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Bio(un)ethical is a podcast that questions existing norms in medicine, science, and public health. On each episode, Leah Pierson and I interview an expert about an important and controversial issue in the field of bioethics, broadly construed.

We've released episodes with:

1. Robert Steel, on risk in research
2. Govind Persad, on resource allocation
3. Marie Nicolini, on medical aid in dying
4. Holly Fernandez Lynch, on research oversight
5. Chris Robichaud, on the goals of ethics education
6. Jeff Sebo, on expanding the moral circle
7. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, on nudging in medicine
8. Sally Haslanger, on changing social norms
9. Marc Lipsitch, on preventing future pandemics
10. Danielle Allen, on democratic decision-making
11. Richard Leiter, on end-of-life care
12. David Wendler, on pediatric research ethics
13. Sarah McGrath, on moral deference and expertise
14. James Diao, on the use of race in medical algorithms
15. Jeff McMahan, on gene editing and embryo selection
16. Quayshawn Spencer, on the metaphysics of race
17. Rochelle Walensky, on American public health infrastructure
18. David Thorstad, on epistemics and existential risk
19. Emily Largent and Govind Persad, on the state of bioethics today
20. Rachel Fraser, on standpoint epistemology
21. Bryan Carmody, on doctor shortages

​We are supported by a grant from Amplify Creative Grants.

Learn more at our website, biounethical [dot] com
Questions? Guest suggestions? Email biounethical [at] gmail [dot] com