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BOSTON, Oct. 2, 2025 -- The STAT First Opinion Podcast returns with a new season. From social media to the exam room to research ethics, this season of the First Opinion Podcast brings together renowned contributors and newsmakers reimagining the rules of medicine. The first episode, featuring science influencer Morgan McSweeney, aka Doctor Noc, was released on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
STAT debuts new season of First Opinion podcast featuring conversations with notable experts on life sciences.
"Our First Opinion platform has become the most sought-after forum for persuasive and personal essays, ranging from patients to global health leaders to members of Congress,'' said Rick Berke, STAT's co-founder and executive editor. "Through the the provocative First Opinion Podcast, we bring those voices to life.''
This season, the podcast will feature exclusive conversations with esteemed guests including:
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Scientist and social media influencer Morgan McSweeney
on how he approaches "edutainment" and delivers facts to his 4 million followers
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Oncologist Samyukta Mullangi and Joy Lisi Rankin explore what it means when cancer patients decline treatment and how providers can support their choices
- Professor Jill Fisher and nonprofit director Jake Eberts discuss how research participants should be paid more — and Jake's experience as a participant that willingly contracted dysentery for science.
"On the First Opinion Podcast, the people who shape medicine in ways big and small share what they really think with an audience ranging from biotech executives to health care providers to patients and caretakers," said Torie Bosch, STAT's First Opinion editor. "I get to serve as the listener's voice, trying to get to the nuances of ideas that are often flattened into a simple pro or con, left or right, good or bad. In a moment of polarization, I think conversation is one of the best tools we have."
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