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by Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

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17 episodes
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Life-and-death decisions. Difficult tradeoffs. playing god? explores ethical dilemmas in health and medicine through the first-person stories of people who have lived them. Recognized with three 2024 Signal Awards. Brought to you by the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

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9/26/2023

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June 16, 2026

A Shot at Weight Loss: Should I Take It?

Writer Rebecca K. Morrison interviews Primary Care Physician Mara Gordon, MD, and bioethicists Alexandra Brewis, PhD, and Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, exploring the ethical considerations of new weight loss drugs.

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June 9, 2026

How Far Would You Go to Have a Healthy Baby?

Kristelle and Evan Shulman discuss their pursuit of reproductive technology to have healthy children, interviewing Marni Falk, MD, and Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, about the ethical considerations.

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June 2, 2026

Losing Noah

Kristelle and Evan Shulman share their journey with mitochondrial disease and reproductive technology with Marni Falk, MD, and Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, exploring the ethics of novel reproductive choices.

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What is playing god??

Life-and-death decisions. Difficult tradeoffs. playing god? explores ethical dilemmas in health and medicine through the first-person stories of people who have lived them.

Recognized with three 2024 Signal Awards.

Brought to you by the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

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