Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry

In a week in which King Charles III shared his cancer diagnosis,
Amol and Nick ask why it’s important to talk about cancer.


Stephen Fry talks about his own diagnosis of an aggressive
prostate cancer and we also hear from Paralympian Erin Kennedy,
the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen, broadcaster Edward
Stourton and from Steve Bland whose partner, the ‘You, Me and the
Big C’ host Rachael Bland, died of cancer in 2018.


Nick also talks to Amol about his own experience of cancer and
they speak to Professor Pat Price, one of the country’s leading
oncologists, about why survival rates in the UK are lower than
other countries.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producer is Hazel
Morgan. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from
Jack Graysmark and digital production from Elliot Ryder.


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