white coat, black art white coat, black art white coat, black art is a canadian radio documentary series on cbc radio one, hosted by physician brian goldman that examines the business and culture of medicine from an insider's perspective. its name is a reference to the white coats that doctors wear, and to the ways that practicing medicine is still in some ways a "black art" rather than a science: mysterious, intuitive, and difficult to master. white coat, black artgenreradio documentary, interviewsrunning time26:30country of origincanadalanguage(s)englishhome stationcbla-fmsyndicatescbc radio onehosted bybrian goldman, m.d.produced byjeff goodesexecutive producer(s)dawna dingwallwebsitewww.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoatpodcastwww.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/current-affairs-information/white-coat-black-art/ the series began as a summer series in 2007 and became a regular program on the network's schedule. the canadian medical association awarded the program the 2011 media award for health reporting (excellence in radio reporting / in-depth).