Best Intensivecare Podcasts (2026)

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Is Attending to Clinician Distress Our Job? Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly 49:02

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Have you had one of those consults in which you're thinking, huh, sounds like the patient's goals are clear, it's really that the clinician consulting us disagrees with those goals? To what extent is it our job as consultants to navigate, manage, or attend to clinician distress? What happens when that clinician distress leads eventually to conflict…

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Episode 135 - Giving Patients Room to Breathe w/Melody Bishop (Part 2) 35:22

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Mechanical ventilation doesn't have to feel like wizardry. In this podcast episode, we strip it back to what really matters—simple mental models, clean decision-making, and an approach that works whether you're in the back of a helicopter, a tight ambulance box, or a chaotic ED bay. We walk through the foundational concepts and the "why" behind eac…

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Rehab and Death in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint 49:21

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In this week's podcast, we sit down with Drs. Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint, three authors of the recent Journal of the American Geriatrics Society article, "Rehab and Death: Improving End-of-Life Care for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Beneficiaries." The authors dive into the challenges facing seriously ill older adults disch…

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Inflammaging: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, Joe Hippensteel 50:51

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Six years ago we had John Newman on GeriPal to talk about Geroscience (Song choice Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen, perfect selection). John explained the basics of geroscience, what is it, what are the key theories in geroscience, what is senescence, why people who provide clinical care for older adults should care about geroscience, and potent…

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Episode 134 - Giving Patients Room to Breathe w/Melody Bishop (Part 1) 58:16

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Mechanical ventilation doesn't have to feel like wizardry. In this podcast episode, we strip it back to what really matters—simple mental models, clean decision-making, and an approach that works whether you're in the back of a helicopter, a tight ambulance box, or a chaotic ED bay. We walk through the foundational concepts and the "why" behind eac…

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The Chaplain and the Doctor: A Podcast with Betty Clark and Jessica Zitter 46:17

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In this week's episode, we delve into the powerful documentary The Chaplain and The Doctor with two extraordinary guests: Betty Clark, the chaplain at the heart of the film, and Dr. Jessica Zitter, the physician and filmmaker who brought this story to the screen. The film provides a deeply moving look into the ways personal stories and biases shape…

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A Strategic Path Forward for Hospice & Palliative Care: Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman 53:05

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In June of 2025, hospice and palliative care pioneer Ira Byock published a white paper outlining the urgent challenges facing the field today. In a nutshell, he expressed concerns that the quality of hospice care in the United States has become highly variable, with disturbing frequency of unethical practices and avaricious owners. He also raised c…

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Palliative Care in Sickle Cell: Craig Blinderman, Stephanie Kiser, Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa 47:58

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Today's topic on palliative care for sickle cell disease may raise eyebrows with some of you. You might think, wait, now we're doing sickle cell? On top of liquid cancer and transplant, kidney disease, liver disease, and survivorship? Where does it end? Do we have staff for all of this? Well I implore you, dear listeners, to keep an open mind and l…

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Medical Billing and Coding in Geriatrics: Peter Hollmann, Ken Koncilja, and Audrey Chun 43:36

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Last month, the "Billing Boys"—Chris Jones and Phil Rodgers—joined the GeriPal podcast to demystify medical billing and coding in palliative care. This month, we're back with part two, shifting the focus to geriatrics. While billing and coding may not be the most exciting topic, they're essential for ensuring fair reimbursement for the complex care…

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Rethinking Slow Codes: Gina Piscitello, Parker Crutchfield, Jason Wasserman 49:55

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I'm going to begin with a wonderful quote from a recent editorial in Bioethics by our guests Parker Crutchfield & Jason Wasserman. This quote illustrates the tension between the widely held view in bioethics that slow codes are unethical, and the complexity of real world hospital practice: "Decisive moral positions are easy to come by when sitting …

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GeriPal Live! at NPCRC Foley Retreat: Dio Kavalieratos, Prasanna Ananth, Alexi Wright 57:41

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This is the second GeriPal podcast we've recorded live using this format, see this link to our prior podcast at the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) meeting in Philadelphia. Also look for our upcoming podcast recorded live from the São Paulo Geriatrics & Gerontology Congress, click here to register. Today we join you from beautiful Banff, A…

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GeriPal Live! at CAPC: Karen Bullock, Kim Curseen, Matt Gonzales 1:03:25

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Eric and I had the pleasure of doing a GeriPal Live! Podcast as the closing keynote for the recent Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) National Assembly in Philadelphia PA. For this podcast, we invited 3 guests to each select an article of interest to them, and engage in a discussion about the article, including questions from the CAPC attende…

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Episode 133 - Tracheostomy: The Neck's Best Thing 46:38

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Tracheostomies are increasingly common in both prehospital and critical care transport settings, but they come with unique challenges. In this podcast episode, we break down short-term and long-term complications you may encounter, and how to troubleshoot them in high-stakes environments. From occlusions and dislodgements to bleeding, we'll cover p…

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#Epi 100 - ICU Primary Snippet - Anatomy for lumbar puncture 14:02

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In this episode, we discuss the anatomy for the lumbar puncture and compare the differences between adult and paediatric populations.

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#Epi 99- ICU Primary Snippet - Temperature measurement 10:23

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In this episode, we discuss underlying principles of various temperature measurement methods.

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Pre-Operative Geri Assessment: Vicky Tang and Houman Javedan 43:49

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We love getting requests from listeners for podcast topics. This request came from geriatricians we met at the annual American Geriatrics Society meeting in Chicago. They wanted to know more about what a geriatrician should do in a pre-operative risk assessment. So we invited Vicky Tang and Houman Javedan, two geriatricians and leaders in the pre-o…

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What Makes a Good Death? Karen Steinhauser, Rasa Mikelyte, Edison Vidal 48:50

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What is a "good death"? How should we define it, and who gets to decide? Is the concept of a "good death" even useful? Twenty-five years ago, Karen Steinhauser published a groundbreaking study in JAMA that transformed my understanding of what it means to have a good death and questioned the usefulness of the term itself. This study examined the fac…

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Medical Billing and Coding with the "Billing Boys" 47:38

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A podcast on medical billing and coding??? Ok, hear us out as we were skeptical too. We've invited the Billing Boys, Chris Jones and Phil Rodgers, who convinced us of the following: Billing is complicated, but it isn't hard. Effectively billing helps pay for the interprofessional team members who often can't bill We should know our worth and bill f…

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Is Geriatrics-focused Primary Care (GeriPACT) Better? A Podcast with Nicki Hastings, Kristie Hsu, and Ken Covinsky 46:08

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On today's podcast, we talk about an innovative specialized primary care model for older veterans called the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT) program. It's designed with smaller patient panels and enhanced social worker and pharmacist involvement, and its approach is aimed at improving care and outcomes for our aging population. We un…

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Do Dementia Care Management Programs Work? A Podcast with David Reuben and Greg Sachs 48:11

4M ago48:11

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With all the attention focused on Alzheimer's biomarkers and amyloid antibodies, it's easy to forget that comprehensive dementia care is more than blood draws and infusions. On today's podcast, we buck this trend and dive into the complexities and challenges of comprehensive dementia care with the authors of two pivotal articles recently published …

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Is Attending to Clinician Distress Our Job? Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly 49:02

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Episode 135 - Giving Patients Room to Breathe w/Melody Bishop (Part 2) 35:22

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Rehab and Death in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint 49:21

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Inflammaging: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, Joe Hippensteel 50:51

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Episode 134 - Giving Patients Room to Breathe w/Melody Bishop (Part 1) 58:16

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The Chaplain and the Doctor: A Podcast with Betty Clark and Jessica Zitter 46:17

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A Strategic Path Forward for Hospice & Palliative Care: Ira Byock, Kristi Newport, Brynn Bowman 53:05

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Palliative Care in Sickle Cell: Craig Blinderman, Stephanie Kiser, Eberechi Nwogu-Onyemkpa 47:58

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Medical Billing and Coding in Geriatrics: Peter Hollmann, Ken Koncilja, and Audrey Chun 43:36

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Rethinking Slow Codes: Gina Piscitello, Parker Crutchfield, Jason Wasserman 49:55

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GeriPal Live! at NPCRC Foley Retreat: Dio Kavalieratos, Prasanna Ananth, Alexi Wright 57:41

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GeriPal Live! at CAPC: Karen Bullock, Kim Curseen, Matt Gonzales 1:03:25

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Episode 133 - Tracheostomy: The Neck's Best Thing 46:38

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#Epi 100 - ICU Primary Snippet - Anatomy for lumbar puncture 14:02

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#Epi 99- ICU Primary Snippet - Temperature measurement 10:23

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Pre-Operative Geri Assessment: Vicky Tang and Houman Javedan 43:49

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What Makes a Good Death? Karen Steinhauser, Rasa Mikelyte, Edison Vidal 48:50

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Medical Billing and Coding with the "Billing Boys" 47:38

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Is Geriatrics-focused Primary Care (GeriPACT) Better? A Podcast with Nicki Hastings, Kristie Hsu, and Ken Covinsky 46:08

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Do Dementia Care Management Programs Work? A Podcast with David Reuben and Greg Sachs 48:11