“KidneyTalk!” Now On Air

The Renal Support Network (RSN) has launched Kidney Talk!, an online radio show for the renal community, featuring

The half-hour show will be co-hosted by RSN President & Founder Lori Hartwell and Stephen Furst, an accomplished television and movie actor/producer/director recently diagnosed with end-stage renal failure and now on dialysis.

Furst is best known for his roles as Flounder in the movie “Animal House,” Dr. Elliot Axelrod in the TV series “St. Elsewhere” and Vir Cotto in the TV series “Babylon 5.” Also a diabetic, Furst is the author of the award-winning book Confessions of a Couch Potato (Or, If I’m So Skinny, Why Do I Still Feel Like Flounder?), published by the American Diabetes Association.

The show will air at 2 p.m. Pacific time every Tuesday on the KidneyTalk! Webpage, located on the RSN website. The radio show will also be accessible as a podcast. Each show will be available online 24 hours a day, seven days a week; past shows will be archived on the webpage.