by Rome Madison | Mar 8, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cancer, Clinical Trials, colorectal cancer
JJ Singleton was a 27-year-old athlete from the small Appalachian town in North Carolina, when he was diagnosed with aggressive colorectal cancer. His story highlights the alarming rise of early-onset colorectal cancer, a disease now the leading cause of cancer death...
by Rome Madison | Mar 2, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cancer, colorectal cancer
Marianne Pearson, VP of Patient Care and Lindsey Glaspell, Clinal Nurse Navigator at the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, join Rome for a blunt, funny — but deadly serious — briefing on colorectal cancer prevention. Marianne breaks down how knowing your family history and...
by Rome Madison | Feb 24, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Hereditary cancer testing
She thought she was just another woman with lumps and dismissive doctors until a simple saliva test rewrote her future. Veronica Tucker’s story rips through complacency: from being told “(the cancer) is on your father’s side, don’t worry”; the gut-punch of a BRCA2...
by Rome Madison | Feb 16, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Sickle cell
We are honored to speak with Amy Cohen, who made history as the first person with sickle cell disease to run and finish the New York City Marathon. She opens up about her diagnosis, and the pivotal moment in high school when the reality of the disease set in,...
by Rome Madison | Feb 8, 2026 | 2026 Season 2, Cardiomyopathy, genetic testing, Heart Disease
In this episode research geneticist and author Susan Liebman joins us to tell the personal and scientific story behind her memoir The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret. Susan unpacks generations of silence around heart disease...
