Recent Columbia College Chicago film graduates Evan Bartlett, Tim Jacks and Zack Cieslak set out to bike cross-country, making a documentary webseries dedicated to dismantling the cultural stigmas around cancer. Fueled by personal experiences with cancer, the gang will travel to a different town a meet a cancer survivor or patient each week; sharing their stories, exploring how cancer has changed their lives, and going on a boundless activity (I.E. skydiving, cliff-jumping, rollercoaster riding).

In the first part of this two part podcast, PUSH sits down with Bartlett and Jacks and gets the inside scoop on what has inspired them to pursue this project. They discuss the upcoming excitements and anxieties for their journey and explain why they’ve chosen to use film to spread positive messages.