Katie Couric on Truth, Trust, and Women's Health

unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Mary Claire Media, LLC

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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From her groundbreaking televised colonoscopy to her breast cancer journey, Katie Couric has turned personal experience into powerful advocacy for the health issues medicine has overlooked. This week on unPaused, Dr. Mary Claire Haver sits down with Katie Couric, award-winning journalist, founder of Katie Couric Media, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer, and author of the New York Times bestseller Going There. Katie spent 15 years co-hosting the Today Show, served as the first solo female anchor of CBS Evening News, and has interviewed nearly every president, world leader and cultural voice of the last four decades. Together, they explore Katie's journey from growing up in Arlington, Virginia, where her parents instilled the importance of education and financial independence, to breaking barriers in network news while navigating profound personal loss. Katie opens up about losing her husband Jay to stage four colon cancer when her daughters were six and two, how that tragedy launched her into cancer advocacy, and why she made the decision to have a colonoscopy on live television — a moment that changed screening rates across America and took the stigma out of a life-saving procedure. Guest links: Katie Couric Media Katie Couric (Instagram) Katie Couric (TikTok) Katie Couric (Facebook) Katie Couric Media (Instagram) Katie Couric (YouTube) Katie Couric (X) Katie Couric (LinkedIn) Katie Couric (Substack) Next Question with Katie Couric (Apple Podcasts) Books:"The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?," by Leslie Bennetts “The New Perimenopause,”⁠ by Dr. Mary Claire Haver ⁠"The New Menopause"⁠ by Dr. Mary Claire Haver 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	What makes me mad is it's another example of the medical establishment, ignoring a very specific issue that happens to women and not really focusing on it, not providing the research dollars.
0:14.8	Because everyone thinks about like Viagra, okay, men can't get it up. So they pour millions of dollars. They create this drug
0:22.0	in a nanosecond. And yet women who are suffering, they're being ignored. And it really pisses me off.
0:42.8	The views and opinions expressed on unpaused are those of the talent and guests alone and are provided for informational and entertainment purposes only.
0:46.4	No part of this podcast or any related materials are intended to be a substitute for professional
0:51.5	medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
0:56.8	Today's guest is someone who has been a part of my life for a very long time, long before I ever imagined sitting
1:01.9	across from her with a microphone. Like so many people of my generation, I grew up watching
1:07.1	Katie Couric every morning on the Today Show. She was the anchor I trusted to help me
1:11.8	understand the world. She was in our living rooms during moments that defined entire decades.
1:17.9	Last year, I had the opportunity to meet Katie in person, write for her newsletter, and then
1:22.6	join her on stage at one of her live events. Meeting and working with her confirmed what I had
1:27.3	always since from afar. Katie's not simply an icon. She's a truth teller. stage at one of her live events. Meeting and working with her confirmed what I had always
1:27.6	since from afar. Katie's not simply an icon. She's a truth teller, a connector, a fierce
1:33.3	advocate for cancer and women's health, and someone who cares deeply about using her platform
1:38.2	for good. Katie Couric is a journalist, author, producer, and now founder of Katie Couric
1:43.5	Media. She spent 15 years as the co-host
1:46.5	of The Today Show and served as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, and has interviewed nearly
1:52.7	every president, world leader, public figure, scientist, and cultural voice of the last four decades.
1:58.9	Her 2021 memoir, Going There, became an instant New York Times
2:03.1	bestseller. She created and co-founded Stand Up to Cancer, which raised hundreds of millions of
2:08.7	dollars for cancer research. She hosts the award-winning podcast, Next Question, with Katie
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