I have long been a fan of Paul Harvey. Road trips became something special when he would regale us with a story—layering in unfamiliar details and scattering tiny facts like breadcrumbs that made us question whether we had the right person in mind. He would build the mystery carefully, right up until the moment he revealed the name and fulfilled the promise of his program: that we now knew “the rest of the story.”

His program was one of a kind, and I’m not sure anyone could ever truly replicate it. Trying to fill his shoes with that exact format simply isn’t possible—for many reasons. Instead, I began to wonder whether it might be possible to honor his spirit in a different way. I decided the best tribute to his method would be to use it as a pattern for a new program—one designed to educate listeners about how well-known figures have shaped and influenced the medical world.

This newly launched program is available every Tuesday and is scheduled to run for at least one year.