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Podcast by University of Colorado

University of Colorado

  • Nov 16, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 30m AVG DURATION
  • 14 EPISODES


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Covid Quandaries Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 41:34


Sentenced to Sickness? Covid-19 Behind Bars. What should happen when losing your freedom could also mean losing your life? We follow the story of Eraina Pretty, Maryland’s longest serving incarcerated woman who at age 60 is at risk for severe complications of COVID 19 after 42 years behind bars for crimes she committed as a teenager.

Covid Quandaries Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 30:08


How special are health care workers?

COVID Quandaries Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 1:39


COVID Quandaries – the Hard Call team is back at work, producing a series of special episodes exploring some of the toughest ethical decisions facing patients, clinicians, health systems and policymakers as all confront the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic.

Electronic Heart | Episode 4

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 47:54


Max got what he wanted, but it didn’t work out as he’d hoped. In the final episode of our pilot season we ask several guests, was it worth it? What is the value of a few extra months of life, when those months include indignity, suffering and pain? Drs. Daniel Ariely, Steven Pearson and Larry Allen contribute their answers to this very hardest of all hard calls.

Electronic Heart | Episode 3

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017 34:22


Max wants to terminate his treatment and have his LVAD turned off, but stopping the LVAD means he would die almost immediately. His doctor is morally opposed to stopping the device, or even to finding another doctor to do it, as he feels this would be tantamount to murder. Who decides?

Electronic Heart | Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017 44:04


ax isn’t the only one with a decision to make. Even if he wants an LVAD — a partial artificial heart that plugs into an electrical outlet — his medical team has to agree he’d be a good candidate to get one. And it’s not just his medical condition they need to figure out — it’s whether his daughter is capable of handling a heart pump in an emergency.

Electronic Heart | Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 28:00


Episode 1 of The Electronic Heart follows the stories of two patients, Carl and “Max,” both with severe congestive heart failure. For Carl, who is on the list for a heart transplant, the choice was clear. But for Max, who isn’t eligible for a transplant, there are no guarantees and only a murky unknown future on the horizon. Still, Max will have to make a Hard Call.

Electronic Heart | Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2017 2:21


Electronic Heart | Trailer by University of Colorado

Derailed | Episode 5

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 41:27


Jeff’s chomping at the bit to start a new venture. There’s just one thing...he’s tried to start two businesses before, and ended up strapped to a gurney in a mental hospital both times. What would you do?

Derailed | Episode 4

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 24:43


Once upon a time, Jeff loved his work. He lived for it. Now it’s killing him. For real.

Derailed | Trailer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 2:34


Derailed, a 5-part podcast series, helps to break the silence by bringing to life the authentic experience of one man suffering from mental illness, including the excruciating dilemmas – the “hard calls” — that face everyone in his circle — partners, kids, relatives, colleagues and doctors. Shining a light on these dilemmas, and on a broken system, is a first and important step toward change.

Derailed | Episode 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 29:06


Jeff is spending thousands to see a psychiatrist in a tony midtown Manhattan office — all the while dealing with potential bankruptcy. In this episode: mental illness meets money. Who wins?

Derailed | Episode 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017 49:48


Jeff encounters stigma and wants to face it down. On the one side is his integrity; on the other, millions of dollars, many jobs, and the very survival of his company. Should Jeff reveal the truth?

Derailed | Episode 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 47:27


Jeff Zinn is is a mega-productive, millionaire entrepreneur, a charmer who is the subject of fawning stories in the press. He’s the epitome of success. Or is he? We explore the troubling line between a “big” personality and mental illness. Who decides what dangerous means?

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