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Season 2, Episode 1: Reflections on a Visit to Holland
Dr. Divya Bhatia ('21) and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by pediatric surgeon Dr. Michael Hirsh to talk about a trip to Holland and visiting the Westerbork transit camp. Recorded April 2021. Michael Hirsh's piece "Reflections on a Visit to Holland" and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files.
Season 2: Welcome to Season 2!
Join us for Season 2 of Murmurs: Stories from our Journey in Medicine. We'll be featuring new voices from the UMass (now UMass Chan) community. First episode premieres Monday, November 22nd with new episodes weekly! The transcript for this episode is available for download as an additional file.
Goodbye Season 1, and Thank You!
Thank you so much for joining us for this first season! We are collecting listener feedback for our capstone project via this survey. If you have a couple minutes to spare, please consider filling it out. We hope to see you soon with a season 2! The transcript for this podcast is available for download as an additional file.
Episode 6: Asylum Body Work
Divya Bhatia and Dr. Hugh Silk sit down with Dr. Lucy Candib to talk about the importance of medical-legal partnerships in advocating for individuals who are victims of abuse or torture in their home countries seeking asylum in the US. Content warning: physical and sexual abuse, homophobia, and torture. Recorded March 2020. Dr. Candib's poem "Asylum Body Work" was first published in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The transcript for this episode is available for download as an additional file.
Episode 5: Penal Code
Qiuwei Yang and Dr. Hugh Silk are joined by family physician Dr. Lisa Gussak to discuss the impact of incarceration on health and medical care. Recorded November 2019. Dr. Gussak's piece "Penal Code" was first published in Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine. The transcript for this episode is available for download as an additional file.
Episode 4: Dear Anonymous Donor
Divya Bhatia and Qiuwei Yang sit down with Bridget Yang to discuss her piece, "Dear Anonymous Donor,” and the anatomy lab experience. Recorded October 2019. Bridget Yang's poem "Dear Anonymous Donor" and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files.
Episode 3: When I Did What I Swore I Would Never Do
In this episode, Dr. Dave Hatem discusses the moment when his perspective on the neurological exam changes with hosts Qiuwei Yang and Dr. Hugh Silk. Recorded February 2020. Dr. Hatem's piece "When I Did What I Swore I Would Never Do" and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files.
Episode 2: Friendly, not Familiar
In this episode of the Murmurs podcast, Divya Bhatia and Hugh Silk sit down with medical student Rose Schutzberg to discuss her piece, "Friendly, not Familiar" about an experience during her second year of medical school when she visited a Massachusetts prison that inspired her to write this reflection. Recorded February 2020. The transcript for this episode is available for download as an additional file.
Episode 1: Budgeting
For the inaugural episode of the Murmurs podcast, the hosts discuss the piece "Budgeting", written by their very own Qiuwei Yang. Recorded May 2019. Qiuwei Yang's poem "Budgeting" and the transcript for this episode are available for download as additional files.