Bloodworks 101
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).
Emmy Award-winning producer John Yeager, is joined by a team of 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.
Bloodworks 101
Bonus Episode: "Trauma Nurse & Grunge Bassist Guy Maddison on Why Music's In His Blood" - (S3 E8)
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Seattle rock band Mudhoney is often seen as instrumental (pun intended) in the creation of the grunge genre of the 1990s. But few people know that its bassist is also a nurse at the Pacific Northwest's only Level 1 trauma center, Harborview Medical Center, and has built up a career learning on every shift the importance of having donated blood on hand.
As part of Bloodworks' "Music's In Our Blood" initiative, here Guy discusses his perspective on the critical nature of blood for trauma patients at Harborview, summing it up with "If we don't have that blood available these people will die."
This short bonus episode of Bloodworks 101 ends with host, Bloodworks employee, and, cancer survivor, and 267-unit recipient Bill Harper making a personal plea for blood donations this holiday season. "End the Year with Hope," he says, and we think that's a great idea.