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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    USC Professors Face Cancer Together

    Alison Trope and Judy Muller are two professors who teach a course together at USC and were each diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time. They’ve been using humor to deal with their diagnoses and to get through treatment, and they’ve been sharing their personal stories on Medium, the online blog network.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 6, 2016 • 1 min read

    Alison Trope and Judy Muller are two professors who teach a course together at USC and were each diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time. They’ve been using humor to deal with their diagnoses and to get through treatment, and they’ve been sharing their personal stories on Medium, the online blog network. We brought you their story in March, and we check back in with them.

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    4. 28:20The Family Fang out this Mother’s Day Weekend, and Captain America: Civil War
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Judy Muller

      University of Southern California

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      Alison Trope

      USC

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Sean Parker Pot Bill Makes California’s November Ballot
    1. 0:30Sean Parker Pot Bill Makes California’s November Ballot
    2. 8:48North Carolina Lawmakers Plan to Defy DoJ Bathroom Bill Deadline
    3. 17:06USC Professors Face Cancer TogetherYou’re reading this
    4. 28:20The Family Fang out this Mother’s Day Weekend, and Captain America: Civil War
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