Health Humanities Podcast
Welcome to the Health Humanities Podcast, featuring readings and interviews of student work published in the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH. Our mission is to facilitate interdisciplinary thinking and creative work related to illness, caregiving, and medicine. Read the journal here: hhj.web.unc.edu
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Episodes
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Patrick Kaper-Barcelata reads his story “Making Mom Happy” and talks about finding truth in fiction and being influenced by academic research in sociology.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Alexander Benedict reads his poem “this dull circle of porcelain” and talks about learning from difficult experiences through writing about them and his process revising poetry.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Katie Regittko reads their narrative “Patient Perpetrator” and talks about eating disorder recovery and more details of their research on the influence of carceral structures on treatment.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tyler Clay reads his story “Net Carbs” and talks about defensive masculinity and medical settings outside of hospitals.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Megan Swartzfager reads her personal narrative “We All Have Headaches, Sweetie” and talks about empathy in healthcare and the difficulty of communicating pain.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Fariha Rahman reads her poem “An Incomplete Loss” and talks about using poetry as an outlet and the limits of technology for making personal connections.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Hanna Tischer reads her story “The Screen Turned Black” and talks about life in a pandemic and what makes her hopeful.
Read the Fall 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/fall-2020/
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Mary Glenn Krause reads her research article “Cultural Burial as a Human Rights Consideration within the Ebola Response and Beyond” and talks about bioarchaeology and death education.
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Ben Ashby reads his personal narrative "Wrinkles" and talks about learning from patients and reflecting on theology in healthcare.
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Hazel Milla reads her poem “Resin” and talks about working in different art forms and how neuroscience classes have shaped her view of the world.
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/