S3 E37 - Medicine Beyond the Red Clown Nose

Patch Adams is easy to remember: the red nose, the clowning, the movie. But those images can obscure the more radical ideas underneath them. In this episode, Jack and Janet Finch look beyond the familiar caricature to explore Adams's decades-long challenge to conventional healthcare—the importance he placed on time, friendship, play, community, creativity, and genuine human relationships. This isn't an argument that humor cures disease or that every part of his model should be adopted. It is an examination of a harder question: what happens when technical competence remains, but the human relationship at the center of care begins to disappear?

S3 E36 - The Weight You Add Changes More Than You Think

When you strap on ankle weights for a morning walk, you're not just adding resistance—you're changing how your entire body moves. Jack and Janet explore why understanding those movement patterns matters more than feeling like you're working harder, and when wearable weights actually help.