playing god?

Berman Institute of Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University)
ideaslab@jhu.edu (+2 verified host & producer emails)

Booking Overview

playing god? is a bioethics series on life-and-death medical decisions, featuring patients and bioethicists who grapple with real ethical tradeoffs. For PR pros, it’s a credible platform for experts in medicine, ethics, policy, and clinical innovation seeking issue-centered, values-driven visibility.

Metrics

Episodes: 13

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

30s Ad: 71 - 88, 60s Ad: 85 - 101

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Host

Berman Institute of Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University) - The Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University produces playing god? as an educational audio series examining ethical dilemmas in health care and medicine. Booking context: the “host...

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Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Academic and clinical experts in medicine (e.g., nephrology), bioethics, medical history, law/health policy, and occasionally people with lived experience relevant to major medical dilemmas.
Required Achievements:  
Faculty appointments (university/medical school), Published scholarship in bioethics, medical ethics, or related fields, Clinical leadership in relevant specialties (e.g., nephrology), Involvement in ethics-focused case documentation or institutional ethics work

Recent Guest Discussions

Kate Butler - Nephrology Perspective On Dialysis Access And Ethical Decision-making In Chronic Kidney Disease

Richard M. Mizelle, Jr. - History Of Dialysis Allocation And The “god Squad” Committee; Origins Of Modern Bioethics

Recent Topics

Bioethics, Medicine, Healthcare, Transplantation, Reproductive, End Of Life, Allocation, Policy, Clinical Ethics, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
playing god?
:

I Need You To Help Me Die

May 19, 2026

When journalist Esmé Deprez receives a text from her father, Ron Deprez, asking for help to die, she enters one of the most ethically fraught spaces in modern medicine: Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). This episode explores what it means to assist a loved one’s death under MAiD law—and how personal compassion collides with professional and societal ethics.This episode features:Esmé E. Deprez: Writer and investigative journalist. Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH: Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director of the Johns...

Coming soon: playing god? Season 2

May 12, 2026

Life and death decisions. Difficult tradeoffs. “playing god?” explores ethical dilemmas in health and medicine through the first-person stories of people who have lived them. Brought to you by the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. New episodes weekly starting May 19. 

Coming soon: playing god? Season 2

September 19, 2024

Season Two of playing god? is coming soon. Here's a preview of what's in the works.

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