Host Dr. Jonathan Weinkle introduces Healing People, Not Patients, a podcast that asks: How can medicine honor the full humanity of patients and providers? In this teaser, he shares his personal journey, why modern healthcare often feels soulless, and how this show will explore ways to change the ending of medicine’s story. First full episode drops October 21st, 2025!
Medicine was never supposed to be just about diagnoses, lab values, or billing codes. For Dr. Jonathan Weinkle, it began with a deep belief: every human being is created in the image of God.
In this opening teaser, Dr. Weinkle shares his story—from the joy of healing relationships to the heartbreak of burnout—and why he created Healing People, Not Patients. He explains how the show will use the framework of the Passover Seder’s four questions to explore today’s most vexing problems in healthcare.
With episodes dropping weekly, the show invites listeners to rethink medicine not as a system of transactions, but as a sacred calling to restore soul, purpose, and humanity.
This teaser sets the stage: a journey from burnout to being on fire, from depersonalization to healing.
Healing People, Not Patients explores ways to enhance medical practice by infusing it with compassion, humanity, and a deeper sense of purpose, aiming to help healthcare professionals rediscover the "soul" of their work. Framed around the four questions of the Passover Seder, it probes how to transform medicine for the better, promoting an empathetic and supportive approach that empowers patients to create meaningful, sober lives, while drawing on Jewish teachings about community and friendship.
Dr. Jonathan Weinkle is an internist and pediatrician who practices primary care at a community health center in Pittsburgh. He strives to be a "nice Jewish doctor" focused on patient-centered healthcare, emphasizing effective communication and holistic well-being.
He teaches the courses, “Death and the Healthcare Professions” and “Healing and Humanity” at the University of Pittsburgh, authored the books Healing People, Not Patients and Illness to Exodus, and runs ‘Healers Who Listen’, where he blogs on healing and Jewish tradition. Once an aspiring rabbi, he now integrates faith and medicine to support other physicians and his own patients.
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