Hello? Hello? Is this thing still on?. If you noticed a PediPal shaped hole in your hearts (and podcast feed) this September, we felt it too. PediPal will be taking a hiatus and hopes to return again in 2025. With all new guests, ideas, episodes. But probably the same puns.

RT @veladconmigo: 🔴New paper alert on #GlobalHealth equity for children . Do you know what #PediatricPalliativeCare looks like in Mexico?….

RT @DrKieferPPC: What an honor to join Sarah & Dan for this month’s @PediPal episode! Absolutely loved sharing my experiences at @AAHPM thi….

If we were @GeriPalBlog, we'd be singing Simon & Garfunkel, but since we're young* and cool**, we'll go with the classic 1993 Disney adventure-comedy with talking pets: *millennials.**grappling with the onset of middle age - 1993 was 7 years ago, right??.

Take an incredible journey with @DrLRagsdale and @DrKieferPPC (and Sarah and Dan) in "Episode 37: Homeward Bound!" Learn all about how their teams navigate the complexities of #palliative home transports. Now live at and your favorite podcast platform!

RT @PerinatalHospic: "The family is wanting to have a story that they can accept, that they can live with. It's an honor and a privileg….

RT @PerinatalHospic: Brian Carter MD, @kelstanellis MD and Jenni Linebarger MD discuss perinatal palliative care and their collaborative wo….

Serendipitously, PediPal wades into perinatal palliative care. Hear Brian Carter, @kelstanellis, and Jenni Linebarger discuss their collaborative work, now live at Tune in for birth plans, narratives, the #ZPD, hot-button issues, etymologies, and more!.

🔥 And tune in for the explosive, shocking, climactic, and ultimately quite heartwarming clash of fierce rivals for the title of PediPal's #1 Fan, @DrJRubenstein and @conradw4! 🔥. Live now at or on your favorite podcast platform.

Major thanks to @AAHPM and all our enthusiastic participants: .Tyler Badding, Gabe Daniels, @kelstanellis, @drrachelkentor, Jen Hwang, @mattmcevoymd, @JenSalantMD, Alexis Santos, Meghna Singh, and Claire Slusarz.

PediPal hits the road! Dan attends the 2024 @AAHPM Annual Assembly #hapc24 in Phoenix, asking unsuspecting guests that classic PediPal question, "What are your take-home points?" . Find out what everyone learned in Episode 35, now live at .

Attending virtually or unable to locate Dan? You can still participate!.Record the following on your phone or computer and email the file to us at pedipalcast AT gmail DOT com:. "Hi, my name is ____ and I'm a ____ at ____. One thing I learned today is ____.".

Attending @AAHPM's #hapc24 in Phoenix?.Always wanted to be a guest on @PediPal?. Find Dan and his microphone at the convention center to share a sentence about what you've learned that day, and you could be featured on the podcast!

"Episode 34: Prognosticaution" is up at Sarah and Dan discuss the dreaded uncertainty of neurologic prognosis with Marina Ma and Lauren Treat. (And in case you missed Episode 33, we'd recommend checking that one out, too. Julie Hauer is in it!).

Boundaries!. When and why do we draw them in pediatric palliative care? How do we know when they've been crossed? What makes them so important? .Join @StacyRemke and @bentleystewart on this month's episode to learn more. Up now at

Death. Dying. Simple words that can be hard to say, and even harder to say to a child. Sarah and Dan turn to the experts on saying difficult things to children, Certified Child Life Specialists @GavelKelley and Nicole MackDiaz. Episode up now at

Ready or not, "Episode 29: Magic?" is here!.Sarah and Dan guide you on a journey into psychedelics in pediatric palliative care #pedpc and parental bereavement, following the lead of @dingleja, Chris Adrian, and Elisha Waldman. Turn on and tune in now at

This month, PediPal explores how man's best friend integrates into man's most misunderstood team - increasing hallway popularity, breakfast tray awareness, and - most importantly - teaching us even more about the value of presence. Episode live now.

The PediPal team is looking for child life specialists who might be interested in coming on the air on the topic of answering children's questions about death! With a twist. #PedsPC #Childlife.@DrJRubenstein .@conradw4.

RT @CourageousCPN: Click the link below for the 2023 Facts & Figures report on Pediatric Palliative Care, from our friends @NHCPO_news. Muc….