In Sickness + In Health: A Chronic Illness Podcast
In Sickness + In Health is an audio podcast, hosted by Cara Gael O'Regan, about our relationships with our bodies, and issues of chronic illness, disability, healthcare, and mortality. Y'know, the fun stuff. It is a show where the personal is political, and where bodily autonomy, healthcare, and disability rights are considered human rights without question.
Episodes
March 21, 2018 • 61 mins
Cara talks to Jen Brea, filmmaker, activist and ME/CFS patient, about her documentary Unrest.
TW: medical trauma
JenniferBrea.com
Unrest.film
@jenbrea on Twitter
insicknesspod.com
http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/50-unrested-jenn-brea
@insicknesspod on social media
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January 12, 2018 • 58 mins
We're bringing the In Sickness + In Health podcast back from the dead! After an extended hiatus, we're back with this month's episode featuring recurring guest, Christopher Snider. They talk about what Cara's been up to while she hasn't been working on the podcast, representation of chronic illness on screen, and get a house building update from Christopher. They discuss the recent Diabetes episode of Blackish, and the documentarie...
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May 5, 2017 • 21 mins
Some thoughts after the amended AHCA/Trumpcare passed the House of Representatives.
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April 20, 2017 • 68 mins
I talked to Australian Appearance Activist and writer, Carly Findlay, about her experience living with Icthyosis, telling our stories on our own terms, the value of our personal information, identity, and the Australian healthcare system.
Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/4/20/47-australian-appearance-activist-carly-findlay
Help support the show: http://www.insicknesspod.com/donate/
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March 31, 2017 • 59 mins
Today's episode is actually a "rerun" of one of my favorites from last year to mark Trans Day of Visibility, with an updated intro. More new episodes to come soon, but I'm still recovering from the AHCA whirlwind.
S. Leigh Thompson talks about the hurdles to diagnosis he's faced as a trans person with complex health issues, healthcare insecurity, getting around the city with mobility limitations, and navigating...
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March 24, 2017 • 79 mins
A discussion with disability rights activist, writer and podcaster, Emily Ladau, on the eve of the AHCA vote.
Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/3/24/45-wtf-ahca-w-emily-ladau
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March 17, 2017 • 88 mins
I check in with regular guest, Christopher Snider, for our bimonthly podcast freakout about all things Trump, health policy, and how we’re dealing.
We talk more about the state of Obamacare/ACA’s repeal and replace plan, the AHCA (aka Ryancare, Trumpcare, Republicare, etc.) We discuss the bill’s CBO score, another proposed bill flying under the radar that would allow your employer to require genetic testing and have access to tho...
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March 11, 2017 • 30 mins
The long awaited, so-called republican healthcare bill is here, and it’s weird! I tried to explain it for you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Episode Page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/43-merciless
Our Obamacare explainer episode: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/1/17/bonus-episode-what-even-is-obamacare-anyway
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February 3, 2017 • 13 mins
I’m not feeling great this week (lol, surprise), so instead of talking about any of the myriad ways issues of illness, disability, healthcare, and mortality intersect with what’s going on, I’m recommending some other people’s podcasts. My recommendations include shows to hear some of the real human stories behind the politics and policy changes that are dominating the news, as well as updates in health policy, and media analysis.
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January 28, 2017 • 39 mins
An update on the first week of Trump's presidency (yikes), the Women's Marches and other protests, resistance, and a note on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Episode Page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/1/27/episode-41-2-fast-2-furious
Trump's first week: Well, that was intense from BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38768272
Women's Marches: 1 million joined marches in the USA alone from USA TOD...
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January 20, 2017 • 92 mins
Regular guest, Christopher Snider, joins me again to talk more about our dystopian reality, developments since we last recorded in November, self-care and escapism (I Love Lucy! Doctor Who! Chewing Gum! Crocheting!), and weaponized information in the age of Trump. Plus: more information on how to participate remotely in the Women's Marches.
Our conversation begins ~20:00.
Episode Page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/1...
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January 18, 2017 • 40 mins
I explain what Obamacare actually is, what the difference is between Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act or ACA (spoiler alert: they're actually the same thing!!), the healthcare law's current status, and what's at stake if it's repealed. Plus: info on the upcoming Women's Marches.
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Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2017/1/17/bonus-episode-what-even-is-obamacare-anyway
POLITICO Pul...
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January 13, 2017 • 61 mins
Recurring guest and patient podcaster, Christopher Snider, is back to explain his plan to become the Roman Mars of the patient community. You can subscribe to his shows Just Talking and Two Big Topics wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode we also talked about our election feels [~25;00], and talk about how we’re coping in the aftermath. This conversation was recorded in late November, about three weeks after the election....
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January 7, 2017 • 50 mins
You're never gonna get a hot take from me. It'll usually be room temperature, or perhaps even pretty moldy after sitting in the back of the refrigerator for a few weeks. This is the podcast version of my moldy, not-so-hot take on the recent US election. Recorded a week after, it’s not the most articulate I’ve been on the topic, but it is a time capsule of my feelings—which haven't changed much in the time that has elaps...
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October 31, 2016 • 51 mins
In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear me talk to a handful of ePatients about sharing their own stories and the delicate balance of telling the stories of others. These conversations touched on themes of identity, privacy, patient experience, using technology to find connection, and ways in which we’re trying to compensate for the many deficits that exist in our healthcare system through that connection and storytelling. This...
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October 28, 2016 • 54 mins
CW: death and dying
It’s our first birthday episode! I decided to do something a little different with it, and asked my oldest friend Casey to interview ME. We talked about why I started the podcast, what the experience of producing it has been like, how it’s been different than what I expected to do, and what might be in store for year two.
Episode page:http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/10/28/37-happy-birthday-baby
Our Patre...
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October 21, 2016 • 54 mins
I talked to Ryan Prior, co-director and producer of Forgotten Plague, a documentary about ME/CFS. I made Ryan hold the microphone because my arm was tired, and he wound up kind of interviewing me a bit. We talked about ME/CFS, POTS, how the two patient populations overlap, and some of the performative aspects of being a patient. I talked about living with and trying to manage POTS, quality of life, and try to answer the question po...
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September 17, 2016 • 45 mins
Content Warning: discussion of suicide rates and transphobia
UterX (pronounced you-ter-EX) is a collaboration about issues in inclusive gynecological healthcare for trans and gender nonconforming individuals. It was produced by In Sickness + In Health with Ask Me About My Uterus and MedX Student Advisor + ePatient Delegate, Charlie Blotner, for the 2016 Stanford Medicine X ePatient Storyteller Track.
2016 MedX Student Advi...
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July 14, 2016 • 61 mins
I talked to this week’s guest, Kate Kenfield MPH, for so long we have TWO full episodes for your listening pleasure...
CW: needles, cannabis use
Episode 35b: In this episode, we compare notes about living with Chronic Migraine and our attempts at managing the condition, migraine literacy among doctors we’ve seen, and regularly sticking needles in our heads because that’s somehow preferable to the migraines. We also talk about New Y...
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July 14, 2016 • 63 mins
I talked to this week’s guest, Kate Kenfield MPH, for so long we have TWO full episodes for your listening pleasure...
Episode 35a: In this episode, Kate Kenfield MPH talks about her experience in the Australian healthcare system while she was getting her Masters in Public Health down under, her work as a freelance sex educator including her recent west coast teaching tour and founding Sex Geekdom and Tea & Empathy, the stigma ...
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