Introducing: The Nocturnists+
The Nocturnists
Emily Silverman
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
We're excited to be launching The Nocturnists+, a subscriber-only feed featuring a special monthly episode called The Nocturnists After Hours, as well as discounted rates on our awesome new merch.
The Nocturnists After Hours episodes are more intimate and unstructured—a space where I step away from formal interviews to join executive producer Ali Block for casual, open conversations about medicine, culture, and our personal journeys.
For our first episode, Ali and I talk about what it means to be "the doctor" in your family—the one people call when something feels off, when a diagnosis doesn't sit right, or when things start to fall apart.
It's a role that comes with a strange mix of pride and pressure. There are moments where you can help in meaningful ways. And moments where all that knowledge just makes things harder.
We found ourselves circling a question that doesn't have a clean answer: when do you step in, and when do you let go?
We're really excited about this new corner of our community, and we'd love your input as it takes shape—especially around the kinds of conversations you'd like to hear, whether Q&As, deep dives into philosophical questions related to healthcare, or explorations of trending medical stories.
Today, we're sharing a short teaser of our first After Hours episode. The full episode is out now in our subscriber feed, with new ones dropping the second Tuesday of every month. Subscriptions start at just $10/month, and for the next two weeks, we're offering 10% off for early subscribers.
We invite you to learn more or subscribe at:Â thenocturnists.org/plus
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. I hope you're having a wonderful spring. In the spirit of renewal, I wanted to share |
| 0:07.5 | something new that we've been working on. It's called The Nocturnous Plus, our new subscriber-only feed. |
| 0:15.2 | With a subscription, you'll get access to The Nocturnous After Hours, a monthly bonus series featuring original conversations between me and our executive producer Allie Block, along with discounts on our new merch and access to all of our episodes in one place. |
| 0:32.1 | To give you a taste of what it's like, here's a clip from our very first after-hours episode, where Allie and I talk about |
| 0:38.9 | the ups and downs of being the doctors in our own families. It was my first experience where |
| 0:44.3 | a health care provider was sort of using lines on me that I knew. So the biggest thing was he |
| 0:51.4 | was trying to transfer my dad out of the neuro ICU. And I was trying to argue that he was not ready to go to the floor. And I'm sure you're very familiar with this line. This ICU doc said what we say to patients in the hospital all the time, which is, you know, it's really much safer for your dad to be somewhere else. He could get an infection. He could get a DVT. |
| 1:11.9 | And I was just like, don't pull that with me. I know those lines. That's the nocturnous after |
| 1:17.7 | hours. We're really excited to see how the series evolves. It's been really fun so far. |
| 1:23.5 | And would love to hear your ideas, questions, and suggestions along the way. |
| 1:28.3 | If you want to join us in this new corner of our community, |
| 1:31.3 | take a visit to the nocturness.org slash plus. |
| 1:34.4 | Subscription start at just $10 a month. |
| 1:37.4 | And now, on to today's episode. |
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