Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA patient complaint that actually led to change
When his wife died of endometrial cancer, Charles Kinch refused to accept that the care she received was the best she could get. His complaint, at fi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
ENCORE: One town's fight to reinstate healthcare
Like many Canadian small towns, Carberry, MB had become a healthcare desert. In 2023, the small ER closed and the last doctor left. Carberry embarked…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr. Brian Day wants more private health care
For three decades, Dr. Brian Day has been at the centre of the debate around private health care in Canada. Despite losing his court battle to bring …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Giving mental-health emergency patients a room of their own
Ottawa’s Montfort hospital sees twice the number of patients for mental health emergencies as the Ontario average. And as this number increased in re…
7 months ago
The doctor Brampton needs
Gurleen Kaur Chahal is one of the inaugural students at Toronto Metropolitan University’s new Peel Region medical school, designed to serve the area’…
7 months, 1 week ago
The human face of 'AI psychosis'
After a seemingly innocuous question about pi, Allan Brooks tumbled down a ChatGPT rabbit hole. Three weeks later, he emerged, after spending 300 hou…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Public pain, private care: Why one woman is paying to walk again
How much would you be willing (and able) to pay to get your knee or hip replaced? Calgarian Linda Slater's knee pain became unbearable during her two…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
ENCORE: What do “Ask your doctor” ads accomplish?
Companies are spending big bucks advertising weight-loss drugs like Rybelsus, seeing huge potential in capitalizing on the popularity of Ozempic. But…
8 months ago
ENCORE: The battle rapper who battled colon cancer
As a rapper, Bishop Brigante was no stranger to on-stage battles. We met up with the then-45-year-old when he was battling Stage 4 colon cancer, whic…
8 months, 1 week ago
ENCORE: Sex medicine doctors are putting women’s health, and pleasure, first
Many women report difficulties with orgasms, low libido or pain around intercourse. And given that many have never even learned much about their gen…
8 months, 2 weeks ago