Dr. Neil Skolnik knew something had to change when he wound up out of breath while walking through an airport on his way lecture on—of all things—diabetes.Through diligent diet and exercise, Dr. Skolnik lost weight, started to exercise, and got a handle on his diet. What's more, the patients who hadn't truly heard his advice in the past really started to listen.

Andy talks with Alexa Drubay, an expert in laughter yoga, about its origins and health benefits.

Before Dr. Daniel Eun became chief of Robotic Surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, he faced obstacles affording medical school and matching to a residency in his field. Andy and Dr. Eun discuss how he overcame these obstacles and what lies ahead in the field of robotic surgery.

After modifying her once-unhealthy diet, third-year medical student Sarayna Schock created a unique program, ProduceRx, that connects people who need good produce with people who grow it.

Plastic surgeon Allan Wulc explains how a beautiful human face is measured in millimeters and how he talks to patients about enhancing or restoring their beauty.

In an innovative class at Penn State College of Medicine, Dr. Michael Green's fourth-year med students create a comic/cartoon about a meaningful experience in medicine. Cartooning has also been shown to benefit patients and can even be a training tool for teaching interns/residents.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Asif Ilyas explains why "awake surgery" is becoming more popular—and why it's not as daunting as you might think.

Andy listens to two young storytellers: Tyler Rainer and Matthew Trifan, fourth-year med students at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Both prepared two moving stories from their Emergency Department rotations at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia.

The med students who work with Dr. Salvatore Mangione at Thomas Jefferson University do unusual things—like visit museums, write and perform in plays, and learn to draw. But it’s not playtime: they’re actually cultivating valuable that all doctors need. Dr. Mangione talks with Andy in this episode about why the future of medical education actually lies in its past: in the humanities.

Dr. Alan Haber has collected many stories in his career as a lung cancer specialist. In this episode he shares a few of them with Andy and discusses why it's tricky to do the same thing with patients.