How metaphors and stories are integral to science and healing

Short Wave

NPR

Nature, News, Astronomy, Science, Daily News, Life Sciences

4.7 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

New York's Bellevue Hospital is the oldest public hospital in the country, serving patients from all walks of life. It's also the home of a literary magazine, the Bellevue Literary Review, which turns 20 this year. Today on the show, NPR's arts reporter Neda Ulaby tells Emily how one doctor at Bellevue Hospital decided a literary magazine is essential to both science and healing.

You can follow Emily on Twitter @EmilyKwong1234 and Neda @UlaBeast. As always, email Short Wave at ShortWave@NPR.org.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:06.2	Hospitals are filled with stories, especially Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
0:12.0	It's the oldest public hospital in the US, but few know that Bellevue also publishes a
0:17.7	celebrated literary magazine.
0:20.3	The Bellevue Literary Review turns 20 this year.
0:24.2	Happy birthday dear Bellevue Literary Magazine.
0:28.2	Happy birthday to you.
0:31.2	Yeah, we're doing a little art and science today on the show.
0:34.6	So NPR's Netta will be welcome.
0:36.8	Hi Emily.
0:37.8	It's so good to have you.
0:39.5	And you might be the first arts reporter that we've ever had as a guest on our humble
0:44.9	science podcast.
0:45.9	Well, as it happens Emily, I had noticed this something of a dearth of arts coverage
0:49.9	on my favorite science podcast.
0:52.4	Like my first love was the arts Netta.
0:55.2	And science doesn't always give me a ton of occasion to talk about it.
1:00.0	And you're here to revolutionize our show.
1:02.2	Like what even is a literary magazine at a hospital?
1:07.1	You know what?
1:08.1	Let's start by revolutionizing your show by listening to a poem that was in the Bellevue
1:11.7	Literary Review.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.