You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer

About You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer

The coolest club you never want to be a part of... The team on the You, Me & the Big C podcast are your BFF's, your sisters, brothers, fathers and mothers. A candid look at cancer, with Steve Bland, Deborah James and Lauren Mahon. Founded by Rachael Bland.

Publisher

BBC Radio 5 Live

Category

health & fitness · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Mar 2018

Latest episode

3 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 104 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   About Changing The Cancer Conversation

   Ahead of World Cancer Day 2026, the groundbreaking podcast You, Me and the Big C is back for a special legacy episode about how it changed the cancer conversation. Hosts Lauren Mahon and Steve Bland are joined by 5 Live presenter Tony Livesey, who lost his own mum to cancer, and was also a friend to former hosts Rachael Bland and Dame Deborah James. TV Presenter Trisha Goddard, TikTok influencer Shell Rowe and Dr Anisha Patel come on to tell their own cancer stories and how this podcast has played a role in helping them get through it. Don't forget, you can spread the word and share the positive support by using #youmebigc across all forms of social media.

2. 

   30 Apr 2024

   About Cancer and Creativity

   Actor and writer, Rosa Hesmondhalgh hosts this legacy episode discussing cancer and the creative arts, and how to remain creative when living with cancer. Rosa is joined in the studio by Britain's Got Talent finalist and stand-up comedian, Allan Finnegan, writer of 'FUFC' and member of the New Anthem Theatre Group, Mark Jackson, and Nottingham based artist, Carole Ellis. The episode begins with an extract from Rosa's award-winning one-woman show Madame Ovary, which she wrote about her experience with ovarian cancer. Please be advised that this episode contains some strong language

3. 

   28 Mar 2024

   About The Cost Of Cancer

   Lauren Mahon hosts this legacy episode discussing the cost of having cancer. She speaks with 77-year-old Helen van Bueren who is living alone in Nottingham and is struggling to heat her home, and Sarah Mills, who explains how difficult it has been to be self employed following her cancer diagnosis. Lauren is then joined in studio with Marie Curie's public policy advisor, Rini Jones, and Macmillan advisor, Christopher Jones to answer your questions about cancer and the cost of living crisis.

Inside a recent episode

About Changing The Cancer Conversation

Published 3 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Right. Right up our street. She's an absolute star. And talking of stars, you may have seen a post on social media where I mentioned a very special thing that we've been doing in recent weeks. And we've been looking for the drum roll. You, me and the big C stars. And these are the stars who are the people that go above and beyond for you. The nurses, the staff working in cancer care. Maybe it's a loved one close to you that you couldn't have got through it with. The people who you want to shout out and say a massive thank you to. So, like, for me, I never, I can never remember their names because it's been like ten years now. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

154 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

392 ratings

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