White Coat, Black Art

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Subscribers: 1026
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 59


 Jan 25, 2026

Estyred
 Apr 6, 2025
Informative and up-to-date information from a variety of health care professionals.

Keith
 Oct 18, 2022
thank you for being informative. knowing is not always reassuring but I would rather know than not.

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Trusted ER doctor Brian Goldman brings you honest and surprising stories that can change your health and your life. Expect deep conversations with patients, families and colleagues that show you what is and isn't working in Canadian healthcare. Guaranteed you’ll learn something new. Episodes drop every Friday.


Episode Date
A bold plan to change PEI’s relationship with alcohol
Oct 16, 2026
Lung cancer isn’t just for smokers
Oct 14, 2026
He has 2,000 patients. Why was permanent residency so hard?
Oct 09, 2026
Pap parties, hugs and primary care for Black women
Oct 02, 2026
When Canadians go abroad for surgery, who should pay?
Sep 25, 2026
She's a doctor with MS. Why is that a problem?
Sep 18, 2026
Why U.S. nurses are moving north
Sep 11, 2026
Becoming the doctor her community needs
Sep 04, 2026
She left family practice. Now she’s teaching doctors to avoid burnout.
Aug 28, 2026
How a chef and a surgeon are reinventing hospital meals
Aug 21, 2026
AI conversations gone too far
Aug 14, 2026
The roadside ER doctor
Aug 07, 2026
A new knee for $30k
Jul 31, 2026
Surviving a stroke at 24
Jul 24, 2026
Introducing IDEAS | How Canada forgot it once had a segregated health system
Jul 20, 2026
The Netherlands’ primary care is better – here’s how
Jul 17, 2026
Grief built this treatment centre
Jul 10, 2026
How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission
Jul 03, 2026
Fighting for better births
Jun 26, 2026
Condoms and wastewater testing: How public health is handling FIFA World Cup
Jun 19, 2026
A camel, a fractured pelvis, and a travel insurance lesson
Jun 12, 2026
The power of an exercise prescription
Jun 05, 2026
Inside the Halifax hospital scanning for weapons
May 29, 2026
The permanent birth control surgery that may lower ovarian cancer risk
May 22, 2026
Colorectal cancer's surprising Canadian hero
May 15, 2026
The rare disease treatment gap
May 08, 2026
The nurse practitioners who saved a clinic
May 01, 2026
Terry O'Reilly rates hospital ads
Apr 24, 2026
"We're number 2!" Why a Canadian hospital is boasting
Apr 17, 2026
How Germany gets hip, knee surgeries done faster than Canada
Apr 10, 2026
ENCORE: Saving elderly patients from the hazards of the ER
Apr 02, 2026
Psilocybin is changing minds. Will it soon change the law?
Mar 27, 2026
Pistol Pete's psilocybin trip
Mar 20, 2026
Psilocybin and accepting death
Mar 20, 2026
The demand for Canadian surrogates
Mar 13, 2026
Lung cancer isn’t just for smokers
Mar 06, 2026
Unmasking AuDHD
Feb 27, 2026
He was approved for MAID — but died waiting in a Catholic hospital
Feb 20, 2026
ENCORE: Primary care for all: Lessons from Denmark
Feb 13, 2026
The young stroke survivor that health care forgot
Feb 06, 2026
The rise of paid menopause care
Jan 30, 2026
'The canary is dead': Frontline staff on Alberta's ER crisis
Jan 23, 2026
The MD with over 2,000 patients, but no permanent residency
Jan 16, 2026
The real truth about burnout
Jan 09, 2026
ENCORE: The true science behind living longer
Jan 02, 2026
The lowdown on in-flight emergencies
Dec 26, 2025
Why an ER doctor spoke up — and sued
Dec 19, 2025
Desperate measures: Behind Quebec’s unprecedented healthcare reforms
Dec 12, 2025
Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery
Dec 05, 2025
The air rescue team reinventing first responder support
Nov 28, 2025
This Vancouver hospital is transforming addiction treatment
Nov 21, 2025
ENCORE: Virtual doctors for real ERs
Nov 14, 2025
How to make a health-care complaint and get results
Nov 07, 2025
Diabetes care on wheels
Oct 31, 2025
One in three Canadians is obese, and it’s not about willpower
Oct 24, 2025
BONUS: He was censored by the U.S. government. What that means for food research
Oct 24, 2025
A patient complaint that actually led to change
Oct 17, 2025
Fear of racism deters many Indigenous people from seeking medical treatment, says health-care leader
Nov 27, 2020
Cultural Safety: Making healthcare safe for Indigenous patients
Nov 13, 2020