Ed Paget

Medicine’s Rebel Child - Osteopathy through the ages

No. of episodes

6

Latest episode

2026-10-15

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The history of medicine is written by the victors, but the story of osteopathy is found in the margins. For decades, our profession has been dismissed, misunderstood, or "sanitized" by the medical establishment. But there is a wealth of brilliant, eye-opening research out there exploring Andrew Taylor Still’s radical, holistic vision—if only we had the time to read it.

If you're anything like me, you stumble across a fascinating osteopathic journal article, only to get distracted or bogged down by dense, academic language. How much incredible insight is sitting on digital shelves, unread by the very people practicing today?

This podcast bridges that gap. Using AI to parse through complex academic pieces, we deliver easy-to-digest summaries that honor the original authors and bring their work into the spotlight. Join us as we dive into lost philosophies, eccentric metaphors, and the frontier origins of a practice that has always insisted: there is more to health than the absence of disease. If you have a research article you'd like us to feature please send it to me here: [email protected]