EP. 31 - JACINDA HOLTSMARK (BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH SCIENTIST) // LWICFD! 1ST BIRTHDAY!

Happy 1st Birthday to LWICFD!

Thats right, on this day last year (22/8/23) ep#1 dropped & now here we are, all grown up with 31 eps out there & 1 year old!

Whilst also being a day of celebration, it’s also a very bittersweet day for me as it also marks the 4yr anniversary of my dear Dad dying. However, rather than sit around & continue to get all depressed & upset at this same time each year, I decided to try & make this day a happier one for me which is why I dropped ep1 on this date, as kind of a tribute to my Dad & also to help me deal with it in my own way. My Dad was a great bloke, he loved music & food & he loved having dinner parties with my Mum & their mates.

Dad was also a Research Scientist & so after he died my Mum, brother & I decided to set up a scholarship in Dads name to assist a PhD student who is researching Glioblastomas (or GBM, which is the type of cancer my Dad had). This year the Tim Trigg Scholarship for Glioblastoma research was awarded for the first time & the person who it was awarded to is my guest on this VERY special episode of LWICFD! 💥

Her name is Jacinda Holtsmark, a PhD student at the University of Sydney where she is working hard to kick GBM in the arse. Jacinda also has an amazing story to tell (that also went viral) about her own journey with cancer & how she met her cancer surgeon (who had operated on her when she was just an infant) by chance during a uni zoom lecture in lockdown 2021! 

XL thanks to @shizafrigginhotsauce for the Friggin’ hot sauce & sponsoring my show. It’s shizafriggin hot, it’s shizafriggin delicishz. So go check them out and put it on all of the foods.  😜

🔗 to all the fun things from this episode including Jacinda’s Spotify playlist featuring her fantasy guests are in the show notes below.

I miss you & love you Dad

🧡

Bob

SHOW LINKS:

EP. 31 SPOTIFY PLAYLIST:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6czcD7po8WcHVd3PXcuVf9?si=b3ed4dd11b6b48de

JACINDA’S INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/jacindaholtsmark

ARTICLE ABOUT JACINDA MEETING HER CANCER SURGEON: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/sydney-med-students-shock-discovery-captured-on-zoom-video-call/news-story/15fed42ad83203a25ec597852ba8c040

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: https://www.makeawish.org.au/

GLIOBLASTOMA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma

SAXMAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1akS_3DQoFo

GUEST#2 ON COLBERT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZs88guFxQ

GUEST#3 ON TAKE5 PODCAST: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/take-5/jack-antonoff-take-5-turning-points/103591368?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared

GUEST#5 COLLAB WITH POST MALONE (LIVE): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmQPRZ68a7U

GUEST#5 COLLAB WITH GUEST#2: https://open.spotify.com/track/4PRdeh2zIyM1pvY4x5luLe?si=b700cc9ecb6041b1

GUEST#5 LIVE AT RED ROCKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeZTcfciFwo