Donor Diaries
de Laurie Lee
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How Do you See the World? The Power of Loving a Stranger | EP 44
How Do you See the World? The Power of Loving a Stranger | EP 44
À propos de ce podcast
Donor Diaries is a podcast that delves into the beauty and complexity of living organ donation. Tune in to hear extraordinary stories of people who choose to share their organs and give the gift of life. The world of kidney and organ donation is a powerful testament to kindness, love, and the human spirit.
With over 90,000 individuals on the kidney transplant waitlist and about 13 people dying each day while waiting, the urgency is real. One in three Americans is at risk for chronic kidney disease, and one in nine already suffers from it, often unknowingly.
Donor Diaries offers unfiltered narratives from living donors and candid insights from transplant experts, aiming to elevate the conversation around organ donation. Our goal is to bring this crucial issue to the forefront, so no patient has to wait in vain or suffer needlessly.
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- How Do you See the World? The Power of Loving a Stranger | EP 44 · 36 min · Saison 4 Épisode 6Send us Fan Mail For the Season 4 finale of Donor Diaries, Laurie sits down with Abundant director and co-producer Donald Griswold to talk about what really happened behind the…
- Eyes on Second Chances: Why One Transplant Center Said No, and Another Said Yes | EP 43 · 32 min · Saison 4 Épisode 5Send us Fan Mail A living donor says "yes." The transplant center says "no." What happens next? This week on Donor Diaries, we sit down with Diane Hollingsworth, President and…
- Why People Say Yes to Living Donation | EP 42 · 38 min · Saison 4 Épisode 4Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Donor Diaries, we sit down with Dr. Amy Waterman, a national leader in transplant health services research and patient engagement at Houston…
- A World Record Kidney: 58 Years and Still Going | EP 41 · 37 min · Saison 4 Épisode 6Send us Fan Mail Denice received her father’s kidney at age 13, decades before modern transplant protocols were common and pediatric dialysis existed. Fifty-eight years later…
- DOVE: Changing How Veterans Find Kidney Donors | EP 40 · 31 min · Saison 4 Épisode 5Send us Fan Mail Being told you need a kidney transplant is overwhelming. Being told you need to go find your own living donor while managing dialysis can feel impossible. For…
- The Transplant Games of America: Where Donation Comes Alive | EP 39 · 36 min · Saison 4 Épisode 4Send us Fan Mail You can’t fully understand organ donation until you see what it makes possible. Parents reaching milestones they once thought they might miss. Grandparents…
- Workplace Support That Changes Everything | 38 · 35 min · Saison 4 Épisode 3Send us Fan Mail What if a simple HR policy could help save someone’s life? In this episode, Brooke Iarkowski, Transplant Community Program Manager at the American Society of…
- From One Kidney To Many | EP 37 · 33 min · Saison 4 Épisode 2Send us Fan Mail One kidney can change many lives—if we let it start a chain. We sit down with Dr. John Friedewald, transplant nephrologist at Northwestern Medicine, to unpack a…
- Choosing Life: Renal Warriors Wilson & Amy | EP 36 · 34 min · Saison 4 Épisode 1Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Donor Diaries, we sit down with transplant recipient Wilson Du and living kidney donor Amy McCann, two people whose stories intertwine through…
- Kidney Pledges, Pet Care, and Paychecks: The Unexpected Support System for Living Donors with the APKD | EP 35 · 33 min · Saison 3 Épisode 10Send us Fan Mail Sue Rees returns to share the revolutionary donor protections offered by the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD) that are making kidney donation more…
- Building a Legacy of Life: The Origins of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation | EP 34 · 33 min · Saison 3 Épisode 9Send us Fan Mail What happens when a transplant surgeon, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and a willingness to trust strangers come together? A revolution in kidney donation that…
- 2 Pastors and a Kidney Voucher | EP 33 · 30 min · Saison 3 Épisode 8Send us Fan Mail A spiritual calling, a kidney voucher, and two pastors reconnecting after decades apart—this is no ordinary transplant story. When Jim Pearl was diagnosed with…
- Could a Facebook Scroll Save Your Life? | EP 32 · 35 min · Saison 6 Épisode 7Send us Fan Mail What if a casual Sunday scroll through Facebook could save a life? In this heartfelt episode of Donor Diaries, Rich and Cali share the extraordinary story of how…
- The Gift of Hope with Dr. Harry Wilkins | EP 31 · 59 min · Saison 3 Épisode 6Send us Fan Mail Join us on Donor Diaries as we welcome Dr. Harry Wilkins, CEO of Gift of Hope, who transitioned from a 36-year career as a trauma surgeon to leading an organ…
- Transporting Second Chances- When Kidneys Fly | EP 30 · 33 min · Saison 3 Épisode 5Send us Fan Mail Join us as we welcome the extraordinary Mike Lollo, a former NYPD detective whose journey led him to become a passionate advocate for kidney donation. Mike's…
- Find Your Kidney Donor Now: Taking Charge of Your Journey with Marilyn Day | EP 29 · 29 min · Saison 3 Épisode 4Send us Fan Mail Join us as we sit down with Marilyn Day, a founding member of Transplant Village and a two-time kidney recipient who has dedicated over a decade to guiding…
- Healing, Sobriety, and Connection with Triple Donor Anthony Cernera | EP 28 · 35 min · Saison 3 Épisode 3Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Anthony Cernera, a three-time living organ donor, opens up about his transformative journey of giving and personal healing. His story began with…
- German Kidney Exchange: Crossing Oceans to Give the Gift of Life | EP 27 · 31 min · Saison 3 Épisode 2Send us Fan Mail What would compel an American living in Germany to navigate a labyrinth of legal and cultural barriers to donate a kidney to a stranger? Join us as we uncover…
- A Senior Donor’s Unwavering Generosity | EP 26 · 31 min · Saison 3 Épisode 1Send us Fan Mail How old is too old to save a life? At the age of 74, Tom Duncan defied societal norms to become America's oldest non-directed living kidney donor, and his story…
- Living Donors: Shedding Pounds to Save Lives | EP 25 · 31 min · Saison 2 Épisode 12Send us Fan Mail Imagine stepping into a world where giving the gift of life is made more accessible to all. That's the transformative journey we embark on with Ruby Rorty and…
