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Student Hosts Medical Humanities Podcast

Rising senior Emma Wolinsky is bringing conversations about medical humanities to life in a podcast called “Remains to be Seen.”

Wolinsky, a pre-med student who is majoring in English Literature in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, launched the podcast in April 2019 with the help of Jeff Aziz, senior lecturer and adviser in the Department of English, and Jason Dechant, assistant professor in the School of Nursing. Wolinsky and her faculty co-hosts bring perspectives across disciplines as they discuss topics like the history of the human body in medicine, anatomy and culture. Episode subjects have ranged from the theft of a dead body of a United States president’s son to “shocking” results from an over-the-counter genetic test.

Wolinsky says her two diverse interests of science and literature come from her parents. “My mother is an anesthesiologist, which is where my fascination for medicine comes from, and my father was a reformed rabbi who taught me how to appreciate texts and the power of personal connection,” said Wolinsky, originally of Beachwood, Ohio. “These two fields of medicine and the humanities are inseparable to me and come together to make me who I am today.”

 “Remains to be Seen” is available on iTunes and Spotify; search for “Remains to be Seen” under “podcasts,” or in your podcast app.