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Searching for Medicine’s Soul

Searching for Medicine’s Soul

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Hosted by Dr. Aaron Rothstein and featuring expert guests, Searching for Medicine’s Soul explores medicine’s purpose: Why do physicians do what they do? How does the practice of medicine relate to scientific progress and human flourishing? The result is an in-depth analysis of the history and aim of medicine, and its collision with a thrilling and sometimes tragic age of discovery.Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Ciencia Ciencias Sociales
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  • Charles Piller on the Alzheimer’s Research Industry

    Charles Piller on the Alzheimer’s Research Industry
    Mar 13 2025

    In this episode, Aaron is joined by investigative journalist Charles Piller, who writes for Science and covers public health, biological warfare, and infectious disease outbreaks, among other topics. His most recent book, Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's is a bombshell story about fraud within the field of Alzheimer’s research.
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    56 m
  • Carl Elliott on Whistleblowers

    Carl Elliott on Whistleblowers
    Oct 10 2024
    In this episode, Aaron is joined by Dr. Carl Elliott, author and philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota. They discuss how medical education can corrupt character, Dr. Elliott’s experience as a whistleblower, and his latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, which explores the history of medical experimentation.
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    1 h
  • Charlotte Bismuth on Prosecuting the Opioid Crisis

    Charlotte Bismuth on Prosecuting the Opioid Crisis
    Oct 3 2024

    On this episode, Aaron is joined by Charlotte Bismuth, author of Killer in a White Coat: The True Story of New York's Deadliest Pill Pusher and the Team That Brought Him to Justice. Bismuth discusses the profit motive behind the opioid crisis and her decision to prosecute Dr. Stan Li, whose criminal medical practice in New York led to 16 overdoses from prescription drugs.
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    58 m
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