After hearing a mentor make an inappropriate joke, medical student Jenny Tiskus grapples with humor’s place in the world of medicine. Illustrations by <a href="https://lindsaymound.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsay Mound</a>. Original theme music by <a href="http://munro.media/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yosef Munro</a>. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Learn more and support us at <a href= "https://thenocturnists.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">thenocturnists.com</a>. Thank you!

Conversations: Lucy Kalanithi, MD

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 “Post-Roe America,” “Shame in Medicine,” “Black Voices in Healthcare,” and “Stories from a Pandemic.” In 2024, we’ll be bringing you Season 6 of "Stories from the World of Medicine" and more "Conversations," as well as commencing production on a new series, "Uncertainty in Medicine." Our mission is to humanize healthcare and foster joy, wonder, and curiosity among clinicians and patients alike.

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