Conversations

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Jun 13, 2019

Conversations: Lucy Kalanithi, MD

Emily sits down with internist and thought leader Dr. Lucy Kalanithi to discuss her late husband's book, When Breath Becomes Air, and topics like illness and identity, prognosis and uncertainty, love and suffering, and the importance of community.

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Conversations

Season

1

Episode

1

|

Jun 13, 2019

Conversations: Lucy Kalanithi, MD

Emily sits down with internist and thought leader Dr. Lucy Kalanithi to discuss her late husband's book, When Breath Becomes Air, and topics like illness and identity, prognosis and uncertainty, love and suffering, and the importance of community.

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Conversations

Season

1

Episode

1

|

6/13/19

Conversations: Lucy Kalanithi, MD

Emily sits down with internist and thought leader Dr. Lucy Kalanithi to discuss her late husband's book, When Breath Becomes Air, and topics like illness and identity, prognosis and uncertainty, love and suffering, and the importance of community.

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About Our Guest

Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and an advocate for patient-centered care. She is the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into more than 40 languages, and for which she wrote the epilogue.

She has appeared on stage at TEDMED, on NPR, PBS Newshour, and Yahoo News with Katie Couric, and in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Elle and The New York Times. Her award-winning podcast, Gravity, explores narratives of suffering. Dr. Kalanithi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her funny fourth-grader. She uses her dual United States-United Kingdom citizenship to justify her love of scotch eggs. Find her on Twitter at @rocketgirlmd.

About The Show

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. Our mission is to humanize healthcare and foster joy, wonder, and curiosity among clinicians and patients alike.

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Credits

About Our Guest

Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and an advocate for patient-centered care. She is the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into more than 40 languages, and for which she wrote the epilogue.

She has appeared on stage at TEDMED, on NPR, PBS Newshour, and Yahoo News with Katie Couric, and in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Elle and The New York Times. Her award-winning podcast, Gravity, explores narratives of suffering. Dr. Kalanithi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her funny fourth-grader. She uses her dual United States-United Kingdom citizenship to justify her love of scotch eggs. Find her on Twitter at @rocketgirlmd.

About The Show

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. Our mission is to humanize healthcare and foster joy, wonder, and curiosity among clinicians and patients alike.

resources

Credits

About Our Guest

Dr. Lucy Kalanithi is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and an advocate for patient-centered care. She is the widow of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir When Breath Becomes Air, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and translated into more than 40 languages, and for which she wrote the epilogue.

She has appeared on stage at TEDMED, on NPR, PBS Newshour, and Yahoo News with Katie Couric, and in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Elle and The New York Times. Her award-winning podcast, Gravity, explores narratives of suffering. Dr. Kalanithi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her funny fourth-grader. She uses her dual United States-United Kingdom citizenship to justify her love of scotch eggs. Find her on Twitter at @rocketgirlmd.

About The Show

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. Our mission is to humanize healthcare and foster joy, wonder, and curiosity among clinicians and patients alike.

resources

Credits

Transcript

Note: The Nocturnists is created primarily as a listening experience. The audio contains emotion, emphasis, and soundscapes that are not easily transcribed. We encourage you to listen to the episode if at all possible. Our transcripts are produced using both speech recognition software and human copy editors, and may not be 100% accurate. Thank you for consulting the audio before quoting in print.

Transcript coming soon!

Note: The Nocturnists is created primarily as a listening experience. The audio contains emotion, emphasis, and soundscapes that are not easily transcribed. We encourage you to listen to the episode if at all possible. Our transcripts are produced using both speech recognition software and human copy editors, and may not be 100% accurate. Thank you for consulting the audio before quoting in print.

Transcript coming soon!

Transcript

Note: The Nocturnists is created primarily as a listening experience. The audio contains emotion, emphasis, and soundscapes that are not easily transcribed. We encourage you to listen to the episode if at all possible. Our transcripts are produced using both speech recognition software and human copy editors, and may not be 100% accurate. Thank you for consulting the audio before quoting in print.

Transcript coming soon!

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