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September 17, 2026

As a college student seeking an abortion, Alejandra was unknowingly referred to a crisis pregnancy center instead of an abortion provider. In this conversation, she reflects on how that experience fractured her trust in healthcare, the years it took to reclaim her voice, and why she is now committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered reproductive healthcare as a future family physician.

Failure to Treat with Peter Kowey, MD

September 10, 2026

Drawing on a lifetime in medicine and the stories behind his new book Failure to Treat, cardiologist Dr. Peter Kowey explores how profit, bureaucracy, and the corporatization of healthcare have transformed the practice of medicine. We discuss what has been lost, what can still be reclaimed, and why he remains hopeful that technology may ultimately give physicians back their most precious resource: time with patients. Looking for more from The Nocturnists? Explore The Nocturnists+, our subscri...

The Body as Teacher with Giulia Enders, MD

September 03, 2026

Dr. Giulia Enders—physician, gastroenterologist, and bestselling author of Gut—joins us to discuss her new book, Organ Speak. She invites us to see the body not as a machine in need of repair, but as a living source of intelligence, metaphor, and meaning. Reflecting on her early fascination with the gut and her years treating patients with complex gastrointestinal conditions, Giulia explores how language shapes our experience of illness. The conversation ranges across the skin, grief, immun...