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Health Ethics PodcastHealthcare Sustainability: Aligning Health and Environmental EthicsIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Kyle Tafuri, a healthcare sustainability expert, about the importance of aligning environmental sustainability with the mission of healthcare systems. Tafuri emphasizes that clean air, water, and healthy soil are fundamental to health and that healthcare institutions, as major employers and resource users, have both an ethical obligation and strategic opportunity to lead in sustainability.Kyle Tafuri is Vice President of Sustainability, Hackensack Meridian Health.
2025-08-1036 minHealth Ethics PodcastBeyond the Exam Room: Physicians as AdvocatesIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Lawrence Rosen about how advocacy extends beyond individual patient care to include public health, policy reform, and environmental sustainability. Rosen argues that physicians have an ethical obligation to use their trusted position to defend and promote health at all levels.Lawrence Rosen, MD is an Integrative Pediatrician and Founder of The Whole Child Center & Associate Professor at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
2025-07-1435 minHealth Ethics PodcastDoes science have a PR Problem? Information, Misinformation, and the Politics of MedicineIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Arthur Caplan about on the evolution of bioethics from an academic niche to a more public-facing discipline that now must address misinformation and political polarization.Dr. Arthur Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health.
2025-07-0149 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Bioethics of "Baby Boxes"In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Lori Bruce on the ethical concerns surrounding baby boxes—devices used for the anonymous surrender of infants under Safe Haven laws. While good intentioned, Bruce argues these boxes lack regulation, informed consent, and support for vulnerable mothers. Evidence-based alternatives like confidential births and crisis counseling to better support families are discussed.Dr. Lori Bruce is Associate Director, Center for Bioethics, at the Yale School of Medicine.Episode Resources:Summer bioethics program:https://bioethics.yale.edu/summer
2025-05-1939 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Canary in the Coal Mine: Infectious Disease, Vaccine Hesitancy, and What We Owe Each OtherIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Boscamp about the decline in public trust in science, particularly around vaccines, and notes that this erosion affects not only individual health decisions but also community well-being.
2025-04-2345 minHealth Ethics PodcastNeurodiversity: What it is and What Happens NowIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Nanette Elster, JD, MPH and Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD about the need for both legal and societal frameworks to ensure the rights and well-being of neurodivergent individuals.
2025-04-0236 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Ongoing U.S. Struggle with Maternal MortalityIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. James O’Brien about his co-authored article in American Journal of Perinatology.O'Brien JA, Lewkowitz AK, Main EK, Adashi EY. The Ongoing U.S. Struggle with Maternal Mortality. Am J Perinatol. Published online October 10, 2024. doi:10.1055/a-2404-8035
2025-02-2136 minHealth Ethics PodcastCare of the Whole Person: The role of Hospital ChaplainsIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Robert Klitzman about his book, Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?: Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person. Robert Klitzman, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He has authored or co-authored over 180 scientific articles, and nine books, including When Doctors Become Parents, and has received several awards, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He...
2025-01-2841 minHealth Ethics PodcastAm I My Students’ Nurse?In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Paul Snelling, Principal Lecturer in Adult Nursing at University of Worcester, about his 2024 Nursing Ethics article, “Am I my students’ nurse? Reflections on the nursing ethics of nursing education,” which explores the student–nurse academic relationship vis-à-vis the patient–nurse relationship.Snelling P. Am I my students’ nurse? Reflections on the nursing ethics of nursing education. Nursing Ethics. 2024;31(1):52-64. doi:10.1177/09697330231193858
2024-12-0232 minHealth Ethics PodcastA Matter of Trust (with Guest Dr. Thomas Nasca)In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Thomas Nasca, ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer, about the crucial role of trust in medicine, emphasizing its importance in medical education, the physician-patient relationship, and addressing systemic issues in healthcare, such as burnout and moral distress. Without trust, the healthcare system risks failing both its providers and patients.
2024-11-2141 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Bioethics of Environmental InjusticeIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington talks to Dr. Keisha Ray about her 2024 co-authored American Journal of Bioethics article, “The Bioethics of Environmental Injustice: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Implications of Unhealthy Environments” and her book, Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People’s Health.Keisha Ray is an Associate Professor of bioethics and medical humanities at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas. Her research focuses on the socio-political determinants of Black people's health and exposing structural racism's effects on Black people's health and wellbeing.
2024-10-1132 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Occasional Human Sacrifice: A Conversation with Carl ElliottIn this episdoe, Bryan Pilkington, PhD speaks to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. His latest book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, is out now (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024). The Occassional Human Sacrifice details shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, sometimes at the expense of their careers.Carl Elliott's website: https://www.carl-elliott.com/
2024-07-2347 minHealth Ethics PodcastHow Will This Benefit Patients? AI Integration into Clinical Decision MakingIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Charles E. Binkley, MD.Charles Binkley is a liver and pancreas surgeon, bioethicist, Director of Bioethics at Hackensack Meridian Health, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. His work focuses on the ethical use of AI to improve clinical decision making.He is the co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-Making (University of California Press, 2024) with Tyler Loftus.
2024-07-1225 minHealth Ethics PodcastSpheres of Morality: The Ethical Codes of the Medical ProfessionIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Samuel Doernberg and Dr. Robert Truog about their recent paper in the American Journal of Bioethics entitled, "Spheres of Morality: The Ethical Codes of the Medical Profession."
2024-06-1734 minHealth Ethics PodcastAcademic Freedom in Medicine: Ethics and the Training of Sovereign ProfessionalsIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. David J. Skorton about academic freedom.David J. Skorton, MD, is president and CEO of the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges), a not-for-profit association that represents medical schools, teaching hospitals and health systems, and academic societies.
2024-06-0336 minHealth Ethics PodcastDo healthcare institutions have a conscience?In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Jason Adam Wasserman about Institutional Conscience. His new article is:Wasserman JA, Brummett AL, Navin MC, Menkes DL. Conscientious Objection to Aggressive Interventions for Patients in a Vegetative State. Am J Bioeth. Published online November 30, 2023. doi:10.1080/15265161.2023.2280099. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38032547/Dr. Wasserman is Professor of Foundational Medical Studies at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, where he also holds an appointment in Pediatrics, is the course director for the Medical Humanities and Clinical Bioethics curriculum, serves as the Founding D...
2024-05-0137 minHealth Ethics PodcastSocietal Informed Consent in the Age of AIIf we demand informed consent for individuals, why don't we demand it for all of society? In this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Brian Patrick Green about technology and societal informed consent. Brian Patrick Green is the director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and teaches AI ethics in Santa Clara University’s Graduate School of Engineering. His work focuses on AI and ethics, technology ethics in corporations, the ethics of space exploration and use, the ethics of technological manipulation of h...
2024-04-0438 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 51: Interview with William Beckmann#podcast #texasmusic #interview #singersongwriter #countrymusic
Happy Texas Music Tuesday! Today We talk with William Beckmann. William is a Texas Musician who was born and raised in Del Rio, Texas. Growing up near the border and in the state of Texas influenced his musical styles in several different ways! Listen to our interview as we discuss everything from good food, different cultures, music influences, and so much more!
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I do not own the music in the intro. It is a song by Bo Luna, a former guest on...
2023-09-1249 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 50: BTHO Miami Week 2 Preview#podcast #sports #aggies #aggiefootball #bthomiami #miami
Bryan breaks down Aggie Football's week 2 matchup with the Miami Hurricanes and takes a look back at week 1 as well.
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I do not own the music in the intro. It is a song by Bo Luna, a former guest on our show who granted us permission to use his song.
Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ccEaIbjAVwhnsUcEkQv83?si=dcb27ce6f4084e7f
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2023-09-0814 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 49: Interview with Logan Ryan (Logan Ryan Band)
Happy Texas Music Tuesday! Today We talk with Logan Ryan. Logan Ryan is a Texas Musician currently located in Gonzales, Texas!
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I do not own the music in the intro. It is a song by Bo Luna, a former guest on our show who granted us permission to use his song.
Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ccEaIbjAVwhnsUcEkQv83?si=901ba8a76109465b
Check out Logan Ryan on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7LVl0gsG1AEc6lid0fJK6P?si=abCXJKMaTu6XU9...
2023-09-0524 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 48: Interview with Trey GonzalezHappy Texas Music Tuesday! Today We talk with Trey Gonzalez. Trey actually is and Aggie and graduated from Texas A&M with a Masters Degree and is a musician from San Antonio, Texas!
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I do not own the music in the intro. It is a song by Bo Luna, a former guest on our show who granted us permission to use his song.
Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ccEaIbjAVwhnsUcEkQv83?si=901ba8a76109465b
Check out Trey Gonzalez here:
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2023-08-2950 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 47: Parker McCollum InterviewHappy Texas Music Tuesday! Today we talk with the one and only Parker McCollum. Everything from Parker's influences and inspiration, growing up in Texas, grinding it out in college bars on the Texas circuit, to stadium tours today, chili, and so much more. The #ParkerOnThePod campaign was a success and you don't want to miss this one!
#interview #podcast #texasmusic #texasmusicscene #singersongwriter #texasmusictuesday #fyp #parker #parkermccollum
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I do not own the music in the intro, it is actually a song by Bo Luna, a former guest on the show who granted...
2023-08-2253 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 46: Interview with August MannHappy Texas Music Tuesday! Today we talk with August Mann. We talk with him about his late father, who was a major influence on him in a lot of areas of his life. We also talk about his experiences as an Aggie in College Station and playing music at local College Station Venues like The Tap, chili, and a whole lot more!
Check out his music!
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/august-mann/1580499712
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5GZkdLx5iroRSiQeBlwOAM?si=70uVhp8nR-GgRvcj_w7idg
#interview #podcast #texasmusic #texasmusicscene #singersongwriter #texasmusictuesday #fyp #shreddirt #texascrunchymusic #grungecountry #dad #dads
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2023-08-0137 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 45: Montana Lane InterviewA Texas Music Tuesday interview featuring singer/songwriter Montana Lane. We talk to him about his music career, where he draws inspiration from and some of the folks he's met along the way. We of course get his opinion on chili and he even performs an original song for us on the podcast!
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2023-07-251h 14
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 44: Interview with Brandon RhyderTexas Music Tuesday interviews are back in a big way with legendary Texas singer songwriter @BrandonRhyder . We talk to him about everything from his music career, to his growing interests in cooking, and all the great stories and memories he's made over the years.
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2023-07-181h 18
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 43: Summertime Sadness=Fall HypeBryan and Justin sit down and take a look at the upcoming season for the Fightin' Texas Aggie football team. They make their predictions and break down all the news coming out of college station as well as make some predictions and discuss the other teams in the SEC.
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#ParkerOnThePod @ParkerMcCollum
#texasmusic #aggies #aggiefootball #collegefootball
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2023-07-1346 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 42: New Studio/Get Parker on the Pod/Aggie FootballSeason PreviewWe're back! (Not Like Texas was/isn't) We have a new studio and tons of awesome content coming your way. Checkout our linktree to stay connected to all things Red Dirt Aggie Show!
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#texasmusic #aggies #aggiefootball #collegefootball
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2023-07-0125 minHealth Ethics Podcast"Trust Me, I'm a Clinician": Medical Expertise, Trust, and the Patient ExperienceIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Jamie Carlin Watson, clinical ethicist for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Bioethics. Watson is the author of several books, including: A History and Philosophy of Expertise: The Nature and Limits of Authority (Bloomsbury, 2022), Expertise: A Philosophical Introduction (Bloomsbury 2020), and Moral Expertise: New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Bioethics, edited with Laura K. Guidry-Grimes (Springer, 2018). https://jamiecarlinwatson.weebly.com/
2023-06-0537 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 41: Aggie Baseball Tourney Recap, New Parker McCollum Music and More!Bryan and Collin recap Aggie Baseball's remarkable run in the SEC tournament and preview their upcoming regional at Stanford. Bryan explains why he vanished for a few weeks and why he'll be gone for a few more, we talk all about Parker McCollum's new album.
2023-06-0133 minHealth Ethics PodcastHealth Equity is the Goal, Health Justice is the PathIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Philip Alberti, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) senior director of health equity research and policy, and founding director of the Center for Health Justice. Dr. Alberti's work is fueled by the belief that solutions to health injustice exist within communities themselves, and that the path to better health goes beyond medical care to working alongside partners across multiple sectors that impact our everyday lives. Dr. Alberti's most recent publication is "A Population Health Impact Pyramid for Health Care" (Milbank Quarterly, 2023 Apr;101(S1):770-794.)
2023-05-2246 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 40: Sports and Texas Music News with Collin Luna (5-10-23)Sports and Country Music News with Collin Luna (5-10-23)
2023-05-1130 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 39: Texas Music Tuesday Feat. Bo LunaA good old fashioned Texas Music Tuesday interview with Bo Luna.
2023-05-0956 minHealth Ethics PodcastA Sociologist and a Philosopher Talk Medical EducationIn this episode, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks to Dr. Frederic W. Hafferty, professor of medical education at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota. He is the author of “Into the Valley: Death and the Socialization of Medical Students” (Yale University Press); “The Changing Medical Profession: An International Perspective” (Oxford University Press), with John McKinlay; “Sociology and Complexity Science: A New Field of Inquiry” (Springer) with Brian Castellani, “The Hidden Curriculum in Health Professions Education” (Dartmouth College Press) with Joseph O’Donnell, “Understanding Professionalism” (Lange) with Wendy Levinson, Katherine Lucy, and Shiphra Ginsburg and “Place and Health as Complex Systems: A Case study and Empirical...
2023-05-0848 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 38: NFL Draft and Country Music debates (S2 E5)Bryan talks NFL draft and hot topics on the country and texas music scene!
2023-05-0121 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 37: Spring Football Game recap/New Music and concert news!Aggie Football and Texas Music news!
2023-04-2219 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 36: Texas Music Tuesday Feat. Garrett SmithTexas Music Tuesday with Garrett Smith! Texas Musician and also Fightin' Texas Aggie, Granger Smith talks about everything from A&M, to the great beans in chili debate, his influences and inspiration, and also breaks down a major announcement!
2023-04-2153 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEP 35: We got a mic!We got a mic! And we're using it to talk all about exciting texas music news and the spring game!
2023-04-1418 minHealth Ethics PodcastThe Philosophy of Disability: Equity, Justice and HealthIn this episode of the COVID Ethics Series Podcast, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Joel Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Senior Bioethics Advisor to and Fellow of The Hastings Center, and Faculty Scholar of The Greenwall Foundation. Dr. Reynolds is especially concerned with the meaning of disability, the issue of ableism, and how philosophical inquiry into each might improve the lives of disabled people and the justness of practices in medicine, science, politics, and law.Joel Reynolds can be found at https...
2023-04-0629 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEp 34: Special Guest Rob WhiteRob White (Bass Player for Carson Jeffrey and FTA Class of 2014) Joins us to talk music, baseball, weather, and more!
2023-03-2837 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 33: March Sadness (feat. Collin Luna)A sad thing happened in basketball, Aggies avoided getting swept in baseball. Collin Luna stops by and provides Baseball analysis.
2023-03-2042 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 32: SEC Tourney Preview and MOREThe Sec Tourney is here, March madness is around the corner, plus some exciting news from the music and rodeo scene!
2023-03-1021 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 31: Oh when the Ags go MARCHing inIts march. Time for some madness. We also give you some cool and exciting Texas Music News!
2023-03-0315 minHealth Ethics PodcastArtificial Intelligence (AI) in Clinical Decision Making: A Surgeon's perspectiveIn this episode of the COVID Ethics Series Podcast, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Charles Binkley, M.D., FACS, HEC-C, the director of Bioethics for the health network’s Central Region, and also an associate professor of Surgery at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine on his recent New England Journal of Medicine paper, “From the Eyeball Test to the Algorithm – Quality of Life, Disability Status, and Clinical Decision Making in Surgery,” which contends that more data and an empirical framework involving algorithms would aid doctors, who must seek out more input than just their sole observation of the patient in decid...
2023-02-2731 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 30: Back In BlackTexas A&M basketball defeated Tennessee in an epic Blackout inside of Reed Arena last week!
2023-02-2513 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 29: Palpable Buzz Downs the PiggiesAnother Win in Reed + some awesome new music releases!
2023-02-1718 min
The Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 28: Texas Music Tuesday Feat. The Weathered SoulsTexas Music Tuesday interview with the Weathered Souls
2023-02-1426 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 27: The "buzz saw" keeps rollin.Aggie basketball continues its dominate performance and reed continues to be rocked.
2023-02-1022 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 26 (feat. Joey Mungo): Aggie Basketball/HARDY's new AlbumIn this episode Bryan and Joey discuss Aggie Basketball's recent stretch of games and success, look ahead to Arkansas, and breakdown HARDY's new half rock half country album.
2023-01-2944 minHealth Ethics PodcastHow We Could End the PandemicIn this episode of the COVID Ethics Series Podcast, Dr. Bryan Pilkington speaks with Dr. Eli Adashi. Dr. Adashi served as the Fifth Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences at Brown University, and is presently a tenured Professor of Medical Science with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Since 2008, Adashi has undertaken to focus on matters of policy at the nexus of medicine, law, ethics, and social justice.
2023-01-2128 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 25: Florida Game Recap/Kentucky Game preview5-0 in SEC Play! Finally some excitement from Aggie Sports. Aggie basketball is a hot team right now and they are on a collision corse with a Kentucky team that is also starting to heat up. Bryan the Red Dirt Aggie breaks down what he saw in Reed Arena from the Ags last night and what he hopes for this weekend against Kentucky as well as gives the 3 songs of the week!
2023-01-2030 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 24: A RANKED WIN! Aggie Basketball vs Missouri recap & South Carolina previewWe BTHO out of a Top 20 ranked Missouri Tigers team and Aggie basketball is 3-0 in conference play! We have not lost since last year! Bryan the Red Dirt Aggie breaks down the upset.
2023-01-1330 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowRapid Reaction from TAMU vs Missouri 1/11/23Host Bryan The Good Ag gives his short rapid reaction immediately following the Aggie basketball game against Missouri.
2023-01-1205 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 23: The Bobby Petrino EraBobby Petrino is here in Aggieland and also Aggie Men's basketball found the missing jerseys and won a game! Listen to hear all about it!
2023-01-0627 minThe Red Dirt Aggie ShowEpisode 22: Rich O' Toole vs. Zach Bryan/Basketball breakdown (feat. Joey Mungo)A recent development on the Texas Music/Red Dirt Scene, and the Aggie Basketball struggles broken down by Host Bryan the Red Dirt Aggie and guest Joey Mungo.
2022-12-2229 min