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Episode Guide
Don't know where to start? Or maybe you're looking for a specific episode? Here is a guide of all the episodes so far.
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Additionally, all the photos below are direct links to the episodes on the host site.
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Some episode have transcripts - they are available via the links below - hit the link then go to the "transcript" tab. Episodes 40 to current have been done (if you'd like a particular one do get in touch - this is currently a work-in-progress!)
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Episode 125
Jackie chats to Peter Burt about mental health, "being a man" & asking for help
Episode 126
Jackie chats to Joshua Roman about "Immunity" - a project bringing music & connection to Longhaulers.
Episode 127
Jackie chats to Rachael about her recovery from Long Covid
Episode 122
Jackie catches up with Louise Cummings about her research into Long Covid
Episode 123
Jackie reflects on 4 years since infection, recovery & life now.
Episode 124
Jackie chats to Dr Elizabeth So about East Asian Medicine and how this can help
Episode 119
Jackie chats to Daniel & Ewa about the study they are doing with MRI and mapping the brain!
Episode 120
Jackie catches up with Dr Mark Faghy about research, results & clinical trials
Episode 121
Jackie chats to Pamela Rose about how we can best handle those difficult conversations
Episode 116
Jackie chats to Dr Claire Taylor about her experiences helping people with Long Covid
Episode 117
Jackie chats to Leela O'Brien about her learnings from Long Covid & how she's navigating the experience.
Episode 118
Jackie chats to Dr Sarah Myhill about her experiences working with ME/CFS & Long Covid patients
Episode 113
Jackie is joined by a stellar cast of creatives, sharing their amazing work.
Episode 114
Jackie chats to Sarah about her Long Covid recovery story
Episode 115
Jackie chats to Lauren Stiles about research into Long Covid & Dysautonomia
Episode 110
Jackie speaks to Lisa, Hannah & Gina from the Patient -Led Research Collective
Episode 111
Jackie speaks to Sophie Reynolds about her recovery from ME/CFS
Episode 112
Jackie reflects on the last year - an eventful one by all accounts!
Episode 107
Jackie speaks to Raelan Agle about her own recovery and her passion for sharing other people's recovery stories.
Episode 108
Jackie speaks to Vass & Vicky about their research into Long Covid risk factors, & more.
Episode 109
Jackie speaks to Julie Black about her Long Covid recovery
Episode 104
Jackie speaks to Alison Larkman about the "I would be here if I could" project
Episode 105
Jackie speaks to Dr Calum Carson about his study "Inclusive remote & hybrid working study"
Episode 106
Jackie speaks to Dr Taylor Krick about auto-immunity & Long Covid
Episode 101
Jackie speaks to Sally Riggs about the nervous system and Polyvagal Theory
Episode 102
Jackie speaks to Dan Neuffer about ANS Rewire and how it could help with Long Covid recovery.
Episode 103
Jackie speaks to Dr Amy Proal about viral persistence
Episode 98
Jackie speaks to Charlotte Hammond about her Long Covid Recovery.
Episode 99
Jackie speaks to Viola Sampson about the microbiome and how this relates to Long Covid
Episode 100
Jackie speaks to Michelle Irving about how we can work on our emotional health.
Episode 95
Jackie speaks to Dr Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril about her research into Long Covid & upcoming Edinburgh Fringe show.
Episode 96
Jackie speaks to Dr Masha Makeeva about her experience of Long Covid as well as the road to recovery.
Episode 97
Jackie speaks to Dr Harlan Krumholz about the research he is doing with Akiko Iwasaki at Yale.
Episode 92
Jackie hosts a Q&A session with Dr Robert Groysman (this is part 2 of this session)
Episode 93
Jackie speaks to Dr Viki Male about her research into Long Covid & Menstruation, in collaboration with the Visible app & Wilco study.
Episode 94
Jackie shares her own Long Covi recovery story.
Episode 89
Jackie speaks to Gina Short about her recovery from Long Covid
Episode 90
Jackie speaks to Dr James Jackson about Long Covid and brain fog & cognitive impairment.
Episode 91
Jackie hosts a Q&A session with Dr Robert Groysman (this is part 1 of this session)
Episode 86
Jackie speaks to Harry Leeming about the vision for Visible and how it can help.
Episode 87
Jackie speaks to Dr Mark Harper, cold water enthusiast, about how it can help.
Episode 88
Jackie speaks to Dr Tania Dempsey about her experience with chronic disease, & now Long Covid.
Episode 83
Jackie speaks to Ryan Prior about his experiences, insight & new book "The Long Haul"
Episode 84
Jackie speaks to Caroline Pover about her experiences following an adverse reaction to the vaccine.
Episode 85
Jackie speaks to Fiona Agombar, who is using her experience with fatigue conditions to help Long Covid
Episode 80
Jackie speaks to Dr Anjali Agarwal, a Physio specialising in Long Covid, EDS, MCAS & PoTS.
Episode 81
Jackie speaks to Dr Liza DiLeo Thomas about patient experience, empathy & more
Episode 82
Jackie speaks to Dr Jay T Wiles about Heart rate variability & how it can be used in Long Covid recovery
Episode 77
Jackie speaks to Suzy Bolt about fears around reinfection and what we can do to support ourselves.
Episode 78
Jackie speaks to Dr Lucy Gahan about Long Covid, trauma, loss, activism and her new book.
Episode 79
Jackie speaks to Michael Towers, creator of Chronic Fatigue Superhero.
Episode 74
Jackie speaks to Dr Walter Koroshetz about the Long Covid RECOVER initiative funded by the NIH.
Episode 75
Jackie reflects on 3 years since Covid and why there is reason to be positive.
Episode 76
Jackie speaks to Dr Robert Groysman about the work he has been doing with the Stellate Ganglion Block.
Episode 71
Jackie speaks to Nic Wray from Tinnitus UK about this condition, what we can do to help and some interesting research in the area.
Episode 72
Jackie speaks to Amitava Banerjee, co-lead of the STIMULATE-ICP study taking place in the UK.
Episode 73
Jackie speaks to Dr William Li about Long Covid research, treatments, theories and what could be done to help.
Episode 68
Jackie speaks to Dr David Saperstein about Long Covid, MCAS, Dysautonomia, EDS, post-vaccine symptoms and the many links between them.
Episode 69
Jackie speaks to Fiona Lowenstein about their Long Covid journey, advocacy work, Body Politic & the new book - The Long Covid Survival Guide.
Episode 70
Jackie speaks to Lorrie Rivers about recovery from chronic illnesses and what she's learned along to way as well.
Episode 65
A beautifully inspiring collection of Long Covid Creativity - art, music, poetry & more.
Episode 66
Jackie speaks to Lauren Stiles, president of Dysautonomia International about her diagnostic marathon as well as treatment & research
Episode 67
Jackie speaks to Prof Chris Ponting (lead) & Andy Devereux-Cooke (PPI) about the Decode ME genetics study.
Episode 62
Jackie speaks to Professor Nisreen Alwan about Long Covid, public health, research, stigma & bia and much more!
Episode 63
Jackie speaks to Dr Michael Bagnell, Functional Neurologist, about all things Long Covid & the brain
Episode 64
As the year draws to a close, Jackie gives some reflections on another year with Long Covid and what has helped.
Episode 59
Jackie speaks to Vikki Jones about her experiences of Long Covid, the big issue of trauma and the power of breathing to help us.
Episode 60
Jackie speaks to Reema Ahmad, longhauler who had a long road to diagnosis. This is a frank & honest conversation which made me feel validated & heard.
Episode 61
Jackie speaks to Rosie about her Long Covid experiences & her artwork, as well as Colin, her wonderful supportive Dad, about the wider impacts on the family.
Episode 56
Jackie speaks to Johanna Rayl about her Long Covid Recovery.
Episode 57
Jackie speaks to Dr Sanjay Gupta about Long Covid and PoTS & Dysautonomia
Episode 58
Jackie speaks to Fiona Jones, co-lead of the LISTEN trial
Episode 53
Jackie speaks to Dr Deepak Ravindran, pain specialist and lead of Berkshire Long Covid Service about Long Covid & pain
Episode 54
Jackie speaks to Elizabeth Dreicer, CEO of Consuli, about research & the importance of getting people involved (& how they are helping)
Episode 55
Jackie speaks to Dr Jacob Teitelbaum, Chronic Fatigue Specialist, about all the things we can do to get well.
Episode 50
Jackie speaks to Chrissi Kelly, founder of AbScent, a charity helping those with parosmia. We chat about what AbScent does as well as what things people can do to help parosmia
Episode 51
Jackie speaks to Darren Brown about the understanding and perception of what disability is, and how it can look different for different people.
Episode 52
Jackie speaks to Dr Margaret Koziel about the clinical trial results of AXA1125 for Long Covid.
Episode 47
Jackie speaks to Darren Brown, chair of Long Covid Physio, about Long Covid, disability, resources & the International Forum
Episode 48
Jackie speaks to Saskia Mulder, a nurse with Long Covid, about mental health, medical gaslighting & her trip to South Africa to see "Dr Jaco"
Episode 49
Jackie speaks to Adrian & Leanne about the benefits of cold water. Adrian is a GP who has recovered from Long Covid & Leanne has had her life transformed by the cold water
Episode 44
Jackie speaks to Moira Newiss (Nutritional Therapist) in a more in-depth look at how we make our energy.
Episode 45
Jackie speaks to Keith Littlewood, endocrinology wizard, about hormones, the thyroid and Long Covid.
Episode 46
Jackie speaks to Gez Medinger about Long Covid, YouTube, the upcoming book & more.
Episode 41
Jackie speaks to Joachim Gerlach about Vedicinals-9, how it can help people with Long Covid & a little about the Long Covid Foundation.
Episode 42
Jackie speaks to Dr Alison Twycross, Chair of Long Covid Nurses & Midwives UK and editor-in-chief of Evidence-Based Nursing.
Episode 43
Jackie speaks to Dr Mohammad Bashashati about the GI issues experienced during both acute & Long Covid.
Episode 38
Jackie speaks to Dr Tina Peers about MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) and Long Covid.
Episode 39
Jackie speaks to Lynn Laidlaw & Tracy Ibbotson about why patient involvement is so important in research (and how you can get involved)
Episode 40
Jackie speaks to Dr Boon Lim about autonomic dysfunction, the heart - how this relates to Long Covid and what we can do about it.
Episode 35
Jackie speaks to Bill Hinshaw (CEO) & Dr Margaret Koziel (Chief Medical Officer) of Axcella Therapeutics about their trial of AXA1125 for people with LongCovid in partnership with Oxford University.
Episode 36
Jackie speaks to Dr Mark Faghy about the research he & his team at University of Derby are doing towards developing a Long Covid Blueprint.
Episode 37
Jackie speaks to Dr Asad Khan about his experiences with Covid and then Long Covid, symptoms, treatments and all sorts.
Episode 32
Jackie speaks to Esther about her Long Covid Recovery Journey
Episode 33
Jackie speaks to professors Resia Pretorius & Douglas Kell about their research into microclots & Long Covid
Episode 34
Jackie speaks to Sam Munslow about her experiences with Long Covid, and how this led to her recent book "We Will Covive" and what she's learned & able to pass on.
Episode 29
Jackie speaks to Lorna Nicholson, founder of PoTS UK about this mysterious condition of PoTS, as well as breathing.
Episode 30
Jackie speaks to Dr Gavin Francis about illnesses such as Long Covid, convalesence and his new book.
Episode 31
Jackie speaks to Zoe Challenor about Long Covid and the Long Covid Choir, bringing together people from all over the world through music.
BONUS Episode
Jackie speaks talks about her experiences and what she has learned about both herself and Long Covid during 2 years of illness.
Episode 27
Jackie speaks to Occupational Therapist Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith about what happens when you have to leave work as a result of Long Covid, using her knowledge as well as personal experience.
Episode 28
Jackie speaks to Ziyad Al-Aly, doctor and researcher in St Louis, USA about some of the research he's been doing, what he's found and some ideas on what can be done.
Episode 24
Jackie speaks to Alec Finlay, artist & poet, about his experiences with Long Covid & ME as well as the Covid Memorial Project.
Episode 25
Jackie speaks to David Douglas & Gareth Williams about Scottish Opera's Breath Cycle project which is designed around helping people with Long Covid.
Episode 26
Jackie speaks to Dr Jackie Maybin about the research she is doing into Long Covid and the Menstrual Cycle.
Episode 21
Jackie speaks to Moira Newiss about how what we eat can impact on how we feel, and how we can help our bodies in their recovery by optimising our nutrition.
Episode 22
Jackie speaks to Eddie Duncan about the study he and his team are doing around rehabilitation for Long Covid in Scotland.
Episode 23
Jackie speaks to Psychologist Sally Riggs about her own Long Covid experiences, the psychological impacts of a long illness as well as what we can (and can't) do to help.
Episode 18
Jackie speaks to Louise Cummings about her work around the cognitive & linguistic difficulties in adults with Long Covid.
Episode 19
Jackie speaks to Cass MacDonald who has managed chronic conditions for years about adjustments they have made to their life. We also chat a bit about work & benefits.
Episode 20
Jackie speaks to Amy Engkjer about her experiences with Long Covid, how she recovered and why she set up Positively Covid to help people with their recoveries.
Episode 15
Jackie is joined by all of her guests so far for a "Christmas Tapas" - a bit of everything. Some pearls of wisdom from each guest as a reminder or a taster.
Episode 16
Jackie speaks to David Blane & Emilie Combet who are part of the team leading the ReDIRECT study which is a trial looking at whether diet & weight management could help Long Covid symptoms in some people.
Episode 17
Jackie speaks to Wibbs Coulson, a nurse & Yoga teacher with a passion for breathing. We talk about the importance of breathing well, how it can impact the whole body and the Long Covid classes he holds online.
Episode 12
Jackie speaks to Kelly Mitchell who is a specialist respiratory physio and has worked with Long Covid patients. She talks about how important it is to breathe well and how you might be able to tell if you're not.
Episode 13
Jackie speaks to AJ who has had a serious brain injury for over 3 years. She talks about how she has learned to deal with her illness and what has helped some of her (surprisingly similar) symptoms.
Episode 14
Jackie is joined by a wonderful talented cast of creative people who have made something beautiful out of something horrible.
Episode 9
Jackie speaks to Claire Hastie, founder of Long Covid Support about her own experiences with Long Covid as well as the vital work that she is doing.
Episode 10
Jackie speaks to Amanda Finley from the USA about her Long Covid experiences, the situation across the water and what she is doing to help.
Episode 11
Jackie speaks to Iain about how he and his partner (who has a chronic illness) deal with their illness as a team. He has some very useful advice for family & friends.
Episode 6
Jackie speaks to Professor Nick Sculthorpe about his Long Covid research: symptom tracking & Pacing Studies.
Episode 7
Jackie speaks to Suzy Bolt who has had Long Covid and is now helping others to recover through her own tailored recovery program.
Episode 8
Jackie speaks to Rachel Whitfield about her Long Covid recovery and how she managed to beat it.
Episode 3
Jackie speaks to Chiara about her experiences with Long Covid and what she has learned about herself & the condition.
Episode 4
Jackie speaks to Chris & Jane who are working with researchers to help with research into Long Covid.
Episode 5
Jackie speaks to Amy Small, a GP who has had Long Covid and is now helping to educate & advocate for those suffering.
Trailer
Jackie introduces the Long Covid Podcast
Episode 1
Jackie speaks to Barbara Melville from Long Covid Scotland about their setup & the important work they are doing in Scotland for those with Long Covid.
Episode 2
Jackie & partner Malky discuss her Long Covid journey so far, what she has learned and how they have coped.
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