Out of Patients EP426: Otherwise Healthy with Scott Capozza
Scott Capozza belongs on this show because he lives on both sides of the exam table. He survived testicular cancer in 1998 at Strong Memorial in Rochester while trying to graduate on time. He now works at Yale New Haven Health as the only oncology physical therapist on staff. One person holding up an entire survivorship service line. That alone tells you how broken the system stays.
I wanted Scott here because my audience knows the lie of otherwise healthy. We heard it too. I survived brain cancer at 21 and watched charts erase the cost of survival. Scott wears hearing aids from cisplatin. He lost lung capacity from bleomycin. His chart still called him fine. His story names the gap between paperwork and reality with precision and anger earned through years inside care.
We talked about running marathons during chemo. We talked about sperm banking in the 1990s. We laughed about IVF roulette and raising boy girl twins while juggling late effects and insurance nonsense. Humor showed up because survivors use it to breathe.
I want listeners to hear what happens when a survivor refuses to stay quiet and builds care from the inside. Scott proves movement belongs in cancer care and survivorship never ends. He reminds us progress happens because patients push it forward.
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Producer
Matthew Zachary invented healthcare podcasting before podcasting was a thing. In 2007, fresh off building Stupid Cancer, he grabbed a mic, launched The Stupid Cancer Show and started broadcasting patient stories on internet talk radio when everyone else was still writing blogs.
17 years and 400+ episodes later, Out of Patients is still the most unfiltered healthcare show anywhere.
Matthew doesn't do softball interviews. Brain cancer at 21 taught him that time is finite and bullshit is expensive. He gets guests to say things they'd never tell Congress. CEOs admit what's broken. Patients name what actually hurts. Scientists explain what industry doesn't want you to know. The conversations other shows won't touch because of sponsor concerns or political correctness.
What makes him different: He's been on both sides of the mic. Featured in documentaries, testified before Congress, keynoted hundreds of conferences.
But he's also been the guy puking from radiation, fighting insurance denials, and watching friends die from paperwork.
That dual perspective creates interviews you won't hear anywhere else. He knows which questions make power squirm because he's asked them from hospital beds and boardrooms both.
No pre-approved questions. No PR handlers. No seven-minute segments. Just real conversations with people brave enough to tell the truth about healthcare. After 17 years, Matthew's still the guy Mark Cuban reposts when he wants to understand what patients actually think. Read More
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