Ari's third kidney transplant means new opportunities and options in his life that weren't possible living on dialysis. In this episode, we talk about going back to college in your 30s. We also discuss how the double-blind anonymous donor system works and what donors and organ recipients are allowed to know about one another and how they communicate (if they wish to).

On May 11, 2009, Ari got an early morning phone call that changed everything. This is the story of Ari's unexpected third kidney transplant from an anonymous deceased donor.

We're so excited to have Ari's parents as guests this week on the Kidneycast! Martha and Glenn talk about their experiences as the parents of a child with Alport Syndrome and Martha's own experiences with the disease and her kidney transplant. (Audio is a little different for this episode, as we recorded our guests via Skype.)

We're switching things up this time! The Kidneycast gets a host transplant as Ari takes his turn as the interviewer and asks Larra about being the partner/spouse of a person with a chronic illness.

The kidney and transplant doctors in NYC work a bit differently than Ari's previous ones. In this episode, Ari talks about meeting the rest of his new team and about making the most of life in New York while on dialysis.

Ari and Larra talk about moving his home dialysis set-up from Seattle to New York. They also tell one last Seattle story about a potential kidney transplant that didn't happen for Ari.

Larra and Ari talk about the portrayal of organ donation and transplants in fiction and popular culture. What do fictional portrayals get wrong and why does it matter?

How do you travel across the country with a home hemo machine? Ari explains the process and also talks about his mother's experiences with Alport Syndrome and her kidney transplant.

Ari talks all about home hemodialysis. He explains how it's different from in-center dialysis, the kind of training he received as a patient, and how dialyzing at home changed his life.

Ari describes what life is like while doing in-center hemodialysis three times a week. He talks about the side effects of dialysis, traveling while on dialysis, and answers listener questions about his hearing aids (and how he wakes up in the morning with a hearing impairment).