Latest Episodes
Stay Outraged
June 22, 2020
- 09:00
Over the last month, as the United States has entered a seismic reckoning around racism, Esther Choo, M.D., has been reflecting on...
In Other Words, Wear Your Mask
May 20, 2020
- 10:44
Do we have enough tests? That’s a question Esther Choo, MD, has been hearing over and over—and here, she answers it clearly, along the...
More Than Clapping
May 12, 2020
- 08:29
Months into the pandemic, Esther Choo, M.D., is trying to evaluate the new normal for medical staff. What will the summer bring? And the...
About The Show
In Doctor’s Log, a new podcast from The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios, Dr. Esther Choo, an emergency room physician in Portland, Oregon, will deliver a twice weekly report from the front lines of the coronavirus crisis: her own ER. She takes listeners into the real world doctors and nurses are facing now, as they grapple with the most significant health threat in modern history, and helps us all understand what to do to stay safe. For transcripts, please visit our website (https://pineapple.fm/doctorslog).
More Episodes
Stay Outraged
June 22, 2020
- 09:00
Over the last month, as the United States has entered a seismic reckoning around racism, Esther Choo, M.D., has been reflecting on...
In Other Words, Wear Your Mask
May 20, 2020
- 10:44
Do we have enough tests? That’s a question Esther Choo, MD, has been hearing over and over—and here, she answers it clearly, along the...
More Than Clapping
May 12, 2020
- 08:29
Months into the pandemic, Esther Choo, M.D., is trying to evaluate the new normal for medical staff. What will the summer bring? And the...
When We Hit A Wall
May 5, 2020
- 07:51
As we enter another month of the COVID-19 crisis, emergency room physician Esther Choo, M.D., looks ahead in the unknown future of this...
Three Davids and One Kevin
April 23, 2020
- 08:45
Who do we turn to in a time of crisis? And why do those people always turn out to be so similar? Emergency-room physician Esther Choo,...
The Young Docs on the Front Lines
April 18, 2020
- 10:04
The COVID-19 pandemic is an all-hands-on-deck situation, and medical residents—generally young doctors at lower levels of pay and...
COVID-19 and...Hurricanes?
April 14, 2020
- 10:47
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched our medical system thin. But Esther Choo, M.D., poses an urgent new question: What will happen when...
How We Get to Normal
April 9, 2020
- 08:40
What will the world on the other side of COVID-19 look like—and when will we get there? Those are some of the questions Esther Choo,...
Collateral Damage
April 6, 2020
- 09:43
In Episode 2 of Doctor’s Log—a diary of one ER physician’s life on the COVID-19 front lines—Esther Choo, M.D., shares an update on a...
I’ve Just Left the ER, and I Need to Talk
April 1, 2020
- 08:33
In Episode 1 of Doctor’s Log, Esther Choo—a Portland, Oregon, emergency-room physician—takes us inside her daily life on the frontlines...