The REIMAGINE Podcast
The REIMAGINE Podcast creates a space to explore the complexities of organ donation and transplantation—not from certainty, but from inquiry.
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The Courage to Succeed: Josh Mezrich on Xenotransplantation, Human Connection, and the Future of Transplantation (opens the original)
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What happens to transplantation when the organ no longer has to come from another human being? In this episode, Gabe Schnickel, MD, MPH, sits down with transplant surgeon, scientist, and author Josh Mezrich, MD for a conversation about xenotransplantation, its remarkable history, and what the field may mean for patients waiting for an organ. Mezrich traces the story from early primate transplants and Baby Fae through the transition to pigs, Dolly the sheep, gene editing, CRISPR, and the first er
A Courageous Act: Thupten Jinpa on Human Connection and the Transformative Power of Compassion (opens the original)
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In this episode of the REIMAGINE Podcast, host Gabe Schnickel, MD, MPH, speaks with Thupten Jinpa, PhD, a former Tibetan Buddhist monk, longtime principal English translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, author of A Fearless Heart , and founder of the Compassion Institute. Jinpa reflects on his childhood as a Tibetan refugee in India, where compassion was not just a concept, but a lived experience. He shares how early experiences of care, including the kindness of his uncle after the death of
Compassion as a Practice: Shireen Mansouri on Healthcare, Presence, and Common Humanity (opens the original)
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In this episode of the REIMAGINE Podcast, Gabe Schnickel, MD, MPH speaks with Shireen Mansouri, MD, a family physician, certified Compassion Cultivation Training Instructor, and member of the healthcare team at the Compassion Institute. Together, they explore what compassion really means: the ability to recognize suffering and respond with the wish to relieve it. Mansouri helps distinguish compassion from empathy, kindness, and pity, and explains why presence itself can be a meaningful form of c
Teaching the Heart: Lisa Eyler on Compassion and the Making of Physicians (opens the original)
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In this episode of the REIMAGINE Podcast, host Gabe Schnickel, MD, MPH, speaks with Lisa Eyler, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and director of the Center for Empathy and Compassion Training in Medical Education at the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion. Eyler shares how her early research in aging, resilience, optimism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and brain health eventually led her toward the science of empathy and compassion. She describes emp
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