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

Monday Nov 16, 2020

Clare Landis reads her personal narrative “Thank You” and talks about gratitude for healthcare workers and her experience with anorexia. 
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

Monday Nov 09, 2020

Diepreye Amanah reads her poem “Flatline” and talks about writing about women’s experiences and her approach to poetry. 
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

Monday Nov 02, 2020

Grace Sword reads her poem “I Wish She’d Stop Pacing the Hallway; She Makes Me Anxious” and talks about being in the psych ward at UNC Hospitals and writing poetry about mental health.
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

Monday Oct 26, 2020

Katie Regittko reads their poem “Learning to Forget” and talks about maintaining hope with an eating disorder and their research on carceral structures in treatment. 
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

Monday Oct 19, 2020

Lucas Thornton reads his short story “Scenes from a County Health Department” and talks about realism in fiction and the issue of health insurance in the U.S. 
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

Monday Oct 12, 2020

Katie Danis reads her poem “Dissecting Your Dad,” winner of the 2019-2020 Walker Percy Prize, and talks about medical anthropology and using the written word to form relationships. 
Read the Spring 2020 issue of the Health Humanities Journal of UNC-CH at http://hhj.web.unc.edu/journals/spring-2020/

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