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Dear Dr. Jen

Dear Dr. Jen

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Sep 25, 2026 · 47m

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"The entire floor of the operating room was covered in blood. It's a case I will remember for the rest of my life." For almost 20 years, Dr. Jennifer Ashton's job was to distill complex medical topics into 20 to 180 seconds of television. Dear Dr. Jen takes the time limit off. In this first episode, Jen shares the messenger behind the message: how an exhausted young OB-GYN with two small kids and no interest in TV ended up spending 18 years as a network medical correspondent, why that made her a better doctor, and the stories that made the biggest impact. Chapters (00:00) Welcome to Dear Dr. Jen (02:07) How television happened (08:59) The stories that made an impact (11:45) Eight days in…