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The Encephalitis Podcast is brought to you by Encephalitis International and covers everything to do surrounding inflammation of the brain. Interviews with neurologists, psychiatrists, survivors and in-depth looks at different aspects of encephalitis. For more information about encephalitis, visit www.encephalitis.info
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Friday Jun 25, 2021
Functional Neurological Disorder and encephalitis
Friday Jun 25, 2021
Friday Jun 25, 2021
Dr Ava Easton talks to Professor Jon Stone and Dr Tim Nicholson about Functional Neurological Disorder (FND).
Professor Stone is Professor of Neurology at the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Nicholson, is Honorary Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), Kings College London.
We cover everything from presentations of FND, encephalitis and FND, advice for someone who believes they have the condition, advice for medical professionals, and overcoming stigma associated with FND and much more.
We hope you enjoy this informative discussion with Tim and Jon!
If you have been affected by encephalitis and are in need of some support, please visit https://www.encephalitis.info/support
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Friday Jun 18, 2021
An interview with director Mike Day
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
In this edition of the Encephalitis Podcast, Dr Ava Easton is joined by director and cinematographer Mike Day.
In 2011, as he was finishing his first film, The Guga Hunters of Ness, Mike became ill with encephalitis. He lost the ability to walk and was even told that he would not be able to work again.
However, during his recovery, Mike threw himself into his next film, The Islands and the Whales, a true labour of love which was filmed over five years in the Faroe Islands.
This is a great interview with Mike which touches on his illness and recovery, his work as a documentary film maker and what lies in store for him in the coming year.
Friday May 21, 2021
Lockdowns, Art, Cooking and Sin! - with Mathew Bose
Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
Our latest podcast - Lockdowns, Art, Cooking and Sin! - features our amazing Ambassador Mathew Bose.
Mathew is an actor, an artist, nutritionist, life coach and an excellent cook! He has also been an Ambassador with the Encephalitis Society for around 14 years – his arrival and support was one of the catalysts for us really beginning to kick on as a global organisation. As always, our podcast is hosted by Dr Ava Easton, our Chief Executive.
We enjoyed this podcast - and we hope you do too!
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
To Olivia - An interview with the filmmakers
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
In this edition of the Encephalitis Podcast, Dr Ava Easton is joined by director John Hay and producer Donall McCusker whose latest production is the new Sky Original film, To Olivia, starring Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes.
Synopsis: It’s 1962 and burgeoning children's author Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal, a glamourous Hollywood movie star, have retreated to the English countryside to bring up their expanding young family. Tragically, their lives are turned upside down by the devastating death of their daughter Olivia from measles encephalitis and as the couple struggle through the unimaginable loss, their shared grief becomes a source of redemption and strength which changes their lives forever.
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Covid-19 vaccines and encephalitis
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Professor Tom Solomon and Dr Ava Easton, Chief Executive of the Encephalitis Society, answer your questions about the COVID-19 vaccinations and encephalitis.
Professor Solomon is Chair of Neurology and Director of the National Institute for Health Research's Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections.
Recorded 28th January, 2021.
For more information about COVID-19 vaccines and encephalitis, please visit https://www.encephalitis.info/covid-19-vaccination-statement
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Living and working India during COVID-19
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Title: Living and working in India during COVID-19 and the impact of the pandemic on black and ethnic minority communities.
In our latest podcast, Dr Ava Easton chats to Dr Bhagteshwar Singh, Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Infection, Veterinary & Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool.
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Covid-19 and 'Long Covid'
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Dr Jake Suett, an intensive care doctor, became ill with symptoms of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic.
He talks to Dr Ava Easton about his illness and the lasting effects of the infection that he is experiencing today, a term which has become known as 'Long Covid'.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
The law and its role in a pandemic world
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Dr Ava Easton speaks to Anne Cassidy, a partner at Moore Barlow LLP, about her career as a medical doctor and lawyer, and the law and its role for encephalitis patients and how it operates in a pandemic world.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
An interview with Dr Ava Easton, CEO of the Encephalitis Society
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
The shoe is on the other foot for Dr Ava Easton - the CEO of the Encephalitis Society - in this edition of our podcast. Our Ambassador Simon Hattenstone quizzes her on life before the charity, her career and also asks her some Desert Island Discs-style questions.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Working as a neurologist in the Covid-19 pandemic
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Dr Nicholas Davies, consultant neurologist and Chair of the Encephalitis Society's Scientific Advisory Panel, talks to Dr Ava Easton about his day-to-day life during the Covid-19 pandemic.