Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Out of Patients EP432: Callus on Your Soul: Jenny Opalinski
Jenny Opalinski worked ICU floors where 10 to 15 traumatic events can hit in a single shift. In EP432 of Out of Patients she confronts clinician burnout, moral injury, and the cost of empathy in healthcare. A raw conversation about survival inside a system that grinds people down.
Out of Patients EP431: Reclaiming the Vowels: Sarah Gromko
Berklee trained composer Sarah Gromko left film scoring for speech language pathology and now helps adults recover voice after stroke, ALS, brain injury, and cancer. In EP431 she explains aphasia and motor speech disorders and shares how melody helped a 16 year old gunshot survivor say I love you Mom again.