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Bloodworks 101

By: Bloodworks Northwest
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  • Started in 2020, Bloodworks 101 is an Anthem Award-winning, weekly podcast produced by Bloodworks Northwest, a Seattle-based blood bank and research center. Episodes are designed to inspire and educate listeners to donate time, money or blood.
    On Bloodworks 101 you'll meet experts who can discuss everything from the importance of blood donation to trypanophobia (fear of needles). You'll meet a man who survived leukemia with the help of 267 blood transfusions, and a five-year-old boy who beat stage IV Neuroblastoma thanks to blood donors he'll never know.
    These are just a few of the stories you'll hear on Bloodworks 101, hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer John Yeager, who is joined by a team of producers including gifted storytellers Bill Harper, Helen Pitlick and Juan Cotto.
    in 2024, Bloodworks 101 won its fourth coveted Anthem Award, beating out more than 2,000 entries from 43 nations.
    Want inspiration? Listen to Bloodworks 101.

    © 2024 Bloodworks 101
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Episodes
  • "Everyone Needs Blood: Laura Kamada" (S5 E34)

    "Everyone Needs Blood: Laura Kamada" (S5 E34)
    Jun 6 2024

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    Laura Kamada likes to hum and make up songs. Laura helps organize blood drives with Vitalant in San Luis Obispo, CA, and what started one morning as a little rhyming ditty soon turned into a children's book about blood donation: Everyone Needs Blood. Bloodworks 101 producer Helen Pitlick sat down with Laura to talk about her work, what it’s like to write a book, and why truly everyone needs blood.

    You can find Everyone Needs Blood on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Needs-Blood-Laura-Kamada/dp/B0CSGR7NYP.
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    14 mins
  • "I never grew out of that emo Vampire kid phase:" Vivilynn Amity of Comfort Zone (S 5 E33)

    "I never grew out of that emo Vampire kid phase:" Vivilynn Amity of Comfort Zone (S 5 E33)
    May 30 2024

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    First and foremost, Comfort Zone, a peer-run drop-in center in Portland, is a safe space. And Vivilynn Amity is one of the people who make it special. Vivilynn is a blood donor, blood drive coordinator, and self-described "emo vampire kid." As Bloodworks 101 producer Helen Pitlick learned, it's not just a phase.
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    17 mins
  • "We Don't Have to Live in Fear: Stop The Bleed - Maria Paulsen R.N. & Dr. Tiffany McDermott (S5 E32)

    "We Don't Have to Live in Fear: Stop The Bleed - Maria Paulsen R.N. & Dr. Tiffany McDermott (S5 E32)
    May 23 2024

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    May 23rd, 2024 is National Stop The Bleed Day. It's a day set aside to help bystanders with no medical training actually help save a life when an emergency strikes and everything is a matter of life and death. As Bloodworks 101 producer John Yeager found out, while Stop The Bleed seeks to save lives, it also gives those who take the course, the empowerment it takes to run towards an emergency when everyone else is running away.

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    18 mins
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