The Emergency Mind Podcast

A joint project with the Simulcast podcast - Dr. Victoria Brazil talks about her team's recent work on stress exposure simulation and training teams to perform under pressure.

Dr. Brett Abarbanel on why we are always gambling, making good decisions, and the illusion of control.

Dr. Nkem Mgbojikwe on handling risk as a hospitalist, multi-threading decision making, learning as you go, and much more.

ER doc, coach, and educator Rob Orman, MD, on the process of working with and leaning into hard things.

Dr. Alex Auerbach, director of wellness and development for the Toronto Raptors joins to talk about managing your environment for exceptional performance.

Dr. Zab Johnson, Executive Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, on the neuroscience of perception and decision making.

Chris Betram, PhD, on how to build stress-resistant learning, harness flow, and develop expertise that sticks the landing.

Emergency physician and anthropologist Dr. Eve Purdy talks about building high performing teams and creating psychological safety.

Nathan Smith, PhD, joins the podcast to talk resilience, performance and health in extreme, high-risk, and wildly uncertain environments.

Search and rescue expert Chris Boyer talks about the SAR mindset, micro cues, zero notice events and much more.

Storyteller Clare Murphy on the power of story to teach, explore our world, and start to understand ourselves.

Dr. Mike Stone on the physiology of mastering or at least surviving the night shift, the commitment to serve on the frontline, and much more.

Oliver Finlay, PhD on helping teams build elite cultures of performance, defining the Finlay Coefficient, and much more.

Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak on design thinking in emergency medicine, the power of systems in uncertainty, the value of holding the problem space and much more.

Part two of Dr. Jen Wagner on individual and team development under pressure and unleashing human potential.

Part one of Dr. Jen Wagner on individual and team development under pressure and unleashing human potential.

Diane Chadwick-Jones, former director of human performance at bp joins to talk about changing organizations, developing a safety-II mindset, and much more.

ER doctor and education expert Pik Mukherji, MD joins to talk decision making, building mental models, and cognitive preparation.

Elite performance expert Fergus Connolly, PhD shares wisdom from working across every major sport, business, and the SOF community.

A review of five critical mental models that help individuals, teams and organizations perform under pressure.

Special forces pararescueman turned ER doctor and expert on human performance, Mike Lauria, MD, talks about evolving our ability to perform when it matters most.

Collaboration between Drs. Andrea Austin, Cheryl Martin, and Dan Dworkis on the art of recovery at various scales.

Former D-1 Basketball Referee + student of human behavior Tommy Short talks about quieting your mind, building expert culture, and the discipline of doing boring better.

Emergency doctor and simulation educator Shannon McNamara, MD, talks complexity, emergent properties, team dynamics, and much more.

Elite performance expert Rachel Vickery on linking breath with action, handling stress and building "awesome."