Épisodes

  • Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick
    Jan 6 2026

    In this Apollo on Call x W5H Book Club episode, we read Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick. The focus is on the children that were trafficked from China to the United States as a result of the CCP’s one-child policy and women's rights in China.

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    38 min
  • The PITT Season One Spoiled!
    Sep 2 2025

    Having finished watching season one of The PITT, Dr. Hsu and Dr. Stuart Harman reconvene to review the season, this time with spoilers on!

    Theme music: Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Dr. Justina Sam

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    53 min
  • The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
    Jun 2 2025

    This month, on a special Medhum X Sports Literati collaboration, Dave is joined by his sports book reading buddy David Bryant to discuss one of the seminal medical humanities books which also happens to be a sports book: The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese.


    For more sports book discussions involving the two Daves, please check out The Sports Literati podcast!

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    56 min
  • How real is The PITT?
    Apr 28 2025

    Apollo On Call reconvenes to discuss The PITT, the medical drama that everyone is talking about. Dr. Hsu welcomes his pop culture expert co-host Dr. Stuart Harman to dissect what might be the most realistic medical drama ever.


    Theme music: Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Dr. Justina Sam

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    51 min
  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
    Apr 16 2025

    This month, we look at The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, the award winning documentary about a Norwegian man named Mats Steen who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy but lived a full life in the virtual video game universe of World of Warcraft.


    Intro and outro music is Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Dr. Justina Sam

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    49 min
  • The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
    Feb 18 2025

    In the premiere episode of Apollo On Call, our hosts David Hsu and Luki Danukarjanto meet to discuss Siddhartha Mukherjee's award winning 2010 biography of cancer.

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    49 min