Carry The Fire

About Carry The Fire

Carry The Fire is a podcast about radical innovation and hope. Hosted by legendary Canadian broadcaster Lisa LaFlamme, each episode features inspiring personal stories that explore what can happen when world-leading doctors, researchers, nurses and their patients come together to ignite breakthroughs in cancer treatment.

Publisher

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation

Category

health & fitness · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jan 2025

Latest episode

9 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Jun 2026

   Overcoming Testicular Cancer: Toronto Maple Leafs’ Forward Dakota Joshua

   Determination. Skill. Toughness. It takes a lot to make it to the National Hockey League. But when Toronto Maple Leafs’ forward Dakota Joshua was diagnosed with testicular cancer, he knew it would be his biggest test yet. Dakota talks with Lisa LaFlamme about his cancer journey, and what it means to be back on the ice.

2. 

   2 Jun 2026

   Using a Blood Test to Find Cancer Early: Dr. Raymond Kim

   Dr. Raymond Kim is one of the Scientific Leads of the Peter Gilgan Centre for Early Cancer Detection Research and Medical Director of the Bhalwani Familial Cancer Clinic. In OurGenes, a study at The Princess Margaret, 100,000 participants, including host Lisa LaFlamme, will receive genetic testing to detect inherited forms of cancer and more. Plus, we hear from Kristin Light, who went from a routine test to finding out she was positive for a rare cancer gene.

3. 

   26 May 2026

   How Theranostics Saved a Young Mother’s Life: D’Arcy Bowker

   At 25, D’Arcy Bowker went from half‑marathon training to blackouts, soaring blood pressure, and a diagnosis of a rare tumour. When her cancer later spread, Dr. Wong from The Princess Margaret enrolled D’Arcy in a groundbreaking theranostics clinical trial. The treatment brought her disease under control, giving D’Arcy precious time with her growing family. Now a mother of three, D’Arcy shares how innovative cancer care helped save her life and inspired her to support others living with chronic illness.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

78 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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