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After Exposure: Asbestos & Mesothelioma Stories

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After Exposure: Asbestos & Mesothelioma Stories is a podcast dedicated to amplifying the voices of those whose lives have been forever changed by asbestos exposure. Through personal interviews, expert insights, and real-world narratives, the show explores the human side of mesothelioma, highlighting the challenges, resilience, and hope found along the journey. Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, advocate or simply seeking to understand the impact of this rare cancer, After Exposure provides a compassionate, informative space that connects listeners to powerful stories and vital resource.

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Episodes

Alternatives to Talc-Based Cosmetics 22.06.2026 40:30

This podcast episode explores the role of talc in cosmetics like body powders and eyeshadows, regulations around talc in cosmetics, alternatives to talc-based products and how consumers can better understand the “asbestos-free” and “natural” labels many of these products carry. Our host is Danielle DiPietro, financial advocate and board-certified patient advocate at The Mesothelioma Center at Asbe...

Using AI in Cancer Care 26.05.2026 43:44

In this podcast episode from The Mesothelioma Center, host Walter Pacheco interviews Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez, a thoracic medical oncologist at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, about the growing use of AI in cancer care. Dr. Rodriguez discusses how patients are increasingly using AI tools like ChatGPT to research their mesothelioma diagnosis, generate structured questions for doctor visi...

Understanding Asbestos Exposure and Emergency Restoration 13.04.2026 38:57

Managing editor at The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com , Walter Pacheco, interviews Chief Operating Officer and Principal Project Consultant for ELEMENT Building Sciences, Derrick J. Hall. The podcast dives into the role of restoration in asbestos exposure, Hall’s experience encountering asbestos in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, increasing asbestos awareness and training, an...

The Push for an Asbestos Ban at a Critical Moment 30.03.2026 38:36

Medical Outreach Director Missy Miller of The Mesothelioma Center interviews Linda Reinstein, BCPA, president and co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. Reinstein launched ADAO after doctors diagnosed her husband, Alan Reinstein, with mesothelioma. She channeled that personal tragedy into global advocacy through storytelling, an annual Global Asbestos Awareness Week, and a cura...

The Impact of Federal Funding on Cancer Research 16.02.2026 48:46

Chief Medical Officer at The Mesothelioma Center, Dr. Catherine Perrault, and Director of Thoracic Oncology at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Dr. Michele Carbone, discuss the impact of federal funding on cancer research, specifically its progressive decline over the last 25 years. Together, they explain how the amount of money allocated in grants, which leads to treatment innovations, has...

J&J on Trial: The Talc Litigation Story 17.12.2025 40:16

In the premiere episode of our new podcast, “After Exposure: Asbestos and Mesothelioma Stories,” patient advocate Danielle DiPietro joins attorney and consumer safety advocate Whitney Di Bona for a revealing conversation about the dark legal legacy of Johnson & Johnson’s famous baby powder. Together, they uncover how asbestos-laced talc in Johnson’s Baby Powder has been tied to mesothelioma...