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Histotripsy: Changing How We Treat Cancer

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Gwyneth sits down with Mike Blue—CEO of HistoSonics—to explore histotripsy, a breakthrough noninvasive ultrasound technology designed to destroy tumors without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. He shares the 25-year journey behind the technology, the patients already benefiting from the FDA-cleared treatment for liver tumors, and how this approach could challenge decades of invasive cancer care—signaling a profound shift toward safer, more precise treatment. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

0:09.0

You do?

0:10.0

Yeah. Did you hear about that?

0:12.0

I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

0:17.0

In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.4

Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if

0:27.2

there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes

0:32.5

until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.

0:38.1

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture

0:44.4

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start

0:51.6

conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power

0:56.1

to change the way we see the world.

0:58.7

Here we go.

1:02.4

Welcome to the Goop Podcast.

1:04.3

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow, and today I'm joined by someone reshaping the future of non-invasive

1:09.8

medicine.

1:14.8

He is the CEO of histosonics, the company behind histotripsy, a breakthrough ultrasound technology designed to destroy tumors without surgery

1:22.4

or radiation. We talk about the psychological weight of a cancer diagnosis. The toll conventional treatment can take on the body and the mind, and how this technology could change the trajectory of care.

1:36.5

Forward Thinking and pushing the boundaries of what's possible, Mike Blue.

1:44.2

Okay, well, I'm thrilled to have you here today on the Goop Podcast.

1:48.5

I was totally enthralled when I learned about what you guys did at a histosonics through a mutual

1:56.6

friend, an investor of yours, and a close friend of mine.

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