In the final NOS episode of the season, host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests elucidate the quiet beauty of good primary care and consider how to induce the U.S. health care system to prize it more highly.
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514244.
Dream Team
11/03/2026 | 45 min
If the future of primary care lies in teams, what makes a team and how should it function? NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider the possibilities of team-based care.
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514243.
Of Trust, AI, and Green Beans
25/02/2026 | 48 min
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests discuss the extent to which online influencers and AI could someday substitute for trustworthy, caring, broad-spectrum family doctors.
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514241.
Autonomy vs. Equity
21/01/2026 | 42 min
With increasing numbers of PCPs leaving traditional practice for concierge medicine or direct primary care, NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests explore the promise and perils.
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514240.
Who Can See Their PCP?
29/12/2025 | 35 min
NOS host Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider what should be done to make primary care more accessible to the patients who need it most?
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2514239.
In “Not Otherwise Specified,” Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, cardiologist and national correspondent for the New England Journal of Medicine, defies our sound-bite culture to go deep with some of medicine’s most innovative thinkers. Her guests’ stories and ideas about health care’s toughest challenges and greatest promise may change the way you think about medicine, health, and society.
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