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Graphic Medicine Podcast Survey

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The Graphic Medicine team is sprucing up the Graphic Medicine Podcast. The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC) has set up a committee to expand the podcast! We would like your help! The listeners matter the most. We want to know what you want to listen to. Do you listen to the podcast? Great! Can you give us some ideas about how to make it even better? You don’t listen to the podcast? That’s fine, too. What might make you give it a try? Fill out the Graphic Medicine Podcast survey with your thoughts, ideas and listening habits. You can also… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars Interview

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MK Czerwiec interviews Rick Louis and Lara Antal on their collaboration creating Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars. Rick Louis allows the reader a look into his experiences having a child with Tay-Sachs disease. He worked with Lara Antal to make the graphic memoir a reality. Rick and Lara discuss how their partnership started and how they communicated to make the best possible story. During the interview Rick Louis mentions a quote: The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel. It is attributed to Horace Walpole quote, but also might have been… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Look Again Discussion with Elizabeth Trembley

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Alice Jaggers talks with Elizabeth Trembley about her recent book, Look Again. Her memoir follows her various versions of her experience finding a dead body in the woods and the mental companions she has along the way. Both Alice and Beth have experienced trauma, which influences their discussion on the weirdness of trauma, how finicky memory can be, what it means to have a safe space violated, and the importance of using art (especially comics) to heal. After this interview was recorded, Beth hosted Drawing Together (link below)! Elizabeth Trembley’s Bio: Beth grew up knowing herself to be a kid who… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Ripple Effects Discussion about Invisible Disability, Diabetes, and Community

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Alice Jaggers talks with Jordan Hart, Barbra Dillon and Dr. Theresa Rojas about Ripple Effects. Jordan Hart is a comics creator with many other comics under his belt. This one hits closer to home, because Jordan also has an invisible disability. Barbra Dillon is co-founder of Fanbase Press, which is publishing Ripple Effects. Dr. Theresa Rojas is the professor of Ethnic Studies at Modesto Junior College, founder of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival, and author of the first Unseen Ripples essay. Each of the five issues ends with an Unseen Ripples essay from a person living with an invisible disability…. Read More

The Silent Why Podcast interviews Carol Tyler about grief

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  The Silent Why podcast is on a mission to talk about loss and grief and are looking for 101 different types of loss, chatting to people who have been through them to see if it’s possible to find hope in each sort of loss. They interviewed Carol Tyler about her latest project, ‘Griefville’ and the death of her husband, Justin Green (Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary). Click the image above to listen.

New Podcast Episode: Mom Milestones An Interview with Grace Farris

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Alice Jaggers interviews Grace Farris on her new book, Mom Milestones: The True Story of the First Seven Years. The book takes the idea of baby milestones and turns it on its head making the focus the mother. Links: Mom Milestones: The True Story of the First Seven Years by Grace Farris Grace Farris on Instagram Graphic Medicine Conference This podcast episode was sponsored by:

New Podcast Episode: 2022 Latinx Comic Arts Festival

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The guest on today’s podcast is Dr. Theresa Rojas, who teaches English and Comparative Media at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. She is the founding director of the Latinx Comic Arts Festival (LCAF). Alice Jaggers and Dr. Rojas talk about the festival and Latinx comics. Links Latinx Comic Arts Festival https://www.latinxcomicartsfest.com/  Comadres y Comics Podcast  https://comadresycomics.com/ Virtual art gallery https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/9590970/2022-latinx-comic-arts-festival Books Mentioned Marbles by Ellen Forney Ghetto Klown by John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo and Donal Logue Tales from La Vida edited by Frederick Luis Aldama… Read More

New Podcast Episode: 2021 Year in Review

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Alice Jaggers is joined by Ebru Ustundag and MK Czerwiec in a conversation about what happened in the graphic medicine community in 2021 and a sneak preview of 2022. Relevant Links 2021 Un-convention  Padlet for the 2021 Un-convention  Drawing Together Archive Specifically mentioned: Walking, Communication, Lynda Barry Cards for Honest Conversations about Feelings 2022 Chicago Graphic Medicine Conference Books mentioned Most all of the books mentioned can be found on the Bookshop List: Graphic Medicine Podcast Mentions 2021 Graphic Medicine Books Doc-Related: A Physician’s Guide to Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System by Peter Valenzuela, MD Two-Week Wait by Luke… Read More

New Podcast Episode: Interview with MK Czerwiec

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In this episode, Alice Jaggers discusses the re-release of Taking Turns with creator MK Czerwiec. Relevant Links: Books Mentioned: Taking Turns by MK Czerwiec Menopause edited by MK Czerwiec Graphic Medicine Manifesto by MK Czerwiec et al Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ​​ No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson Research “Leveraging Parent Pain Perspectives to Improve Pain Practices for Children with Medical Complexity” https://www.painmanagementnursing.org/article/S1524-9042(20)30233-2/fulltext This podcast is sponsored by: