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MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast

Welcome to MelaninWhiteCoats Podcast where we entertain and enlighten you on topics relating to society, medicine and culture. We explore the world of everything FOR US, BY US and REPRESENTED BY US. This podcast explores in what ways we can elevate ourselves as individuals and in our communities so that we can achieve universal liberation from the systems in place that attempt to restrict us. Tune in with us as we continuously challenge the status quo and emerge from the ashes as curator, innovators and creatives of the world we want to see and BE!

Oct 21, 2022

On this episode Aldwin talks about his reasoning behind his pursuit of psychiatry. Last year Aldwin applied to neurology, psychiatry and neuropsychiatry residency. Now 5 months into residency, he realizes that his goals are centered around building interpersonal connections with patients and becoming a neuropsychiatrist...


Sep 19, 2022

On this episode, Dr. Soumare talks about the recent tragedy which befelled a resident at Highland hospital in Oakland, Dr. Jing Mai. She tragically committed suicide during her third month of residency. September is National Suicide Awareness Month along with September 17 being National Physician Suicide Prevention day....


Sep 14, 2022

On this episode, we interview Dr. Rashona Moss, IM resident in Detroit regarding her highly necessary book in combating residency burnout and navigating its challenges in the book called the Resident Physician Wellness Guide. 

Some things we discuss 

How she learned to utilize coping skills to deal with the death of her...


Aug 31, 2022

On this episode Dr. Soumare talks about recently going viral regarding speaking on the residency pay gap and the unfortunate  physical and mental sacrifices many residents tackle on. With  being 500K in debt and many uncertanties in line as a resident, it is important to be vocal. So may issues need to be addressed!...


Aug 22, 2022

Recently, Channing Crowder former NFL player and host of The Pivot Podcast  received some scrutiny for calling another man, Denzel Ward beautiful. On this episode, we discuss our interpretation of that moment and how masculinity is defined in our minds? Is it acceptable to call another man beautiful? Is there a line to...