Jonathan Gluck: A personal account of navigating myeloma and CAR-T therapy
About this episode
Jonathan Gluck shares his personal journey with multiple myeloma and CAR-T therapy, discussing the patient experience and the impact of chronic illness on identity.
In this episode of the Ori Spotlight Podcast, Jason C. Foster welcomes Jonathan Gluck, an award-winning journalist and author of An Exercise in Uncertainty, for a deeply personal conversation about illness, identity, and the evolving promise of cell therapy. Jonathan shares his 20-year journey with multiple myeloma, from the early days of treatment to receiving CAR-T therapy, and reflects on what it means to live – and write – through chronic uncertainty. Together, they explore the patient experience behind clinical progress, and the human stories that often get lost between endpoints and approvals.
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