The Stupid Cancer Show

The Affordable Care Act is one of the most transformational pieces of health legislation in our nation's history. Join us as we welcome cancer rights attorney Monica Fawzy to dispel the myths and focus on the facts for what you need to know about how this law will practically impact your life. Monica is the co-founder and COO of Triage Cancer, a nonprofit that provides education and resources on the entire continuum of cancer survivorship issues to survivors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Young adult breast cancer survivor and blogger Lisa Duncanson.

Join us as we welcome rock star singer/songwriter and leukemia survivor Andrew McMahon to the show. The frontman for bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin will share his story, some new music and where he's headed with his philanthropic efforts with Dear Jack Foundation Executive Director Steve Smith. Survivor Spotlight on Erin O'Leary.

Cancer is so prevalent in the everyday news cycle. Do we grow immune? How has the media helped to shape the cancer narrative and what role does industry, journalists and the every day survivor play in being a voice for change? Join us as we welcome Allison Arden (Publisher, Ad Age & Author, The Book of Doing) and survivor Adam Baer (writer, humorist, musician) for a conversation around this very issue. Survivor spotlight in Matt Klein( Director, Biz Dev at Elite Marketing Group)

"Science for the Benefit of Humanity" is the charter of Tomorrow Lab, an exciting new program of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Join Blair Cobb (Senior Director, Cause Marketing & Community Relations, AOL), Susan Schulz (Editorial Brand Director, Cosmopolitan Magazine) and Claudia Chan (Women's Lifestyle Journalist, Entrepreneur & Advisor) for an epic roundtable discussion about their vision for a better world. Survivor Tami Boehmer in the spotlight.

It's time to open our phone banks for the first time and host the inaugural "Open Mic Night" for The Stupid Cancer Show. Yes, it's true, we will be taking your calls all night and hopefully answering any and all questions you might have about anything and everything. No hold barred. Seriously. We're hoping for a great show from our many friends and fans from across the globe and on the Interweb. Let the games begin!

Selma Schimmel is often hailed as the "original" young adult survivor advocate, originally diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28 in 1983. The founder of Vital Options, a not-for-profit cancer communications organization with a mission to facilitate a global cancer dialogue, Selma's 30 year effort to right the wrongs in our healthcare system go unabated, having, among myriad other accomplishments, helped first hand to give birth to this very program in 2007. Joining Selma will be Terry Wilcox, Creative Director and Supervising Producer of The Group Room. Survivor spotlight on David Dorfman.

Of the 80,000 known man-made chemicals in our food, air, water, cars, homes and everything else, only a handful are regulated for human safety. This is not OK. Join us as we welcome survivor/journalist Emily Cousins (National Resource Defense Council) Linsday Dahl (Deputy Director, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families) and Nancy Buermeyer (Senior Policy Strategist, Breast Cancer Fund), for a "healthy" debate about the challenges faced in updating this law. Also, Andy Koontz in the survivor spotlight.

As the world goes mobile and advances in cancer rely more and more on high tech solutions, living with and managing cancer means new solutions for survivors and caregivers. Join us as we discuss this issue with Alex Fair (Co-Founder & CEO, MedStartr), Jean-Luc Neptune (SVP, Health 2.0) and Dr. Carly Parry (NCI Program Director). Survivor spotlight on Paul Berman.

Decoding Annie Parker is a breakthrough film about the discovery of the BRCA1 gene responsible for many breast and ovacial cancers. Join us a we welcome writer/director Steven Bernstein and Annie Parker herself, along with Susan Friedman (Founder and Executive Director, FORCE) to discuss this subject matter. YA survivor Noah Zachary in the spotlight segment.

Yes, Canadians get cancer and it sucks just as much for their young adults, despite a different healthcare system. Join us as we welcome four young adult fighters and survivors from our neighbor to the north—Jean Lamantia, Dawn Cleary, Deb Bridgman and filmmakwer Mikey Lang—to share their stories and talk about maple syrup (kidding).