The Nocturnists

The Nocturnists is an award-winning medical storytelling podcast, hosted by physician Emily Silverman. We feature personal stories from frontline clinicians, conversations with healthcare-related authors and art-makers, and special podcast documentary series such as "Uncertainty in Medicine" , “Post-Roe America", and others. thenocturnists.substack.com

The Nocturnists is a health podcast hosted by physician Emily Silverman, with 208 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

physician Emily Silverman hosts The Nocturnists, a health show with 208 episodes published.

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  Choosing Home with Tiffany Chan, OD

  Jan 8, 20261h 14mS0

  <p>This week’s guest on The Nocturnists is optometrist Tiffany Chan, who told a story live onstage at an event produced by Dr. Rebecca George at the Sierra Valley Health Center in Nevada City, California, in 2025. </p><p>Tiffany grew up in the Gold Rush town of Grass Valley, built a career in elite academic medicine at Johns Hopkins, and ultimately found her way back home after her mother’s sudden brain bleed transformed her sense of place and purpose.</p><p>In our conversation, we talk about:</p><p>* the tension between academic research and the pull of home...

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  A Soft Place to Land with Frances Southwick, DO

  Dec 19, 20251h 2mS0

  <p>What if falling in love meant literally falling down?</p><p>In this week’s episode of The Nocturnists, physician and writer Frances Southwick shares a story that begins in rural Colorado with unexplained episodes of paralysis. First performed live in Nevada City, this episode is about what it’s like to live inside a body that responds to emotion in unexpected ways, and how a late diagnosis can reframe an entire life.</p><p>Frances originally told this story at “Medicine Story,” a Nocturnists Satellites event hosted by Dr. Rebecca George of Sierra Valley Family Health in Nevada City in...

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  Medicine Beyond Medicine with Alicia Ashorn and Anthony Thigpen

  Dec 12, 202553 minS0

  <p>This week on The Nocturnists, we hear from Alicia Ashorn and Anthony Thigpen, two community health workers with the Transitions Clinic Network who are redefining what care looks like beyond the hospital walls.</p><p>Alicia and Anthony share their personal stories—Alicia’s journey through addiction and recovery, and Anthony’s path through grief, transformation, and reentry work—and how these experiences shape their care for people returning from incarceration. In our conversation, they explore the power of storytelling, the emotional complexity of supporting clients in crisis, and the wisdom required to balance compassion with boundaries. Through vivid anecdote...

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  Stories that Save Us with Sharon Fennix

  Nov 28, 202551 minS0

  <p>This week, we’re joined by Sharon Fennix—a hotline coordinator with the Transitions Clinic Network (TCN), a community leader shaped by lived experience, and a storyteller whose creativity helped her survive 38 years of incarceration. Sharon’s journey has taken her from running fashion shows and directing original plays inside prison to becoming a trusted source of support for people navigating the vulnerable first steps of reentry. She brings wisdom, humor, honesty, and a remarkable ability to see the human story beneath the surface.</p><p>In our conversation, Sharon reflects on how storytelling became her lifeline on the inside...

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  The Nurse and the Nun with Linda Wick, DNP, APRN

  Nov 17, 202539 minS0

  <p>Dear friends,</p><p>Nurse practitioner Linda Wick has spent more than four decades in medicine, beginning her journey as a six-year-old watching nurses care for her injured brother. </p><p>In today’s story, she recalls the early lessons that shaped her career—from the strict nuns who taught her at the College of St. Scholastica to the life-and-death responsibilities of the ICU and dialysis unit. When a medical emergency reunites her with one of her toughest teachers, Sister Helen, Linda is forced to confront the words that haunted her for years.</p><p>We first heard Linda’s stor...

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