Pulse Voices

My Invisible Illness 26.09.2025 29:10 ↓

Her doctors don't believe that this teenager's intense pelvic pain is real.

Treasuring Our Differences 12.09.2025 28:31 ↓

What's it like to be nonbinary and pay a visit to the doctor?

Finding the Upside 29.08.2025 27:09 ↓

A nineteen-year-old receives a diagnosis that eventually reveals her best self.

The Real Me 15.08.2025 27:36 ↓

What's it like when people insist on putting you in a box, but aren't sure which one to put you in?

The Dreams That Bring Us Here 01.08.2025 24:16 ↓

An aspiring doctor journeys from the West Bank to New York--via Jordan, Ramallah and Jerusalem--in pursuit of the American dream...

A Duplexity of Maladies 18.07.2025 26:30 ↓

What's it like to come down with two debilitating illnesses during your last year of college...?

New Normal 04.07.2025 27:27 ↓

It's the bureaucratic hassles, not the special needs of an emotionally expressive son, that crush the soul...

Checking Our Assumptions 20.06.2025 26:45 ↓

A male nurse experiences--and finds himself engaging in--profiling...

The Quest of a Lifetime--David Nieuwkoop 06.06.2025 24:23 ↓

In his teens, the author discovered he had a genetic disorder that made him feel like a mistake...

Being Different: My Struggle and My Motivation--Mariama Joazard 23.05.2025 24:56 ↓

Hearing her mother say that doctors "don't care about people like us" motivated her to become a nurse...

Don't Ever Let Them Break You--Lissa Rankin 09.05.2025 27:22 ↓

A medical student and then OB-GYN resident discovers what it's like to be a woman in medicine.

Many Shades of Different--Cali Gaston 21.04.2025 23:37 ↓

Stage IV cancer at age twenty-one made me different from my peers...

Nontraditional--Lawana Bradley-Brown 08.04.2025 28:22 ↓

A thirty-six-year-old mom with four children and four jobs embarks on a career in nursing...

Our Town (Chinese Spoken)--Jan Qiu 05.07.2024 22:21 ↓

After ten years in the US, a Chinese immigrant finally finds a doctor who puts her at ease.

Chameleon--Teresa Y. Roberson 29.06.2024 23:03 ↓

As a five-year-old, on her first day of kindergarden, the author was asked, "Are you Black or white?"

A Weird Fit for Medicine--Nicole Damari 21.06.2024 31:01 ↓

Front-page headlines can leave a queer physician feeling alone.

A Real Family?--Anne Jacobson 14.06.2024 27:17 ↓

After many tries at a fertility clinic, a physician and her husband decide to change course.

Coming Clean--Alisa Duran 07.06.2024 24:07 ↓

A physician keeps quiet about her past as her patient struggles with alcoholism. (Story: 1:38; Q&A: 10:12)

Soon--Stacy Nigliazzo 31.05.2024 22:18 ↓

An emergency room nurse tries desperately to keep up. (Story: 1:54; Q&A: 9:53)

Two Timelines--Debi Santini 24.05.2024 28:48 ↓

An Air Force veteran develops bad neck pain and calls his doctor. His wife recounts what happens next. (Story: 1:57; Q&A: 14:15)

Black and White--Scott Janssen 17.05.2024 27:52 ↓

Loud music interrupts a family in mourning and sparks a racially charged confrontation. (Story: 1:32; Q&A: 8:15)

Everyone Has a Story--Destiney Kirby 10.05.2024 22:01 ↓

A medical student shares a special bond with another person--not a classmate, but a patient. (Story at 1:35; Q&A at 11:00.)

A Day in the Life of a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Clinician--Liat Katz 03.05.2024 29:14 ↓

I am a licensed clinical social worker. And, occasionally, a mental patient. Today, in this inpatient psychiatric unit, I am more a patient than a social worker.

Borderlines--Joo-Inn Chew 26.04.2024 25:15 ↓

A physician can relate to a self-harming teenager--and has the scars to prove it.

Too Everything to Fit In--Zainab Jimoh 19.04.2024 23:34 ↓

A student's hijab, skin color and gender have set her apart ever since a sixth-grade classmate asked, "Where were you on 9/11?"