Team Powdered Donut™ Podcast

About Team Powdered Donut™ Podcast

Over the past ten years, Gary has honored his late wife, Maureen’s, memory by delivering bags of powdered donuts to meaningful places each year on October 21, the day of her passing. What began as a way to turn grief into joy has sparked powerful connections and moments of healing. Team Powdered Donut™ takes this tradition and makes it about all of us. "One Story. One Moment. One Donut at a time." The podcast is going "on the air" ahead of Team Powdered Donut heading out on the road via Airstream® in 2026 to visit all 73 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers and other meaningful locations along the way. At every stop, powdered donuts will be shared and stories will be collected – echoing the spirit of StoryCorps® – with a mobile podcast studio in the Airstream in which Gary will travel. From patients to those who love them, from oncologists to their healthcare teams, stories will be captured and shared along the way.

Publisher

Gary Thompson

Category

society & culture · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Oct 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 of 47 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Rockets to Individual Cells. Investing in Community and Leaders. | Wendy Law, Assoc. Dir. of Admin., Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children's Cancer Consortium

   Host Wendy Law, Assoc. Dir. of Admin. at Fred Hutch, shares her journey and insights on fostering community and leadership in cancer research.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   One Year at the Helm as Director of the National Cancer Institute | Dr. Anthony Letai, MD, PhD

   NCI Director Dr. Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, shares insights from his first year leading the National Cancer Institute and advancing functional precision oncology.

3. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Piano Keys to Podcast Mics to We the Patients | Matthew Zachary, American Patient Rights Activist, Author, We The Patients

   American Patient Rights Activist Matthew Zachary shares his transformative journey from concert pianist to healthcare reformer, revealing how patient advocacy reshapes systemic change.

Inside a recent episode

From Rockets to Individual Cells. Investing in Community and Leaders. | Wendy Law, Assoc. Dir. of Admin., Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children's Cancer Consortium

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So an undergrad who's meeting me, there's a lot of steps that had to happen before they get to someone who is further in their career than if an undergrad can meet a graduate student and they can see that next step happening for themselves. I think that can be really pivotal and our programs are designed as cohorts I think having that person next to you who is at the same stage of their career or training really helps because some of the trainees that we have are so young and they're coming from all over the country and to join our programs, maybe they've never had a friend or a colleague who is also that excited about science. […]

Who has been a guest on Team Powdered Donut™ Podcast

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• Wendy Law
• Anthony Letai
• Matthew Zachary
• Courtney Bugler
• Bob Burg

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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