Out of Patients EP435: Not Today, Life: Teresa Baglietto
Teresa Baglietto walked through colon cancer at 10, survived a postpartum crisis that almost killed her, fought lip cancer, then heard the words you have breast cancer while raising 3 boys and rebuilding after 2008 wiped out her income. She sells enterprise tech by day and runs on discipline that most people talk about but never live. I wanted her on Out of Patients because she knows what it feels like to beg the system for a mammogram and still show up for work the next morning.
We talk about POUR, Mohs surgery, ductal carcinoma, and the quiet humiliation of asking friends for groceries. We also laugh about mammogram plates, Craigslist hustles, and the absurd survey call before her results. I learned that survival requires structure and voice. You will hear a woman who refuses to surrender her agency.
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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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