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The Gritty Nurse


The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face. Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics. Though shared experriences, storytelling and the discussions surrounding the intersection of power, we will navigate the challenges facing healthcare nationally and internationally--as of course--challenge the status quo. The show's core belief remains unwavering: that compassion is the through understanding diverse narratives and perspectives is KEY. Amie will continue to explore hot-button issues like mental health, social justice, women's health, and the daily challenges within the nursing profession. The Gritty Nurse is more than just a podcast—it's a community where nurses and healthcare workers can feel heard, empowered, and recognized as the community leaders they truly are. Change is HERE.

Jun 24, 2021

The Padawan, becomes the Jedi! In this episode, Amie and Sara interview the host of CBC's White Coat, Black Art and The Dose Dr. Brian Goldman. Dr. Goldman and the CBC crew was the FIRST to reach out to us, to hear our stories and elevate frontline nursing voices. We discuss how he got started in radio, successes and failures, Netflix, hierarchy in medicine, speaking out in healthcare and combating health misinformation. There is so much to take away from this episode- this is a must listen! 

Listen to Dr. Brain Goldman at:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/410-the-dose

Find Dr. Goldman on:

Twitter @NightshiftMD, @cbcwhitecoat, 

Bio from:

http://doctorbriangoldman.com/about/

Brian Goldman, MD, is one of those rare individuals with great success in not one but several adrenaline-pumping careers. Goldman is a highly regarded emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.  He is also the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s award-winning radio show “White Coat, Black Art”, where he takes listeners behind the scenes of hospitals and doctor’s offices.  Goldman unpacks and demystifies what goes on inside medicine’s sliding doors – with edgy topics that include the whistle blowing in health care, burnout among health professionals, racism in health care and how to getting to the head of the line in health care.