#85 The Reversal

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Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

For years, Dr. Richard Bedlack has hunted for a cure for ALS, a fatal degenerative disease. And then one day he builds a website called ALS Untangled. That's when strange things start to happen. Reported by Peter Andrey Smith and Reply All producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Further Reading The ALS Untangled website Dr. Richard Bedlack’s ALS Reversals website The PatientsLikeMe website The ALS TDI website Nelda Buss wrote a book, You Can Walk, about her experience, and she originally appeared on Fox in 1992 Eric Valor’s website Angelina Fanous’s reporting on VICE and The New York Times Peter Andrey Smith’s website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimlet, this is Replyall. I'm Alex Goldman and I'm PJ vote.
0:13.0	This week we have a story from you're not going to say like happy new year.
0:18.0	You're just going to get right into the show. If I have to, happy it is nice to see you.
0:23.0	It's been a minute, happy new year. Welcome to 2017. Welcome to 2017.
0:27.0	What's your resolution? Here's the gods on a truth. I don't really have resolutions, but there are goals that I set for myself.
0:39.0	But I don't like saying them in public because I feel like then people can hold me to account for those things goals that I set for myself.
0:45.0	That's the point. That's a sex way of a new year.
0:48.0	I'm just, uh, Shruthy Pinnoman 80s in the studio. Hi.
0:51.0	Castigating me. Shruthy, you're here because you have a story.
0:53.0	Oh, boy. I know a little bit about your story. Yes. Can I say what I know? Please.
1:00.0	So what I know about your story is that it is about ALS.
1:04.0	ALS is a fatal disease and like a very bad one.
1:09.0	Basically, if you are diagnosed with it, your doctor will probably tell you like you have a fixed amount of time.
1:15.0	You're going to die. Like people can do things to make you more comfortable with that.
1:18.0	The classic thing that you hear is a doctor gives you the diagnosis and says, you know, go home, get your affairs in order.
1:25.0	Right. But your story is about a very different kind of doctor, a very different kind of doctor who's trying to find a cure in a way that is extremely unusual.
1:35.0	Yeah. So his name is Dr. Richard Bedlock and we actually first heard about him from a reporter named Peter Smith.
1:44.0	Peter and I reported the story together. You will hear from both of us. Here's Peter.
1:46.0	So in September, Shruthi and I took a trip to Duke to meet Dr. Bedlock.
1:53.0	There he is. Hello. Peter.
1:56.0	Hi. Shruthi. Good to see you, Shruthi.
2:00.0	Bedlock is the head of the ALS clinic at Duke University. Super well-respected neurologist.
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