Season 01

Seven Kids, a Pandemic, and One Very Overdue Biopsy

Seven Kids, a Pandemic, and One Very Overdue Biopsy

S1 Ep 3 | Lee Goldberg spent a year stalling his prostate biopsy because he hated the idea of it. Then his PSA kept climbing, and a routine test turned into surgery, timed right in the middle of his wife Karen's seventh pregnancy. Lee talks candidly about the recovery and the humbling of needing help for the first time in his life. Then there's the FaceTime moment when his urologist told him the one thing about prostate cancer and sex that made him high-five the guy on the spot.

What No One Tells a Cancer Caregiver Spouse

What No One Tells a Cancer Caregiver Spouse

S1 Ep 2 | Dave and Jen were the obnoxious high school sweethearts who held hands everywhere while their friends gave them shit for it. They had 33 years and three kids when Jen was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. What followed was three years of love, fear, and $50,000-a-month pills. Dave Vasconcelos sits down with Angie for the conversation no one has with a cancer caregiver spouse.

Supporting a Friend With Cancer: Three Friends, Two Diagnoses, and a No-Crying Rule at Surgery.

Supporting a Friend With Cancer: Three Friends, Two Diagnoses, and a No-Crying Rule at Surgery.

S1 Ep 1 | Julie Libby, Diana Fletcher, and Stephanie Perry sat in on Angie Helton's first oncology meetings. They dialed in when COVID kept them out of the room and asked questions she wouldn't have thought to ask. Two years later, the cancer came back, and they did it all again. This time, they pushed hard for a second opinion at Dana-Farber. Life after a cancer diagnosis, from the friends' side of the table: An intimate conversation on what they built together, which they now pass on to the n...

Life After Cancer Diagnosis: Wisdom Teeth, Roller Skates, and Triple Negative Twice

Life After Cancer Diagnosis: Wisdom Teeth, Roller Skates, and Triple Negative Twice

S1 Introduction | Angie Helton found a lump the night before New Year's Eve 2021 and roller-skated into her final chemo treatment eight months later. Her guest, Quincy Hentzel, discovered stage one throat cancer on a jaw scan she only needed because she had never gotten her wisdom teeth out. Two friends, two very different diagnoses, and an honest look at life after cancer diagnosis when you stop pretending it fits on a ribbon.