The Health Ethics Podcast (formerly The COVID Ethics Series Podcast) relies on the idea that challenging ethical issues are best addressed by many folks, from diverse backgrounds, practically reasoning together. Each week Professor Bryan Pilkington is joined by leading experts from medicine, nursing, and the health sciences, as well as political theorists, economists, ethicists, philosophers and lawyers for a conversation about ethical issues.
Of Scapegoats & Monday Morning Quarterbacks: Art Caplan on Science, Politics and Dr. Anthony Fauci
In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Arthur Caplan about the controversy surrounding Dr. Anthony Fauci and argues that political scapegoating should not replace evidence-based investigation. The episode explores public distrust of science, the ethical challenges of communicating uncertainty, and the tension between nuanced guidance and enforceable public health policies.
Guest:
Arthur L. Caplan, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Population Health, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Host:
Bryan Pilkington, PhD
Professor of Bioethics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
1 Sept 2026
When AI and Doctors Disagree: Rethinking Medical Decision-Making
In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Giorgia Pozzi about the ethical and epistemological challenges that arise when AI systems and human clinicians disagree in medical decision-making. The central argument is that disagreement should not be treated as a problem that must always be resolved by automatically trusting either the AI or the physician. Instead, disagreement can be valuable because it can expose uncertainty, encourage critical thinking, and lead clinicians to consider options that neither party initially recognized.
Guest:
Dr. Giorgia Pozzi
Postdoctoral Researcher, Delft University of Technology
Host:
Dr. Bryan Pilkington
Professor of Bioethics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
17 Aug 2026
Against AI Exceptionalism: Healthcare for the Common Good
In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with philosopher, Dr. Alex John London, focusing on research ethics, the common good, and the ethical evaluation of artificial intelligence in medicine. The discussion centers on London's book, For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics (https://academic.oup.com/book/41132), and explores how its ideas apply to today's rapidly evolving healthcare technologies.
Guest:
Alex John London, PhD
K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies
Carnegie Mellon University
Host:
Bryan Pilkington, PhD
Professor of Bioethics
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
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