Kicking Cancer's Ass

When a marathoner chose the cheapest health insurance because she “never planned to use it,” she had no idea cancer would teach her that the healthcare bureaucracy is the hardest race of all. This runner’s journey from healthy athlete to cancer navigator reveals the shocking financial realities patients face: surprise $416 bills, geographic prescription restrictions, PT session l...

What if your oncologist’s advice to “just take it easy” could actually harm your recovery? This episode challenges everything you think you know about cancer and exercise. Dr. Jay Harness spent 35 years as a breast cancer surgeon before stumbling into research that made his jaw drop. The sports medicine journals were hiding decades of clinical trials proving that cancer patients...

What if cancer didn’t have to stop your plans—what if you could weave travel into your treatment timeline instead? Julie Bach lost both parents to cancer before age 55, then pivoted from her Harvard MBA track to create something revolutionary: a way for cancer patients to experience joy, relaxation, and normalcy through travel. After 20 years battling industry resistance, she’s transfo...

When your doctor says 3D mammograms are “perfect” for dense breasts, they’re wrong. Dangerously wrong. Sheila Mikhail learned this the hard way when her bilateral breast cancer went undetected until she DEMANDED supplemental screening. Now she’s fighting for the Save More Tatas Act and the Find It Early Act because: ✓ 50% of women have dense breast tissue ✓ Up to 50% of tum...

Most people hear “stage 4 cancer” and assume it’s the end. Cindee Nicole chose to make it a beginning. In this raw, real, and unexpectedly uplifting episode, Joelle Kaufman sits down with Cindee—a mother of three, fierce traveler, soccer player, and self-declared badass—to talk about: How she redefined stage 4 cancer as a chronic condition, not a death sentence Raising toddlers while recovering fr...

👩‍⚕️ Featuring Dr. Harriet Borofsky, Medical Director of Breast Imaging, Riverview and Bayshore Medical Centers, Hackensack Meridian Health  🚨 Why You Must Listen: If you have breasts—or love someone who does—this episode could save a life. Joelle sits down with Dr. Harriet Borofsky, a breast imaging pioneer, to cut through the confusion and tell you what your doctor might not about screeni...

Triple-negative breast cancer wasn’t on Ami Tully Lotka’s calendar—but neither was giving up. In this powerful episode, the seasoned entrepreneur and financial services consultant shares how she applied 25+ years of leadership to navigate one of life’s hardest curveballs. Ami opens up about: The moment she almost skipped the mammogram that saved her life. Her radical choice to lead her cancer jour...

In this emotional and mind-expanding episode, Dr. Peter Kuhn—a physicist turned cancer researcher—joins Joelle Kaufman to talk about his mission: eliminating the surprise of cancer. They dive deep into: Why current science fails patients (and how to fix it) What AI + physics can teach us about cancer detection The overlooked signals hiding in our blood What you can do right now to help advance res...

After 40 years of cancer experience across three generations, host Joelle Kaufman reveals why she created the podcast nobody asked for—but everyone needs. From her mother’s recurrence in her childhood to her triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis, Joelle shares the roadmap she wishes existed for everyone to navigate cancer with power and hope. Key Takeaways Why the 99% survival rate for ear...