{"podcast":{"title":"Cut & Tell","slug":"cut-tell-7828516","podcast_index_feed_id":7828516,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/cut-tell/","website_url":"https://cut-tell.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5049fd40-1417-497c-bab6-72c045806862/Title.png","author":"Hippocratic Collective","episode_count":4,"summary":"Cut & Tell is a real-time account of becoming a surgeon—at the exact moment the training wheels come off. Hosted by plastic surgery chief resident Elizabeth Malphrus, this show follows the transition from residency to “year one”: the first, most disorienting, and most defining stretch of a surgical career. It’s where the identity you’ve spent a decade building is suddenly tested—clinically, professionally, and personally. This is not a retrospective. It’s happening now. Through solo episodes, unfiltered conversations, and stories from inside the operating room and beyond, Cut & Tell explores what it actually takes to become a surgeon: the structure of training, the emotional cost, the invisible curriculum, and the tension between perfection and reality in a high-stakes field. It also asks harder questions—about trust in medicine, the role of physicians in a changing cultural landscape, and what it means to step into authority when you’re not sure you’re ready.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516"},"episode":{"title":"My Museum of Failures | The Stories Behind Becoming a Surgeon","slug":"my-museum-of-failures-the-stories-behind-becoming-a-surgeon","published_at":"2026-05-21T05:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516/my-museum-of-failures-the-stories-behind-becoming-a-surgeon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516","url":"https://cut-tell.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/27c5099c-1c5f-4816-9107-b4f0d046d70a.mp3","summary":"Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest. In this episode, Dr. Liz Malphrus opens up about the failures, regrets, rejections, and detours that never make it onto a CV. From getting a C in biology at Columbia, to losing out on a White House job she thought would define her future, to walking away from a career in music — Liz reflects on the moments she once believed had ruined everything. This is a conversation about perfectionism, identity, career pivots, rejection, and the pressure in medicine to package every setback into a clean success story. Instead of a polished resume, this episode is an anti-resume: a candid look at the messy reality behind becoming a doctor. If you’ve ever felt behind, rejected, uncertain, or like your path hasn’t gone according to plan — this one’s for you. 🎧 New episodes of Cut & Tell every Thursday.","meta_description":"Cut & Tell is where medicine gets honest. In this episode, Dr. Liz Malphrus opens up about the failures, regrets, rejections, and detours that never m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1263,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cut-tell-7828516/episodes/my-museum-of-failures-the-stories-behind-becoming-a-surgeon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cut-tell-7828516/my-museum-of-failures-the-stories-behind-becoming-a-surgeon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}