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CROC Podcast – Fourth of July Special 🇺🇸 Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer This Independence Day, the CROC Podcast invites you to look beyond the fireworks and reflect on a different kind of freedom. In this powerful holiday message, Dr. E and co-host Angel Santana Jr. explore what independence truly means for those whose lives have been forever changed by cancer. While our nation celebrates 25...

🇺🇸 A Special Independence Day Message from CROC – Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer 🇺🇸 This Fourth of July weekend, we're taking a brief pause from our regular programming to honor what truly matters. As we celebrate our nation's independence, let us remember the brave men and women who made tremendous sacrifices to protect the freedoms we enjoy today. Their courage reminds us that hope, resili...

For the past 25 years, Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer (CROC) has been all about supporting cancer survivors, thrivers, caregivers, and families through education, advocacy, hope, and community. In this special rewind episode, Dr. E and Angel Santana take a fun trip down memory lane as they explore CROC's history, share valuable lessons learned, and discuss the mission that inspires us every...

The Five-Year Plan: What Would You Do If Time Was Running Out? CROC Podcast Rewind Episode What if someone told you that you only had five years left to live? Would you travel more? Would you spend more time with family? Would you finally pursue the dreams you've been putting off? Or would you discover that you've been living your life differently all along? In this thought-provoking and deeply pe...

Memorial Day Weekend Special: "Honoring Courage Outside the Battlefield" In this deeply emotional and powerful Memorial Day Weekend episode of the CROC Podcast, Dr. E and Angel Santana take time to honor a different kind of courage, the quiet, relentless courage shown every day by cancer survivors, thrivers, caregivers, and families. While Memorial Day is, and always will be, dedicated to the brav...

Hello everyone and welcome to the CROC Podcast — Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer. Today, we’re doing something a little different… because today is all about YOU — our CROC Nation family. Over the years, we’ve shared stories of hope, strength, survival, healing, laughter, heartbreak, and inspiration. We’ve talked about cancer, family, mental health, survivorship, and what it truly means to ke...

How Does a Cancer Survivor Celebrate Their Birthday? In this heartfelt and deeply personal episode of the CROC Podcast, Dr. E and Angel Santana explore a question many people never stop to consider: How does a cancer survivor celebrate their birthday? What begins as a conversation about birthday traditions quickly becomes something far more meaningful. Through the story of a survivor named “Mary A...

In Search of the Person You Want to Be – Part 2: Confronting Our Past In this powerful rewind episode of the CROC Podcast, Angel and Dr. E continue their journey of self-discovery by taking a deeper look at one of the most challenging steps toward growth, confronting our past. Because the truth is, who we are today is often shaped by where we’ve been. From childhood experiences to life-altering mo...

🎙️ Primetime Edition Opening – A Mother’s Love (Rewind) "Hello everyone, and welcome to a very special primetime edition of the CROC Podcast — Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer. As we get closer to Mother’s Day, we wanted to take a moment to reflect, honor, and celebrate something incredibly powerful… a mother’s love. So today, we’re bringing you a special rewind episode — Season 1, Episode 10:...

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the CROC Podcast — Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer. Today, we’re taking a much-needed day off. Dr. E needs one… and as you can probably hear in my voice, I’m a little under the weather myself. So instead of going silent, we wanted to do something special for you. We’re bringing you a bonus double episode week. Today, we’re airing a rewind — our Special Labor Da...

In this powerful and unfiltered episode of the CROC Podcast, Dr. E tackles one of the most difficult and rarely discussed realities in healthcare — what happens when a doctor doesn’t show up for their patient. Through a real-life case, we meet Robert, a patient facing advanced cancer whose care became fragmented at a critical moment. As uncertainty grows and leadership disappears, Dr. E is forced...

When The Visits End Life After Cancer Care: Featuring Talaya Dendy  What happens when the visits finally end? In this powerful and deeply emotional episode of The CROC Podcast: Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer, we explore a milestone that every cancer survivor hopes to reach—but few are truly prepared for: graduation from oncology care. Featuring cancer thriver, advocate, and cancer doula Tala...

What Is a Cancer Doula? Today, we are thrilled to be joined by Talaya Dendy, Cancer Thriver, pioneer and trailblazing Doula, and certified in patient advocacy and health and wellness coaching.  Survivor Advocate. If you are not uplifted and inspired by the end of this podcast, then you are not paying attention! https://www.ontheotherside.life/ @NCTpodcastfan Navigating Cancer TOGETHER https://www....

The Whisper Before the Scream S6 episode 225 A survivor’s story becomes a lesson in humility when Dr. E reflects on a patient who challenged his assumptions and changed the way he practices medicine. In The Whisper Before the Scream, the CROC Podcast explores bias, compassion fatigue, and the quiet strength of a survivor whose voice was heard just in time.    

"Hey everyone, this is Angel from the CROC Podcast — Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer. This week we’re being preempted… but we didn’t want to leave you without something meaningful. So today we’re taking you back to a powerful conversation from Season 3, Episode 146 — Making Your Own Decisions: A Tricky Business for Survivor-Thrivers. Because the moment the word cancer is spoken… suddenly ever...

When the room goes quiet and a patient looks you in the eye and asks, "What would you do if you were me?" this episode pulls that single, weighty question apart—frame by frame—so you can feel what it truly means to decide under pressure. Dr. E and co-host Angel Santana guide listeners through a five-part journey—the gray zone, inversion, isolation, intersection, and clay feet—using real cases and...

due to weather conditions, we will be airing an all-new episode this Tuesday at 9am Et. 

REWIND / REPLAY EPISODE Integrating Behavioral Health Into Oncology Treatment Plans  On a gray bridge, a patient named Kelly nearly plunges into darkness—his crisis invisible to scans, yet as urgent as any surgical emergency. In this episode, Dr. Tom Eanelli and co-host Angel Santana sit with Dr. Cara Bohan to trace the divide between lifesaving oncology care and the mental health support that too...

Integrating Behavioral Health Into Oncology Treatment Plans  On a gray bridge, a patient named Kelly nearly plunges into darkness—his crisis invisible to scans, yet as urgent as any surgical emergency. In this episode, Dr. Tom Eanelli and co-host Angel Santana sit with Dr. Cara Bohan to trace the divide between lifesaving oncology care and the mental health support that too often gets left behind....

Welcome to a special Rewind Episode of Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer—The CROC Podcast. Today we’re revisiting Season 4, Episode 173, titled New Shoes. Inspired by the iconic 1946 Life Magazine photo of a young post-war orphan holding a pair of new shoes with overwhelming gratitude, Dr. E takes Angel and the CROC Nation on a powerful journey—sharing a cancer staff member’s act of selflessnes...

On the eve of a two-foot snowstorm, Dr. E and co-host Angel Santana pull back the curtain on a quiet enemy—Seasonal Affective Disorder—and how it layers on fear, fatigue, and isolation for cancer survivors. Through honest, patient-centered storytelling they trace the slow creep of darkness from the commute to the dinner table and how it magnifies trauma for newly diagnosed, actively treated, and p...

Today we’re revisiting S4Ep147: Meeting Your Oncologist — What Should You Expect? Your first oncology appointment can feel like a first date—full of questions, nerves, and uncertainty. Angel and Dr. E will help you know what you deserve, what to ask, and what to do if you’re not being heard. Summary In this episode of the Croc Podcast, the hosts delve into the often-daunting experience of meeting...

In the bright, chaotic hum of an emergency room, Dr. E finds a patient named Charles more devastated by disconnection than disease—their phone is dead; their anchors are gone. What follows is a quiet, human moment: a rushed trip, a full charge, and a returned phone that lights up more than a screen. That single act becomes a lifeline. With the phone, Charles gathers his family, makes a final decis...

New Year’s Resolutions Revisited REWIND EPISODE As we take a brief pause for the holiday weekend, we’re bringing back an important conversation that many of us need to hear—especially at the start of a new year. Every January, as the ball drops in Times Square, millions of people make promises to themselves to finally change everything at once. And just as often, those resolutions fade, leaving be...

REWIND Episode Happy New Year Everyone! all new Episode NEXT WEEK  Angels Of Mercy Part 1 Everyone involved in healthcare, whether from the Caretakers or Caregivers prospective, knows the value and irreplaceable necessity of great nursing care. But what rarely gets noticed are the innumerable acts of compassion that  happen everyday that go unseen and unnoticed; that is until today! Please join An...