Dear listeners,
As we bring The Nocturnists: Uncertainty in Medicine to a close, we’re ending with a story about one of the most agonizing kinds of uncertainty—the kind created by the healthcare system itself.
In our series finale, we meet Ed Stratton, a stage IV cancer survivor who did everything right—only to be denied a life-saving liver transplant by his insurance provider. What follows is a powerful story of defiance, as his daughter Erin, armed with deep industry knowledge, teams up with a healthcare whistleblower and an AI-powered startup to fight back.
This episode is about what happens when care collides with bureaucracy, and how people navigate the uncertainty that follows. We close with a quiet, moving reflection on what it means to keep going when answers don’t come.
We hope you find meaning in this final story. And next week, don’t miss a special bonus episode: a conversation between Emily and Alexa Miller, our “uncertainty correspondent,” reflecting on the series and what we’ve learned along the way.
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We’d love to hear what this series has meant to you. Whether you listened to one episode or all thirteen, your reflections help us understand what resonated, what didn’t, and where we might go from here. Take the listener survey:
Thank you for being part of this journey.
Warmly,
Emily and The Nocturnists Team
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