Searching for Medicine’s Soul

Philosophy Podcasts

Hosted by Dr. Aaron Rothstein and featuring expert guests, Searching for Medicine’s Soul explores medicine’s purpose: Why do physicians do what they do? How does the practice of medicine relate to scientific progress and human flourishing? The result...

Episodes

Charles Piller on the Alzheimer’s Research Industry

Carl Elliott on Whistleblowers

Charlotte Bismuth on Prosecuting the Opioid Crisis

Dasha Kiper on Supporting Dementia Caregivers

Marc-David Munk on Emergency Medicine in Africa

Doron Gothelf on Traumatized Israeli Children After October 7th

Lewis Grossman on Drug Regulation

Jim O’Connell on Medicine for the Homeless

Dr. Samuel Shem on Our Hospital

Drs. Worsham and Jena on Natural Experiments and Doctors’ Biases

Ronald Dworkin on Educating Doctors in the Liberal Arts

MORAL MATTERS GUEST EPISODE: Jerry Muller on the Tyranny of Metrics

Norman Doidge on Mainstream Medicine and Methodology [Part 2]

MORAL MATTERS GUEST EPISODE: Lawton R. Burns on the High Costs of Big Med

Norman Doidge on Neuroplasticity and Training the Brain [Part One]

Ilana Yurkiewicz on the Broken State of American Healthcare

Wendy Dean on Moral Injury in Healthcare

Simon Whitney on Institutional Review Boards

Elisabeth Rosenthal On American Healthcare Dysfunction

David Yaden on Psychedelics and Spiritual Experiences