The Nocturnists

It takes surprisingly little for the human psyche to come undone. We know that the virus can’t survive when we isolate ourselves, the question is, can we survive the isolation? Today’s voices include an ER nurse, a medical student, a geriatrician, a maternal and fetal medicine fellow, a vaccine trial subject, a primary care doctor, a pediatrics medical resident, as well as some unexpected voices. This episode features Bill Conti’s Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky).

Over the past few weeks, there have been so many news articles about healthcare workers as heroes, or soldiers fighting the battle of coronavirus. For some people this language may ring true, but for others, this metaphor feels wrong. Who gets to tell this story? And how? This week you’ll hear voices from diarists based in CA, NY, NJ, MD, and PA. They include a geriatrician, a pediatric and an adult emergency physicians, an ER nurse, a hospitalist and historian of medicine, and two medical students.

We’ve been holding our breath for weeks now, waiting to turn some corner. While it’s still unclear what the future holds, this week we invite you to exhale, celebrate small wins, and prepare for whatever comes next. You’ll hear voices from North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland, Oklahoma, Colorado, and California, including those of a radiologist, a family practice doctor, an infectious disease researcher, meds-peds and internal medicine doctors, a neuroimmunology fellow, and a fourth year medical student

This week tackles what it means to be sick. You’ll hear from diarists from Michigan, Maryland, Ontario/Canada, Massachusetts, and California. You will hear from a meds/peds resident, a neuroimmunology fellow, a MICU nurse, two internal medicine residents, a primary care doctor, and an ob/gyn.

What is it like to be a healthcare worker forced to stand on the sidelines during a global pandemic? This week, you’ll hear from diarists from California, North Carolina, Indiana, Texas, and New York, including a primary care doctor, a travel nurse, a speech language pathologist, a pediatrician, an endocrinologist, and critical care doctor. Featuring the song Helpless by Neil Young.

This week, we continue with audio diaries from healthcare workers around the country who speak about ventilator hacks, breathing tubes, search and rescue, and ministries of presence. You will hear from diarists in New York, Colorado, Maryland, Indiana, Atlanta, and California, who include a family physician, a nurse practitioner, a veterinarian, a medical student, a couple of interns, and a hospital chaplain. Featuring Bill Withers’ Lean on Me.

In the third episode of our special podcast series on COVID19, you will hear voices of a MICU nurse in San Francisco, an internal medicine resident in New York City, an internal medicine resident in Montreal, Canada, a neonatology fellow in Pennsylvania, a geriatrician in California, a participant in a study of a candidate vaccine, an anonymous health care provider, and a medical student in New York City. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound.

In this episode of The Nocturnists: Stories from a Pandemic, you will hear diary entries from healthcare workers from New York, California, Massachusetts, and Indiana, all grappling with the first of the COVID case arrivals in their institutions. You will hear the voices of an internist, a pulmonologist, an emergency medicine intern, a clinical laboratory scientist, and a recently graduated medical student.

In this first episode of our special podcast series, healthcare workers reflect on the imminent COVID patient surge. You will hear the voices of a trauma nurse in San Francisco, a pediatric emergency medicine doctor in New York City, a Durable Medical Equipment (DME) truck driver in the Southern US, a neonatologist in Pennsylvania, a neurosurgery resident in Los Angeles, an emergency medicine physician in Arizona, and an internal medicine resident in New York City. Illustrations by Lindsay Mound.

Rasha Khoury takes us inside a Doctors Without Borders hospital. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com.  We invite you to support us with a donation here. You can also make small, recurring donations through our Patreon page.

Social worker Emmeline Sun has to betray the trust of a client in order to care for him. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com.  We invite you to support us with a donation here. You can also make small, recurring donations through our Patreon page.

On Jeremy Topin's first call night in the ICU, his checklist was not enough. This episode was made possible by Vocera Communication’s Experience Innovation Network. Learn more about their work here https://www.vocera.com/experience-innovation-network. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com. 

Hospitalist Abhi Kole tells a story about the ethics — and the art — of blocking patients. This episode was made possible by Vocera Communication’s Experience Innovation Network. Learn more at https://www.vocera.com/experience-innovation-network This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com. 

Internal medicine resident Elie Adler tells a story about loving someone with a chronic illness, how that relationship changed when she became a doctor, and how being a doctor affects her relationship. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com. 

Otolaryngologist Tina Munjal tells a story about learning to be comfortable outside of her comfort zone. This season of The Nocturnists was made possible by the California Medical Association. Learn more at cmadocs.org Illustrations by Lindsay Mound. Original theme music by Yosef Munro. Other music comes from Blue Dot Sessions. Check out our website at thenocturnists.com.  We invite you to support us with a donation here.