In 2025, members of the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program community continued to be at the forefront of conversations about ethics and health care, policy, and research, including a host of podcast appearances over the course of the year. They unpacked topics like artificial intelligence (AI), dementia care, psychedelic therapies, and genetic data security, bringing clarity to complex issues.
Whether you’re looking to dive deeper into today’s most pressing bioethics questions or simply looking for something to listen to on your morning commute, these podcasts fit the bill.
Hosts & Producers
Alex Smith, MD, hosts GeriPal, a “geriatrics and palliative care podcast for every healthcare professional.” Members of the Faculty Scholars community regularly feature on GeriPal. (Individual episodes are listed below.) GeriPal is cohosted by Eric Widera, MD.
Jason Karlawish, MD, is an executive producer of The Age of Aging, a Penn Memory Center podcast “dedicated to living well with an aging brain.” Dr. Karlawish is a frequent guest on the podcast, hosted by Terrence Casey and Jake Johnson, and this year, Dr. Karlawish appeared on four episodes: Dementia in 2025: An Expert Roundtable, “I Had My Old Girl Back,” The Moment in Alzheimer’s: Taking Stock and Look Forward, and Democratizing Dementia. He also hosted the episode, What is it Like to be Dan?
Guests
- Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, PhD
May 1 | Bioethics for the People | What Patients Want to Know from AI - I. Glenn Cohen, JD
December 1 | On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti | What the Next Generation of Doctors Needs to Know About AI - James Colgrove, PhD
April 5 | Rear Vision | The Anti-vaccination Movement - Jodi Lauren Halpern, MD, PhD
December 16 | KQED Forum | Kaiser Therapists Battle to Fend Off Artificial Intelligence - Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD
May 15 | GeriPal | Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU - Jennifer James, PhD
April 14 | The Informed Patient Podcast | Some States Allow People to be Sterilized Against Their Will - Jason Karlawish, MD
February 26 | All Home Care Matters | The Co-director of the Penn Memory Center Dr. Jason Karlawish
May 30 | Science Friday | What Huge Cuts to NSF Funding Mean for Science
December 10 | STAT First Opinion Podcast | The Revolution in Dementia Care is Just Beginning - Aaron Kesselheim, MD, JD
May 22 | America Dissected | US COVID Vaccine Policy by Vibes - Amy McGuire, JD, PhD
April 8 | Medical Ethics Unpacked | Unique Ethical Challenges of Psychedelic Therapies - Michelle Mello, JD, PhD
March 12 | Science Quickly | A Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposes U.S. Postpandemic Vulnerabilities
July 11 | JAMA Health Forum Conversations | The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence and Regulation
August 21 | JAMA+ AI Conversations | Navigating Transparency and Trust with AI in Health Care
November 6 | Stanford Legal | Navigating Uncertainty and Unprecedented Shifts in Federal Health Policy - Jonathan Oberlander, PhD
July 24 | What the Health? | Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes - Monica Peek, MD
October 29 | In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons | What’s in the Tear Gas and Other ‘Chemical Munitions’ Federal Agents are Using in Chicago? - Katherine R. Peeler, MD
October 1 | Public Health on Call | Mental Health Care in ICE Custody
October 2 | Public Health on Call | Medical Care in Immigration Detention - Andrew Peterson, PhD
May 29 | GeriPal | Lucid Episodes - Brendan Saloner, PhD
February 19 | Let’s Talk About Drugs in the Intermountain West | Pulling Levers
September 2 | A Health Podyssey | Brendan Saloner Explains the Opioid Crisis & What Can be Done
November 4 | A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha | What Will it Take to End the Opioid Epidemic? - Kayte Spector-Bagdady, JD
April 16 | The Excerpt | Is Your Genetic Data Secure? - Lauren Taylor, PhD
June 25 | Siren Podcast | Whose Job is it, Anyway? Exploring the Ethics of Healthcare’s Involvement in Social Care - Anna Wexler, PhD
January 24 | The Pulse | The DIY Medicine Movement