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. It is the nation’s only regularly scheduled podcast in the blood banking industry. 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; Helen Pitlick and Juan Cotto.
In 2025, Bloodworks 101 won its sixth coveted Anthem Award, beating out more than 2,500 entries from 43 nations.
Bloodworks 101
"Total Collapse of Blood Collections" - Curt Bailey (S2 E17)
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One year ago, as the enormity of the Covid-19 pandemic began to reveal itself, the blood supply in the Pacific Northwest suddenly became perilously close to total collapse. That's one of the things that Bloodworks Northwest President and CEO remembers about what life was like here at what Bailey calls, "the epicenter of the pandemic." But as he tells Bloodworks 101 producer John Yeager, it's how our donors responded that really stands out to this day. That, and something called a "Pop-Up" Donor Center.
