- Ep23 Prof Des BokorTold to do something nobody else wanted, he picked the shoulder. Then came the HAGL lesion, 3500 stabilisations, and the world'... Surgeon 50:30
- Ep22 Prof David SonnabendTold the operation never works, he did it anyway. Then came a phone call to Charles Neer, a society built from the Knee Society... Surgeon 36:02
- Ep21 Prof Christian GerberAt sixteen, in traction with a broken neck, he started collecting quotations. One of them still governs how the most decorated ... Surgeon 1:20:35
- Ep20 Ahmed SewifyHe taught himself English from Taylor Swift songs. Now he images bone through skin with ultrasound, replacing radiation and dri... Engineer 38:23
- Ep19 Chris HasemanHe stopped drinking at twenty-one and did not start again until thirty-six. Australia's original MMA fighter on obsession, Japa... Sport 57:07
- Ep18 Brandon ZiegenfussTen peer-reviewed papers before the end of his intern year, most written as a student. And a GPA that was not competitive enoug... Doctor 28:15
- Ep17 Violet SattariShe arrived in Malaysia at eight with no English. The first word she learned was hello. The second was sorry. Physician 42:26
- Ep16 Terri-Lyn BaileyA man at the desk called her just a receptionist. A doctor walked over and stood beside her. Twenty years of being the voice pa... Admin 33:49
- Ep15 Saulo MartelliHe woke fifteen days after the crash. Waiting for another operation, he looked at his own X-ray and decided he could design a b... Researcher 28:33
- Ep14 Prof Peter PivonkaA PhD on how bridges fail, then a question that moved him to bone. Plus the grant that took two months, failed twice, and never... Engineer 26:55
- Ep13 Dr Mohammad JomaaNo scapular spine, no deltoid, most of the trapezius gone. Nothing in the literature described the problem, so he had to invent... Surgeon 58:25
- Ep12 Max LavaillA postdoctoral researcher who found orthopaedics sideways, through engineering. Researcher 36:53
- Ep11 Keigo HonokiLeaving Japan for a shoulder fellowship in Brisbane, and what it costs. Surgeon 32:22
- Ep9 Lucy AngeliniThe rehabilitation work that decides whether an operation was worth doing. Physiotherapist 16:02
- Ep8 Anand Ashok KumarRecorded mid-fellowship, in the middle of the hardest year of his training. Surgeon 18:19
- Ep7 Ridzwan NamazieWhat happens after the fellowship ends: going home and starting from nothing. Surgeon 25:32
- Ep6 Freek HollmanComparing European and Australian training, from someone who has done both. Surgeon 25:11
- Ep5 Kieran HirparaAn orthopaedic surgeon on what he would do differently, starting again. Surgeon 38:24
- Ep4 Dr Bart-Jan VeenFellowship, family, and moving a household across the world for a year. Surgeon 39:28
- Ep3 Roberto PareyónA shoulder surgeon from Mexico, training across two health systems. Surgeon 38:25
- Ep2 Rohit SaneCame to Brisbane for a fellowship, and stayed longer than planned. Surgeon 25:02
- Ep1 Danial GrevsmuhlThe first full episode: an honest conversation about how a career actually begins. Doctor 39:23
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