The Backstory Podcast

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Meet The Backstory Podcast—where the stories behind the scholarship finally get told.

Join hosts Drs. Hannah Kakara Anderson, Justin Bullock, and Ben Kinnear and guest scholars in a co-creative format as they go behind the scenes. Learn from scholars themselves as they tell their backstories: all the decisions, moments, and emotions that are critical but often silent and invisible in the final, polished manuscripts or conference presentations.

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E6: “I Have to Resist Simply to Exist”, with Dr. Isaiah Horton – The Backstory Podcast

In this episode of The Backstory Podcast, the team discusses the paper “I have to resist simply to exist”: Black Physician Trainees’ Experiences of Professional Resistance with lead author Dr. Isaiah Horton. Together they explore professional resistance, anti-Black racism in medical education, and the use of Endarkened Storywork and Black Quilting as innovative research methodologies.Dr. Horton joins the podcast to share the story behind the paper, including the research process, powerful participant stories, and what he hopes readers take away from the work.Paper Citation: Horton I, Brown K, Ma TL, Wyatt TR. "I have to resist simply to exist": Black Physician Trainees' Experiences of Professional Resistance. Perspect Med Educ. 2025;14(1):208-218. Published 2025 Apr 29. doi:10.5334/pme.1788Visit our website for show notes, transcripts, and to become a subscriber!Keywords: Medical Education, MedEd, Health Professions Education, DEI, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
  1. E6: “I Have to Resist Simply to Exist”, with Dr. Isaiah Horton
  2. E5: Piping Hot T – Gossip in the Learning Environment with Dr. Michael Chaikof
  3. E4: DEI Training: “This Is Not For Me” with Dr. Tiffany Chambers
  4. E3: Program Evaluation & Paradigm Shifts with Dr. Faizal Haji
  5. E2: Love, Actually with Katie Lee Bunting

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Episode 6: “I Have to Resist Simply to Exist”, with Dr. Isaiah Horton

Listen: Listen on Spotify and Apple podcasts Episode transcript available below. Description In this episode of The Backstory Podcast, the team discusses the paper “I have to resist simply to exist”: Black Physician Trainees’ Experiences of Professional Resistance with lead author Dr. Isaiah Horton. Together they explore professional resistance, anti-Black racism in medical education, and…

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Episode 5: Piping Hot T – Gossip in the Workplace with Dr. Michael Chaikof

Listen: Listen on Spotify and Apple podcasts Episode transcript available below. Description Gossip is everywhere. We hear it, we share it, and we sometimes learn a lot from it. But what happens when the “T” is being spilled at work? Drs. Ben Kinnear, Hannah Kakara Anderson, and Justin Bullock are joined by Dr. Michael Chaikof…

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Episode 4: DEI Training: “This Is Not For Me” with Dr. Tiffany Chambers

Listen: Listen on Spotify and Apple podcasts Episode transcript available below. Description What happens when educational interventions designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion unintentionally cause harm? In this episode, the Backstory team is joined by Dr. Tiffany Chambers to discuss her paper, “This Is Not For Me”: A Counterstory on BIPOC Experiences of DEI…

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