Awakening Doctor
Claim This Podcastby Dr Maria Christodoulou
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<p>The Awakening Doctor podcast explores the personal stories of those who work in the medical and health professions. Each episode aims to highlight the humanity of an individual doctor or healer, and thereby challenge and transform social perceptions of the profession and the individuals who practice it. Join Dr. Maria Christodoulou as she meets with colleagues, leaders, and educators in healthcare to reveal the human side of being a medical professional.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 6, 2026
Dr Wonderful Thabiso Khumalo, A Young Man from Katlehong
What are the odds that a young man from Sluma View, Katlehong, will find himself at Oxford University? Whatever they are, Dr Wonderful Thabiso Khumalo, medical doctor, Rhodes scholar, award-winning poet, and emerging global health researcher, has defied them. In this episode of Awakening Doctor, Thabiso speaks candidly about growing up without his biological father, losing his mother as a teenager, and navigating matric while living alone - often not knowing where his next meal would co...
April 1, 2026
Chloe Hope, The End-of-Life Doula
What might change if we allowed ourselves to really be with death? If we turned towards our mortality, rather than away from it? In this episode of Awakening Doctor, host Maria Christodoulou speaks with end-of-life doula, death educator, and writer Chloe Hope about what it takes to accompany people at the threshold between life and death. Chloe shares the childhood loss that shaped her relationship with death, why she prefers the 'big talk' of doula work over superficial small talk, and how h...
March 4, 2026
Sarah Stein, Being a Good Human
Before she even graduates as a doctor, final-year medical student Sarah Stein is already asking questions many doctors avoid. Her widely published article, What They Don’t Teach in Medical School, in which she wrote candidly about moral distress, emotional isolation, and the realities of becoming a doctor in South Africa’s resource-constrained public health system, travelled far enough beyond the lecture halls that it was quoted in the 2025 national budget speech. In this episode of Awakening...
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- What is Awakening Doctor?
<p>The Awakening Doctor podcast explores the personal stories of those who work in the medical and health professions. Each episode aims to highlight the humanity of an individual doctor or healer, and thereby challenge and transform social perceptions of the profession and the individuals who practice it. Join Dr. Maria Christodoulou as she meets with colleagues, leaders, and educators in healthcare to reveal the human side of being a medical professional.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 10 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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