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Life After The Shadow Podcast
Honest conversations about faith, cancer, and the life that continues in the valley — hosted by Tom Hammergren and Deacon George Labelle.
About the podcast
Honest conversations for everyone in the valley
Life After The Shadow is a podcast for cancer patients, survivors, care partners, and the people who love them. Each episode, Tom Hammergren and Deacon George Labelle sit down with a guest for honest, unhurried conversations — about fear, about faith, about what it means to keep living when the shadow falls. No easy answers. Just those who have walked this road, and the grace they have found along the way.
Tom Hammergren
Host & Author
Tom is the author of Life After The Shadow and a stage IV lung cancer thriver who has spent years walking alongside patients and families navigating serious illness. His voice is practical and deeply human.
Deacon George Labelle
Co-Host
Deacon George brings pastoral ministry to the conversation — a steady, compassionate presence who has sat with the dying, the grieving, and the hopeful. As a stage IV prostate cancer thriver, he speaks from the heart and from tradition.
New episodes every Tuesday
Episodes
October 6, 2026
When Cancer Changes Everything: Finding Hope Beyond the Shadow
What happens when cancer changes everything—and where do you turn when fear, uncertainty, and despair begin to take over? In this first episode of Life After The Shadow, Tom Hammergren and Deacon George Labelle share the unlikely journey that took them from fraternity brothers at Mizzou to business partners, fellow Stage IV cancer thrivers, and ultimately co-hosts of a ministry built around hope. Tom shares the deeply personal experience that inspired Life After The Shadow and introduces the framework that will guide future conversations: transforming fear into courage, anxiety into calm, despair into hope, and other emotional battles through real stories, practical strategies, and the truth found in God's Word. If cancer has cast a shadow over your life or someone you love, this is where the journey toward hope and renewal begins.
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