This week on We Are Human, host Tyler Beauchamp, MD sits down with Mel Thacker, MD for a deep dive into what really makes communication work - not just in medicine, but in any high-stakes professional setting. From the power of listening with intention to the subtle ways non-verbal cues shape conversations, they unpack how small shifts in how we speak (and how we hear) can completely change outcomes.

Whether you’re navigating tough workplace dynamics, trying to build trust on your team, or just want to get better at connecting with people, this conversation offers practical tools and honest insights you can start using right away.

Hosts: Dr. Tommy Martin & Dr. Tyler Beauchamp

Guest: Dr. Mel Thacker

Connect with Mel

https://www.hippocratic-collective.com/members/mel-thacker-md

Produced by: ⁨@HippocraticCollective⁩

This episode confronts the devastating reality that Black women continue to face the highest rates of maternal mortality in the United States - dying during childbirth or in the weeks that follow at disproportionate numbers. Our guest, Dr. Bayo, shares her own harrowing experience during her second delivery, when her concerns were repeatedly dismissed by medical staff despite her deep knowledge that something was wrong.

From that life-threatening moment to her career as a physician, health advocate, and content creator, Dr. Bayo has channeled her story into a powerful mission: advancing healthcare equity, amplifying patient voices, and empowering marginalized communities. In our conversation, she reflects on the intersections of her identity and the systemic failures she has witnessed, while illuminating the urgent reforms needed within medicine.

Her story is both deeply personal and universally resonant - a reminder of why listening to patients is not optional but essential. This is a call to action for a healthcare system where every voice is heard, and every life is valued.

Hosts: Dr. Tommy Martin & Dr. Tyler Beauchamp

Guest: Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell

Connect with Dr. Bayo

IG: @doctor.bayo

Produced by: ⁨@HippocraticCollective⁩

In this deeply personal episode of We Are Human, co-hosts Dr. Tommy Martin and Dr. Tyler Beauchamp unpack the emotional and psychological toll of working in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Drawing from Tyler’s recent rotation, they explore how the resilience of critically ill children often eclipses that of the adults around them, and how bearing witness to that kind of strength changes you.

Tyler shares powerful stories from the bedside: children who, in the face of unimaginable circumstances, manage to adapt with grace and quiet courage, even as their families and clinicians struggle to stay afloat. These moments become mirrors - forcing physicians to confront their own emotional boundaries, the weight of responsibility, and the cost of compassion.

What emerges is a conversation about the humanity behind the white coat: the grief, the growth, the quiet victories, and the impossible choices. Together, Tommy and Tyler reflect on how healthcare professionals can carry the emotional load of this work without becoming hardened by it, and why the deepest connections often form in the most difficult moments.

This episode is a raw, resonant tribute to resilience in all its forms, and a reminder that even in the darkest rooms of the hospital, there is still light.

Hosted by: Dr. Tommy Martin & Dr. Tyler Beauchamp

Produced by: The Hippocratic Collective

Music by: Rushay