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  • S2E5 | An unassailable hope

    S2E5 | An unassailable hope
    2025/04/22
    The first time Corbin was treated for cancer at St. Jude, he was a precocious 3-year-old who loved to ride tricycles around the halls. The last time Corbin was treated for cancer at St. Jude, he was a magnetic 18-year-old who loved to play guitar and had big plans to fight for justice in the courtroom, even as he neared the end of his life.

    Corbin had a genetic predisposition to develop cancer. In all, he was diagnosed with four different types of cancer over the years, and treatment options became increasingly complex. Corbin’s mom Heather says each diagnosis was a shock. But each time they returned to St. Jude, they felt hopeful, knowing his doctors would do all they could.

    “I miss him terribly, and it creeps up on me and hits me sometimes” Heather says. But she remembers the way he’d make her laugh, the way he sat with young patients at St. Jude while they played video games, the way he refused to fall into bitterness, the way he never gave up on living. “I need to do that too,” Heather says. “I need to move forward because that's what he would want me to do.”

    Please note this episode contains a few instances of mild swear words. St. Jude Storied Lives explores the experiences of patients and their families, letting you get to know the person and not just the diagnosis. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital understands that every family’s journey through treatment is unique. Listeners who have questions about their situation, diagnosis or treatment options should talk to their physician. These personal stories are not intended to provide medical advice.

    Credits
    Host: Joel Alsup
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Recorded by: Jason Latshaw, Nathan Black, Bobby Mitchell, Orlando Palaez and Dan Yohey
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  • S2E4 | Caring for others as she was cared for

    S2E4 | Caring for others as she was cared for
    2025/04/09
    Angelique was an ambitious kid. She was curious about the world and driven to succeed. When she was a teenager, Angelique was diagnosed with leukemia and treated at St. Jude. Her time there forced her to slow down, but her care team planted the seed for a new ambition: nursing.

    Eventually Angelique became an oncology nurse. With each patient, she remembered the empathy of the nurses at St. Jude, and let their lessons guide her. “I walked them through everything, taught them what their meds were, to take a lot of the fear out of it,” she says.

    Angelique has lived and worked all over the country, but she returned to her native Memphis a few years ago. She’s devoted to her family and calls herself an “undercover helicopter mom” to two “miracle babies.”

    St. Jude Storied Lives is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This podcast series explores the experiences of survivors, letting you get to know the person and not just the diagnosis. St. Jude understands that every patient’s journey through treatment is unique. Listeners who have questions about their situation, diagnosis or treatment options should talk to their physician. These personal stories are not intended to provide medical advice.

    Credits
    Host: Joel Alsup
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Recorded by: Jason Latshaw, Nathan Black, Bobby Mitchell, Orlando Palaez and Dan Yohey
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    26 分
  • S2E3 | Giving back, buoyed by a lifetime of support

    S2E3 | Giving back, buoyed by a lifetime of support
    2025/04/04
    Holly had a storybook childhood. She lived in a small town and spent her days running around the neighborhood with friends and playing sports. But when she was 12, a nagging pain appeared in her leg. After visits to several doctors, she got an unthinkable diagnosis: cancer. Holly thought that was the end for her. Then she arrived at St. Jude — and felt hopeful.

    “That first time, they just came right up to us, gathered us, took us in,” Holly says. “Everybody's happy, which makes you, as a patient and a family, feel so much more comfortable being there.” She got to know her nurses and fellow patients — people who understood what she was going through.

    Holly also stayed closely connected to her community, shuttling back and forth between home and St. Jude for treatment. And her community stepped up to support her. After her treatment, she grew up and began giving back. “We’re all going through different things,” she says. “In this big, scary world, we all need a little grace and kindness.”

    St. Jude Storied Lives is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This podcast series explores the experiences of survivors, letting you get to know the person and not just the diagnosis. St. Jude understands that every patient’s journey through treatment is unique. Listeners who have questions about their situation, diagnosis or treatment options should talk to their physician. These personal stories are not intended to provide medical advice.

    Credits
    Host: Joel Alsup
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Recorded by: Jason Latshaw, Nathan Black, Bobby Mitchell, Orlando Palaez and Dan Yohey
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    22 分
  • S2E2 | From childhood to college, and illness to purpose

    S2E2 | From childhood to college, and illness to purpose
    2025/04/04
    Tyler was only 6 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia, too young to really understand what was happening. His family was in shock. At St. Jude, they found comfort. There were tough days, but also a doctor who played with him, visits from professional basketball players and most of all a community of support.

    Before his cancer was diagnosed, Tyler was in so much pain that he could barely walk. Now he’s a runner. He joined the track and field team in school and steadily increased his distances. His big goal was to run the St. Jude marathon in Memphis to help raise money and awareness — something he achieved when he was 17. “I wanted to give back and show people that you can do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it,” he says.

    He has longer term plans to give back, too. He’s studying mechanical engineering in college, and he’d like to create prosthetic limbs that would let patients feel things again. “During treatment, you see a lot of people lose things,” Tyler says. “And one of the biggest things that I've noticed was a limb, and I decided I want to be able to give them back some sense of normalcy from that.”

    St. Jude Storied Lives is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This podcast series explores the experiences of survivors, letting you get to know the person and not just the diagnosis. St. Jude understands that every patient’s journey through treatment is unique. Listeners who have questions about their situation, diagnosis or treatment options should talk to their physician. These personal stories are not intended to provide medical advice.

    Credits
    Host: Joel Alsup
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Recorded by: Jason Latshaw, Nathan Black, Bobby Mitchell, Orlando Palaez and Dan Yohey
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    29 分
  • S2E1 | Finding his voice after cancer treatment

    S2E1 | Finding his voice after cancer treatment
    2025/04/03
    Nick was a quiet kid who loved to play basketball. He had dreams of playing at a big-time college program, just like his dad. But when he was diagnosed with leukemia, those plans were put on hold. He was unsure of how to express his feelings about what was happening to him, until fellow patients at St. Jude encouraged him to start rapping.

    Now Nick has an album out, and he’s got dreams about the music industry. He says his years of cancer treatment taught him how to shift gears. “It taught me not to have such a narrow scope. There's so much for you to experience and so much for you to do.”

    There were difficult moments, too. One of Nick’s closest friends at St. Jude passed away. “It really hurt me,” he says. “I felt like the best thing to do was to keep living and keep going after what you want to go after.”

    Life can sometimes deal you a bad hand, Nick says. “It’s okay to be down for a minute but try your best to bounce back.”

    You can watch a video about Nick here

    St. Jude Storied Lives is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This podcast series explores the experiences of survivors, letting you get to know the person and not just the diagnosis. St. Jude understands that every patient’s journey through treatment is unique. Listeners who have questions about their situation, diagnosis or treatment options should talk to their physician. These personal stories are not intended to provide medical advice.

    Credits
    Host: Joel Alsup
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Recorded by: Jason Latshaw, Nathan Black, Bobby Mitchell, Orlando Palaez and Dan Yohey
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    20 分
  • S1E9 | Finding comfort in the St. Jude family

    S1E9 | Finding comfort in the St. Jude family
    2023/04/14
    When Lindsey was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, her condition was so severe that doctors wanted her to take an emergency medical flight from her home in Missouri to St. Jude in Memphis. But Lindsey refused. She was only 10 years old, and she wanted to have that car ride with her family, not knowing how much time she would have left.

    Thankfully, that’s not how her story ended.

    And at St. Jude, Lindsey says she inherited a new family, a huge care team of people who wanted to do more than cure her cancer. They wanted to help her thrive. She says that approach allowed her to preserve the joy of childhood, even as she was fighting for her life.

    More than 30 years later, Lindsey has her own family now, and she’s grateful to be part of a supportive community of friends who know firsthand what it feels like to live through childhood cancer.

    Donate to St. Jude: www.stjude.org/donate

    Transcript available HERE.

    Credits Host: Joel Alsup
    Recorded by: Andres Garcia and Nathan Black
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Executive Producer: Louis Graham

    This podcast is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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    28 分
  • S1E8 | A mother and daughter in the unknown

    S1E8 | A mother and daughter in the unknown
    2023/04/06
    When Mariangeles came to St. Jude, she was stepping into the unknown. She was from Venezuela. She only knew a few words of English, and she’d never heard of Elvis or his hometown. She also had no other choice: doctors in her hometown had given her a week to live.

    At St. Jude, the treatment protocol saved her life, but it wasn’t an easy road. She was in a coma for several days, and losing her hair later was devastating. But Mariangeles’ mother sat by her side throughout, and eventually St. Jude came to feel like a protective bubble.

    After treatment, Mariangeles stayed in Memphis with her mother. She went to school there and forged a career. For a long time, she tried to leave her cancer story in the past. She didn’t share it with colleagues and new friends, not wanting others to feel sorry for her.

    But now she works for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude. She’s motivated to work hard for the cause because she knows what it’s like to walk through the doors of St. Jude without anything but hope.

    Donate to St. Jude: www.stjude.org/donate

    Transcript available HERE.

    Credits Host: Joel Alsup
    Recorded by: Andres Garcia and Nathan Black
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Executive Producer: Louis Graham

    This podcast is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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    23 分
  • S1E7 | Going from small town to superstar

    S1E7 | Going from small town to superstar
    2023/03/30
    Addie grew up in a small town on the state line between Mississippi and Tennessee. It was the kind of place where everyone knew her. A whole lot more people know her now because of her budding musical career.

    By the time she was in college Addie was already a seasoned performer. She sang the national anthem before big college football games and performed with country music stars.

    Donate to St. Jude: www.stjude.org/donate

    Credits Host: Joel Alsup
    Recorded by: Andres Garcia and Nathan Black
    Music production: Kazimir Boyle
    Producer: Geoffrey Redick
    Editor: Grace Korzekwa Evans
    Executive Producer: Louis Graham

    This podcast is a production of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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    22 分