A conversation about a friend's incredible strength in fighting stage three breast cancer, going through double mastectomy surgery, coping with cancer's temporary remission followed by recurrence and spread into bone marrow, proactively maintaining mental health despite being bed-ridden for over three months and how she is an inspiration to anyone handling i ... Show More
May 30
A Shifting Landscape with Sarah Yassine (Ep.444)
An episode covering the BIEL displaced encampment, public vs private property disputes, the former Normandy trash dump and Solidere's reconstruction efforts in retrospect. We also discuss missed opportunities and alternatives to Solidere, post-civil war urban landscape beyond the ... Show More
57m 31s
May 26
"It could have been a great story" with George Wardini (Ep.443)
An episode covering Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25, 2000, loosened state capture 26 years later despite Hezbollah's continued armament, diplomacy at play on multiple tracks, what a pending regional deal with Iran looks like and containment towards their regime means f ... Show More
57m 16s
Mar 2024
India’s Breakthrough in Cancer Cure
<p>Thejna John is a happy woman. Last year, the relapse of an acute form of blood cancer despite a bone marrow transplant, had made her doctors give up all hope.</p> <p>In October, came a breakthrough. India approved the CAR T-Cell therapy, a revolutionary treatment for some form ... Show More
30m 1s
Dec 2021
Episode 40: Current State of Oncology in Lebanon with Dr. Anwar Shayya
<p>Please listen and watch Episode 40 of the Lebanese Physicians Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the state of oncology and cancer treatment in Lebanon, which is suffering at this time due to migration of a large number of oncologists, and the lack of availability of essentia ... Show More
42 m
Aug 2022
Episode 50: The Role of Women Leaders in Healthcare in the Middle East with Dr. Rola Hammoud
<p>Our latest episode of The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast with Dr. Rola Hammoud, current Chief Medical Officer, of CMC Dubai. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Hammoud's journey from an anesthesiology resident at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon to becoming the CMO of a ... Show More
31m 46s
Feb 2021
Rewriting your story helps you to adapt to life events, with broadcaster Nicki Bannerman
Send a textThis week's guest is Nicki Bannerman, who grew into her second career in radio broadcast journalism from the glitzy globe-trotting world of marketing & PR in music, film & TV. With a life long passion for radio, she rewrote the story of her life into one in which she g ... Show More
43m 11s