10 Best Medical History Podcasts

1. Bedside Rounds

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Bedside Rounds is a storytelling podcast about medical history and medicine's intersections with society and culture. Host Adam Rodman seeks to tell a few of these weird, wonderful, and intensely human stories that have made modern medicine.MORE Host Adam Rodman
Producer/Network Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, FACP
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 577Twitter 17.6K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures

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This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people.Three modern emergency physicians and their show's 'medical history intern' take a lighthearted, humorous  quest through various stories in the history of medicine.  Topics from ancient times to recent history, all related to important advancements, people, or discoveries in the history of medicine.  New episodes every two weeks!MORE Hosts Dr. Max, Dr. Aaron, Dr. Mike, Alba Woolard
Producer/Network Dr. Max, Dr. Aaron, Dr. Mike, and Alba
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 100Facebook 398Twitter 172Instagram 406 Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Disease Death and Doctors

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This is a storytelling podcast that discusses the NON-chronological history of medicine (Because going in order sucks). A discussion of diseases, discoveries, and the doctors that left their mark (and sometimes scar) on the field of medicine. Things are going to get weird. Episodes released twice monthly for your auditory consumption. Music: The Road (Punk Rock Opera). Tom Podell (digital alteration of Wellcome Library historical watercolor CC by 4.0)MORE Producer/Network The Honorable Doctor John and The less Honorable Doctor Guy
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 49Twitter 41 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Dissecting Medical History

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A bi-monthly mental vacation from life's worries by providing information formatted on medical related historical topics, events, and biographies in a fun and critically thinking way with a nurse and sometimes other history enthusiasts. MORE Hosts Ang, Mel
Producer/Network The Professional Gypsy
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 131Twitter 10 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Ramblings with a Medical Historian

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I discuss the history of medicine. I look at the practices, practitioners, misconceptions and more. I also talk about working in a museum and reenacting medical history. I also throw in some local history from my hometown.MORE Producer/Network Nicole Curry
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 38Twitter 7Instagram 187 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. The History of Medicine

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Explore the rich history of medicine, from the diseases that once plagued us, how the medicine we take for granted today came to be, and the curious characters and stories surrounding these topics. Updates every week, with breaks between seasons for additional research and planning. Our current topic: Pain. Episodes to resume in early October 2021! Past Season's topics: Season 1 - Antibiotics. Season 2 - Surgery/Anesthesia. Season 3 - Public Health. Season 4 - Mental Illness. Season 5 - Pain.MORE Host Kirby Gong
Producer/Network Kirby Gong
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 44Facebook 562 Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

7. Army Medicine History

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Welcome to the Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage Podcast series, 'Army Medicine History'. The opinions and statements of the speakers featured on this podcast are not necessarily the views of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), or the U.S. Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage. The goal of this podcast is to share the story of Army Medicine History with soldiers, military, civilians, teachers, researchers, and the general public.MORE Producer/Network Army Medicine History
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8. Flight Of Ideas- History Of Medicine Podcast

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Through history of medicine we could unfold many mysterious happenings of the past and answer many questions about modern medecine and recall many mistakes that we made in the past and refrain from repeating it in our present and future.MORE Producer/Network don henle
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9. The Bitter Pill podcasts

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How do doctors think and take clinical decisions during times of prolonged uncertainty?'The Bitter Pill' podcasts explore this theme using examples from the 1980's when patients with hemophilia contracted HIV and hepatitis from their treatment with blood plasma. For four years, between 1982 and 1985 hemophilia doctors struggled with the challenges posed by HIV in their patients and how to modify their treatments. This is a critical period in medical history because of the suffering and death of so many people brought on by medical treatment...MORE Producer/Network Mallika Sekhar
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10. Epidemic Belfast

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Epidemic Belfast raises difficult and challenging questions about Northern Ireland's medical history, from the 19th century to COVID. In each episode, experts examine themes including the health of Belfast's mill workers, asylums, Victorian anti-vaxxers, 'cures' and shock therapies for homosexuality, the thalidomide tragedy, lobotomies, prison doctors during the Troubles and the AIDS crisis.MORE Producer/Network Ulster University
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