Dying Out Loud Podcast

08/07/2026

Did you tune into yesterday's livestream? 🎙️✨

If you missed it, don't worry, the replay is officially up! We had a deeply moving and insightful conversation yesterday featuring an absolute powerhouse of a panel.

Moderated beautifully by documentarian Sloane Heller, we dove deep into life, resilience, and the medical journeys that shape us. We were honored to be joined by:

- Kris Saim (Host of the Dying Out Loud podcast)
- Matt and Chrissy Stewart (Authors of their incredible shared memoir)
- Dr. Raed Al-Rajabi (Lead of GI Medical Oncology at KU Medical Center)

The vulnerability, medical insight, and life lessons shared in this episode are truly something special.
Grab a cup of coffee, watch the full replay here, and let us know what resonated with you the most:

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07/07/2026

"I’m not particularly brave. I’ve been terrified at every single step of this journey. I’m just finally more afraid of leaving things unsaid than I am of saying them." Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dying-cancer-74-letters-secrets_n_6a3af029e4b058c5d1c5a1f4?ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000050&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_queer_voices&d_id=12144551

04/15/2026

Feature in The Kansas City Star. KC man starts podcast to talk opening about dying.

04/15/2026

Kris Saim originally planned to save this letter until he entered hospice care, thinking it would be a final gift. But he woke up one day and realized he shouldn't wait. The people who earned these words deserve to hear them while he still has the voice and energy to say them.

In the newest episode of the Dying Out Loud podcast, Kris shares an open letter to his work community at Gale.

The first six months after his Stage 4 cancer diagnosis were the darkest of his life. Returning to his job gave him a concrete, human-centered reason to keep going. But it wasn't just the work itself. It was the people.

His colleagues at Gale showed up for him in ways he never anticipated. They gave him the rarest gift a professional can give: they let him be human at work. Because of that psychological safety, he was freed to do more than survive. He ended up producing some of the most meaningful work of his 30-year career.

We talk a lot on LinkedIn about culture and leadership. But true workplace culture is what happens in the ordinary moments of an unremarkable Tuesday. It is the simple message you send just to say, "I see you".

To every leader, HR professional, and colleague reading this, we invite you to listen to this episode. And we have one simple ask. Please do not save your gratitude for a goodbye. Say the true thing today.

👇 Listen to the full episode at the link in the comments below.

Kris Saim shares a letter he originally planned to hold onto until he entered hospice care. It is a letter of boundless gratitude written to his "Gs,” his community of nearly 800 colleagues at Gale. Instead of saving his final words for the end, Kris is choosing to speak them out loud today, wh

04/07/2026

Today’s release of the Dying Out Loud Podcast is the most personal episode host Kris Saim has ever recorded.

In a profound departure from his usual format, Kris reads a deeply moving letter to his younger self. For the first time in a public space, he tells the whole truth about his story, breaking his silence on surviving childhood sexual abuse, carrying the weight of shame, and his long, winding road to self-acceptance.

Kris shares these heavy truths because he believes that silence is where shame lives. He dedicates this episode to every person who has ever felt like the truest version of themselves had to stay hidden. He beautifully reframes the concept of resilience, noting that it is not the absence of damage, but rather what happens when a person decides to just keep going anyway.

If you have ever carried a weight you felt you couldn't speak about, Kris wants you to know that you are not alone.

👇 Watch the full, unfiltered episode here: https://dyingoutloudpodcast.com/episodes/breaking-the-silence-survival-shame-and-the-courage-to-tell-the-truth
If this episode moves you, please share it with someone who might be waiting to hear that they aren't alone in what they've carried.

Please Note: This episode contains honest discussions of childhood sexual abuse and trauma. If you are in a vulnerable place right now, please take care of yourself first and save this episode for another time.

If you or someone you know needs support regarding childhood sexual abuse, resources are available. Please call 1-800-656-HOPE or text "Hope" to 64673.

The Weight of Silence: How the secrets we keep to survive eventually become the walls that isolate us.

04/06/2026

Sometimes, you have to step away from all your titles and just speak person-to-person. In the newest episode of Dying Out Loud, I am sharing the most personal thing I've ever recorded. I wrote a letter to my younger self, covering things I have never said out loud in a public space before. If you've ever had to hide parts of who you are, this one is for you.
🎧 Listen to the full episode at the link in my bio.

04/04/2026

'Dying Out Loud': KC man's podcast explores topic of death with hope, joy and meaningful connection

While facing terminal stage four colon cancer, Kris Saim talks about death through hope, joy and meaningful conversations on his podcast, "Dying Out Loud."

04/02/2026

I wrote a letter to the friend who walked away when I needed her most. I never sent it — but it changed everything. Forgiveness isn't about letting someone off the hook. It's about deciding that what happened in the past won't determine the size of your life today. Full episode out now on Dying Out Loud.

04/01/2026

We talk a lot in leadership about presence and bringing your whole self to work. But you cannot bring your whole self anywhere if there are pieces of you still stuck in rooms that you haven't been willing to leave.

In Kristopher Saim's 30 years of leadership, he has sat with incredibly capable leaders who were quietly placing a ceiling on their own potential because of unresolved wounds. We often call it "moving on," but moving on just means you stopped talking about it. Letting go means it no longer has a hold on you.

In this week’s deeply personal solo episode of the Dying Out Loud Podcast, Kris share a story about a letter he wrote during an 8-hour chemotherapy session. It was addressed to someone who was once his closest friend, who stepped away right when he was in the midst of his stage four cancer diagnosis. For years, he carried that hurt.

Kris wrote her a letter of forgiveness that he never sent. Because what he realized in that hospital chair is that forgiveness is not a gift you give to someone who hurt you. It is the moment you decide to stop allowing someone else's actions—something in the past that you cannot change—to determine the size of your life today.

If you are carrying the weight of an unfinished ending, whether in your personal life or your career, I invite you to ask yourself: What is holding onto this costing me?

👇 I’ve linked the full episode on YouTube in the comments below. I'd love for you to listen.

Kris Saim reads an unsent letter to a former best friend who stepped away right after his stage four cancer diagnosis. But this isn't an episode about anger—it's a masterclass in true forgiveness.