Episodes

Sept. 28, 2021

Dear Cancer: New Tests, New Treatments, and New Hope

Dr. Stephen Liu, Director of Thoracic Oncology at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center believes in biomarker testing. On this episode, Dr. Liu explains what biomarker testing is and why it should be a mandatory part of cancer care. The presenting sponsor for this episode is …
Sept. 23, 2021

Vax On: The Kids Are Not Alright

In this episode of Vax On, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos discuss some effects of the pandemic on kids, ranging from the sad to the hopeful to the downright hilarious. Plus, our latest Sermoment!
Sept. 21, 2021

Scott Slater: How The Stupid Cancer Sausage Was Made

On the show today, my guest is Scott Slater, a longtime friend, a former colleague at Stupid Cancer, and one of the earliest activists who helped build the original young adult cancer movement back in the mid-2000s. Yes, Scott is a cancer survivor, but that’s just one of his MANY titles. He’s a sof…
Sept. 16, 2021

Vax On: Parental Consent to Poke and State Mandate Backlash

In this episode of Vax On, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos discuss how teens are challenging misinformation and parental consent for the COVID-19 vaccine. They also discuss New York state’s latest vaccine mandate and this week’s Sermoment!
Sept. 14, 2021

Lynch Syndrome: Try To Not Get Cancer?

Today on the show, we talk to powerhouse couple David and Robin Dubin, who founded Alive and Kickn to advocate for those with the Lynch gene. At age 29, Dave was diagnosed with colon cancer and Lynch Syndrome. Few have heard of it, but Dave and Robin are trying to change that. Because Lynch is a ge…
Sept. 9, 2021

[REBROADCAST] Relentless: John Tesh on Music, Cancer, Grit, and Faith

In his new book, "Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit, and Faith," Tesh describes how obstacles shaped him—including being suspended from college, living homeless for months, and facing a deadly disease.
Sept. 7, 2021

Cancer and Nutrition: Who'd've thunk?

On the show today, Susan Bratton is a legacy BFF of mine dating back to the LIVESTRONG days at the dawn of the young adult cancer movement. It was a time when "cancer survivorship" was evolving into a real boy and quality of life became tantamount to quality of care. Susan was an MBA who worked in …
Sept. 2, 2021

Vax On: Horsin’ Around, 1-800-Vaccines-4-Kids, and New Mandates

In this episode of Vax On, Elura Nanos and Andrew MacDowell discuss how people are lining up for prescriptions of the latest myth in COVID prevention.
Aug. 31, 2021

Origins: The Dawn of Digital Health

On the show today, I am joined live in-studio by Alex Fair and Aaron Michael Buch, two innovators in the patient advocacy and digital health and innovation sector, each from different endpoints in time. Starting as early as 2008, Alex has had the good fortune to have worked on some genuinely pionee…
Aug. 26, 2021

[REBROADCAST] Cycle of Lives: Grief, Loss, Redemption, Opportunity, and Advocacy

“What do you do with the mad that you feel?” — One of the more definitive quotes from the definitive Mr. Rogers. For my guest today, David Richman, the choice he made after losing his sister to cancer was to turn pain into passion, lace-up, and in true Forrest Gump fashion, JUST START RUNNING. 85 m…
Aug. 24, 2021

Mental Illness Advocate Johnny Crowder

On the show today —> Johnny Crowder is the Founder of Cope Notes, host of the Cope Notes Podcast , and a rising star in the mental health and mental illness advocacy space. This guy is a highly vocal suicide/abuse survivor wi...
Aug. 19, 2021

Vax On: New Mandates, Live Music, and Even More Reasons to Get Vaxxed

In this episode of Vax On, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos discuss Mayor Bill de Blasio’s strict new COVID-19 mandate, and the return of major music festivals in the U.S. They also discuss some common reasons why vaccine skeptics changed their mind and got vaccinated.
Aug. 17, 2021

The One With Lisa Simms Booth

On the show today: Lisa Simms Booth is Executive Director at The Smith Center for the Healing Arts and former Senior Director for Patient and Public Engagement at The Biden Cancer Initiative. She is such an extraordinary human being who've I've wanted her on my show for such a long time and, well, …
Aug. 12, 2021

Vax On: Military Mandates, Cruise Drama Continued, and Our First Sermoment

In this episode of Vax On, Matthew Zachary, Elura Nanos, and Andrew MacDowell discuss the Biden administration’s latest vaccination mandate for the U.S. Military, and how cruise companies may be on their way to a new normal. We also introduce a new segment to the show: Sermo-ments! We're partnerin…
Aug. 10, 2021

The Cancer Mavericks EP3: The March on Washington

Advocacy can take many forms in the cancer community — from advocating for yourself or a loved one to receive the best possible treatment to calling your Congressperson or testifying on Capitol Hill to demand increased access to care. This episode explores different ways cancer mavericks have eleva…
Aug. 5, 2021

Don't Start A Podcast (with Matt and Andrew)

On the show today, Matt and Andrew give you their professional advice: DON'T START A PODCAST! Just don’t. Yeah, we might make it look easy. But trust us it takes a lot more than the gift of gab to build a successful audio brand. And Lord knows, the world doesn’t need another person blathering into …
Aug. 3, 2021

Dr. Rafael Fonseca Is The Hero We Need

On the show today: Dr. Rafael Fonseca, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic who focuses on Multiple Myeloma, with a sidebar hobby dabbling in Ethics Health Economics. Fun fact: He's a Google Scholar, has his own Wikipedia page, courtesy of a birthday gift from his son, and — as a self-proclaimed …
July 29, 2021

Stupid Cancer: You Know What It Is

On the show today, I'm so thrilled to welcome here live in-studio Alison Silberman, CEO at Stupid Cancer (my old job, as you may know), and Shannon Wyant, a fellow AYA cancer survivor and sitting member of the Stupid Cancer Board of Directors (also my old job as you may know.) The best conversation…
July 27, 2021

This Little Diagnostic Went To Market...

On the show today: Liz Cormier-May, CEO of Mammogen, and Marty Keiser, CEO at IV Bioholdings, who share their thoughts and commercial insights on the diagnostics market including the challenges in getting more affordable and accessible diagnostics reaching patients.
July 22, 2021

VAX ON: The Epsilon Variant Is But One Douchebag Away

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary and Andrew MacDowell discuss the first federal criminal fraud prosecution related to COVID-19 immunization. They also check-in on Canada’s growing vaccine rates and the latest developments with the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
July 20, 2021

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

Today, LIVE here at OffScrip Media studios, I welcome my incomparably talented friend Rebecca Cherry. She and I met almost 20 years ago. We hit it off as members of a niche-within-a-niche club, that being young adult cancer survivor professional musician/composers. And when I say incomparably talen…
July 15, 2021

VAX ON: The Devilsphere, Cautionary Tales of the Unvaxxed

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew and Elura go global and discuss Cuba's fallout in the wake of the pandemic as well as the latest updates on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
July 13, 2021

Not Your Father's Pharma Conference

On the show today, it's a spotlight on NAMAPA (National Association of Medication Access & Patient Advocacy) with Co-Founders Elizabeth Johnson LPN and Melissa Paige, CPhT. Liz started her career in immunology and moved into ...
July 12, 2021

Introducing The Heart of Healthcare Podcast

OffScrip Media is proud to announce a new addition to our growing network of groundbreaking and influential original podcasts. The Heart of Healthcare podcast expands upon the traditional lens of what we think of as “healthcare” by exploring the social determinants of health, including our food sys…