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Latest Episodes

When You’re Handed Lemons, Make Lemonade!
September 03, 2025

From Lung Cancer Patient to Full Time Advocate HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Dusty Donaldson, Lung Cancer Patient Advocate, LiveLung Founder At fifty-one, Dustys life was a whirlw

WHEN YOU HIT A WALL Let Music Change Your Path
August 20, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Jacy Dawn Valeras, Award-winning Television Host, Producer, Podcaster and Music Business Executive Hildy welcomes Jacy Dawn Valerastelevision host, p

PROGRESS BRINGS HOPE FOR SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
July 16, 2025

Voicing New Reasons for Optimism HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Maida Mangiameli, Dusty Donaldson, Misty Shields, MD, Ph.D., and Ann Steagall Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a high

ALL IN THE FAMILY Is Lung Cancer Inherited?
June 10, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Jaclyn LoPiccolo, MD, Ph.D., Pasi Janne, MD, Ph.D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Jill Feldman, EGFR Resisters Hildy opens with a powerful anecdot

Living with ALK+: Diagnosis, Treatment, & Hope
May 07, 2025

A Biomarker Dialogue Between Patient and Scientist HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Marc Muskavitch, PhD, ALK+ & Zachary Rogers, PhD, Research Fellow, Koch Institute at MIT This episo

THE RIDDLE OF DRUG RESPONSE: Why Does A Drug Work For One Person And Not Another?
March 11, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Zachary Rogers, Ph.D. Postdoc at MIT | American Cancer Society Fellow Lung cancer treatment is undergoing a revolution. In the last 15 years, weve tr

Improvise Life! Seize The Day While Living With Cancer
February 17, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: James Hiter, Streak for A Cure James and Hildy had a similar experience in having their lung cancer found by accident. James, a streaker who runs da

Improvise Life! Seize The Day While Living With Cancer
February 14, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: James Hiter, Streak for A Cure James and Hildy had a similar experience in having their lung cancer found by accident. James, a streaker who runs d

Beyond the Breast: Unraveling HER2 in Lung Cancer, What A Difference 20 Years Makes!
January 16, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, Massachusetts General Hospital This podcast delves deeper into the evolving understanding of the HER2 biomarker in lung can

Kicking Cancer! From Diagnosis to Defiance: One Survivor’s Story
December 13, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: TERRI CONNERAN, Founder of KRAS Kickers Imagine facing five recurrences of cancer in seven years. Terri Conneran did, and she turned her adversity int