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50th Episode Special: Roundtable Discussion with the NBM Lab
We're celebrating 50 episodes of NBM Talks! To mark the occasion, this special episode was recorded live at the NBM Lab when members of our community gathered in Toronto for a celebration of how far…
Welcome to NBM Talks
Damian Tarnopolsky (Creative Lead, Narrative-Based Medicine Lab) introduces the conversations, inspiration, and content you can expect to find on NBM Talks.
"Writing in a Time of Dread" by Sayantani DasGupta
Sayantani DasGupta shares a creative work in progress that reflects on the difficulty of writing during uncertain times. The piece explores the fear, vulnerability, and responsibility that can…
A Conversation with Sayantani DasGupta
In this episode, Sayantani DasGupta reflects on how growing up in an activist family shaped her view of medicine as a tool for social justice. She discusses the resonances between her work as a…
Commitment to Collaboration: A Reflection from Patricia Houston
Patricia Houston reflects on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of collaboration across multidisciplinary healthcare teams, including how shared responsibility, communication,…
A Conversation with Patricia Houston
Patricia Houston (Vice Dean, Medical Education at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine) is a longstanding leader in health professions education. In this wide-ranging conversation,…
A Conversation with Anne Matlow
Anne Matlow shares how narrative reflection can shape leadership and professional development in healthcare. Anne elaborates on how practices like journaling can help clinicians pause, reflect, and…
A Conversation with Rita Charon
Rita Charon joins us from Columbia University in New York City and reflects on the origins of narrative medicine as one of the field’s founders. She tells the story of the field's development over…
A Conversation with Jay Baruch
Jay Baruch, physician, writer, and member of the NBM Lab's International Advisory Board, joins us from Providence, Rhode Island to trace where his interest in story, narrative, and medicine began.…
A Conversation with John Launer
John Launer, educator, writer, and retired family physician and family therapist, joins us from across the pond just outside London, UK to discuss his career and the state of the narrative-based…
Conor Mc Donnell Reads from "What We Know So Far Is..."
Conor Mc Donnell reads a passage from his new book of poetry What We Know So Far Is... (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025). Filled with vivid imagery, literary allusions, contemplations on the role of…
"The Tree of Life" by Petal Abdool
Petal Abdool reads "The Tree of Life," a poem first penned in her youth and completed years later. Listen along and trace the passage of time woven through its lines.
A Conversation with Petal Abdool
Petal Abdool shares how storytelling and lived experience bring medicine to life: from actors performing King Lear to help psychiatry residents reflect on aging to stepping into a geriatric suit to…
"Bannock as Medicine" by Ryan Giroux
Ryan Giroux reflects on his journey as a Métis physician, exploring identity, marginalization in Canada, and the struggle of belonging that shaped a resilient and distinct Métis culture in this…
A Conversation with Ryan Giroux
Ryan Giroux shares how his experiences as an Indigenous resident inspired his work to support Indigenous learners in medicine. He discusses creating more inclusive residency training by fostering…
"Teachings" by Rory O'Sullivan
Rory O'Sullivan reads from an original short narrative, "Teachings," which first appeared in Pulse in 2024.
A Conversation with Rory O'Sullivan
In this episode, Rory O'Sullivan chats with us about his work as a writer and family physician. He shares the place that writing holds in his life and how it interacts with his clinical work, as well…
Darian Goldin Stahl Reads from “Embodied Books”
Darian Goldin Stahl invites us to expand our perspective on what a book is, and what the act of reading a book entails, as she shares an excerpt from the introduction of Embodied Books: Experiencing…
A Conversation with Darian Goldin Stahl
Artist and scholar Darian Goldin Stahl joins us for a conversation about her work making (and teaching others to make) embodied books: beautiful, physical manifestations of health stories. Darian…
Monica Kidd Reads from "The Crane"
Monica Kidd reads an excerpt from her new novel The Crane (Breakwater, 2025).
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