• Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

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Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

By: Podot
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  • Movers and Shakers finds six friends – Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, and Jeremy Paxman – gathered in a Notting Hill pub to discuss the realities of life with Parkinson's. And maybe find a few silver linings!

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  • Reasons to be Cheerful
    Dec 7 2024

    We're back in the Notting Hill pub for our final episode of 2024. And after some rather gloomy subjects in recent weeks – from caring responsibilities to assisted dying – the Movers and Shakers are turning their attention to something a little more optimistic. With contributions from listeners – and a couple of special guests – this episode looks at the reasons all Parkies have to be cheerful. Whether that's defying the condition or embracing it, there's always a silver lining to be found.


    Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

    Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

    Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Alex Stobbs.

    Artwork by Till Lukat.

    PR by Sally Jones.


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    34 mins
  • Pumps
    Nov 30 2024

    Could discreet pumps, constantly providing adjustable doses of your top Parky drugs, be the future of 24-hour care? That's one of the suggestions made by advocates of a new range of pumps, one of whom, Professor Ray Chaudhuri (aka the Judge's neurologist), joins the Movers and Shakers in the Notting Hill pub. And if that's not a sufficiently bumper discussion, Prof Chaudhuri also discusses a new project that's he's developing: a Parkinson's dashboard to help make sure that new patients are asked all the right questions in the weeks after a diagnosis.


    Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

    Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

    Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Alex Stobbs.

    Artwork by Till Lukat.

    PR by Sally Jones.


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    35 mins
  • Pets
    Nov 23 2024

    This week the Movers & Shakers are celebrating our four-legged friends, both canine and feline. But how do pets help or hinder the experience of having Parkinson's? With expert testimony from Bilbo Mostyn, Derek Paxman, Sophie Cellan-Jones and Lana Del Grey Mardell – not to mention several listeners calling in – and some special guests, this episode explores the special bond between animals and humans.


    Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

    Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

    Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Alex Stobbs.

    Artwork by Till Lukat.

    PR by Sally Jones.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Great insights into DBS with leading neurosurgeon

As usual, well formatted easy to listen to podcast. Certainly should not be missed.

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Fantastic.

Great panel and podcast idea. Humour, occasional belligerence, honesty and insight. Neurologists will likely prescribe it next in the letter when they inevitably cancel our next appointment. Pah.

Brilliant to hear all the different experiences - we'd never heard of the brain implant. Particularly liked Mark's openness when interviewed on R4 trailer interview about how he felt his voice now made him sound "querulous and a bit pathetic". Dad used to be a choral and opera singer/conductor and his speaking voice is now tremulous at times but he can still sing at his almost former best. Cruel disease when you're aware of it reducing you.

My Dad has Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) - very similar to Parkinson's but with a tendency to fall backwards rather than forwards. (As a result, I walk behind him with due deference rather than walking backwards in front of him ;-) Small mercies.

Thanks again - it cheered us both up. Dad's now re-listening as he forgot most of it (!) but when I asked for his assessment he smiled and said "brilliant". What more could a podcast hope to achieve?

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enlightening support. I can't wait for the next 1

thankyou movers and shakers. I will be sharing thus with my mother in law and her carer, my 86yr old father in law. they both have a wicked sense of humour, and I hope this weekly podcast brings them a ray of sunshine and enlightenment

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SUCH a good podcast

I have listened to every episode of this most fantastic podcast and have told many friends, both, who have and also those who do not have PD. The weekly programmes are, I think, an absolute MUST for everyone, particularly the ‘older’ generation so that we can all have an insight into this horrid ‘condition’. Thank you all of you for your wonderfully open discussion, your thoughts, your advice, your own stories and also for getting together every week to put this podcast together. I do not have PD and am now so much more aware the many different aspects of it. Thank you. Hilly Ward

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Comforting

Makes you feel less alone with this horrible condition. Thank you for making these podcasts and hope you will continue!

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Thank you

I am 4 years since diagnosis ,living in France 35 years . I cannot fault my care or treatment here, but, I do miss being able to "chat" in my natural first language.
I wish you all a Happ

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Very welcome, interesting and informative Podcast

In a nutshell this is excellent podcast from a bunch of reprobates talking about Parkinsons disease and the subtext is to de-grimify the condition. Thoroughly recommended for Parkinsons patients and their families.

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Best episode yet

I found this episode interesting, informative and helpful. it gave me hope Thank-you. As a fairly new PD sufferer this podcast is one of the most helpful things I have found.

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PK very good thanks

Good pod cast. covered a wide range of topic ŵell presented an informative range of topic

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informative AND funny!

this podcast is enormously helpful at disseminating information about Parkinson's Disease to both patients and family. The hosts are honest, informative and very amusing!

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