Breaking the Silence on Prostate Cancer: Michael Bovarnick’s Mission to Educate and Empower

S1E143 - Breaking the Silence on Prostate Cancer: Michael Bovarnick’s Mission to Educate and Empower

Published: August 21, 2026

Duration: 54:59

Dr. Brad Miller welcomes Michael Bavarnik—two‑time prostate cancer survivor, founder of The Prostate Education Project, devoted husband of 62 years, and tireless patient educator. Michael traces his journey from watching his father endure a brutal, old‑school course of prostate cancer, to facing his own aggressive disease, staying undetectable for 20 years, and then getting hit with a recurrence that forced him to rethink everything.

What unfolds is a story that’s blunt, practical, often funny, and full of hard‑won wisdom about cancer, marriage, masculinity, and why silence is so dangerous for men.

Brad and...