Jonathan, Chris, and special guest Nicholas Koziris discuss the popular novel House of God by Samuel Shem, a thinly veiled fictional account of Shem’s year as a medical intern at a major hospital in Boston, published in 1978. They discuss despair, suicide, and doctors lusting after busty nurses. But they mostly look at how much medicine has (or hasn’t) changed in the past 50 years. This episode contains adult themes and language.
The book: https://bit.ly/2W6tEbI
0:00 First impressions
8:19 Women
17:42 Patients
26:00 Laws of the House of God
36:51 Buff and Turf
41:15 House of God: The Movie
45:43 Compassion and judgment in healthcare
55:30 House of God vs. Scrubs (vs. ER)
1:01:00 Parting thoughts and lots of dead bodies
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Music Credits
Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.
Expressive Blockbuster by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5349-expressive-blockbuster-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Dantes Dream by MusicParadise
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5061-dantes-dream
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Chromatic Fantasia (Bach BWV 930) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3504-chromatic-fantasia-bach-bwv-930-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Raindrops by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5590-raindrops-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/