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A medical humanities podcast. As the podcast of medhum.org, our mission is to explore the human condition as expressed through medicine, literature, and the arts.medhum.org Hygiène et vie saine Maladie et pathologies physiques
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  • Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler

    Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler
    May 11 2026

    For this Apollo on Call x W5H Book Club episode, Dave and Luki read Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler. The book focuses on the quirks and challenges in the education system the author witnessed as a visiting professor in China. At the end, Dave and Luki reflect on an entire year of reading books about China, and how they feel at the end of this journey.

    Check out Dave’s Substack for more! ⁠https://davidmhsu.substack.com/⁠
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    47 min
  • Remarkable Recovery by Caryle Hirshberg and Marc Ian Barasch

    Remarkable Recovery by Caryle Hirshberg and Marc Ian Barasch
    Apr 7 2026

    In this episode, Luki Danukarjanto takes a sympathetic approach to the idea that attitude can be a decisive factor in a patient’s recovery, and even survivability, from a disease. The clinician in Dave prevents him from taking the same route, offering a much more skeptical view.


    Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
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    50 min
  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

    Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
    Mar 10 2026

    In this episode of Apollo on Call, Dave is joined by Luki Danukarjanto to discuss Atul Gawande’s book on end-of-life care, as well as relate it to their aging parents and their own experience getting older. They also examine the medical perspective to the situation — is well-being or survival the goal of end-of-life care?


    Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/
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    1 h
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