Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard M Cohen

Richard M. Cohen, the respected former CBS News producer, sits down with his wife, former Today Show co-host Meredith Vieira, and Dr. Oz to discuss life with multiple sclerosis and his new book, Chasing Hope, the account of his exploration into the cutting-edge world of stem cell research. The conversation was recorded on May 7, 2018 in front of a live audience at New York's 92nd Street Y.

Woody Allen once said that the world was divided into the horrible and the miserable. The horrible he thought were people with terminal cases, blind people, and the crippled. “I don't know how they get through life,” he said. “It's amazing to me.” To answer Woody Allen's existential question, it is usually hope that carries the day. But the form that that hope takes can vary widely. Sometimes, it grows out of faith, sometimes out of denial and sometimes out of science. This is often true for both real cutting edge science, or the placebo that is most Western medicine. Author and journalist Richard M. Cohen, has long lived with conditions Woody Allen would call horrible. Yet though his writings and his voice, he has not only defined his hope, he has given it to others. He does so once again in his look at stem cell research in Chasing Hope: A Patient's Deep Dive into Stem Cells, Faith, and the Future. My conversation with Richard M. Cohen:

RICHARD M. COHEN Richard M. Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind due to his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening blood clot in his lungs. After enduring decades of harsh treatments and invasive therapies, Cohen decided to trade in his life as a patient. Cohen chronicles his journey with humor, self-deprecation, and incredible insight in his new memoir, CHASING HOPE: A Patient’s Deep Dive into Stem Cells, Faith, and the Future. In 2012, Cohen and his wife, Meredith Vieira, were invited to host and chair an adult stem cell conference at the Vatican. Scientists would be gathering in Rome to discuss stem cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, including MS. A believer in the power of denial and determination over faith and hope, Cohen was caught off guard by what he learned. Medical technology had advanced further and more quickly than Cohen had known. Could there be a chance his health could improve? Could MS be cured? As Cohen took part in a pioneering stem cell protocol, he opened himself to the possibility of hope for the first time in his adult life. Richard discusses: · His experience with Stem Cell therapy: what he did, and how he’s doing now · How he and his family deal with the everyday reality of his ever-changing health status · Why he decided to end his traditional treatment, and how his doctors reacted · His thoughts on faith and religion, and how his friends’ and colleagues’ faith inform his own thoughts on religion · Cohen’s own thoughts on the difference between hope and faith and what that means for patients with illness. Cohen's deep dive into the cutting-edge world of stem cell research and his journalistic investigation of hope includes interviews with doctors, scientists, and religious leaders, as well as conversations with others living with chronic conditions, all with the goal of understanding a hope that is both elusive and alluring. About the author Richard M. Cohen is the author of two New York Times bestsellers: a memoir, Blindsided, detailing his struggles with MS and cancer and his controversial career in the news business; and Strong at the Broken Places, following the lives of five individuals living with serious chronic illnesses. His distinguished career in network news earned him numerous awards, including three Emmys and a Peabody. Cohen lives outside New York City with his wife, Meredith Vieira. They have three grown children

Join Kathryn and Emmy award-winning journalist Richard M. Cohen Strong at the Broken Places:Voices of IIlness, a Chorus of Hope. Cohen examines chronic illnesses that citizens of sickness face every day as he fights his own battle with multiple sclerosis. He presents a moving and inspirational look at incurable disease, an honest and intimate window into five lives lived with strength courage and self-determination. Cohen lives in NYC with his wife Today Show host Meredith Vieira and their three children. Also joining Kathryn is economist Linda Nazareth The Leisure Economy How Changing Demographics, Economics and Generational Attitudes Will Reshape Our Lives and Our Industries. Soon the Baby Boomers will get off their commuter trains for good and parachute into the world beyond work, and when they do, the leisure economy will begin... It will be a radical shift--the time crunch economy will become the leisure economy and nothing will be the same. Boomers will ...make leisure cool!