Katie Couric on Truth, Trust, and Women's Health
3/3/20261 hr 17 min
From her groundbreaking televised colonoscopy to her breast cancer journey, Katie Couric has turned personal experience into powerful advocacy for the health issues medicine has overlooked. This week on unPaused, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Katie Couric, award-winning journalist, founder of Katie Couric Media, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and author of the New York Times bestseller Going There. Katie spent 15 years co-hosting the Today Show, served as the first solo female anchor of CBS Evening News, and has interviewed nearly every president, world leader and cultural voice of the last four decades.
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First 90 secondsMary Claire Haver· Host0:00
This episode contains references to child loss and death. Some listeners may find it distressing. Please listen with care and step away if you need to.
Katie Couric· Guest0:09
What makes me mad is it's another example of the medical establishment ignoring a very specific issue that happens to women and not really focusing on it, not providing the research dollars. Because everyone thinks about, like, Viagra, okay? Men can't get it up, so they poured millions of dollars. They create this drug in a nanosecond, and yet women who are suffering, they're, they're being ignored, and it really pisses me off.
Mary Claire Haver· Host0:39
[upbeat music] The views and opinions expressed on Unpaused are those of the talent and guests alone, and are provided for informational and entertainment purposes only. No part of this podcast or any related materials are intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Today's guest is someone who has been a part of my life for a very long time, long before I ever imagined sitting across from her with a microphone. Like so many people of my generation, I grew up watching Katie Couric every morning on the Today Show. She was the anchor I trusted to help me understand the world. She was in our living rooms during moments that defined entire decades. Last year, I had the opportunity