Episodes

March 23, 2021

Thanks, Pandemic! (The Kids May Not Be Alright)

On the show today “Health/Technology Researcher” — and returning champion — Susannah Fox joins me along with Vicky Rideout, a researcher on children and media to discuss the findings from their brand new study: Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health. …
March 18, 2021

VAX ON: Reprogramming Our Minds, Unreported COVID-19 Deaths, and Yo-Yo Ma

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos talk about how living through a pandemic re-wires your memory. They also discuss unreported COVID-19 deaths and Yo-Yo Ma’s surprise cello concert at a vaccination site in Massachusetts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C…
March 17, 2021

[BONUS] "Jen Horonjeff is Noncompliant" I Want My Vaccine, Dammit!

The vaccine is yet another classic case of patients who want to be compliant, but can’t because the system prevents it, or at least makes it extremely complicated and confusing. In this week’s episode, Jen shares her frustrations trying to get a vaccine and her hopes that her laundry list of diseas…
March 16, 2021

Dr. Kellie Stecher: Proud Band Geek and COVID-19 Burnout Hacker

Dr. Kellie Stecher is OB/GYN at M Health Fairview Center for Women and the Co-Founder/President at Patient Care Heroes, a mental health service and community support platform for front-line medical professionals. A proud band geek whose favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird, Kellie lives the Hippo…
March 11, 2021

VAX ON: One-Year Quarantineaversary, Child Marriages, and How Sex-Related Businesses Got the COVID-19 Shaft

In this episode of VAX ON, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos reminisce during the 1 year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic. They also discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on child marriages, and how sex-related businesses have been excluded from COVID-19 financial aid. See Privacy Policy at https:/…
March 9, 2021

Scrambled Eggs: An Infertility Advocacy Rantfest with Alice Crisci

Back on the show today in this special bonus episode of Out of Patients, a little segment we're calling "Scrambled Eggs." with returning champion guest Alice Crisci, cancer survivor, fertility activist, and Founder and CEO of MedAnswers. What triggered this conversation was a recent article in Ms. …
March 5, 2021

The #BCSM Podcast, EP3: Ending Health Disparities

In this series finale crossover episode, we meet Maimah Karmo, President, and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation, and learn about her journey to end disparities for young breast cancer patients of color. If you like this series, be sure to subscribe, leave a rating, a review, share on social media, an…
March 4, 2021

VAX ON: Matt & Elura Got Vaxxed, COVID Passports, and Marching Band Pods

In this episode of VAXON, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos debrief after receiving their second COVID-19 vaccine. They also discuss the CDC’s updated protocol for those who are vaccinated, how airlines are planning to help vaccinated passengers cross borders with ease, and how one intrepid high scho…
March 3, 2021

The #BCSM Podcast, EP2: Community of Communities

In this crossover episode, we meet breast cancer advocates and users of #BCSM, Liza Bernstein, Anne Marie Mercurio, Christine Hodgdon, and Julia Maues. We find out how they got involved in #BCSM and how they utilized the hashtag to further their advocacy. If you like this series, be sure to subscri…
March 2, 2021

The Art of Survivorship: David M. Bailey and Dr. Adam Dachman

This episode of Out of Patients features a new segment called The Art of Survivorship (AOS). Today, Matthew takes a trip down memory lane to highlight and recognize two fellow musicians affected by cancer. Prepare to be inspired by Dr. Adam Dachman and the late David M. Bailey in this special episo…
March 1, 2021

The #BCSM Podcast, EP1: Origin Story

Welcome back to Out of Patients! For months here at OffScrip Media, we’ve been working with breast cancer patient advocate Alicia Staley on a narrative series about how breast cancer patients dared to be the change they wished to see, saw an opportunity to fill a need, and created the Breast Cancer…
Feb. 25, 2021

VAX ON: Snowpocalypse, Fake Grannies, and Opening Schools Someday?

In this first-ever episode of VAXON, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos discuss a very inconvenient snowpocalypse, fake grandmas, Biden’s goal to open K-8 schools, and more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Feb. 23, 2021

Don't Start A Charity: An Cautionary Origin Story

Elizabeth Woolfe is a veteran nonprofit consultant and unmatched sherpa guide in the business, management, and organizational culture of charity. Full disclosure: Liz also one of my best friends in the world and saved my ass more than a few times serving as strategic counsel to Stupid Cancer during…
Feb. 18, 2021

VAX ON: A New Weekly Roundup of Healthcare News Fuckery

Award-winning hosts and patient advocates Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos react to the great vaccine rollout of 2021. They’ll sort through the week’s healthcare news and related fuckery as America gets its vax on and shows #COVID19 the door. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali…
Feb. 17, 2021

[BONUS] "Jen Horonjeff is Noncompliant" The Clinical Trial Quid-Pro-Quo

On this bonus episode of "Jen Horonjeff is Noncompliant," Jen brings to Matthew Zachary's attention the idea that patients who enroll in clinical trials should more than benefit from the therapeutic aspects of treatment. After all, aren't they essentially helping a private sector on their go-to-mar…
Feb. 16, 2021

Dr. Mark Lewis Is the Twitter We're Looking For

Dr. Mark Lewis is the Director of GI Oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City. He is also a young adult survivor of pancreatic cancer, a thought leader on #MEDTwitter, and one of the funniest and down-to-earth physicians you’re likely to meet. Motivated by losing his father to cancer,…
Feb. 11, 2021

Biomarkers: Where Are All the Patents At?

On the show today, Bio Entrepreneur Marty Keiser, Founder of IV BioHoldings, LiquidLung, HepGene, and Mammogen. What is a biomarker? Hint - it's not inside a box of Crayola. Biomarkers are aspects of our genes that do so much more than determine our height, eye color, and predisposition to cancer. …
Feb. 9, 2021

The Alliance for Health Policy: Don't Mess With Us

On the show today: President and CEO of the Alliance for Health Policy, Sarah Dash. AHP —or “The Alliance” — is a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to informing policymakers on critical health policy issues. I know it sounds wonky but it’s actually awesome because they are the good kind of “how the s…
Feb. 4, 2021

CDC I Told You So: Debunking Stuff with Dr. Lisa Richardson

HUGE show today with Dr. Lisa Richardson, Division Director, Cancer Prevention and Control at the CDC. As the first guest I've ever had on the show with a BS in Zoology, Lisa is the real deal. She's down to earth, speaks "person" and "science" simultaneously, and has been a 25+-year first-hand witn…
Feb. 2, 2021

The Cancer Support Community: A 101 with Linda Bohannon

Today on the show, I welcome Linda Bohannon, President of The Cancer Support Community, the largest nonprofit provider of social and emotional support for anyone touched by cancer. An oncology nurse by trade, Linda and I go back to a time long before Stupid Cancer. In the mid-2000s, she was running…
Jan. 28, 2021

In Memoriam: Remembering Annie Goodman

I've got a treat for you today because my buddy Steve Goodman here with live in-studio. He is sitting about nine feet away, chomping at the bit to chat about all the shared things we find aggrieved, inane, downright agitating, and yet possibly hopeful. The man's a mensch, first and foremost. He's a…
Jan. 26, 2021

A Brief History of Young Adult Cancer Psychotherapy

On the show today, the legendary Julie Larson, speaker, educator, psychotherapist, and luminary, legacy young adult cancer advocate. As one of the few people who have been consistently working in the same career profession they went to school for, Julie may consider herself a midwestern gal transpl…
Jan. 21, 2021

Stupid Endometriosis With Melissa Boudreau, Host of "the Cycle"

Across the years running Stupid Cancer, I can’t tell you how many times I was approached by other young adult chronic disease patients and communities asking if we’d ever think of franchising the brand. You know – Stupid Lupis. Stupid Fibro. Stupid MS. Stupid Type 1. You get the point. We all need …
Jan. 19, 2021

We're Not Worthy: The One and Only Dr. Julia Rowland

Just when I thought I was the only 20-something with cancer adrift in the 1990s with nary a support group or a cancer buddy, along came an intro to my friend and mentor, Dr. Julia Rowland. Widely recognized as an international scholar and foremost leader in the psychosocial aspects of cancer care b…