Episodes

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…
July 8, 2021

VAX ON: Summer Camp Sadness, Phony Vaccines, and "Hey FDA, We Need Some Answers!"

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos debrief about international travel and the return of common illness! They also talk about a COVID-19 vaccine scam in Mumbai, summer camp gone wrong, and the FDA's unknown timeline for full approval of the COVID-19 vaccine. For more informa…
July 6, 2021

The Cancer Mavericks EP2: The Alumni Association

By the 1980s, cancer was no longer a death sentence. But the question of what surviving actually meant was unanswered. Cancer survivors had to navigate issues around employment, relationships, and the emotional and physical side effects of treatment in a world that largely didn’t know what to do wi…
July 1, 2021

VAX ON: Mount Everest, No More NJ Online Learning, and Prison from Home

In this episode of Vax On, Elura Nanos and Andrew MacDowell discuss remote prisoners and COVID-19 hotspots on the world’s tallest mountain peak.
June 29, 2021

1990s Cancer: AOL or Bust with Steve Friedman

On the show today, my brother from another mother — Steve Friedman, is the Senior Advisor of Operations for SEER at the National Cancer Institute. (We'll get into all the acronyms later in the show because I know you're looking forward to that.) Steve was diagnosed back in the 1990s with testicular…
June 24, 2021

VAX ON: New Delta, New Jobs, the Olympics, and a Luca Review

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary, Elura Nanos, and Andrew MacDowell discuss the new Delta variant, the U.S. economy post-pandemic, and the 2021 Japan Olympics. They also evaluate the risks of children and COVID-19 with a surprise tangent into a film review of Luca. For more information, …
June 22, 2021

It's Not a Tumor: The Multitalented Grace Wethor

Today on the show, I welcome an extraordinary young woman —> Grace Wethor is a living unicorn of talent and intelligence. Guitarist. Pianist, Trapeze Artist, Figure Skater, Model, Author, TED Speaker — and 6-year survivor of ...
June 17, 2021

VAX ON: Vaccine Latecomers. Prom Drama and Magnetic Side Effects

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary , Elura Nanos , and special drop-in-guest Andrew MacDowell discuss Novavax’s late entry into the COVID vaccine market, an update on the Johnson & Johnson manufacturing SNAFU, and one...
June 15, 2021

Brock Yetso and The Ulman Foundation

Brock Yetso is the President & CEO at the Ulman Foundation, one of the original young adult cancer advocacy organizations. Thanks to groups like the Ulman Foundation, young adult cancer is now mainstream oncology — but there's still no short supply of new cancer diagnoses each year, which is why th…