{"podcast":{"title":"Good Life Project","slug":"good-life-project-963599","podcast_index_feed_id":963599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf","website_url":"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/1718134805924-52d4419e899171e74e55b85422605cfc.jpeg","author":"Jonathan Fields / Acast","episode_count":1156,"summary":"Good Life Project is a podcast and video series for people navigating midlife with intention. Hosted by Jonathan Fields, each episode is a deep, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life that feels like yours, through the reinventions, reckonings, and reclamations that define your 40s, 50s, and beyond. Grounded in science, fueled by genuine curiosity, and always in service of the real work of living well. Often top-ranked, it’s been listened to and viewed more than 100 million times. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599"},"episode":{"title":"Why Can’t Anyone Tell Me What’s Wrong? | Alexandra Sifferlin","slug":"why-can-t-anyone-tell-me-what-s-wrong-alexandra-sifferlin","published_at":"2026-05-28T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/why-can-t-anyone-tell-me-what-s-wrong-alexandra-sifferlin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599","url":"https://shows.acast.com/goodlifeprojectinspirationmotivationhappinessmeaningsuccess/episodes/why-cant-anyone-tell-me-whats-wrong-alexandra-sifferlin","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/e/6a15bdf50b2bc96afa077ff2/media.mp3","summary":"Ever have something clearly wrong, and yet no expert can tell you what’s causing it? Or, worse, they DO tell you, but they’re wrong? Nearly everyone will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. Not a minor mix-up, but a missed, delayed, or wrong diagnosis that shapes how long you suffer, what treatment you receive, and whether anyone believes something is actually wrong with you. For people in midlife, when the body starts sending new signals and the stakes of getting it right feel higher, that statistic carries a particular weight. Alexandra Sifferlin is a science and health journalist and the author of The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors, and the Diagnosis Crisis . She spent years inside hospital systems, talking with leading diagnosticians, tracing families who waited decades for answers, and mapping the structural gaps that let real suffering fall through. Her book is dedicated to her sister, who spent years being told her severe hip pain was a pillow-placement problem, until imaging revealed torn cartilage that required surgery. In this conversation, you will explore: Why receiving a diagnosis is more than a medical event, and how a diagnosis gives you permission to be ill (in the best of ways) How physicians actually build a diagnosis in real time, and what gets lost when appointments shrink to seven minutes  The case of the Proctor family, five siblings from rural Kentucky who spent decades with a mysterious, painful condition before becoming the first diagnosed case of the NIH's Undiagnosed Diseases Program  Why the best diagnosticians in the country share one habit that has nothing to do with medical genius  How AI note-taking in the exam room is making some appointments more human, not less  What to do when you've seen…","meta_description":"Ever have something clearly wrong, and yet no expert can tell you what’s causing it? Or, worse, they DO tell you, but they’re wrong? Nearly everyone will…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-life-project-963599/episodes/why-can-t-anyone-tell-me-what-s-wrong-alexandra-sifferlin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/why-can-t-anyone-tell-me-what-s-wrong-alexandra-sifferlin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}