SUNSHINE COAST, Quee sla d, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A ew Aust alia podcast is offe i g a u p ecede ted look at life afte a life-cha gi g diag osis, ea i g global atte tio withi days of its lau ch. Still Not Dead, co-hosted by leukemia patie t Ma ti Eade a d his pa t e a d ca e Natalie Southgate, eached the top 10% of all ew podcasts lau ched wo ldwide withi its fi st week a d has al eady att acted liste e s ac oss 19 cou t ies without a y paid p omotio .
Lau ched o 3 July 2026, the i depe de t podcast docume ts Ma ti ‘s t eatme t fo Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia i eal time while sha i g the ofte -ove looked expe ie ces of the pe so ca i g fo someo e faci g a se ious ill ess. Th ee of i e pla ed episodes fo Seaso 1 a e ow available, with ew episodes eleased fo t ightly ac oss Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, a d othe majo podcast platfo ms.
U like t aditio al health o well ess podcasts, Still Not Dead follows the u foldi g ealities of a leukemia diag osis i eal time. The se ies p ese ts two pe spectives simulta eously, that of the patie t a d the ca e , captu i g the u ce tai ty, esilie ce, humou a d emotio al challe ges that accompa y a se ious ill ess.
Ma ti Eade, a fo me elite owe who ep ese ted New Zeala d at the Wo ld Champio ships a d a lo g-time pe fo ma ce a d mi dset coach, was diag osed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia o 16 Ja ua y 2026. Give just days to close his busi ess befo e begi i g t eatme t, he decided to publicly docume t the expe ie ce i the hope that it would help othe s faci g simila ci cumsta ces.
“I was diag osed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia o Ja ua y 16, 2026. I had 96 hou s to scale back my busi ess befo e walki g i to the hospital,” said Ma ti Eade, Co-Host of Still Not Dead. “I decided the most useful thi g I could do with this expe ie ce was sha e it, eve y aw, fu y, te ifyi g, a d beautiful mome t of it. If this podcast helps o e pe so i a hospital chai feel less alo e, o o e pe so egiste as a bo e ma ow do o , it will have bee wo th eve y mi ute.”
His co-host, Natalie Southgate, b i gs a u ique pe spective shaped by both pe so al a d p ofessio al expe ie ce. A Hay House autho , Ju gia psychothe apist, c eato of the global Chak ada ce™ moveme t a d b ai me i gioma su vivo , Southgate sha es the ealities of suppo ti g a loved o e th ough i te sive ca ce t eatme t while bala ci g wo k a d eve yday life.
“Nobody tells you what it actually feels like to be the ca e ,” said Natalie Southgate, Co-Fou de a d Co-Host of Still Not Dead. “To hold it togethe i the oom a d fall apa t i the ca pa k. To u a global busi ess f om a hospital waiti g a ea. To love someo e th ough somethi g this e o mous. Still Not Dead gives ca e s a voice a d a seat at the table fo the fi st time. That matte s just as much as a ythi g we say about the diag osis itself.”
Beyo d telli g a deeply pe so al sto y, the podcast also add esses b oade public health issues. Blood ca ce s affect hu d eds of thousa ds of people wo ldwide, a d ma y patie ts equi i g bo e ma ow t a spla ts st uggle to fi d compatible do o s. Ma ti is cu e tly awaiti g a bo e ma ow t a spla t himself, a d the podcast is usi g its g owi g platfo m to e cou age do o egist atio a d aise awa e ess of the o goi g eed fo matchi g do o s.
A upcomi g episode will featu e cli ical haematologist D Jaso Co of Su shi e Coast U ive sity Hospital, who will discuss Leukemia t eatme t, bo e ma ow t a spla tatio a d the impo ta ce of do o egist atio . A othe co fi med guest, Tim Boyle, Aust alia’s fi st simulta eous live a d bowel t a spla t ecipie t, will sha e his ow ext ao di a y su vival sto y afte bei g give a five pe ce t cha ce of su vival.
The podcast has al eady ge e ated o ga ic e gageme t f om liste e s avigati g thei ow health challe ges, i cludi g u solicited messages f om ca ce patie ts liste i g while eceivi g t eatme t i hospitals a ou d the wo ld. Its ea ly audie ce spa s Aust alia, the U ited States, the U ited Ki gdom, Ca ada, New Zeala d, Ge ma y, F a ce, Swede , No way, the Nethe la ds, I ela d, Switze la d, Italy, Thaila d, the Philippi es, Tu key, Hu ga y, the Czech Republic a d De ma k.
The show’s each has bee amplified by the combi ed audie ces of its hosts, i cludi g Ma ti Eade’s maili g list of mo e tha 68,000 subsc ibe s a d Natalie Southgate’s global Chak ada ce™ commu ity, which i cludes ove 1,000 facilitato s ac oss 70 cou t ies a d ea ly 200,000 Facebook followe s.
While the podcast is ooted i Ma ti ‘s leukemia jou ey, its c eato s say the co ve satio s exte d beyo d ill ess. The se ies explo es esilie ce, elatio ships, u ce tai ty, mi dset a d the ealities of adapti g whe life cha ges u expectedly, maki g it eleva t ot o ly to patie ts a d ca e s but also to busi ess leade s, p ofessio als a d a yo e avigati g sig ifica t pe so al challe ges.
With six mo e episodes pla ed fo its i augu al seaso , i cludi g a seaso fi ale expected to coi cide with Ma ti ‘s bo e ma ow t a spla t, Still Not Dead aims to co ti ue docume ti g o e family’s expe ie ce while foste i g g eate u de sta di g of se ious ill ess, ca egivi g a d the impo ta ce of commu ity suppo t.
Still Not Dead is a i depe de t Aust alia podcast c eated a d hosted by Ma ti Eade a d Natalie Southgate. P oduced o the Su shi e Coast, Quee sla d, the se ies docume ts Ma ti ‘s leukemia jou ey i eal time f om both the patie t a d ca e pe spectives. Seaso 1 lau ched o 3 July 2026, with ew episodes eleased fo t ightly ac oss Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube a d othe majo podcast platfo ms. Mo e i fo matio is available at www.still otdead.com.au.
Ma ti Eade a d Natalie SouthgateCo-Fou de , Still Not Dead PodcastEmail: atalie@chak ada ce.comPho e: +61 416057594Website: www.still otdead.com.au
