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Trauma Code

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Brooklyn trauma surgeon Dr. Simon Fitzgerald co-hosts Trauma Code with adult and child psychiatrist Dr. Cassandra Raphaël. Together they explore healing of mind body and community from trauma. The show also engages the intersection of trauma and culture.  Show airs every Monday at 2 PM on WBAI 99.5 in New York City.

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Episodes

World Championships and the World War

From the Milan Olympics and Paralympics through the World Baseball Classic in North American we talk to University of New Brunswick sports sociologist Nathan Kalmon Lamb to talk about the World Championships during the World War. Music by Tribe Called Quest, Bebeshito and Frank Delgado. Aired Monday March 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 10, 20261 hr

Siege of Havana and Air Raids on Tehran

We speak to historian Andres Sebastian Pertierra about the historical context of the escalating war of attrition against Cuba and talk to Dr. Tanya Zakrison for updates from health care in Havana. RIP Jesse Jackson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 03, 20261 hr 7 min

Tone Shift on Trauma Code: Indie Music Review

The Tone Shift Collective shares independent listening party during a Trauma Code Radio Show music hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 19, 202658 min

School Closure and Neighborhood Violence

We call surgeon Dr. Justin Hatchimonji to discuss out of the University of Chicago, recently presented at the Scientific Assembly of the Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma exploring how school closures are related to neighborhood violence in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 05, 202649 min

Minneapolis Update with Will Stancil and Jamey Sharp

We talk to partners on the ground about paramilitary violence by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis and how communities are organizing to defend and care for one another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 27, 202658 min

New York State Nursing Strike Update

We interview PICU nurse Emma Kading about the latest on NYSNA strike for nurses at the largest private hospital chains in New York City. Congratulations Senegal on the AFCON championship win and Happy Birthday to the King of Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 20, 202657 min

Aaron Stagoff-Belfort: Do Speed Cameras make NYC streets safer?

We interfiew Aaron Stagoff-Belfort on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article entitled "Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City." We also talk frankly about escalating ICE violence in Minnesota and around the country. Music by Roy Ayers, Digable Planets with GURU, Yeison Jimenez and Bob Weir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 202655 min

Caracas Updates with Andreina Chavez

We hear directly from Venezuelan journalist Andreina Chavez with Dropsite News on updates from Caracas. Find more from her on https://www.instagram.com/andiealava/?hl=en https://substack.com/@andreinachavez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 06, 202655 min

Pulmonary Complications of Genocide with Dr. Irtaza Khan

We talk to pulmonary critical care specialist Dr. Irtaza Khan reporting back from his recent trip to Gaza on the complications of the ongoing genocide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 29, 202554 min

Honduras Election Updates with Jose Luis Granados Ceja

We talk Honduras elction updates and context with Jose Luis Granado Ceja of Dropsite News. Show recorded Monday 12/8 and does not contain commentary about subsequent developments in La Paz or off the coast of Venezuela. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 202555 min

Against Athleticide with Nathan Kalman-Lamb

We have Nathan Kalman-Lamb back on the show to discuss his article in the Journal of the Sociology of Sport on Athleticide in Gaza and talk about efforts to hold Israeli sporting institutions especially Isareli Football accountable for the national campaign of genocide against Palestinians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 18, 202555 min

Al Fashir with Ibrahim Alhaj

We talk to Al Fashir native Ibrahim Alhaj about the history, culture and news from this Darfurian town under assault by the Rapid Support Forces, once known as Janjaweed. While listening to music from the region, we think about how to stop the genocide in Darfur and how to support the mutual aid Emergency Support Rooms that have sprouted out of the Resistance Committees that formed during the brief Sudanese Revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Nov 13, 202554 min

Updates from Genocide Worldwide

We talk to Suad Abdel Aziz from Decolonize Sudan about the genocide in Darfur, massacres in El Fashir and Algoney Dagalo in Washington DC. We also hear a Doctors Against Genocide Update from a medical worker refugee from Beit Lahia in Deir al Balah. Please note that Jose Manuel Tomas Arturo Chao Ortega (Manu Chau) is a Spanish-French musician whose entire family fled fascist violence in Spain during the Franco era across the border to France. Dr. Fitzgerald forgot the details of this family hist...

Oct 30, 202552 min

Left Behind: Dyslexia in NYC public schools with Anna Toomey

Anna Toomey joins Drs. Fitzgerald and Raphael in the WBAI studios to discuss her new movie Left Behind and the challenges students with dyslexia face in NYC public schools and how families are working together to overcome them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 21, 202554 min

Amy Hagopian: Lifetime Achievement and Backlash at the APHA

We talk to Professor Emeritus Amy Hagopian, until recently the chair of the international section of the American Public Health Association before her membership was revoked in response to organizing within the organizaiton in support of Palestinian health and safety. Music by Turnstile and Yenovk Der Hagopian. Read more here: https://academeblog.org/2025/10/07/what-to-do-when-your-professional-association-breaks-your-heart/ And sign on in support of Dr. Amy Hagopian https://forms.gle/zK4rMFqBiq...

Oct 14, 202553 min

Impending Sense of Doom with Dr. Arghavan Salles

Surgeon and research Dr. Arghavan Salles on the effect of government defunding and undermining science and scholarship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 202555 min

Athleticide and Genocide Denial

Interview with Nathan Kalman-Lamb about Athleticide and Genocide Denial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 16, 202555 min

Baltimore Beats with Eze Jackson

We talk to Eze Jackson about the his Dark City, Beats not Bullets, the Baltimore Beat, the Real News and Beach House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 202555 min

Defending Black Maternal Health with Dr. Jaime Slaugher-Acey

We talk to Dr. Jaime Slaughter-Acey for Black Maternal Health Week about her LIFE 2 research which has been targetted for defunding by the Trump administration attacks on the NIH. This is a re-release of an interview from April, but the episode was removed by Spotify when the show was hosted on Creators. But we back up now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 04, 202555 min

Dr. Mimi Syed and Medical Student Notes from a Genocide

Dr. Mimi Syed calls the Trauma Code with news from medical students from Gaza as we hear news that two of Nasser Hospital's medical students learning surgery from Dr. Khaled Alser were killed in a double tap shelling of the hospital in Khan Younis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 202547 min

Doctors Against Genocide

We talk to healthcare workers in Doctors Against Genocide about their recent stand in front of the UN. Music by Bad Bunny, Residente, and Robert Glasber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 20, 202550 min

Trauma Code Music Review

We talk about T Pain & Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Lehrer, Ziad & Assi Al Rabhani & Fairuz. We also talk about the some of the best music out of Petionville in the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 07, 202555 min

Health Policy Advice for Zohran Mamdani Campaign

Dr. Duncan Maru and Dr. Simon Fitzgerald discuss possibilities for healthcare change in NYC in the wake of the Zohran Mamdani nomination for democratic party mayoral candidate for the city. Whats really possible for a new administration in our line of work for New York City Health and Hospitals, for FDNY and first responders, for employees of the city and others? What are some potential legislative policies that the mayor's office should support? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Jul 29, 202554 min

Gaza Famine: Emergency Call to Action

We hear from Partners in Gaza about an Emergency call to end the genocidal violence and famine in Gaza. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 202554 min

The Shame of Israeli Medicine with Neve Gordon

We talk to former president of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights about the recent piece in the New York Review. Also we hear from physicians in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis about the mass casualty shooting of civilians by the Israeli military at new aid corridors in Rafah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 04, 202550 min

End of Life Care with Dr. Francesca Decker

We talk with Dr. Franccesca Decker about the difficult medical and personal issues in helping loved ones navigate death and dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 202556 min

Brooklyn Violence Interruption with Taisha Smith

Taisha Smith of the Kings Against Violence Initiative joins us in the studio to talk about violence and healing in Brooklyn, New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 01, 202555 min
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