about
The Impatient Podcast is a healthy chat. One that invites patients and professionals to the same table. Where human patients with real life stories can be heard by the health system experts who hold all the power to drive change. Simplify the language. Welcome the vulnerability. Just have a chat about health and how we get there. Together.
Twelve episodes, recorded in Australia in 2022 and 2023. Each one sits a patient with a real story next to someone who works in health, and asks the simple questions out loud: why can’t we just treat a patient like a human? Who decides what success looks like? What happens to the people doing the caring?
The show isn’t recording new episodes right now. Sean has a young family and some new medical complexities of his own, which make regular recording hard. We’d love to bring it back, though, so if you have an idea for an episode or a story to share, get in touch.
the hosts
Nicole Cooper
@nicolecoopySean Crank
@seancrankLiam Crank
@liam__crank
For Nicole
Nicole Cooper started this podcast with her brother Sean in 2022.
Nicole knew the health system from the patient’s side, and she wanted patients and the people who run the system to actually hear each other. That is what every episode is for.
Nicole died in 2023. On the day of the party to celebrate her life, Mumsy, Sean and Liam sat down to remember her.