# playing god?

A podcast by Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Life-and-death decisions. Difficult tradeoffs. playing god? explores ethical dilemmas in health and medicine through the first-person stories of people who have lived them. Recognized with three 2024 Signal Awards. Brought to you by the Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.

Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/playing-god

## Latest episodes

- [Gut Strings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/156761874ae1) (2026-10-13, 25 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2235f251/dd53cac2.mp3
- [A World Without Nurses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/b85d4cc2648c) (2026-07-07, 26 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/87d82e8c/1285202d.mp3
- [playing god? presents...](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/285aeae6fa70) (2026-06-30, 3 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/1a5a6f07/d9471508.mp3
- [Two Bodies, One Prescription](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/74ee3b22d274) (2026-06-23, 25 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/ef793f0f/66eaf636.mp3
- [A Shot at Weight Loss: Should I Take It?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/6388013990cb) (2026-06-16, 27 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/f708491f/d2a0d60f.mp3
- [How Far Would You Go to Have a Healthy Baby?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/3aa15f5dfea6) (2026-06-09, 30 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/11ff1a0a/3efc42c9.mp3
- [Losing Noah](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/c829e84f3247) (2026-06-02, 26 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/8434a6c7/71abc891.mp3
- [To Infinity and Beyond—At What Cost?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/afcfc34bac15) (2026-05-26, 26 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/294b9118/9407160a.mp3
- [I Need You To Help Me Die](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/36107264fd06) (2026-05-19, 30 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/0cc2159a/a528dfc7.mp3
- [Coming soon: playing god? Season 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/555d7d11abc1) (2026-05-12, 2 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/44e24512/99f299e8.mp3
- [Prequel: The God Squad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/55e971711859) (2023-12-12, 22 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/89e388f5/ee1da344.mp3
- [The Future of Baby-Making](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/6e8d88e7b454) (2023-12-05, 35 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/0d36a09f/2f2f3839.mp3
- [Miracle Drugs, Million Dollar Price Tags](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/05d0b08d1051) (2023-11-28, 32 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/3e055763/8a782105.mp3
- [An Off Switch For Depression?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/2bd998bbb218) (2023-11-21, 29 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/906da7ed/2b5287b2.mp3
- [Creating One Life to Save Another](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/18603edbbdae) (2023-11-14, 29 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/2258c62f/3dff5bbe.mp3
- [A Womb of One’s Own?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/81fe20d251fb) (2023-11-07, 35 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/7f5a9316/c7f8a2bb.mp3
- [Why Can’t I Buy a Kidney?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/a34dfb296d24) (2023-10-31, 25 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/62cfedfb/ca63c80a.mp3
- [Need a new Liver? Drinkers to the back of the Line.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/5567972bcadb) (2023-10-24, 30 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/6bd822c3/1cba8066.mp3
- [The Girl Who Died Twice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/fa35440e6bb0) (2023-10-17, 35 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c67277f0/7ea0472f.mp3
- [I Would’ve Let You Die, Too](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/6143c6aa4461) (2023-10-10, 29 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/c701a6ca/9987476d.mp3
- [Introducing: playing god?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1706337131/bac50242cf9a) (2023-09-26, 4 min): audio https://media.transistor.fm/5134aa19/1cc8ae0f.mp3

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