Talking With Cancer

By Katie Phillips

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Talking With Cancer is a weekly podcast that does exactly that; two friends, Katie Phillips & Clair Whitefield, talking. Katie has cancer and Clair doesn’t; just like the statistic, that “one in two of us will experience cancer in our lifetime”.  In February 2022, at 43 years old and with no prior health issues or concerns, Katie was told that she had thyroid cancer. To be more specific, a type of thyroid papillary cancer known as hobnail, with a ROS1 fusion. The doctors said that her diagnosis was “rare” and “complicated” – not words that Katie wanted to hear in the same sentence.  In the early weeks following her diagnosis, she decided to keep an audio diary of her journey and immediately thought of her good friend Clair.  With Clair’s background in journalism, and Katie’s career in PR (she set up entertainment PR agency KPPR in 2011), they were the perfect match and recorded their weekly conversations over zoom.   ‘Talking With Cancer’ gives insight into Katie’s life with cancer, her treatment and how she’s experiencing her world now that - in her own words - “everything has changed and nothing has changed”.   The chats between Katie and Clair can often be poignant and hard-hitting, but with Clair’s, compassionate and inquisitive approach complimenting Katie’s can-do, positive outlook toward life with cancer, the episodes are always cathartic, inspiring, and more often than not, very funny too (thanks to the weekly ‘mum cancer jokes’)!  Whether it’s tackling the more challenging topics that arise from facing life with cancer or the lighter moments encountered on the journey – “never moisturise before an echocardiogram” – each week, the podcast offers something for everyone, as we are all, in some way, affected by cancer.   Have a listen. You might learn something, understand a little more about living with cancer than you did before and hopefully, you’ll have a giggle too.  For more enquiries or to get in touch: hello@talkingwithcancer.com  To follow Katie’s journey on Instagram, go to: @talking_withcancer  Artwork & logo design by Emily Juniper. Illustrations by Amy Browne.   Series Audio Production by Pixiu

Episode Date
The certainty of the end
Jun 14, 2024
Lozza aka Big Sister Energy
Mar 21, 2024
Myths
Nov 28, 2023
All the Voices
Nov 22, 2023
Headings
Nov 14, 2023
Mushrooms
Nov 07, 2023
Good at doing nothing
Oct 31, 2023
Let's look at the "why?"
Oct 24, 2023
Health
Oct 17, 2023
Beautiful
Oct 10, 2023
Expect the unexpected
Oct 03, 2023
Menopause
Sep 19, 2023
Cancer by design
Sep 12, 2023
Party Time
Sep 05, 2023
The immune system
Aug 29, 2023
50 episodes later...
Aug 22, 2023
Reconstruction
Aug 15, 2023
A process
Aug 08, 2023
Talking with Radiotherapy
Aug 01, 2023
Break
Jul 04, 2023
“Cancer saved my life.”
Jun 27, 2023
Purge
Jun 20, 2023
Diet
Jun 13, 2023
Burden
Jun 06, 2023
Uncertainty
May 30, 2023
Tattoo
May 23, 2023
Healing
May 16, 2023
Fear
May 09, 2023
Doctors get cancer too
May 02, 2023
New Treatment
Apr 25, 2023
Wrap Up
Jan 31, 2023
Triumph
Jan 25, 2023
Progression
Jan 17, 2023
Death Doula
Jan 10, 2023
Genes
Jan 03, 2023
Loss
Dec 27, 2022
A Bit Like Me (Part Two)
Dec 22, 2022
A Bit Like Me (Part One)
Dec 20, 2022
Oomph
Dec 13, 2022
Bio Tech
Dec 06, 2022
Best Friends
Nov 29, 2022
Matters of the heart
Nov 22, 2022
Integrate
Nov 15, 2022
Influencer
Nov 08, 2022
Cosmic Soup
Nov 01, 2022
Hopeful
Oct 25, 2022
Wrap Up
Oct 11, 2022
Clair
Oct 04, 2022
Fertility
Sep 27, 2022
A Walk In The Rain
Sep 20, 2022
Recovery
Sep 13, 2022
Boundaries
Sep 06, 2022
Language
Aug 30, 2022
Husband
Aug 23, 2022
Scan Result
Aug 16, 2022
The Blue Folder
Aug 09, 2022
Trailer Season 2
Aug 03, 2022
Season One Wrap Up
Jul 19, 2022
Sitting in Stillness
Jul 12, 2022
Serendipity
Jul 05, 2022
Difficult Questions
Jun 28, 2022
Perspective
Jun 21, 2022
Treatment
Jun 14, 2022
Identity
Jun 07, 2022
Second Opinion
May 31, 2022
Diagnosis
May 25, 2022
Trailer - Episode 1
May 23, 2022
Trailer
May 17, 2022