White Coat, Black Art
Health

White Coat, Black Art

by CBC

Trusted ER doctor Brian Goldman brings you honest and surprising stories that can change your health and your life. Expect deep conversations with patients, families and colleagues that show you what is and isn't working in Canadian healthcare. Guaranteed you’ll learn something new. Episodes drop every Friday.

59 episodes
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1
Pistol Pete's psilocybin trip
26:44 Mar 20, 2026
2
Psilocybin and accepting death
26:39 Mar 20, 2026
3
The demand for Canadian surrogates
26:40 Mar 13, 2026
4
Lung cancer isn’t just for smokers
26:42 Mar 6, 2026
5
Unmasking AuDHD
26:42 Feb 27, 2026
6
He was approved for MAID — but died waiting in a Catholic hospital
26:39 Feb 20, 2026
7
ENCORE: Primary care for all: Lessons from Denmark
26:41 Feb 13, 2026
8
The young stroke survivor that health care forgot
26:41 Feb 6, 2026
9
The rise of paid menopause care
26:42 Jan 30, 2026
10
'The canary is dead': Frontline staff on Alberta's ER crisis
33:42 Jan 23, 2026
11
The MD with over 2,000 patients, but no permanent residency
26:45 Jan 16, 2026
12
The real truth about burnout
26:41 Jan 9, 2026
13
ENCORE: The true science behind living longer
26:43 Jan 2, 2026
14
The lowdown on in-flight emergencies
26:42 Dec 26, 2025
15
Why an ER doctor spoke up — and sued
26:40 Dec 19, 2025
16
Desperate measures: Behind Quebec’s unprecedented healthcare reforms
26:42 Dec 12, 2025
17
Testicles outrank ovaries—and other reasons women wait so long for gynecologic surgery
26:43 Dec 5, 2025
18
The air rescue team reinventing first responder support
26:39 Nov 28, 2025
19
This Vancouver hospital is transforming addiction treatment
26:39 Nov 21, 2025
20
ENCORE: Virtual doctors for real ERs
26:41 Nov 14, 2025
21
How to make a health-care complaint and get results
26:42 Nov 7, 2025
22
Diabetes care on wheels
26:39 Oct 31, 2025
23
One in three Canadians is obese, and it’s not about willpower
26:42 Oct 24, 2025
24
BONUS: He was censored by the U.S. government. What that means for food research
14:30 Oct 24, 2025
25
A patient complaint that actually led to change
26:38 Oct 17, 2025
26
ENCORE: One town's fight to reinstate healthcare
26:45 Oct 10, 2025
27
Dr. Brian Day wants more private health care
26:39 Oct 3, 2025
28
Giving mental-health emergency patients a room of their own
26:42 Sep 26, 2025
29
The doctor Brampton needs
26:42 Sep 19, 2025
30
The human face of 'AI psychosis'
26:44 Sep 12, 2025
31
Public pain, private care: Why one woman is paying to walk again
26:39 Sep 5, 2025
32
ENCORE: What do “Ask your doctor” ads accomplish?
26:40 Aug 29, 2025
33
ENCORE: The battle rapper who battled colon cancer
26:42 Aug 22, 2025
34
ENCORE: Sex medicine doctors are putting women’s health, and pleasure, first
26:41 Aug 15, 2025
35
ENCORE: The family doctor recruiting game
26:46 Aug 8, 2025
36
ENCORE: The kidney transplant waiting game
26:41 Aug 1, 2025
37
ENCORE: Nursing as occupational hazard
26:44 Jul 25, 2025
38
ENCORE: The Unshakeable MD
26:43 Jul 18, 2025
39
ENCORE: Hot as hell
26:42 Jul 11, 2025
40
ENCORE: The toll of cannabis-induced psychosis
26:43 Jul 4, 2025
41
ENCORE: The Senator's Singer
26:41 Jun 27, 2025
42
As Dr. Theresa Tam steps down, she urges Canada to stand strong on public health
32:47 Jun 20, 2025
43
Dr. Eric Topol on the science of longevity when science is in peril
26:42 Jun 13, 2025
44
Alberta's measles problem
26:39 Jun 6, 2025
45
Family doctor who quit teaches the next gen how to stay
26:42 May 30, 2025
46
Waiting 84 weeks and counting for a new knee
26:39 May 23, 2025
47
ENCORE: The early bird gets the derm
26:40 May 16, 2025
48
The treatment centre that grief built, part 2
26:43 May 9, 2025
49
The treatment centre that grief built, part 1
26:41 May 2, 2025
50
What will the federal parties do for health care?
31:39 Apr 24, 2025
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