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
ENCORE "The New Era of Blood Donation: Dylan Smith & Juan Gonzalez" (S6 E15)
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This is a special ENCORE edition of Bloodworks 101, we're calling, “The New Era of Blood Donation.” We’re re-publishing it this week because something very significant happened one year ago this week. After more than thirty years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally lifted its deferral on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. For the first time since 1982, gay and bisexual men could finally donate blood.
As Bloodworks 101 producer John Yeager tells us, the episode features two of the most outspoken and enthusiastic donors, Dylan Smith, our Donor Services Supervisor in Vancouver, Washington, in the Portland metro area and his partner, Juan Gonzalez.
