertainty lives not just in the clinical data, but in the space between people. From a telemedicine encounter with
Today, we step into the dance studio with improvisational dance artist Chris Aiken, whose work lives at the intersection of uncertainty, movement, and presence. With insights that resonate far beyond the dance studio, Ch
This week, we explore how time and uncertainty are intertwined in the practice of medicine. A toxicologist faces a split-second decision in the ER that could mean life or death for a young patient. A woman with chronic a
When a 7.6 magnitude earthquake leveled entire villages in Pakistan, retired U.S. Navy Admiral Mike LeFever was thrust into the heart of the disaster with no playbook and a simple directive: provide humanitarian aid and
What happens when doctors have to make life-or-death decisions in an evidence-free zone — and patients are left to navigate the unknown? In episode 5 of “Uncertainty in Medicine", we bring you three gripping, real-life s
What does uncertainty in medicine have to do with Chernobyl? According to patient safety officer Dr. Ron Wyatt, more than we might think. In the fourth episode of our "Uncertainty in Medicine" series, he draws a chilling
Jessica Zitter
ICU physician, palliative care doctor, filmmaker
2 appearances on this show
Emily
Cal State Long Beach President's Ambassador · The Rooted Vine
1 appearance on this show
Erin
faith-fueled health coach and registered dietitian · Empty Arms of Greater Bangor
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Chris Aiken
Associate Athletic Director and head boys varsity soccer coach
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Mel Herbert
emergency physician, educator, writer/medical consultant for The Pitt · UCLA School of Medicine
1 appearance on this show
Ross Douthat
New York Times columnist
2 appearances on this show
Kali Dayton
DNP, critical care nurse practitioner
1 appearance on this show
Dhruv Khullar
physician and associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College
1 appearance on this show
Susannah Fox
researcher and former Chief Technology Officer for the United States Department of Health and Human Services
1 appearance on this show
Jamie Metzl
Futurist, Genetics Expert, Global Affairs Specialist, & Author
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Rana Awdish
critical care physician, author, advocate, public speaker · Henry Ford Health
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Ruhl
playwright, poet, and professor
1 appearance on this show
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