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.
Podcasting since 2020 • 242 episodes
Bloodworks 101
Latest Episodes
"John Richards: Morning Show Host & Producer KEXP" - (S7 E17)
If you listen to radio in the Pacific Northwest, there's a good chance you know the name John Richards. He's the Morning Show Host & Producer at Seattle's KEXP. Well, he's also a Bloodworks Northwest blood donor. And as Bloodworks 101 Produ...
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"How could you not fall in love?" — John and Lynn Tissell (S7 E16)
Lynn and John Tissell met at church — but that's just how it started. They fell in love through blood donation. As Bloodworks 101 co-producer Helen Pitlick shares, theirs is a story that will make the hearts of even the grinchiest ...
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"Washington State Blood Donor Day 2025" - Juan Cotto & Dan Fazio (S7 E15)
Each year, Bloodworks Northwest sets aside December 18th as Washington State Blood Donor Day. It's a day that comemorates the Amtrak 501 derailment near DuPont on Decemeber 18th, 2017. But it also shines a light on the need to be ready BEFORE d...
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"Artificial Blood"- Dr. Allan Doctor - University of Maryland (S7 E14)
For years, it's been a given that there's no such thing as artificial blood. Well not anymore. Thanks to researchers like Dr. Allan Doctor and his team at the University of Maryland, the prospect of articial blood could be years away instead of...
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