Season 1
Nov. 25, 2025
Hope for Cancer Caregivers
What helps a caregiver stay steady when cancer changes everything? Caregivers carry so much of the emotional weight of cancer, yet their needs are often overlooked. In this powerful episode, Darcie Wells joins the Community O...
Nov. 11, 2025
Two Diagnoses: One Mission
How do you hold on to hope when cancer returns years later? Meet Don, a two-time thyroid cancer survivor, CanCare volunteer, and ministry leader whose journey runs on faith, family, and service. His first diagnosis came at 22...
Oct. 28, 2025
Health Uncensored with Dr. Drew
What happens when medical care meets human connection? Darcie Wells, President & CEO of CanCare, joins Health Uncensored with Dr. Drew Pinsky, along with Susan Sabo Wagner, VP of Clinical Innovation at American Oncology Netwo...
Oct. 21, 2025
‘I’d Rather Be Dead Than Deaf’: The Story Behind Blue Fairy and Liver Cancer Awareness
How do you turn unbearable loss into lasting impact? Andrea Wilson Woods, patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Blue Fairy: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association , shares the powerful legacy of her sister Adrienne’...
Oct. 14, 2025
Touch Your Ta-Tas!: A Stage IV Journey
How do you choose hope when your diagnosis says stage four? Kristina Keller is a single mother, speaker, and author of Touch Your Ta-Tas!: My Story of Faith, Hope, and Healing Through Stage 4 Breast Cancer. She was diagnosed ...
Oct. 7, 2025
Feeling the Fear: A Guide to Post-Treatment Healing
What helps when treatment ends but the feelings don’t? Shayla Martin is a breast cancer survivor, Chief Wellness Officer, certified meditation practitioner, and co-founder of a startup. She brings both lived experience and pr...
Sept. 23, 2025
Don’t Look Past the Headlights: Taking Cancer One Step At a Time
What do you do when cancer treatment ends but the fear, uncertainty, and questions remain? Licensed therapist Dr. Bonnie Hubert from the Memorial Hermann Canopy Cancer Survivorship Center joins host Darcie Wells to explore wh...
Sept. 9, 2025
Fraternity Pledge to Cancer Survivor
At just 19 years old, while a sophomore in college, Adam VanDeventer heard the words no teenager expects to face: Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s large B-cell lymphoma. What followed was a season of uncertainty and courage, where the n...
Aug. 26, 2025
The Science of Hope
We sit down with Dr. Katy Rezvani, world-renowned physician-scientist, leader, and innovator in cancer immunotherapy. She’s pioneering groundbreaking research at MD Anderson Cancer Center in cell therapy that is transforming ...
Aug. 12, 2025
The Sound of Healing
Award-winning artist and cancer survivor Sandy Duarte opens up about how cancer disrupted every part of her life but ultimately became a profound teacher. She shares the raw, yet beautiful truth of her experience, from the sh...
July 22, 2025
Finding Joy in the Cancer Journey
What does it mean to find joy after a cancer diagnosis? Not just once treatment ends, but in the middle of the journey, when life feels uncertain, when everything has changed, and when hope feels fragile. In this special epis...
July 8, 2025
Finding Meaning in the Chaos
Greg King was in his 30s, building a new chapter of life, when a testicular cancer diagnosis changed everything. In this episode, Greg speaks candidly about fear, isolation, brain fog, and the disorienting question of how to ...
June 24, 2025
When Stories Become a Movement
Some seasons remind us just how much hope is out there. In this solo episode, Darcie reflects on the extraordinary ripple effect of National Cancer Survivors Month. A month spent celebrating survivorship, resilience, and the ...
June 17, 2025
The Survivor's panel: 3 Stories of Hope
In this special episode, recorded on-location at SheSpace in Houston, three remarkable cancer survivors Shawntell, Renee, and Keith come together for an unforgettable panel conversation. With over 40 years of combined survivo...
June 10, 2025
The Art and Science of Caring
What does it mean to lead with both clinical expertise and deep compassion, especially when you’ve experienced the waiting room not only as a nurse, but as a family member? What does it mean to lead with both knowledge and co...
June 3, 2025
Small Voices Make A Difference
Lillian Vanvieldt-Grey is a powerhouse in every sense of the word; a senior executive, a fierce advocate, and a stage III breast cancer survivor turned thriver. In this episode, Lillian opens up about her diagnosis, the early...
May 27, 2025
The Therapist’s Survivorship
What happens when the person guiding others through adversity suddenly faces her own? In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Harriet Cabelly. She’s a therapist, grief counsellor, and author who found herself on the o...
May 6, 2025
At 24, Cancer Sparked My Calling
At just 24 years old, Maddy was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma: an unexpected event that changed everything. Now 31, she’s a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach using her experience to guide others post-treatment ...
April 22, 2025
Then, Now, and What’s Next
In this special 35th anniversary episode of Hope in the Face of Cancer, host Darcie sits down for three inspiring conversations with the women who have shaped CanCare’s past, present, and future. You’ll hear from: Anne Turnag...
April 8, 2025
A Legacy of Hope: CanCare turns 35
CanCare is turns 35 this year — and we’re celebrating with a very special episode of Hope In The Face of Cancer! Join host Darcie Wells, CanCare CEO, as we honor three and a half decades of delivering oneon-one emotional supp...
March 25, 2025
Feet, Choice, Chocolate, & Movement
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Stephen Brown, a 19-year chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) survivor, Ironman competitor, and dedicated advocate for others facing CLL. At 45 years old, while in peak physical conditi...
March 11, 2025
A Year of Hope and Impact
2024 was a year of incredible impact at CanCare. In this episode, we’re reflect on the outreach we’ve done, the lives we’ve touched, and the many ways we’ve supported those facing cancer this year. From one-on-one emotional s...
Feb. 25, 2025
Strength in Gratitude
We’re joined by speaker, entrepreneur, and author James Malinchak, who shares his personal journey of grief, resilience, and gratitude following his sister Vicki’s cancer diagnosis. James recounts his upbringing in a small st...
Feb. 11, 2025
Leading with Purpose
For this special episode of 'Hope in the Face of Cancer', CanCare President and CEO Darcie Wells joins Dorothy Gibbons, founder and CEO of The Rose , on The Rose Podcast: Let's Talk about Your Breasts for a heartfelt conversa...