About this episode

Patrick Stafford discusses his experiences with kidney disease and how it has shaped his life and creativity.

Patrick Stafford is an actor who has been navigating a serious kidney disease for most of his life. This month, he underwent a second life-saving kidney transplant. He discusses how an early relationship to his mortality affected his life and his creativity, and what it is like to live in a world where most people are in denial about the fragility of life that he has become intimate with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Patrick Stafford

Topics covered

• kidney disease
• mortality
• creativity
• life experiences
• transplant
• fragility of life

Keywords

• kidney transplant
• mortality
• creativity
• life fragility
• health challenges

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