Pirate Medicine
Welcome to Pirate Medicine, the podcast where we serve you a slice of medicine inside a pop-culture sandwich! In each episode, we review movies and books, then have a debate about the art of medicine drawing on their themes.
Podcasting since 2020 • 3 episodes
Pirate Medicine
Latest Episodes
3 - More than Human?
In this episode we review Blade Runner, one of the science fiction films that defined the whole genre, and we ask - what does it mean to be human? And should we allow humans to be augmented with the use of technology?This month's pap...
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2 - As Much Nothing As Possible
Today on the podcast, we ask - war - *huh* - what is it good for? But most of all, we ask - is it better to do less in medicine?We’ll be travelling back to the 1970s and watching MASH, the Korean War satire that led to on...
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Episode 2
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1 - Doctor, Doctor, you must be joking!
Today, we ask - is laughter the best medicine? To answer that question, we’re going to review a film about a doctor who’s also a clown, find out about the doctor who inspired the film, and read a scientific paper about laughter therapy.<...
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Episode 1
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