Surviving
After getting through a recurrence of lymphoma that damaged the base of my spine, I’m left pondering the concept of survival and how it's not as easy as it seems. In a series of interviews with people who have experienced all kinds of life-changing disease and trauma, I explore what it means to survive and perhaps, at some point, live happily ever after.
Podcasting since 2020 • 14 episodes
Surviving
Latest Episodes
Jacky Grossman: Keeping alive the stories of Holocaust survival
Every year, Jacky Grossman talks on social media about her family--and how so many lost their lives in the Holocaust.In this episode, Jacky talks about the stories of how her parents and grandmother survived--and the special emphasis th...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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46:51
Dustin Watson: After fleeing a military coup, trying to find normal again
"...As we were headed towards the airport, a large convoy of military personnel in armored vehicles were entering the city. I looked out the side window to my left, looked out to my right, where my wife was sitting, and I said, 'this doesn't lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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40:00
Tomika Holmes: The gift of giving back, despite it all
The trauma is forgotten, but a single act of warmth and kindness provided a lifetime of giving back. That's how Tomi Holmes lives her life after passing through the foster care system when she was little. She is an inspiration for how to live a...
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Episode 12
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37:11
Saurabh Chowdhry: Not letting MS stop him
Multiple Sclerosis has sent Saurabh Chowdhry on several career detours, but he views each experience as a triumph. From medical student to science teacher to scientific writer to inspirational author, he keeps pressing onward and refusing to le...
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Episode 11
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25:02
Uvistra Naidoo: First XDR-TB, now long-haul COVID
It took Uvi Naidoo, a South African pediatrician, three long years to get through extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. Now, he's working through long-haul COVID symptoms, after contracting the infection twice. But even though he still needs...
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Episode 10
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36:14