How a Runaway Orphan Became a Big Time Chef & Are We Too Afraid of Cancer?

How a Runaway Orphan Became a Big Time Chef & Are We Too Afraid of Cancer?

Author: Zoomer Podcast Network April 14, 2024 Duration: 19:01
How a Runaway Orphan Became a Big Time Chef A new documentary-"Born Hungry"-tells the real life rags to riches tale of Sash Simpson, a runaway child from the streets of India, who was adopted into a Toronto family with 31 siblings before becoming a world-renowned chef. Libby spoke with Chef Sash Simpson about his life and why he decided that now was the time to make a movie about it. Are We Too Afraid of Cancer? April is Daffodil Month, a time devoted to raising awareness about Cancer.The all-consuming fear of it is still with us even though survival rates have skyrocketed. Author David Ropeik argues that this fear is also harming us. I talked with him about "Curing Cancerphobia: How Risk, Fear, and Worry Mislead Us".

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