Tales From The Cortex
Tales From the Cortex is a story-driven medical podcast that takes you inside the mysteries of the human brain.
Hosted by Canadian neurologists Dr. Andrew Micieli and Dr. Michelle Jaeggi, Tales From the Cortex explores neurological diseases through first-person clinical stories. Behind every case is a unique patient trying to understand what is happening to them while navigating the healthcare system. Each episode begins with a patient, a symptom, and a clinical mystery. Follow the story as it unfolds and become the patient's neurologist. What questions would you ask? Where would you localize the problem? Which tests would you order? And what would you do next? Understand how neurologists think, make decisions, and navigate uncertainty—one case at a time.
This is a different kind of medical podcast, one that makes neurological disease understandable to everyone, with bonus educational content for clinician listeners.
No medical degree required. Just curiosity.
Every symptom is a clue. Every brain has a story.
Episodes
5 episodes
Episode 4: The Man by the Window
Each morning, Alfonso watches the same elderly man through the window across the coffee shop. As a journalist, he's used to observing people, but something holds his interest.At first, it’s just his walk. Then Alfonso realizes why it fee...
Episode 3: A Familiar Feeling
Daniel is 34 years old, newly single, anxious, and increasingly afraid that something is happening to his mind, similar to what happened to his uncle with schizophrenia. It starts with brief, unsettling moments that are difficult to...
Episode 2: Between The Notes
Jasmine is a gifted teenage pianist, but something is beginning to interrupt the music.What starts as an occasional headache gradually becomes harder to ignore. The pain grows more frequent. Sound becomes unbearable. School, piano, and d...