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playing god?

Booking Overview

This is a narrative health-and-medicine ethics podcast built around firsthand experiences and interviews with bioethics scholars, physicians, and medical researchers. Agencies could credibly pitch bioethicists, clinicians, public-health experts, medical-research leaders, and people with compelling lived experience of difficult healthcare decisions; booking difficulty is medium because guests typically need substantial subject-matter expertise or a highly relevant personal story.

Metrics

Episodes: 20

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.1k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

bioethics@jhu.edu

ideaslab@jhu.edu

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Bioethics scholars, physicians, medical researchers, public-health experts, and people with direct firsthand experience of complex healthcare decisions
Required Achievements:  
Academic appointments, Clinical expertise, Medical or public-health research, Relevant lived experience of a high-stakes healthcare dilemma

Recent Guest Discussions

Marika Toscano - Medication Decisions During Pregnancy, Obstetric Care, And The Ethics Of Excluding Pregnant Women From Research

Crystal Clark - Antidepressant Safety During Pregnancy, Psychiatric Care, And Evidence Gaps In Medical Research

Ruth Faden - The Ethics Of Excluding Pregnant Women From Medical Research And The Resulting Uncertainty In Healthcare Decisions

Ashley Womble - Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy, Maternal Mental Health, And Firsthand Healthcare Decision-making

Recent Topics

Bioethics, Healthcare, Medicine, Ethics, Medical Research

Episodes

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A World Without Nurses

July 07, 2026

playing god? presents… "A World Without Nurses"—it’s a future no one wants to imagine, but doing so brings into sharp focus just how essential nurses are today. Prepare to be transported into this dystopian scenario through innovative storytelling and immersive sound design, ultimately serving as a call to action.Want to help make an impact? Explore our listening session facilitation guide: nursing.jhu.edu/faculty-research/research/centers/r3/a-world-without-nurses/"A World Without Nurses" is...

playing god? presents...

June 30, 2026

The iDeas Lab team is hard at work on playing god? Season 3, but we have some special things to share with you in the meantime. Listen for a preview of what’s coming next in the feed. And we’re opening a voicemail box! Call us at 410-417-9860 to tell us your questions, reactions, and stories. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Two Bodies, One Prescription

June 23, 2026

When Ashley Womble decides she wants to start a family, she worries she'll need to stop taking her antidepressant medication. Instead of finding clear guidance, she runs head-first into a troubling reality: many of the questions pregnant women and their physicians face about medication safety remain difficult to answer because pregnant women have historically been excluded from medical research. This episode looks at the ethical trade offs of leaving pregnant women out of medical research—and...

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ideaslab@jhu.edu

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