Body Banter
Episodes
Strong Bodies Strong Communities: Protecting Health Through Immunization
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Body Banter after summer break! This month, Dr. Christine Palmay shares her perspective as a family physician passionate about prevent...
Invisible Illness - The Weight of Long COVID
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time on Body Banter, Sarina M shares her powerful and personal experience living with long COVID following two severe infections. She describes t...
How Anatomy Got Under My Skin
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Martine Dunnwald shares her journey from studying pharmacy and cell biology in France to becoming a skin biologist and educator in th...
Who Gets to Learn Anatomy? Exploring the Ethics of Access with Crafty Innovation
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, Janet Philp shares her unconventional path into the field of anatomy, driven by a passion for accurate anatomical education....
How One Body Donation Sparked a Conversation on Ethics
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fifth season of Body Banter! In our opening episode, Professor Claire Smith shares her journey into anatomy, driven by personal health ...
The Intersection of Art and Science: Revealing the Secrets of the Inner Ear
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of 2024, Dr. Christopher Smith takes us through his unique path from exercise science and fine arts to his role as a postdoctoral...
Unlocking Anatomy with Inclusivity, Mentorship, and the Power of Embryology
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Valerie O'Loughlin shares her unconventional journey into the fields of anatomy and embryology, from studying biological anthropol...
Ethics in Anatomy: Exploring Body Donation, Culture and Global Standards
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us this episode as Dr. Jon Cornwall shares his journey from physiotherapy to academia, where he developed a strong focus on anatomy and ethics. H...
Breaking Boundaries: Inclusive Anatomy Education and Queer Representation
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back from summer break! This week on Body Banter, Dr. Theo Smith shares insights on integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into anatomy ...
Anatomy Isn't as "Common Knowledge" as We Thought
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Body Banter, Dr. Adam Taylor joins us to talk about his research on science communication and the general population's understandin...
Designing Drag: Behind the Seams of Drag Artists
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Pride Month! In this episode of Body Banter, fashion designer and drag artist Blake McCabe joins us to talk about how he views the body when des...
Exploring the Ethical Treatment of Legacy Anatomical Collections: Next Steps
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on this episode of Body Banter as we welcome Valerie DeLeon, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and Past-Preside...
Beyond the Runway: Fashioning a Future for Spinal Cord Injuries with Wearable Technology
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Body Banter, Vancouver-based fashion designer and spinal cord injury advocate Chloë Angus shares her unique perspective on ...
Choosing to Change Your Brain
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Body Banter, Dr. Lara Boyd joins us to talk about neuroplasticity, aka the brain’s capacity to change, from her perspective as a ...
The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jen Gunter, the internationally known gynecologist and author of the newly released book "Blood: The Science, Medicine,...
What I Never Learned in Nursing School
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of 2024, we are joined by Dr. Margaret Moss to discuss the importance of Indigenous cultural safety and awareness in healthcare....
The Anatomy Singer-Songwriter
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the second of our two-part series on "The Body of Music" and our final episode of 2023, we explore the potential of music in the anatomy classroom...
The Musical Brain
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Body Banter, we're joined by Dr. Tara Gaertner—a neuroscientist and music educator—to delve into the fascinating relationship b...
Unveiling the Mind's Eye: Aphantasia, Synaesthesia, and the Inner Experience of Visualization
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Anthony Saraco and Ursula Krebs join us on Body Banter to explore their very different experiences of inner visualization and what they "se...
Embracing Variation in Medical Illustration
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Body Banter, Certified Medical Illustrator Ni-ka Ford joins us to discuss the role of medical illustration in addressing bias in health...
Inclusive Care For All Bodies: The Impact of Weight Stigma
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, we have an expert panel joining us to discuss the impact of weight stigma on healthcare and patient outcomes. Claudia and Se...
Metabolism... It's Complicated
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, Claudia and Segun connect with Dr. Sarah Purcell whose research focuses on nutrition and metabolism. We talk about the indiv...
Creating a Global Anatomy Community
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, we are honoured to have Prof Beverley Kramer join us to discuss her amazing career in anatomy education and leadership. Prof...
The (Un)Ethical History of Anatomy
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of this season of Body Banter, Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt joins us to discuss her research on the history and ethics of anatomy, spec...
Pregnancy and the Body: A Midwife’s Perspective
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Michelle Turner joins us to talk about her work as a Registered Midwife and PhD student. We discuss the remarkable transformation the human...
How to Make Medical Education Trauma-Informed… With Your Cervix
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is someone from within the Body Banter team... our very own Bee! Bailey (Bee) Lo is the coordinator for Body Banter and she’s co...
The Power of Comics in Medicine
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, graphic medicine cartoonist and Artist In Residence in The Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at NYU Grossman Sc...
"An Anatomy of Race and Belonging"
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today marks the start of Black History Month and to celebrate Black contributions to anatomy we are excited to share this week's episode with Tessa Mc...
What’s So Special About the Human Larynx?
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To continue this month’s discussion about comparative anatomy of the head and neck, Jeff Laitman joins us this week to 'talk' about the larynx and w...
We’re More Closely Related to Whales Than You Think
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode of 2023, Professor Emeritus Wayne Vogl joins us to discuss the similarities and differences between whale and human anatomy of t...
Tales from the Edinburgh Anatomy Department
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Body Banter, PhD student Leena Alkhammash and her former graduate supervisor Professor Emeritus Gordon Findlater reconnect...
Embryology is the Origin Story of Adult Anatomy
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Dr. Michelle Lazarus joins Claudia and Segun to discuss the topic all anatomists love to hate: embryology! Michelle talks about why thinkin...
The Nuances of Transgender Health
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Body Banter, Ben Haseen joins Segun and Claudia to share his perspective on the nuances of transgender health and lived ex...
Deep Observation of the Human Body
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, Leonard Shapiro joins us to discuss how art and observation through touch can be used to develop a deeper understanding of a...
Where Are The Anatomists Who Look Like Me?
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Black in Anatomy’s 2nd anniversary this week! To celebrate this amazing organization and movement that amplifies Black contributions to the a...
Words Matter - How Inaccurate Anatomy Impacts Sex Education
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, Claudia, Segun and Dr. Lori Brotto share their three different experiences with sex education and chat about why accurate an...
Anatomy is Also a Responsibility
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Dame Sue Black joins Claudia and Segun this week on Body Banter to chat about her incredible career in forensic anthropology and anatomy. Sh...
You're Going to Need a Transplant - Now What?
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we are joined by Stephen Gillis, a media producer and kidney transplant recipient. We discuss what it means to live in a body...
A Histologist and a Biomedical Engineer Walk into a Bar...
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Body Banter, Claudia and Segun meet with two amazing guests, Dr. Jamie Chapman and Dr. Jenna Usprech, to talk about the original builders...
Welcome to Body Banter
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in our first episode of Body Banter and meet our hosts, Dr. Claudia Krebs and Dr. Segun Oyedele. Claudia and Segun talk about their individual...