Modern Mortality

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Today’s guest is Dr. Ashwini Bapat. She is a palliative care doctor and entrepreneur. She trained at Tufts University and Yale. While she was on a traditional academic medicine trajectory, she started asking herself “What does a good day look like...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Rick Doblin is the Founder and Director of MAPS. Rick did his PhD at Harvard where he studied public policy and did his dissertation on the use of psychedelics and regulation. The work of MAPS has been focused on working with regulators in the hop...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Hein Pijnnaken is the founder of the Microdosing Institute. He was inspired by the loss of a dear friend who suffered from cluster headaches to build a community that supports others from various brain health disorders. He’s from Holland where he...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Victoria Bouloubasis is a journalist and filmmaker. She studied at the University of North Carolina and is fluent in Greek and Spanish. Much of Vicky’s work has taken place in Latin America, and she tells us about a particularly difficult story in...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Rachel Bowman is currently a child psychologist working within her own private practice. Her specialty is children with autism. She has previously been an assistant professor of psychology at Duke. She trained at West Virginia University, Johns Ho...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Laurence Shames is an American author. He studied at NYU. He worked in magazines early on, including the Ethics column for Esquire. Larry has written an established series of novels set in Key West, and wrote the memoir of a media executive in 200...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Kimberly Paul: She is currently in graduate school for social work at the University of Kentucky. She worked with Lower Cap Fear Hospice in Wilmington, North Carolina for over 17 years. This led her to loading up an RV and traveling the country to...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Christian Barnes: is currently, and has been over for 25 years, a senior lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He studied at the University of Wollongong before realizing the limitations of our scientific tools left him feeling...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Rachelle Younie: Is currently a writer, film maker, and podcast host. Her podcast is called Mortality and the Morgue where she interviews people discussing death, dying, and grief. She also spent 2 years working with a body donation program as a m...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Trey La Charite: Is currently a hospitalist and medical director for clinical documentation integrity at the Unviversity of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville. He trained at the University of Kentucky, the University of Tennessee Medical Center Kn...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Dana Kouchel: Is currently a nurse practitioner working in a virtual hospital model and recently completed training as a death doula. They trained at the University of North Carolina. They have dedicated time to the fields of geriatrics, end of li...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Ethan Weiss: Is currently an entrepreneur in residence at Third Rock Ventures, while still maintaining a small clinical practice in preventive cardiology. He trained at Johns Hopkins and UCSF. He has dedicated time to the fields of preventive card...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This isthe podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Jeremy Brown: Is currently a chaplain at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto. He studied at the Masters University in Biblical Counseling and Clinical Pastoral Education. As a chaplain Jeremy meets people at the intersection of life’s challenges and...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Jesse Chen: Is currently an Interventional Radiologist. He trained at Georgetown, Staten Island University, and Cornell. As an interventional radiologist he specializes in what seems like endless procedures, usually resulting in safer and less inv...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Cody Stroupe: Is currently a hospitalist and associate program director of the internal medicine residency at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He trained at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxv...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Jake Breeden: Is an entrepreneur who has built programs that transform businesses and their employees. He also spent time at Takeda, a large pharmaceutical company, guiding their learning strategy across the company’s 55,000 employees. Additionall...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Robert Boyce: Is a retired professor in Exercise Physiology. He completed his PhD at Florida State and taught at University of Dayton, UNC Charlotte, and UNC Wilmington. He also spent time as the physical fitness coordinator for the city police de...

Dr. Scruggs is currently a hospitalist in the UNC Health system under a virtual care model. She trained at the Medical University of South Carolina and UNC Chapel Hill. She has had numerous leadership roles in medicine and medical education and has also blossomed as an author and screenwriter. Today Dr Scruggs will let us see some of her insights and how they relate to medicine, creativity, and mo...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Fuad Bosali: Is currently a hospitalist in the Duke Health system. He trained at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Temple University, and Johns Hopkins. He has dedicated time to the fields of peri-operative medicine and medical education, while bal...

Welcome to Modern Mortality, my name is Matt Boulos. This is the podcast where we talk to experts across fields to examine how they relate to mortality. Hayley Ware is a former professional dancer and current massage therapist. Through both of these practices she has experienced the emotions of mortality and shaped her current views. Hayley opens up about her first experience with death, explains...

Welcome to Modern Mortality. This is a podcast about life, death, and fulfilment. Featuring guests in medicine, tech, art, music, sports, philosophy, and spiritual fields to discuss the current climate of American culture and mortality. The goal of the podcast is to raise awareness related to mortality. Why do we live? Why do we want to live? Why do we avoid the idea of death? Why do we reach a le...