Graphic Medicine Podcast
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsExploring the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Episodes include conversations with comic authors, academics and healthcarers, plus select presentations from our international Comics & Medicine Conferences. Our podcast is hosted by MK Czerwiec, and new episodes are generally released weekly in .m4a format with embedded images to go along with the audio. Visit graphicmedicine.org to view our podcasts in either .m4a or .mp3 (audio-only).
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Episodes
Here I Am I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health
March 29, 2024 20:08 - 16.7 MBIn this episode of the Graphic Medicine podcast, MK interviews Cara Bean to celebrate the launch of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health. They discuss the book’s origin story, how to not get overwhelmed when working on a complex topic in comic form, and the work Cara hopes her book will do in the world. Cara Bean is the author of Here I Am, I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health and Draw 500 Funny Faces and Features. For links and a video version of this interview...
The 2023 GMIC Annual Report from Toronto with Michael Green
February 19, 2024 01:49 - 43.7 MBThis is long overdue, but better late than never, right? In this podcast episode, Michael Green deliver the 2023 Annual Report from the Graphic Medicine International Collective. He describes the history, activities, progress, and plans of GMIC as we move into the next phase of our growth. Since his talk in July of 2023, we have achieved several of the dreams he describes, including progress on our governance, launching our syllabus repository, recruiting new board members, (stay tuned!) and ...
Four-Color Heroes
January 12, 2024 18:17 - 42.6 MBDr. Theresa Rojas interviews Richard Fairgray and Barbra Dillon on the Fanbase Press release, Four-Color Heroes. They discuss diversity, seeing yourself in comics, and depicting a spectrum of perspectives around discovering your sexuality and/or coming out. The book includes an essay from clinical psychologist and media consultant, Dr. Drea Letamendi on mental health challenges for LGBTQ+ people living in our world. This episode was recorded in November 2023. Digital copies are available on ...
A Conversation with Wendy MacNaughton about “How To Say Goodbye”
August 16, 2023 19:23 - 56.8 MBWe are thrilled to welcome a very special guest to the graphic medicine podcast. Wendy MacNaughton is a graphic journalist and social worker. If the name doesn’t instantly ring a bell for you, once you see her signature loose yet also perfect water colors, you will realize you already know her work. Wendy is joining me on the podcast today to talk about her latest book, How to Say Goodbye, which Atul Gawande describes on the cover quote as, “A poem to mortality and the beauty of how we can c...
Exciting Podcast News!
February 21, 2023 23:18 - 1.89 MBExciting Podcast News Super short episode teasing upcoming changes. We want to know what you think!
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars Interview
December 22, 2022 21:42 - 52.4 MBMK Czerwiec interviews Rick Louis and Lara Antal on their collaboration creating Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars. Rick Louis allows the reader a look into his experiences having a child with Tay-Sachs disease. He worked with Lara Antal to make the graphic memoir a reality. Rick and Lara discuss how their partnership started and how they communicated to make the best possible story. RESSepisode
Look Again Discussion with Elizabeth Trembley
November 09, 2022 02:48 - 46.2 MBLook Again Episode Alice Jaggers talks with Elizabeth Trembley about her recent book, Look Again. Her memoir follows her various versions of her experience finding a dead body in the woods and the mental companions she has along the way. Both Alice and Beth have experienced trauma, which influences their discussion on the weirdness of trauma, how finicky memory can be, what it means to have a safe space violated, and the importance of using art (especially comics) to heal.
Ripple Effects Discussion about Invisible Disability, Diabetes, and Community
August 19, 2022 01:16 - 44.3 MBRippleEffectsInterview Alice Jaggers talks with Jordan Hart, Barbra Dillon and Dr. Theresa Rojas about Ripple Effects. Jordan Hart is a comics creator with many other comics under his belt. This one hits closer to home, because Jordan also has an invisible disability. Barbra Dillon is co-founder of Fanbase Press, which is publishing Ripple Effects. Dr. Theresa Rojas is the professor of Ethnic Studies at Modesto Junior College, founder of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival, and author of the first...
The Silent Why Podcast interviews Carol Tyler about grief
July 18, 2022 01:07The Silent Why podcast is on a mission to talk about loss and grief and are looking for 101 different types of loss, chatting to people who have been through them to see if it’s possible to find hope in each sort of loss. They interviewed Carol Tyler about her latest project, ‘Griefville’ and the death of her husband, Justin Green (Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary). Click the image above to listen.
Mom Milestones: An Interview with Grace Farris
May 21, 2022 14:42 - 32 MBFarrisInterview41222 Alice Jaggers interviews Grace Farris on her new book, Mom Milestones: The True Story of the First Seven Years. The book takes the idea of baby milestones and turns it on its head making the focus the mother.
Mom Milestones: An Interview with Grace Ferris
May 21, 2022 14:42 - 32 MBFarrisInterview41222 Alice Jaggers interviews Grace Ferris on her new book, Mom Milestones: The True Story of the First Seven Years. The book takes the idea of baby milestones and turns it on its head making the focus the mother.
2021 Year in Review
January 04, 2022 19:54 - 51.4 MB2021 Year in Review episode Alice Jaggers is joined by Ebru Ustundag and MK Czerwiec in a conversation about what happened in the graphic medicine community in 2021 and a sneak preview of 2022. For more information about the episode go to graphicmedicine.org. 2021 Year in Review
Interview with MK Czerwiec
December 21, 2021 21:31 - 33.2 MBIn this episode, Alice Jaggers discusses the re-release of Taking Turns with creator MK Czerwiec. CzerwiecInterview11-29-21
Conversation with Maria Photinakis
September 07, 2021 15:54 - 28.9 MBMaria Photinakis talks to me, Alice Jaggers, about making comics during COVID and after the death of her father and about parenting as a cartoonist. We discuss her works, Extraordinary Times volume 1 and Liminal State. The interview was originally recorded in February 2021. Since the recording, Maria has published COVID19 Vaccination Campaign comics for CIC Health. Extraordinary Times volume 2 is available for preorder. Download episode.
Mad Zines
June 27, 2021 20:09 - 87.5 MBIn this installment, Ian Williams interviews Professor Helen Spandler, Dr Jill Anderson and Tamsin Walker, of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) about their Wellcome Trust funded project which explores how zines ‘craft contention’ about mental health – and can help to turn individual struggles into critical issues for society. Ian writes, “I really enjoyed this interview. I am very taken with the idea of mad studies.” For an introduction to this exciting new area of study and activi...
Coma: Interview with Zara Slattery
May 01, 2021 17:00 - 48 MBIan Williams talks with Zara Slattery, whose book Coma comes out May 13, 2021 in the UK from publisher Myriad Editions and September 14, 2021 in the US. The book chronicles her experience with an infection which forces healthcare professionals to put her into a medically induced coma. For relevant links, visit graphicmedicine.org. Download here
Touch Is Really Strange: Interview with Steve Haines
April 17, 2021 22:11 - 31.5 MBSteve Haines together with artist Sophie Standing have created the …Is Really Strange series. The most recent is Touch Is Really Strange coming out April 21, 2021. Ian Williams talks with Steve Haines about the series and about the book. For relevant links on this episode visit https://graphicmedicine.org. Download here.
A Conversation with Kevin Wolf, Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor
March 30, 2021 23:20 - 50.1 MBKevin Wolf has been the Graphic Medicine Reviews Editor since 2020. He is a health actuary and has been writing reviews for the graphic medicine website since 2016. Kevin talks with me. Alice Jaggers, about what he does for the website and a few standout reviews and books he has covered. For relevant links for this episode, see the post on graphicmedicine.org Download episode.
Launching Graphic Mundi with Kendra Boileau!
February 17, 2021 21:19 - 31.7 MBKendra Boileau is the Publisher of Graphic Mundi and the Assistant Director and Editor-in-Chief of Penn State University Press. She developed the Graphic Medicine line of graphic novels for PSU Press and is launching the Graphic Mundi imprint with this week’s release of COVID Chronicles. We’ll talk about all of that in our conversation. Download episode.
Best of Graphic Medicine 2020
December 11, 2020 20:30 - 44.9 MBIn this month’s episode, MK talks with a panel of guests about the best Graphic Medicine of 2020. The conversation begins with Shelley Wall and Michael Green discussing their article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) about the best graphic medicine of 2020, COVID-19 comics. Then graphic medicine librarians Alice Jaggers and Matthew Noe add their thoughts and further recommendations to the conversation. Finally, the group shares some of their favorite reading from 2020,...
Interview with Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza on Kimiko Does Cancer
October 23, 2020 20:58 - 31.3 MBIn this episode, MK Czerwiec interviews Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza about their recent book, Kimiko Does Cancer. They discuss working on the book during a pandemic, what it was like to work with each other and more. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. Download episode.
Graphic Medicine 2019 Year End Review
December 31, 2019 14:43 - 36.7 MBIn this episode, Susan Squier and MK Czerwiec chat about Graphic Medicine in 2019 and what they look forward to 2020. Links below to what we discuss and much more we didn’t have time to mention but want to highlight. Be sure to check out the main post for this episode on the Graphic Medicine website – there are full links to all we discuss PLUS much more bonus content. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanitie...
2019 Conference Keynote: Dr. Meg-John Barker
August 19, 2019 18:41 - 82.1 MBWelcome to the first of two keynote addresses from the 2019 Graphic Medicine conference, the theme of which was, “Queerying Graphic Medicine: Paradigms, Power, and Practice.” Meg-John Barker’s keynote address fits perfectly with this framing of our conference and our work in Graphic Medicine. Meg-John is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History, How to Understand your Gender, Life isn’t Binary, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF Y...
Reconciling the Public and Private in Health Comics with Whit Taylor
February 18, 2019 16:14 - 78.2 MBThe episode opens with Alice Jaggers and host MK Czerwiec discussing Graphic Medicine News. That segment is followed by Whit Taylor‘s keynote address from the 2018 Comics & Medicine conference in White River Junction, Vermont. See the main website post on this episode for images and links to all the comics whit mentions. Download episode.
Susan Squier 2018 Conference Keynote
January 12, 2019 21:05 - 26.8 MBThis month’s episode features Susan Squier’s full keynote from this year’s Graphic Medicine conference at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Her talk is titled “Graphic Medicine: The Scales of Comics Work.” You will hear Susan introduced by Juliet McMullin. The images Susan cites directly in her talk can be found on the Graphic Medicine webpage that features this episode. Stay tuned to the end of Susan’s talk for a special announcement! Download episode.
2018 Year in Review
December 20, 2018 15:16 - 31 MBIn this last GM podcast episode of 2018, Matthew Noe and MK Czerwiec discuss the Graphic Medicine year in review and they look forward to 2019. Listen to the episode to hear our picks for notable books of 2018, highlights of 2018, and what we are looking forward to in 2019. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. Down...
Mental Health Comics
December 07, 2018 21:04 - 29.3 MBThis month’s episode features a recording of the Mental Health Comics Panel from MICE 2018,Moderated by A. David Lewis, MCPHS University. Panelists include: Lucy Bellwood – 100 Demon Dialogues, Kevin Budnik (Handbook), LB Lee (MPD for You & Me), Robyn Smith (Saddest, Angriest Black Girl in Town) and Rachel Lindsay (Rx). Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of in...
A Conversation with Alice Jaggers
October 10, 2018 13:42 - 11.7 MBIn this month’s episode, we hear from Alice Jaggers, medical librarian and new addition to the website management team. We learn about how she got involved with Graphic Medicine, what she presented at our conference this summer, and what she hopes to see in the future. Enjoy! Download episode.
July Podcast: Graphic Medicine at the American Library Association
July 26, 2018 22:45 - 8.83 MBOn this month’s episode, Matthew and MK recap meeting up at the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. Download episode.
Ellen Forney
June 09, 2018 19:57 - 24.6 MBThe June episode of the podcast features Graphic Medicine news with Matthew Noe and an interview with Ellen Forney about her follow up to Marbles, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life. Enjoy! Download episode.
Graphic Reproduction
May 04, 2018 23:41 - 9.17 MBIn this episode, an interview with Jenell Johnson, editor of the latest book in the Penn State University Press Graphic Medicine series, Graphic Reproduction. Also Graphic Medicine news with Matthew Noe. Download episode.
Director of the National Library of Medicine, Patricia Brennan
March 14, 2018 17:08 - 15.9 MBIt was my great pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with Dr. Patricia Brennan, the first nurse and first woman to serve as Director of the National Library of Medicine. We discuss graphic medicine, its importance, and its applications. Hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of inno...
Hillary Chute on Why Illness and Disability?
January 13, 2018 19:38 - 32.8 MB2017 Seattle conference keynote Hillary Chute discusses comics in the area of illness and disability. This talk is based on a chapter of her new book Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere. Download episode.
Introduction to Graphic Medicine
September 30, 2017 00:00 - 24.2 MBIn this episode, the guy who coined the term “Graphic Medicine” describes to us what it has become. Enjoy Ian Williams’ talk to the staff of the Wellcome Trust Library in London. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. To learn more about Penn State College of Medicine Department of Humanities, go to www2.med.psu.edu/...
Seattle Conference Opening Night
July 06, 2017 01:41 - 24.2 MBWelcome to a new season of the Graphic Medicine Podcast! On today’s show, audio from the opening night of the Seattle Comics & Medicine conference, Thursday June 15. You will hear from three speakers in a row. The first will be Seattle conference organizer and host Mita Mahato. Mita is a Seattle-based cut paper, collage, and comics artist, whose work explores the transformative capacities of found and handmade papers. She is also an Associate Professor of English at the University of Puget So...
Keeper of the Clouds and Seattle 2017
June 04, 2017 02:59 - 23.1 MBIn this new episode of the Graphic Medicine Podcast, we hear from the creative team behind the wonderful graphic medicine narrative “Keeper of the Clouds” – writer Liza Futerman and illustrator Evi Tampold. We’ll also hear from Seattle Conference chief organizer-on-the-ground Mita Mahato. She’ll tell us a few insider tips about Seattle and what we can expect. Download episode.
An Interview with Tyler Page about Raised on Ritalin
January 29, 2017 01:00 - 12.5 MBThis episode features a conversation with Tyler Page, creator of Raised on Ritalin: A Personal Story of ADHD, Medication, and Modern Psychiatry. Download episode.
More Doctors Making Comics!
October 03, 2016 02:51 - 27.7 MBMy guests on this episode are Monica Lalanda, an emergency room physician from Spain, and Muna AlJawad, a geriatrician from Brighton, UK. Both of them are making and using comics in their medical practice. Find out how in this episode! Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humanities, the nation’s oldest Humanities Department within a medical school, pioneers of innovations in medical education since 1967. Download episode.
Doctors Making Comics
September 21, 2016 23:23 - 25.6 MBOn this week’s show, two doctors making comics. First up is an interview with Carlo Jose San Juan, the creator of Callous Comics, a comic strip from the Philippines that tells the story of a doctor and her guardian duck. Later in the episode I talk with Ian Williams about his weekly Guardian strip Sick Notes. The Graphic Medicine podcast is brought to you by Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Department of Humanities. Download episode.
HIV Disclosure Comics
August 26, 2016 17:00 - 21.4 MBThe Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) is a longitudinal cohort study investigating the long-term effects of HIV infection and ARV (antiretroviral) medications in children and young adults who were born with HIV or born exposed to HIV. The study follows newborns, young children, adolescents, and young adults. One part of the study is discussed in the presentation “Comics as an Exploration of Spaces Connected to HIV to Facilitate Maternal Disclosure.” Researcher Claire Berman presented th...
Sima Elizabeth Shefrin & Ian Williams
May 02, 2016 16:49 - 17.6 MBCanadian Sima Elizabeth Shefrin is a fabric artist and presenter from the 2015 Comics & Medicine conference. Her recently published book, Embroidered Cancer Comics, is a series of embroidered panels about her husband’s diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer. It was recently published by Jessica Kingsley. In my “What Are You Reading?!” segment, I’m joined by The Bad Doctor himself, Ian Williams. He shares three titles he’s been reading recently. Download episode.
Elizabeth Hewitt and Ann Fox
March 24, 2016 17:03 - 19.8 MBIn this week’s podcast, Elizabeth Hewitt from the Ohio State University presents “Incurable Time: The Graphic Temporalities of Autoimmune Disease.” Her talk was recorded at our 2015 Riverside Comics & Medicine conference. Also, I talk with Ann Fox of Davidson College about what she’s reading, as well as her new Graphic Medicine course. Keep your eyes on your screens as images will accompany the episode. Support for this podcast comes from Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Humaniti...
HIV/AIDS Memoirs and Rosalee Lightning
March 08, 2016 16:51 - 25.4 MBIn this episode, we feature Jordana Greenblatt’s presentation from the 2015 Comics & Medicine conference, titled “Internal and External Spaces of Threat and Dissolution: HIV/AIDS Graphic Memoir.” This presentation was part of the “Comics as Performance” panel in Riverside. We will be hearing much more in the coming year about comics as performance as our 2016 Dundee conference theme expands on this area of thought and scholarship. And in our “What Are You Reading?!” segment, Tangles creator ...
Meaning Making Through Drawing and Comics
February 07, 2016 22:29 - 27.3 MBIn this week’s Graphic Medicine podcast, the first in a series, we’ll hear two lightning presentations from the 2015 Comics & Medicine conference in Riverside, California. Both presentations discuss how making art and comics helps create meaning and understanding, and can, in some cases, change behavior. First we’ll hear from Roderick Castle, an art therapist in Rochester, New York, who works with veterans. After Roderick’s presentation, I’ll chat with him about his work, and update our liste...
Leah Eisenberg on Visualizing Biobanking
January 24, 2016 19:45 - 19.8 MBThis week on the graphic medicine podcast, Leah Eisenberg talks about her work as a lawyer and bioethicist using comics to help make biobank more comprehensible and consent to bio banking more meaningful. In the “What Are You Reading?!” segment, Leah updates us on her comics & medicine work and recommends a few books she’s enjoyed recently. Download Episode
Nye Wright
January 18, 2016 16:26 - 11.2 MBThis week I speak with Nye Wright, creator of “Things To Do In A Trailer Park When You Are 29 And Unemployed” which was published in North America this month. Be sure to join a Twitter meetup with Nye on Wednesday, January 20th at 5pm GMT or 12noon EST. #AskNye Download podcast.
The Gag Reflex: Representations of Medicine in New Yorker Magazine Cartoons
December 19, 2015 22:53 - 41.8 MBIn this entertaining, reflective, and insightful talk from his workshop at the 2105 Comics & Medicine conference, doctor and New Yorker staff cartoonist Ben Schwartz tracks the history of doctors, medicine, and health as reflected in the single-panel gag cartoons of the New Yorker Magazine. He also shares reflections from a few fellow New Yorker cartoonists on medicine in comics, and tips for making a gag comic of your own. Keep an eye on your screen, there are over 200 comics in this present...
My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s
December 13, 2015 20:29 - 13.4 MBThis week on the Graphic Medicine Podcast: award winning Alaska cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl talks about his new graphic memoir, My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s. For my What Are You Reading Segment this week, I spoke with Bill Bell, founder of the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation about reading My Degeneration. Download episode.
Dana Walrath: Cultural Spaces, Comics, and Contested Memories
December 04, 2015 19:45 - 17.5 MBDana Walrath is a medical anthropologist, author, and artist. Her first book, Aliceheimer’s, will be published in the US by Penn State University Press. In this talk, titled “Cultural Spaces, Comics, and Contested Memories” Dana desrcibes the ways medical anthropology and comic helped her to shape a new perspective about the experiences she was having with her mother Alice’s Alzheimer’s disease. She also discusses her deepening this work by exploring her mother’s past in Armenia, and the lega...