The Encephalitis Podcast

Ep 14 - Mike Day: Illness, recovery and film directing

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.

Ep 13 - Lockdowns, Art, Cooking and Sin! - a podcast with Mathew Bose

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!  

Ep 12 - To Olivia: An interview with the filmakers

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.

Ep 11 - COVID-19 vaccines and encephalitis

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

Ep 10 - Living and working in India during Covid-19

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.

Ep 9 - COVID-19 and 'Long Covid'

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'.

Ep 8 - The law and its role in a pandemic world

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.

Ep 7 - Running a charity during the Covid-19 pandemic with Dr Ava Easton

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.

Ep 6 -Working as a neurologist during the Covid-19 pandemic

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.

Ep 5 - Covid-19 and the search for a vaccine

Dr Ava Easton speaks to Professor Peter Hotez about Covid-19 and the search for a vaccine.

 

Professor Peter Hotez is Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine and a Professor at the Departments of Paediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, which have been at the forefront of both research and treatment of the Covid-19 infection.