Our last interview in this podcast series is with Dr. Leonore Tiefer who has written widely about the medicalization of men’s and women’s sexuality. Her global campaigns have been successful in slowing the medicalization of common female sexual problems and is a model for community action against overdiagnosis and overtreatment. You can find more information about Leonore's work on the newviewcampaign.org website.

From ensuring fairer healthcare in India to addressing medical overuse, high-profile cancer specialist, professor CS Pramesh of Tata Memorial Hospital is challenging norms within cancer healthcare and practice. Pramesh is also helping to lead Choosing Wisely’s efforts to reduce wasteful care in low- and middle-income countries – with the aim to achieve more efficient, higher quality, and equitable care for all.

In this episode, we will hear from Victor Montori, the Peruvian-born Mayo Clinic-based doctor who is inciting a non-violent revolution of careful and kind care, of unhurried conversations with patients, built on compassion and solidarity.

Hope and inspiration flows through this conversation with Dr. Renee Salas, the young Harvard-based emergency doctor who has testified to the US Congress about the urgency of addressing climate change, and who is transforming what it means to be a medical doctor.

In this interview, we talk with Dr. Gillian Orrow, a true example of real and radical action towards sustainable healthcare. Enabling physical activity, creating garden spaces, and improving access to fresh food, Gillian takes us through how a ‘community approach’ is being implemented in her medical practice to empower patients, improve equity, and ultimately enhance the greater community’s wellbeing and health in Surrey, England.

In this episode, we talk to rheumatologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris. Rachelle is also a Coordinating Editor for Cochrane Musculoskeletal and Cochrane Back and Neck. Both Ian and Rachelle are vocal advocates for evidence-based medicine – and fearlessly challenge professional norms and are creating new structures to wind back ineffective and dangerous care in medicine and surgery.

Director of Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare Dr. Minna Johansson talks about why a new focus on sustainability of health and healthcare is urgently needed – for patients, health systems, societies, and the planet.

In this podcast series, we will explore the many challenges facing the sustainability of healthcare and talk to extraordinary healthcare researchers, doctors, and activists from around the world, who are pushing for a shift towards a new paradigm to improve our health, well-being, and climate. We will talk about everything from an evolutionary patient revolt, challenging professional norms in medical practice, and the widespread use of low-value care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, where the problem of waste is a great challenge to healthcare systems. These new emerging initiatives will be explored in our podcast episodes hosted by Ray Moynihan, journalist and researcher at Bond University, and Fiona Godlee, editor in chief, The BMJ