Backstage @ Upstage

HOST: Hildy Grossman PRODUCER: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Wade Iams, MD and Misty Shields, MD, PhD. What if sudden leg weakness or severe fatigue wasn’t just stress or aging—but your body’s immune system sounding an early alarm for a hidden lung cancer? Joining us to solve this medical mystery are two outstanding thoracic oncologists, Dr. Wade Iams, director of lung cancer research at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, and Dr. Misty Shields, Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Medic

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Melina Marmarelis, MD What if the secret to defeating lung cancer is already hidden inside our own cells? In this episode of Backstage @ Upstage, we explore the cutting edge of cancer care and how tiny biological clues are completely revolutionizing how we detect, understand, and treat lung cancer. We are joined by Dr. Melina Marmarelis, a leading thoracic oncologist and researcher at Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania). Dr. Marmarelis

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Sahil Patel, MD, Pulmonologist Inflammation is a brilliant lifesaver when you twist an ankle—and a silent danger when your body forgets how to turn it off. In this eye-opening episode of Backstage @ Upstage, host Hildy Grossman sits down with pulmonologist Dr. Sahil Patel to demystify the hidden biological forces shaping our health. Together, they translate complex cellular science and modern environmental hazards—from microplastics and smog t

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: John Lamb, Taylor Kirkwood, and Hildy Grossman What does it take to build a musical—and turn personal tragedy into a mission? Join hosts Hildy Grossman & Jordan Rich with guests John Lamb and Taylor Kirkwood. Together, they pull back the curtain on the 20-year journey of Ziegfeld! What started as a Broadway tribute grew into a story of ambition, glamour, and grit. When Hildy faced an unexpected lung cancer diagnosis, the show took on a new purp

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Joan H. Schiller, MD and Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH In 2021, the World Health Organization issued a stark warning: climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. And yet, the public often perceives climate change as an abstract concept or a political debate, not a health problem. It’s time to change this perception. Alarmingly, lung cancer deaths have surged by nearly 30% since 2007. Every year we experience accelerating h

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Kyle Concannon, MD, Samantha Murrell, Bianca Bye and Leah Phillips The face of lung cancer is changing. No longer viewed simply as a “smoker’s disease” that only impacts older adults, there is a rising and concerning trend of younger adults and non-smokers being diagnosed with advanced disease. Our guests today have so much light to shine on this issue. In this powerhouse episode, we hear from Samantha Murrell, diagnosed with Stage 4 with a HER