The Burn
Hosted by April and April Stearns · April Stearns
4.9from 58 ratings
- 268
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 58
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Burn
Listen every other Wednesday when April Stearns and the writers of Wildfire Journal & Writing Community share their experiences of being diagnosed with breast cancer under 50. The Burn is about telling cancer stories like you’ve never read - or heard - before. We go way deeper than the medical facts to the transformation of survivorship, and in the process, we talk about the healing power of writing. Whether you’ve been diagnosed with cancer or not, you'll be inspired to write the stories in you that need to be shared. Come for the stories, stay to discover how to write your way back to yourself. #WeAreWildfire
- Publisher
- April Stearns
- Category
- arts · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 28 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 268 episodes have a transcript.
28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Architecture of Enough with Laura Carfang
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Naked in Bed with Cathy de la Cruz
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tiny Things with Lorie Kolak
Inside a recent episode
The Architecture of Enough with Laura Carfang
Published 28 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now I have built something different. SurvivingBreastCancer.org did not begin as a strategic plan. I knew that if survivorship felt disorienting to me, it must feel that way to others. What started as service to others expanded into community and became a platform. I am no less ambitious than I was while climbing academia's ladder. I just realized that I no longer need to borrow that vertical scaffolding to hold me up. Worth I am learning is not the applause after crossing the stage with a diploma in hand, nor nailing that speech behind the podium. But rather, it is the alignment I feel with myself and my purpose. […]
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- Laura Carfang
- Cathy de la Cruz
- Lorie Kolak
- Adrienne Holland Hubbard
- Cassandra Umbriaco
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 82
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Questions about The Burn
Who hosts The Burn?
April and April Stearns host the show. Published by April Stearns.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Burn take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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