Metro Detroit broadcast journalist Christy MacDonald lost her husband, sports broadcaster Jamie Samuelsen, to colorectal cancer when he was just 48 years old. On today's pod, she talked to us about her family's story and how she became an advocate for early colon cancer screening. 

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Christy McDonald, broadcast journalist and widow of Jamie Samuelsen

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