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Graphic Medicine Podcast

Exploring 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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Graphic Medicine Podcast: Shrub

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2026/09/20

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Barbra Dillon of Fanbase Press and creator Shane Portman about the Kickstarted for Shrub, an eight issue comic series about grief and connection. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download episode.

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Brian Fies discusses the 20th Anniversary Edition of...

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2026/04/07

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Brian Fies about the 20th Anniversary Edition of Mom’s Cancer Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download episode

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Graphic Medicine Roundup – Keywords and Keyimages in...

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2026/03/05

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Lisa Diedrich and Bri Martino about their new edited collection, Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download Episode

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Graphic Medicine Roundup: Drawing Health with Georgia...

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2026/01/22

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Georgia Webber about her new podcast, Drawing Health. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download episode.

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Graphic Medicine Roundup: Shay Mirk and Making...

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2026/01/05

Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas, MD and MK Czerwiec, RN. After an extended fun opening chat, recorded this past fall, we interview Shay Mirk – co-author of Making Nonfiction Comics, a terrific new resource for graphic medicine and beyond. For links and show notes, visit the graphic medicine website. Download episode.

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Graphic Medicine Manifesto 10th Anniversary Edition...

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2025/10/12

On Wednesday, October 8, 2025 the authors, editors, and publisher of the Graphic Medicine Manifesto 10th Anniversary edition gathered to discuss the book, the field, and the future. Our discussion was moderated by A. David Lewis. Guests included Ian Williams, Susan Squier, Michael Green, MK Czerwiec, Kimberly Myers, Scott T. Smith, Kendra Boileau, Juliet McMullin, and Brian Callender. All panelists are introduced, then each give updates on their lives and careers (and projects) since the original

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Graphic Medicine Roundup Episode 3

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2025/10/08

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our third episode we are joined by Ellen Forney to discuss her latest book, The Adventures of You! For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

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Graphic Medicine Podcast: Heartcore

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2025/10/04

Harvard Medical School Countway Library and the MCPHS Center for Health Humanities welcomed Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová to campus during her US tour for Heartcore, published by PSU Press. This lively interview with Štěpánka was recorded on September 9, 2025 at Countway Library. A. David Lewis, Associate Professor at MCPHS University, was her interlocutor. Questioning focused on her recent comic Heartcore, hailed by Foreword Reviews as “a searing graphic memoir” that seeks to break through

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Graphic Medicine Roundup Episode 2

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2025/08/09

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our second episode we are joined by the winners of the new Educational GMIC Award, Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

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Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup June 25

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2025/06/25

Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host a new feature on the GM Podcast: Monthly Roundup! For our inaugural episode we are joined by the Sequential Artist’s Workshop co-founder Tom Hart. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.

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Conversations from Ireland: Martina Follador

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2025/02/19

In this last of our series from our summer 2024 conference in Athlone, Ireland, Martina Follador, illustrator and comic artist, discusses her comics on Celiac disease with our host, Christopher Dwyer. The Graphic Medicine International Collective would like to heartily thank Christopher and the entire 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible. Special thanks to podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and

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Conversations from Ireland: Maja Milkowska-Shibata

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2025/01/23

In this fifth podcast episode from our 2024 Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Maja Milkowska-Shibata, an international health researcher and Polish medical interpreter interested in storytelling and visual thinking. Per Maja’s website, her mission is to make health systems more accessible, equitable, safe, and effective through collaborative research, writing, and art. Links available on the graphic medicine website posting. Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology

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Conversations from Ireland: Grace Farris

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2025/01/03

In this third podcast episode from our Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Grace Farris. Grace and Chris discuss her book-in-progress, parenthood, and Grace’s lecture at the 2024 Ireland conference. Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines,

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GM Conference Podcast 3: Cara Bean

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2024/12/03

Cara Bean and Christopher Dwyer discuss Cara’s book here I am, I am me, mental health and art, and Cara’s workshop at the conference. Learn more about Cara’s work on her website, carabeancomics.com. Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher, who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by

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GM Conference Podcast 2: Catherine Gouge and KC...

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2024/11/21

In the second of our Graphic Medicine Conference podcasts, Dr. Christopher Dwyer interviews Catherine Gouge and KC Councilor about their work in communication and graphic medicine, as well as their conference workshop on ReDo Comics. See the Graphic Medicine website for a Drawing Together that shares how to make these comics! Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher, who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical

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GM Conference Podcast 1: John Miers

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2024/11/04

In the first of our Graphic Medicine Conference podcasts, Dr. Christopher Dwyer interviews John Miers. John is a cartoonist, illustrator, academic and teacher. He is lecturer in illustration at Kingston School of Art, a member of the Comics Research Hub at University of the Arts London, and co-organiser of Transitions. John’s website: https://johnmiers.com/Comics Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher, who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with

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Here I Am I Am Me: An Illustrated Guide to Mental...

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2024/03/29

In 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,

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The 2023 GMIC Annual Report from Toronto with Michael...

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2024/02/19

This 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

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Four-Color Heroes

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2024/01/12

Dr. 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 Hoopla,

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A Conversation with Wendy MacNaughton about “How To...

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2023/08/16

We 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 cope

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