Not Your Grandma‘s Cancer Show

We don’t talk about cancer

How do we respond when someone tells us to keep quiet about our diagnosis? In this episode Tatum talks to three guests who’ve had that experience. Jelilat Oyetunji, Precious and Anoushe share how cancer is perceived in different cultures, how they reacted, and they let us in on how their responses evolved over time.

When your parent has cancer

Produced in partnership with students from Townley Grammar School, in this episode Tatum talks to Chloe and Ed about what it’s like to be a teenager whose parent has cancer and how adults can help them cope.

Dating after cancer

Dating can be tough at the best of times – but what about after cancer? In this episode of our podcast, Robin and Jess join Tatum in the studio to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of dating after cancer.

The other half: being the partner of a young adult with cancer

In this episode of Not Your Grandma's Cancer Show, Tatum talks to Salma, Geoff, Matt, and Jason about what it’s like to be a partner of a young adult living with a cancer diagnosis.

Living with fatigue

In this episode, Tatum discusses the way in which fatigue affects us after cancer and talks to three guests who have all dealt with fatigue in different ways.

Working after cancer

In this episode, Tatum talks to George about his experiences of work during and after two experiences of leukaemia, as well as a coach who provides support to people returning to work after cancer.

Being a ”cancer lifer”: when there’s no cure

In this episode of Not Your Grandma's Cancer Show, Tatum interviews Marbellys, Adam and Cara, all of whom are living with an incurable cancer diagnosis.

Cancer causes and cures

In this episode, Tatum talks to one of the world’s leading cancer researchers, Professor Gerard Evan, about the causes of cancer, why he’s optimistic about the future – and whether a ‘cure for all cancers’ already exists.

Feeling guilty

In this episode, Tatum talks with Naveed, Mikki and Daniella about guilt, that surprising feeling that can be very powerful.

The end of the fertility line

In this episode we are talking about the end of the infertility line, when cancer has taken away the opportunity to have children. Terri, Clare and Tatum share how they respond to the innocuous but loaded question “Do you have children?”, and how to make space for grief and reinvention.