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Before the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, there was S.B. 8—a Texas law that prohibited any abortion after 6 weeks, essentially banning it entirely in the state. In this episode, we hear from healthcare workers in and around Texas. What was it like to be an early witness to America’s crumbling abortion rights?
 
Host & Co-creator:  Ali Block, MD
Co-creator:  Emily Silverman, MD
Contributors:  Kiernan Cobb, RN; Bhavik Kumar, MD MPH; and other contributors who wish to remain anonymous
 
Find show notes, transcript, and more at https://https://thenocturnists.com/pra/2/the-canary. Follow @thenocturnists.
 
The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series was made possible in part by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
The Nocturnists is supported by the California Medical Association, and people like you who have donated through our website and Patreon page.

We open in Orlando, at a reproductive health conference where many abortion providers were gathered on the day of the Dobbs leak. We follow a few of them home, as they scramble in the aftermath to figure out what the ruling means for their practices, their patients, and themselves.
 
Host & Co-creator:  Ali Block, MD
Co-creator:  Emily Silverman, MD
Contributors:  Diane Horvath, MD MPH; Jiana Menendez, MD MPH; Nikki Zite, MD MPH
 
Find show notes, transcript, and more at https://thenocturnists.com/pra/1/the-day-roe-fell. Follow @thenocturnists.
 
The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series was made possible in part by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
The Nocturnists is supported by the California Medical Association, and people like you who have donated through our website and Patreon page.

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs Decision. Overnight, Americans lost the protections on abortion care that Roe vs. Wade had afforded for almost 50 years. Soon afterward, The Nocturnists began talking to abortion providers around the country. Join us September 21st for Post-Roe America—a 7-episode series featuring the stories of abortion providers from Texas to Tennessee, Oklahoma to Ohio, and beyond. See you then.
 
Host:  Ali Block, MD
Co-creators:  Emily Silverman, MD & Ali Block, MD
Contributors:  April Lockley, DO; Bhavik Kumar, MD MPH; Christina Bourne, MD MPH; Emily Patel, MD; Zack Gingrich-Gaylord and other healthcare workers who wish to remain anonymous
 
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Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin speaks about her book Real Self-Care, which challenges mainstream notions of "self care" and offers a new framework for cultivating wellbeing.
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Emily speaks with critical care physician Hannah Wunsch about her book The Autumn Ghost, which tells the story of a polio epidemic in Copenhagen in the 1950s, and how it gave birth to the invention of the modern ventilator and the field of ICU medicine.
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Emily speaks with ophthalmologist-comedian Will Flanary and educator Kristin Flanary (aka Dr. Glaucomflecken and Lady Glaucomflecken) about their medical comedy platform, and how Will's personal experience with cardiac arrest impacted the way they view their work as healthcare satirists and content creators.
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