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   1. Virtual Reality and Disability: Supportive learning through VR

   Stuart Murray, Professor of Contemporary Literatures and Film, University of Leeds; Wellcome funded LivingBodiesObjects project David Tabron, Blueberry Academy speak to Brandy Schillace about LivingBodiesObjects, the Blueberry Academy, and how Virtual Reality can support those with learning differences.Read the blog with the transcript of this episode: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/07/28/podcast-with-stuart-murray-and-david-tabron And more on the LBO website https://livingbodieso

   Jul 28,2023 29:35
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   2. Bittersweet Potatoes: Noura Kevorkian, documentary film maker, reflects on the plight, and resilience of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

   In this podcast, Dr Khalid Ali, film and media correspondent, interviews Noura Kevorkian, a Syrian/ Lebanese documentary film-maker.Noura Kevorkian discusses the personal and professional journey of her award-winning documentary 'Batata', its impact on the film's protagonists, and how the film advocates for the rights of refugees around the world.Read the blog post and the transcription of the podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/06/20/podcast-with-noura-kevorkian-on-the-docume

   Jun 20,2023 36:58
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   3. Featuring the Nocturnist’s SHAME IN MEDICINE: The Lost Forest

   Medical Humanities, editor-in-chief Brandy Schillace speaks to Emily Silverman, MD, the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)creator of The Nocturnist podcast, and Luna Dolezal, Associate Professor in Philosophy and Medical Humanities based in the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health. They both published a 10-part podcast series called 'Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest'.Blog link with the transcription of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/03

   Mar 01,2023 28:15
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   4. Immersive and Interactive: Accessibility Theatre and LivingBodiesObjects

   Editor's in Chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, interviews Amelia DeFalco, University of Leeds and Steve Byrne Director/Chief exec of the Interplay Theatre about the Interplay Theatre's work with disabled students and the role of immersive experience for the LivingBodiedObjects project.Related blog including the transcription of the podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/01/12/immersive-and-interactive-accessibility-theatre-and-livingbodiesobjectsSubscribe to the Medic

   Jan 10,2023 23:53
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   5. From Voiceless to a Voice Representing the Deaf Community and British Sign Language (BSL)

   Dr Khalid Ali, film and media correspondent, interviews British documentary filmmaker, Edward Lovelace. They discuss his film ‘’Name me Lawand’’, a rapturous portrait of a deaf Kurdish boy’s emotional journey towards discovering how to express himself. A love letter to the power of communication and community. Edward describes how he bonded with Lawand and how together they created a poignant film amplifying the voices of the Deaf community and their fight for passing the BSL act in 2022. Relate

   Dec 14,2022 41:01
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   6. Finding the Right Words, a book on Grief, Dementia, and Literature

   The moving story of an English professor studying neurology in order to understand and come to terms with her father's death from Alzheimer's. Brandy Schillace (Medical Humanities' Editor-in-Chief) interviews Cindy Weinstein, Vice Provost and Professor of English at California Institute of Technology.Related blog including the transcription of the podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/11/08/cindy-weinstein/Subscribe to the Medical Humanities Podcast in all podcast platforms, inc

   Nov 07,2022 23:26
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   7. Infectious Disease Epidemics and Inequality

   Join us for a fascinating discussion about the ethics of care, and most especially the way structural racism and impediments to access heightened existing inequalities during both outbreak and lockdown.Brandy Schillace speaks to epidemiologist Professor John Wright, Bradford Institute for Health Research and Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research.A blog post containing the transcript of this podcast is available here:https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/09/15/infectious-disease-epid

   Sep 13,2022 25:42
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   8. Body Talk: “Corporeal Pedagogies”

   In this month's podcast, Brandy Schillace talks to Dr Sally Waite and Dr Olivia Turner, of Newcastle University. They discuss "corporeal pedagogy", a form of learning and teaching that suspends conventional modes of Western education, particularly within a university setting, to facilitate embodied and haptic learning and production of knowledge.A blog post containing the transcript of this podcast is available here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/08/18/body-talk-corporeal-pedagog

   Aug 12,2022 27:26
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   9. Posthumanism and the LivingBodiesObject Project

   LivingBodiesObjects is a 3-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust designed to test and extend the boundaries of Medical Humanities research. Today we talk to Stuart Murray and Amelia DeFalco, University of Leeds, about the value of de-centering structures and opening diversity.Link to the blog post with more information about the project, and transcription of the podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/07/21/posthumanism-and-the-livingbodiesobject-projectSubscribe to the Medica

   Jul 19,2022 37:05
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    10. Global Health Humanities, a June Special Issue

    Editor-in-chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, interviews Narin Hassan and Jessica Howell about their innovative and interdisciplinary approach to health humanities.Narin Hassan is Associate Professor and Director of Global Media and Cultures (MS-GMC) in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. Jessica Howell is Professor of English and Associate Director of the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University. Read the blog with the transcrip

    Jul 06,2022 28:29
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    11. Bradford Tales Authentically and Poetically Portrayed in Film by Clio Barnard

    Clio Barnard is multi-award winning British Film writer, director and producer. In this conversation with Medical Humanities' film and media correspondent, Khalid Ali, she revisits her 'Bradford Film Trilogy'; 'The Arbor' (2010), 'The Selfish Giant' (2013), and 'Ali & Ava' (2021). The uniqueness and diversity of Bradford community portrayed as a love story between two unlikely characters made 'Ali and Ava' a film celebrating love, friendship, forgiveness, and hope.Read more about Clio Barnard's

    Jun 21,2022 35:52
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    12. LivingBodiesObjects: Changing the way we research

    LivingBodiesObjects is a 3-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust designed to test and extend the boundaries of Medical Humanities research.Editor-in-chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, interviews Stuart Murray, Professor of Contemporary Literatures and Film and Director of the Centre of Medical Humanities at the University of Leeds, in the UK.Read the blog with the transcription of this podcast here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/03/17/livingbodiesobjects-with-stua

    Mar 11,2022 32:39
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    13. Golem Girl: Disability and Embodiment with Riva Lehrer

    We are excited to present Riva Lehrer, artist and author, and her book GOLEM GIRL, about disability, embodiment, joy, and becoming herself.Read the blog with the transcription of this podcast here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2023/03/04/podcast-with-riva-lehrer-author-of-golem-girl-a-memoir.Subscribe to the Medical Humanities Podcast in all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a revie

    Feb 25,2022 29:58
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    14. Loneliness, friendship and love in the office space

    J. Rick Castañeda is a writer, director and producer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479268/?ref_=tt_ov_dr). His works have been around the world to festivals in London, Canada, Japan, and Romania, as well as festivals in the US such as SXSW. He made over 30 short films, earning recognition from YouTube, Crackle, and Funny or Die. Rick uses humour to explore stress, anxiety and disenfranchisement in the office space. In this podcast, Rick reflects on his childhood and time spent as an office worke

    Jan 21,2022 32:40
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    15. Transplant and its imaginaries - December Special Issue

    Brandy interviews Donna McCormack about the December Special Issue, Transplant and its Imaginaries.Donna McCormack, Chancellor'S Fellow and Senior Lecturer (with co-editor Magrit Shildrick) proposes new understandings of the limits and possible extensions of organ and tissue transplantation.The Special Issue of Medical Humanities is available here: https://mh.bmj.com/content/47/4Read the related blog post (with the transcription of this podcast) here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/20

    Dec 07,2021 15:21
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    16. ”We’re not broken”: changing the conversation around autism with Eric Garcia

    Join us on this episode of the Medical Humanities Podcast as Brandy Schillace speaks with Eric Garcia, author of WE’RE NOT BROKEN: Changing the Autism Conversation (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 3, 2021).Eric Garcia is a journalist based in Washington, D.C.Read the related blog post (with the transcription of the whole podcast) here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/11/05/eric-garcia/

    Nov 03,2021 29:56
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    17. Reflections on childhood trauma, creativity and mental well-being

    In this podcast, Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri (Swedish film makers) reflect on their documentary film 'The most beautiful boy in the world' (2021) and their professional relationship with the film's protagonist, Björn Andrésen. Björn came to international fame at the age of 15 when Italian director Luchino Visconti cast him as Tadzio, the young boy in his film 'Death in Venice' (1971). Kristina and Kristian comment on the long-term impact of childhood trauma on the mental well-being of

    Oct 19,2021 28:04
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    18. Special Issue on Global Genetic Fictions: Decolonising genetics through literature

    This podcast features Clare Barker, Associate Professor in English Literature, University of Leeds, and guest editor of our Medical Humanities June Special Issue for 2021: Global Genetic Fictions.Read more on the Medical Humanities website: https://mh.bmj.com/content/47/2Read the transcript of this podcast in the Medical Humanities blog (https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/09/02/clare-barker-global-genetic-fictions).

    Sep 01,2021 21:09
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    19. Medicine’s Disability Blind Spot: Vaccine Roll-out, Privilege, and Access

    An outlook at how disabled lives have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and, in particular, by the current vaccine roll-out. Alice Wong, a disabled activist, and Alyssa Burgart, an anesthesiologist and ethicist at Stanford University, tell Medical Humanities' Editor-in-Chief, Brandy Schillace, how disabled lives have been overlooked in this crisis, as the very systems and designs of medicine cater to the able-bodied. Read the transcript on the Medical Humanities blog (https://blogs.bmj.com/

    Aug 11,2021 26:48
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    20. Going Medieval: Historical Comparisons of Plague and Pandemic

    Medical Humanities' Editor-in-Chief, Brandy Schillace, talks to Dr. Eleanor Janega, a medieval historian, about comparisons between COVID-19 and the Black Death.Read the blog post, which includes the transcript of the podcast, here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/07/15/going-medieval-historical-comparisons-of-plague-and-pandemic/

    Jul 15,2021 27:38
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    21. Representation is Power: What it means to be a LGBTQ in government

    Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, speaks to Brian Sims, an openly gay LGBTQ activist, Pennsylvania State Representative, and civil rights attorney about the power of representation, and what minority groups offer to better governance.Read the related blog with this podcast's transcript: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/06/10/celebrating-pride-month-with-brian-sims

    Jun 08,2021 22:42
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    22. The Female Gaze in Film as seen by Sarah Gavron

    Sarah Gavron talks to our film and media correspondent, Khalid Ali, about her passion for telling stories about marginalised women from diverse backgrounds in her films.Read the blog post, which includes the transcript of the podcast, here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/05/27/the-female-gaze-in-film-as-seen-by-sarah-gavron

    May 26,2021 19:36
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    23. Generation Covid: Education, Access, and the Long Shadow of Pandemic Trauma

    David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights with bylines at CNN, NYT, Atlantic, Guardian and many more. He and his food-scientist wife live in the Twin Cities with their children, one of whom has Down syndrome, and Perry also plays in an Irish rock band. Today on the podcast, David talks about access and education under COVID-19. What does it mean to really provide free and fair education to all? Read the related blog post, which includes th

    May 11,2021 19:06
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    24. Biomorphic: The life of an Artist with Cancer

    Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, speaks to Arabella Proffer, an artist whose work combines the history of medicine with biomorphic abstraction about life, art, and cancer.Read the related blog post, which includes the transcript of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/04/21/life-art-cancer-living-to-the-fullest

    Apr 21,2021 21:35
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    25. Designing for the Body: SCALED wearable technology

    In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, speaks to Natalie Kerres, designer of SCALED and a recent graduate of Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. SCALED is wearable technology designed for sports, medicine, and disability.Read the transcript of this podcast in the Medical Humanities blog: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/04/07/designing-for-the-body-scaled-wearable-technology

    Apr 06,2021 19:04
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    26. The fight against sexism in science: International Women’s Day featuring scientist Rita Colwell

    Rita Colwell is one of the top scientists in America: the groundbreaking microbiologist who discovered how cholera survives between epidemics and the former head of the National Science Foundation. She joins us for International Women’s Day, discussing the trials and successes of being a woman in science and her new book A Lab of One’s Own.Read the related blog post with the transcript of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/03/08/the-fight-against-sexism-in-science-intern

    Mar 03,2021 30:22
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    27. Health Justice with Dr. Oni Blackstock

    In this podcast, Brandy Schillace, Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief, interviews Dr. Oni Blackstock, physician and Director of Health JusticeDr. Blackstock speaks about the influence of her mother, the fight against health inequality, and her own struggles as a Black woman physician for social justice.Read the related blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/02/24/the-power-of-equity-interview-with-oni-blackstock/

    Feb 24,2021 18:45
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    28. What becomes of us: health disparity in pandemic

    Dr. Josh Mugele, a disaster and emergency medicine physician, speaks about health disparity during crises like the current COVID pandemic.Read the blog post containing the transcript of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/02/04/what-becomes-of-us-health-disparity-in-pandemic/

    Jan 22,2021 21:54
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    29. Hearing Happiness: Jaipreet Virdi on deafness, accessibility, and her latest book

    Jaipreet Virdi’s latest book, Hearing Happiness raises pivotal questions about deafness in American society and the endless quest for a cure. Read the blog post:https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2021/01/05/hearing-happiness-jaipreet-virdi-on-deafness-accessibility-and-her-latest-book/

    Jan 05,2021 22:59
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    30. Heart in Medicine, History and Culture

    Therese Feiler, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, describes the interdisciplinary Medical Humanities special issue, bringing together cardiac surgeons, cultural historians and theologians on matters of the heart (https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/12/10/podcast-heart-in-medicine-history-and-culture).Please read: - the editorial: https://mh.bmj.com/content/46/4/350 - the full issue: https://mh.bmj.com/content/46/4Please subscribe to the Medical Humanities

    Dec 05,2020 18:57
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    31. Accessibility, Creation, Community: an interview with Cheryl Green

    What would it mean if, instead of being “add-ons,” accessibility tools like captions and transcripts were built into a project from the ground up? What if instead of thinking about accessibility as “mere” additions only, we realized their incredible creative power?Read the related blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/11/19/accessibility-creation-community-an-interview-with-cheryl-green/

    Nov 18,2020 27:03
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    32. Finding ways forward for LGBTQ+ health access

    In today’s podcast, Dr. Henry Ng, MD MPH, Cleveland Clinic, speaks with Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities, Brandy Schillace, about issues of LGBTQ+ and health accessibility. Already a difficult prospect, access to care for this population has become increasingly precarious during the COVID epidemic.Read the blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/10/27/accessing-the-future-ways-forward-for-lgbtq-health-access/Please subscribe to the Medical Humanities podcast on Apple Podcas

    Oct 26,2020 27:44
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    33. The Dignity of Help: Sara Hendren’s What a Body Can Do

    Sarah Hendren’s book, What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, looks at design and disability at all scales: prosthetics, furniture, architecture, urban planning, and more, to examine critically the definition of the good life.Read the related blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/09/25/the-dignity-of-help-sara-hendrens-what-a-body-can-do/

    Sep 10,2020 21:02
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    34. Accessibility isn’t a new coat of paint: Chris Higgins on his film ACCESS

    How do we make something really and truly accessible? Chris Higgins talks about what led to his 2019 short film Access, and the fact that accessibility isn’t about making a different product for those with disabilities; it’s about making the product with all people in mind.To find out more about the film:https://accessmovie.org/

    Aug 21,2020 17:55
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    35. Where race, disparity, and pandemic collide: COVID-19 USA

    Dr. Oni Blackstock joins us to speak about social justice, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights and the way the COVID-19 crisis has unequally affected marginalized communities. Dr. Blackstock is Assistant Commissioner for the NYC Health Department's Bureau of HIV.Link to the blog post: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/07/03/where-race-disparity-and-pandemic-collide-covid-19-usa

    Jul 01,2020 23:47
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    36. Human bodies of WWII, beyond the battlefield

    In this podcast, we discuss the June Special issue, "Beyond the Battlefield" and the impact of medical crisis and treatment on non-combatant bodies - still so relevant in today’s COVID-19 crises. Medical Humanities Editor, Brandy Schillace, speaks to Dr Hannah Simpson, a postdoctoral scholar at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, specialising in modern and contemporary theatre and performance, and Dr Megan Girdwood, who is an Early Career Fellow in English at the University of Edinburgh, wo

    May 21,2020 18:01
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    37. Disability visibility and the Covid-19 crisis

    Medical Humanities Editor Brandy Schillace speaks to Alice Wong, a disabled activist, media maker, and consultant based in San Francisco. She is the Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility Project® and speaks about increasing disability access in the face of coronavirus pandemic.Read the blog post and the transcript of this podcast: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2020/04/30/disability-visibility-and-the-covid-19-crisis.The Disability Visibility Project link: https://disabilit

    Apr 28,2020 17:44
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    38. Coronavirus - bodies, environments and the spread of disease

    How do diseases like coronavirus get their start? How does pollution affect the microbiome? Dr. Annamaria Carusi, who was as an academic in medical humanities for several years and is now a private consultant doing social studies of science for policy formation, addresses the way humans and environments interact. In this conversation with Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace, she also discusses our need to take a wider view of disease vectors.

    Mar 20,2020 19:55
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    39. Every woman and girl counts

    In this podcast Mr Matt Jackson, director of the UK, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) talks about current health inequalities that still face girls and women on a global scale. He revists the vision and programme of action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) set out in 1994 in Cairo, Egypt and ongoing efforts by his organisation to complete the ICPD unfinished business. He explains how the UNFPA uses arts and humanities to reach out to international audienc

    Mar 04,2020 21:19
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    40. Health, Humanity and Dr. Frankenstein

    Audrey Shafer, MD, directs Medicine & the Muse at Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. She joins Brandy to talk about the use of Frankenstein to trouble the boundaries between science, medicine, and what it means to be human.

    Feb 05,2020 16:05
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    41. Stories of guilt and redemption: the cinema of Atom Egoyan

    In this podcast Dr Khalid Ali talks to acclaimed Canadian director Atom Egoyan at the 41st edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) where Egoyan's latest film 'Guest of honour' screened. Egoyan reflects on prominent themes in his films such as isolation, estrangement and alienation of human beings, and how communication or lack of communication can result in long-term trauma and suffering. Story-telling and narrative are key elements in Egoyna's films through which his characters

    Jan 13,2020 14:28
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    42. 2040: A personal prescription for Global Health

    In this podcast, award-winning Australian film maker, Damon Gameau talks about his new film '2040' which explores what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced solutions that are currently available to improve the planet focusing on climate, economics, technology, civil society, agriculture, and sustainability. Damon also talks about his first documentary 'That Sugar Film' where he followed a strict low-fat, high sugar diet and the negative effects that diet had on his health.

    Dec 05,2019 20:56
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    43. Using arts to campaign against gender-based violence

    Nahid Toubia is a Sudanese surgeon and women's health rights activist, specialising in research into female genital mutilation (FGM). In this podcast, she talks about her career as a woman surgeon in Khartoum, Sudan in the 1970's. Ms Toubia describes how she got involved in championing the fight against harmful practices such as FGM, domestic and gender-based violence at the UN and several other international platforms. She also elaborates on her role as a pioneer in utilising art, film and thea

    Nov 20,2019 26:08
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    44. Making Space

    Ciara Breathnach (@CiaraBreath) is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is a current Irish research Council Laureate holder and her research focuses on Irish social history of medicine and health. In this conversation with Brandy Schillace, she also talks about the upcoming Association of Medical Humanities meeting MAKING SPACE, which will take place in Limerick in June 2020. The conference website is https://www.amh2020ireland.com/. Email address: The email

    Oct 16,2019 21:05
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    45. The Power of Poetry

    In this podcast, Clinical Psychiatrist and poet Owen Lewis (Columbia) and Sue Spencer, Associate Editor at Medical Humanities, discuss both the power and “disruption” of poetry in and out of healthcare curriculum.

    Sep 10,2019 22:47
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    46. Nurturing artistic talent in children with autism. A conversation with Hana Makki

    In this podcast, film maker Hana Makki revisits her memories of making the documentary film ‘As one: The Autism Project’ working with ten children with Autism and their families. The film project was supported by Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the daughter of the crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, in an effort to raise awareness about ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’ in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Over the course of ten weeks, these children made a musical show working alongside a specia

    Aug 23,2019 16:32
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    47. Creating father-son bonds through film: Tom Browne and his son Frankie

    In this podcast, Tom and his son Frankie discuss how their experience of making short films together supported their relationship as a father and son. Tom talks about the films ‘Bokx’, ‘Beyond’, and ‘Aston Gorilla’, and reflects on how watching the films after many years can say a lot about his two boys, George and Frankie; how different they have become and yet how similar they have remained! ‘Aston Gorilla’ was a direct response to a phase in George’s life when he was suffering from nightmares

    Aug 01,2019 13:59
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    48. Bridges of hope: Supporting women and youth through economic empowerment

    In this podcast, Dr El Beih, Egypt’s country director of Drosos Foundation talks about her journey from a hospital doctor to becoming a pioneer in the use of art and creativity in healing. She was behind the making of the Egyptian film ‘Asmaa’ which highlighted the stigma and discrimination faced by women living with HIV in Egypt (https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2011/11/03/khalid-ali-film-review-asmaa-directed-by-amr-salama-star-rating/). The film was inspired by the real life story of

    Jul 21,2019 18:18
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    49. Death and dying, Italian style

    In this podcast Valeria Golino talks about end of life issues; assisted suicide, the common practice of some Italian people withholding the true diagnosis of terminal illness from their affected relatives, and doctor-patient relationships in these emotionally challenging circumstances. Such themes were explored in her award-winning films as a director ‘Miele’ (2013), and ‘Euphoria’ (2018). Ms Golino neither demonizes nor endorses controversial practices around death; she invites the viewer to re

    Jul 04,2019 12:17
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    50. History Lessons: Immigration, the NHS and fear of the other

    On today’s podcast, Professor Roberta Bivins, Centre for the History of Medicine University of Warwick, speaks to unfounded fears of immigrants underpinning rhetoric surrounding the inception of the NHS.

    Jun 08,2019 21:49
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    51. Making History Matter: Julian Simpson on migration, social issues and the role of history

    Freelance author and historian Julian Simpson, author of Migrant Architects of the NHS, joins Editor-in-Chief of Medical Humanities Brandy Schillace (@bschillace) to discuss the role and responsibility of historians. How do we create a space for history that addresses itself to contemporary concerns including #immigration? This is about who gets to write #history, who gets to make decisions about funding, who recruits, who decides who can speak to #policy concerns.

    Jun 02,2019 21:45
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    52. A New Outlook on Psychosomatics?

    Join us for a preview of the new June special issue on Biopolitics, Psychosomatics and “participating bodies" and read it on the MH website: https://mh.bmj.com/.June's issue is specially dedicated to the many ways of looking at psychosomatics. In this conversation with Brandy Schillace, guest editor Dr. Monica Greco explains why a different outlook on our bodies is much needed. Listen to the full conversation and keep an ear out for the buzz word that brings together nature and politics.

    May 17,2019 15:55
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    53. Interrogating Medicine: a podcast on humanities and pain

    Medical Humanities editor-in-chief, Brandy Schillace, speaks to Dr Sara Wasson about her work on chronic pain and gothic transplantation.For more information read: https://mh.bmj.com/content/44/2/106.

    Apr 26,2019 16:00
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    54. The Weaponizing of Religion against Healthcare: An Interview with John Fugelsang

    Increasingly in the US, elements of religion have crept into medical and political discourse. The Bible has been invoked repeatedly, for instance, in discussion of women’s right to abortion, same sex marriage, adoption, coverage rights, and the list goes on. In today’s MH podcast, Brandy Schillace interviews John Fugelsang, host of Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM, as well as an American actor, tv personality, comedian, and twitter-burr beneath the saddle of the far right. Together they discuss th

    Apr 11,2019 24:12
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    55. Daniel LaForest on reaching beyond medicine to live experience of health

    Medical Humanities editor-in-chief Brandy Schillace interviews Medical Humanities board member Daniel LaForest on his understanding of medical humanities and storytelling.

    Mar 27,2019 16:31
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    56. United in film: psychiatrist Dr Nabil Elkot recommends drama therapy for patients and doctors

    Medical Humanities Film Correspondent Khalid Ali interviews Dr Nabil Elkot, a doctor who uses art in his psychotherapeutic practice. This interview comes from Medfest, the medical film festival.

    Mar 13,2019 09:16
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    57. What society do we live in? Dr Gavin Francis on precarity, vulnerability and narrative

    Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace interviews doctor and author Gavin Francis about housing and medical outcomes, his work as a travel writer, and the influence of his medical practice on his writing.

    Mar 06,2019 16:30
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    58. Prescribing Art. Victoria Hume, Director of the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance

    What is the future of "prescribing art"? Brandy Schillace interviews Victoria Hume, Director of the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance, about the role of culture, arts, and health. Related Medical Humanities papers mentioned in this podcast:Inclusion, access and social justice: the rhizomic evolution of a field across a continent - https://mh.bmj.com/content/44/4/218Biomedicine and the humanities: growing pains - https://mh.bmj.com/content/44/4/230Reflections on a field across time and space

    Feb 07,2019 16:28
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    59. The Immigrants’ Case of Shakespeare: a discussion about borders and health effects of separation

    The 400-year-old Shakespearean speech is the start of a conversation about the immigrants' situation in the US and the UK today, as well as the health effects on children suffering separation from parents and other traumas relating to a refugee situation.Kathleen Bachynski and Brit Trogen, both from the New York University Langone, discuss 'The Immigrants' Case', a speech attributed to William Shakespeare, in order to reflect on its relevance to current debates and particularly on the role of he

    Jan 29,2019 14:49
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    60. Medicine meets cinema: Dr Omneya Okasha’s journey from dentistry to film making

    Dr Omneya Okasha is a dentist who had a passion for film since early childhood. Bonding with characters on screen took her on a journey of self-discovery, personal growth, and wonder. After a career in Dentistry, she is now a full-time film maker. In this conversation with Medical Humanities film correspondent, Khalid Ali, she comments on 'story-telling, attention to detail, collaboration and empathy' as key elements in making a good doctor and artist. In her films, she challenges society attitu

    Jan 10,2019 12:57
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    61. ICE Immigration and Health: Eugene Gu on the medical consequence of politics

    Medical Humanities editor-in-chief Brandy Schillace interviews Dr Eugene Gu about the responsibilities of medical practitioners in light of ICE and the immigration crisis in the US.Stay in touch with the Medical Humanities journal through the website (https://mh.bmj.com), the blog (https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities), Twitter (@MedHums_BMJ) and Facebook.This interview was recorded on the 7th June 2018.

    Jan 02,2019 11:40
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    62. The shape of Medical Humanities in South Africa

    What kinds of projects in medical humanities are happening in the Global South? Today we speak to two of the guest editors for a South African Special Issue (Carla Tsampiras and Nolwazi Mkhwanazi), publishing in December 2018, on the cultural context and issues of MH and social justice.

    Nov 06,2018 16:06
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    63. Let’s talk sex, medicine and film. Reporting from Egypt Medfest 2018

    Mina Elnaggar, an Egyptian doctor and film-maker, outlines the first Arab forum for medicine in film, Egypt Medfest, in conversation with Medical Humanities Film Correspondent Khalid Ali.Read the Medical Humanities' blog for more on film and media in medicine: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/.

    Oct 17,2018 15:05
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    64. One Year Anniversary, MH editor

    In this podcast, Associate Editor Angela Woods interviews Brandy Schillace, Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Humanities journal, at the one-year anniversary of her editorship. Brandy talks about the changes in the journal and what we can expect in the next year; she also takes a moment to celebrate the current and upcoming issues, authors, and contributors. We hope you will join the conversation at MH, by visiting the blog https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/ and journal site, https://mh.bmj.

    Jul 13,2018 09:03
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    65. Talk to her: Arab women unveil taboos

    Three film industry women talk mental health and violence.‘Mamsous- Deranged’ is a short film about mental health and well-being through the story of three people, who share their experiences with clinical depression and panic attacks. It was directed by Shatha Masoud, an Emarati filmmaker who started her own advertising and video production business. Mamsous won the best ‘Muhr Emarati short film award’ in Dubai International Film Festival in 2016. Amal Alharbi who features in 'Mamsous' is a Sau

    Feb 16,2018 14:30
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    66. How do we find meaning when we are going to die?

    Dr Khalid Ali, Medical Humanities film and media correspondent, interviews Dr Amy Hardie at the Sudan Independent Film Festival where she held a training workshop for film students. Dr Amy Hardie is a documentary film-maker with several international awards. Her documentary feature The Edge of Dreaming, was the first Scottish feature documentary to be selected for competition at IDFA in 2009 and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize, Kiev International Film Festival. She graduated from the National F

    Nov 02,2017 21:27
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    67. Psychiatry, old age and relationships in Professor Robert Abrams’ words

    Family relationships, traumas from childhood echo in love life, dementia and geriatrics. In this broad interview, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Robert Abrams (Weill Cornell University, New York, USA) tells the Screening Room editor of Medical Humanities Khalid Ali about his contributions to the journal.Robert Abrams was interviewed at the Cairo Medfest, the First Arab Forum for Medicine in Film, in January 2017.Please visit the Medical Humanities website (http://mh.bmj.com/) and blog (http://

    Sep 27,2017 16:17
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    68. Auditory hallucinations, agoraphobia and extremism as portrayed by actor Ahemed Magdy

    In this podcast, the Screening Room editor of Medical Humanities Khalid Ali explores the role of film in shining a light on mental illlness, dysfnctional families and the rise of religious fanaticism with Egyptian director Ahmed Magdy. Recently introduced to acting, Ahmed talks about his portrayal of three challenging characters: a young man imprisoned in his mother's house in 'Gate of Departure, Kareem Hanafi, 2015', an extremist who converts from Islam to Christianity in 'The preacher, Magdy A

    Apr 27,2017 12:33
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    69. Living and ‘loving life’ in a sanatorium: interview with Radu Jude, Romanian director

    ‘Scarred hearts’ is a thought-provoking semi-autobiographical film based on the period Max Belceher (Romanian author) spent in a sanatorium in 1934 recovering from Pott’s disease (Tuberculosis of the spine). In this podcast Khalid Ali explores with Radu Jude (the film director) the physical and mental hardships experienced by patients with TB, as well as the sense of community and companionship that can develop during their confinement. On the 24th March 1882 Dr Robert Koch discovered the TB bac

    Mar 06,2017 07:21
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    70. Khaled Abol Naga: Acting as a calling and social activism

    In this podcast, Khalid Ali meets Khaled Abol Naga, one of the most popular faces in Egypt and with strong links to the UK.He prefers to be introduced as an “actor”, but is also a well-known filmmaker, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and a political activist.During his latest visit to London, Khaled Abol Naga spoke with the Screening Room Editor of Medical Humanities about his long and diverse career and how his characters taught him about the human condition, mental illness or age. They speak abou

    Sep 14,2016 33:36
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    71. ”To age or not to age”, Tom Kinninmont about his co-writing ”The Carer”

    In this podcast, Tom Kinninmont, co-writer of the British film 'The Carer', tells Khalid Ali, Medical Humanities Screening Room Editor, the details of the picture which brings Parkinson's disease, ageing, care for old people, intergenerational problems, stardom egos and Shakespeare quotes all together to the big screen.In this conversation recorded during the Edinburgh film festival, where the film was screened in June, the Scottish writer with a long career in theatre and TV. also talks about h

    Jul 29,2016 19:10
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    72. ’Bernie and Rebecca’ is Melissa Kent’s directorial debut: ”a lifetime of emotions in 15 minutes”

    In this podcast, Khalid Ali speaks to Melissa Kent, Hollywood film editor, about her debut as a director with "Bernie and Rebecca", at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which explores "a lifetime of emotions in 15 minutes".The short film had its UK premiere during the Scottish festival, in June, and will be available on the Internet in January 2017. It has also been selected to three upcoming festivals:MADRID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (July 2–9) - nominated for Best Director of a Shor

    Jul 08,2016 12:48
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    73. The Nightingales: Sudan’s First women band: music for healing and hope

    The three Sudanese sisters The Nightingales (or 'Al-balabil'), who have been singing for 45 years, are doing their first world tour. On their stop for a concert in London, at the end of May, they spoke with Khalid Ali, the Medical Humanities' Screening Room Editor, about their memories as children in Sudan and the power of their music in supporting people with illnesses. A conversation with a lot of music involved.

    Jun 17,2016 24:22
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    74. Coma through the eyes of a doctor and relatives: interview with Anu Menon, director of ’Waiting’

    In this podcast, the director Anu Menon talks to the Medical Humanities' Screening Room Editor Khalid Ali about her latest film 'Waiting'. The film explores the relationship between doctor and patients' relatives as well as the bonds established through coma. This is the second of two Medical Humanities' podcasts about the Indian film 'Waiting', which was part of the London Asian film Festival (LAFF), Tongues on Fire, in March 2016. It will be released internationally on the 26th of April, in In

    Mar 15,2016 11:53
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    75. Film ‘Waiting’ - lives united by coma: interview with co-writer James Ruzicka

    In this podcast, Dr James Ruzicka talks about the connection between the story of the film 'Waiting', which he co-wrote, and the real life of a doctor. ‘Waiting’ is directed by Anu Menon and explores the bond established between two people whilst their spouses lie in coma in an hospital. This is the first of two Medical Humanities' podcasts about the Indian film, which will be the closing night gala of the London Asian film Festival (LAFF), Tongues on Fire, on Sunday, 13th March 2016. It will be

    Mar 10,2016 13:26
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    76. Producer Simon Field invites to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s season of films and installations in UK

    In this podcast, Khalid Ali talks to Simon Field, producer of "Cemetery of Splendour", a film about a lonesome middle-age housewife who tends a soldier with sleeping sickness and falls into a hallucination.The film is the starting point of a conversation about the work of the director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which legacy is being showcased in the UK:Film retrospective, Tate Modern, 6-8 April;'Cemetry of Splendour' film, BFI Southbank, April 2016;Visual installation 'Primitive' - The Tanks,

    Feb 23,2016 14:23
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    77. Sharif Hatata: doctor, novelist, film critic about medicine, doctor strike and ”Egypt’s health”

    The 93 year-old retired doctor Sharif Hatata, Egyptian political activist born in the UK, tells MH Screening Room editor Khalid Ali about his novels, "resistance", junior doctors strike, "poor health care" in Egypt and his film passion.This interview was recorded in Cairo, during The Panorama of the European Film, in November 2015.See the full program of the festival at http://panoramaeurofilm.com/

    Jan 08,2016 17:40
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    78. Bringing cinema to those with visual impairment, reporting from the Panorama of the European Film

    The president of The Panorama of the European Film, Marianne Khoury, explores the new possibilities opened by the last edition of the festival in Cairo, including the new technologies allowing cinema for those with visual impairment.The film-maker introduced the event in Egypt more than a decade ago, presenting alternative cinema to the country.In this podcast, Marianne Khoury tells Khalid Ali about the other films in this festival, including her own 'Shadows-Zelal', which explores the dark real

    Dec 21,2015 12:31
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    79. Psychological coercion in UK government workfare programmes

    How is positive psychology being used as a coercive strategy in UK government workfare programmes? What effect does this have on the people who receive unemployment benefits, and how have psychologists responded? In this podcast, Lynne Friedli (Hubbub) and Robert Stearn (Birkbeck) discuss their research with BMJ Medical Humanities Associate Editor Angela Woods. “Positive affect as coercive strategy: conditionality, activation and the role of psychology in UK government workfare programmes” appea

    May 15,2015 11:17
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    80. Mohamed Khan, Egyptian screenwriter and director, on what clinicians can gain from his films

    Khalid Ali, screening room editor at Medical Humanities, talks to Mohamed Khan, screen writer and actor, and one of the leading directors of of neo-realist cinema in 80s Egypt.They discuss his range of films and the parallels with, and lessons for, practicing medicine.

    Oct 23,2014 10:39
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    81. The Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference 2014: The mad scientist

    Khalid Ali, Screening Room editor, reports from the Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference in Exeter.Here he speaks to Laura Habbe, a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses around the figure of the mad scientist, often taking the shape of a doctor, in popular fiction of the last two decades of the nineteenth century. She is interested in the question of how the mad scientist became firmly established as a stereotype in our culture and how this relates to questions of sci

    Sep 15,2014 07:21
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    82. The Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference 2014

    Khalid Ali, Screening Room editor, reports from the Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference in Exeter.Here he talks with Sarah Jones, a final year PhD student affiliated with the Centre for Medical History at the University of Exeter. Her thesis, which looks at free love and sex radicalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, is funded by Great Western Research and supervised by Professor Kate Fisher. She co-organised the new annual Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference,

    Sep 15,2014 10:31
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    83. The Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference 2014: Education and medical humanities

    Khalid Ali, Screening Room editor, reports from the Postgraduate Medical Humanities Conference in Exeter.Here he speaks to James Fallon, a specialist registrar in General Adult Psychiatry working in Brighton, about medical education and medical humanities, in particular how the two can be used together to improve training.

    Sep 15,2014 09:32
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    84. Welcome to Medical Humanities

    In this first podcast from the journal Medical Humanities, editor Deborah Bowman introduces members of her new editorial team: editor of The Screening Room, Khalid Ali, and editor of The Reading Room, Georgia Belam. Together they discusses the vision for the journal. It is an exciting time for Medical Humanities, and the creation of The Reading Room and The Screening Room represent the first stage in a process of developing and refreshing the journal, its blog and social media. You can read some

    Apr 14,2014 21:52