About the Kidney Kings Podcast
The Kidney Kings Podcast delivers real, actionable kidney health insights - from life-saving tips and patient stories to expert interviews and breakthrough medical knowledge. Our mission is simple: educate, support, and empower everyone affected by kidney disease.
Upcoming Episodes
Our first episodes are on the way - powerful stories, expert insights, and lifesaving kidney health information
COMING SOON:
A Father's Legacy
A powerful story of courage, hope, and real kidney health insight as a caring father creates a Foundation in honor of his son who lost his life far too soon to Chronic Kidney Disease. A Foundation dedicated to making sure pediatric kidney care is at the forefront of public awareness.
It's a story that will touch your heart and a story that will encourage you to ask, "How can I help to do my part in honoring a dad's memories and a son's love of life?"
The Future of Transplantation
What is the future of kidney transplants in today's worldwide exploration of viable alternatives to human kidneys? Are we closer to having a readily available stockpile of animal grown kidneys for the millions who need transplants here in the United States and around the world?
And are international pharmaceutical companies who have committed to relocating and building in America ready to deliver on those commitments?
Meet Our Co-Founder
She is the Co-Founder of the Kidney Kings Podcast - and a powerful voice for what dialysis patients truly experience.
In this special episode, she is joined by her own nephrologist for an open, insightful conversation about treatments, outcomes, and hope.
The Kidney Kings Mission
Our Mission is to empower, support, and educate everyone impacted by kidney disease - from patients and families to caregivers, healthcare professionals, and advocates.
We bring factual kidney health information to the forefront through meaningful conversations, trusted interviews, and real-life stories.
Our goal is simple: to give hope, share knowledge, and help people live longer, healthier lives by being the #1 Kidney Health Information Podcast Resource in America!
Why Kidney Kings Matters
Real stories. Trusted knowledge. Lifesaving impact.
Trusted Medical Voices
Stories and interviews with nephrologists, transplant surgeons, and innovators now shaping the future of kidney health.
Real Patient Stories
Real People. Real Stories
Powerful patient journeys that educate, inspire, and bring hope to millions navigating kidney disease hoping for new answers.
Lifesaving Education
Kidney Kings Experiences™
Behind-the-scenes access to the stories, discoveries, and conversations that help save lives - one episode at a time.
Meet the Hosts
The voices behind the stories - lived experience, expert insight, and a mission to save lives.
Marie Yates: Co-Founder and Dialysis Voice of America
Marie brings the lived experience of kidney disease to the microphone - offering courage, honesty, and insight into what all dialysis patients face daily.
Her dialysis patient voice represents millions navigating the challenges of chronic kidney disease, and her mission is simple:
Save Lives by helping others feel seen, supported, and never alone.
Sam Yates: Journalist, Storyteller, Kidney Health Advocate
Sam blends decades of professional storytelling with a passion for uncovering truth and hope in the kidney community. His work connects patients, their families, physicians, leaders, and innovators to bring life-saving information to a wider audience.
Together, Sam and Marie turn powerful kidney health stories into a platform for change.
Why We Exist
Every story we share has one mission: save lives through knowledge, compassion, and truth.
The Kidney Kings Podcast is coming soon delivering expert interviews, patient stories, and real-world kidney health insights for patients, families, and medical professionals.
Contact
Sam Yates — Host & Executive Producer
Email: Sam@YatesPRO.com | Phone: 772-528-5185
Marie Yates — Host & Producer
Email: info@kidneykings.com | Phone: 772-528-5186
About the Kidney Kings Podcast
The Kidney Kings Podcast is America’s number one resource for factual kidney health information. The show features professional interviews with physicians, transplant surgeons, dialysis professionals, researchers, nonprofits, patients, donors, caregivers, and innovators shaping the future of kidney care.
The Kidney Kings Podcast empowers audiences with knowledge, stories, science, and real-world tools to improve kidney health and overall quality of life. The program is hosted and produced by an award-winning journalist and the creator of hundreds of professionally produced podcasts serving worldwide audiences.
Serving audiences across the nation and the world, the Kidney Kings Podcast delivers trusted information and meaningful conversations for those affected by kidney disease, those working to treat it, and those dedicated to advancing kidney health awareness.
About the Hosts
Marie Yates
Marie Yates is the Dialysis Voice of America.
The Kidney Kings Podcast is the full creation of Marie Yates with one simple core mission saving lives through information and sharing resources to make sure no kidney disease patient ever feels alone. YOU Are Not Alone is her battle cry!
Marie is a marathon runner who has completed full and half marathons throughout the United States. She is a Banking Center Manager serving some of the top financial institutions in the United States and has experience managing hundreds of banking center employees.
However, her biggest challenge has been managing the debilitating impact of End Stage Renal Failure, the removal of one kidney following extraction of more than 150 kidney stones and undergoing many of the procedures everyday kidney dialysis patients endure and overpower to stay alive.
Marie is an accomplished speaker, fundraiser, and an inspiration to thousands of kidney dialysis patients in the United States giving her the well-deserved title of the Dialysis Voice of America.
Sam Yates
Sam Yates is an award-winning journalist, veteran public relations executive, and the host of more than a dozen professionally produced podcasts. With extensive experience in investigative reporting, broadcast journalism, government affairs, community advocacy, and national/international not for profit operations, Sam brings a balanced voice to the conversations shaping kidney health with the communications skills to fine tune the information.
He has interviewed world-class physicians, national nonprofit leaders, policymakers, medical innovators, patient advocates, and researchers from various fields across the United States and internationally. Sam’s work is guided by a commitment to accuracy, compassion, and clarity for audiences seeking trusted kidney health information that can help save lives.