Siddhartha Mukherjee with Dhruv Khullar: Revisiting The Emperor of All Maladies

In this episode of Library Talks , Pulitzer Prize–winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee joins Library Talks to discuss the updated edition of his groundbreaking book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Originally published in 2010, The Emperor of All Maladies is a humane "biography" of cancer, tracing the disease from its first documented appearance thousands of years ago through the 20th century's battles to cure, control, and understand it. Siddhartha Mukherjee expands on the book including four new chapters that illuminate extraordinary developments in cancer detection, prevention, and what the future may hold in the fight against this complex disease. Mukherjee discusses the latest edition of his book with physician Dhruv Khullar.

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Siddhartha Mukherjee with Dhruv Khullar: Revisiting The Emperor of All Maladies is an episode from The New York Public Library Podcast by The New York Public Library.

This episode is 59:00 long.

This episode was published on Jan 28, 2026.

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