About this episode
Pathologist Sue Wheaton tells a story about helping her mom, a surgeon and racecar driver, navigate the challenges of aging. Later, she reflects on their complicated relationship, and how car metaphors helped them move through difficult moments in their lives. Sue performed this story live at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis in April 2023, for an event on the theme of "REBIRTH" which The Nocturnists co-produced with the Center for the Art of Medicine . Find show notes, transcript, and more at thenocturnists.com . This season of "Stories from the World of Medicine" is supported by The Physicians Foundation . The Nocturnists is made possible by the California Medical Association .