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The Pitt, My time in the Emergency Department, and Remembering What's Most Important

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The Rotating Restaurant

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Learning as a Lifelong Practice

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This is 50 - Kinetic Surrender

This Week: Kinetic Surrender — crossing thresholds, leaving old containers, and becoming without permission.

Jan 26 • Kirk Sheppard

Dashboard Lights - This is 50 with Kirk Sheppard

You know that little light on your dashboard — the one you’ve been ignoring for a week because the car seems fine?

Jan 12 • Kirk Sheppard

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The Engine - This is 50 with Kirk Sheppard

Jan 5 • Kirk Sheppard

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New Podcast in 2026

The Bitter Pill is retired - but “This is 50” is coming soon!

Jan 1 • Kirk Sheppard

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The Bitter Pill - 11.27.25 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Today Kirk talks about cultural and occupational alignment, among other things.

Nov 27, 2025 • Kirk Sheppard

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Fifty

The Pitt, My time in the Emergency Department, and Remembering What's Most Important

Mar 22 • Kirk Sheppard

Waiting for Dark

I stood there, head cocked, puzzled.

Mar 15 • Kirk Sheppard

My Card is Green

I turn 50 on Thursday.

Mar 2 • Kirk Sheppard

An ear specialist confirmed it on Monday and gave me very expensive drops after a very expensive doctor visit while terrifying me with his casual…

Feb 16 • Kirk Sheppard

Can You Hear Me?

I woke up Monday with an itch in my left ear.

Feb 9 • Kirk Sheppard

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A Christmas Story by Kirk Sheppard

Dec 24, 2025 • Kirk Sheppard

The Tile: A Horror Short Story by Kirk Sheppard

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Oct 31, 2025 • Kirk Sheppard

The Realization

Oct 31, 2025 • Kirk Sheppard

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