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Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's

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Society & Culture, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Pd, Medicine, Science, Health, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

There's no doubting the ability of music to uplift the soul – but could it also help to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's? That's what the Movers and Shakers are discussing today in the Notting Hill pub, as they're joined by musical experts, including a man who whistled for Monty Python's The Life of Brian and a Welsh samba band (who have brought their drums all the way to W11). Whether it's a conduit for new creativity, a means of raising awareness or a cuing mechanism to arrest the disease's progression, there's something undeniably special about music. So pause Classic FM (or BBC Radio 6, we don't discriminate) and tune in.

Sponsored by Boardwave, who support Cure Parkinson's.

Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron.

Music by Alex Stobbs.

Artwork by Till Lukat.

PR by Sally Jones.

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0:00.0	Podoh.
0:10.4	You're listening to Movers and Shakers, a podcast about living with Parkinson's.
0:14.9	The show is sponsored by the generous contributions of private donors.
0:29.0	Hello everyone, I'm Mark Mardell and we're back in the pub for another episode of Movers and Shakers, the podcast about living with Parkinson's without making a song and dance
0:33.5	about it. But today that's exactly what we're going to do with not just one, but two excuses to play some music, not only some classic rock covers, but also a quick grounding in
0:42.0	samba for parkies. First off, who's here? Nicholas Mawston. Paul Mayha Archer. Gillian
0:47.4	Lacey Solomon. Rory Kethlyn Jones. And Gillian, before we meet our first guest, you've got
0:52.4	some musical news of your own. I have, definitely. We would like as many people as possible to come on April the 11th, which is
0:59.3	Well, Parkinson's Day, and join us just outside the houses of Parliament in Parliament Square
1:04.0	to sing our wonderful. We will survive with our own Parkinson's lyrics. Please, please come and join us.
1:11.4	It's going to be singing at 1230, but we're pretending it's at 12 so that every
1:15.2	young gathers at 12.
1:16.6	And after the singing, there's also a little treat, which I'll tell you about later.
1:20.7	Are we all going to be singing?
1:22.5	Well, in our horrible voices, yes.
1:24.0	Maybe it's more Rex Harrison sort of talking, really.
1:26.8	Mrs. At Eve, yes. Maybe it's more Rex Harrison sort of talking, really. But I won't be there because I'll be in Yorkshire doing this.
1:30.6	But you'll be doing the same way, thing, right? Yes.
1:32.8	Mesquires of Yorkshire.
1:34.2	This is turning into a spectacular event.
1:36.5	It is. If we all bring a hundred friends with us, there we are.
1:40.7	And then we get another few hundred, will be in fine voice. Well don't be jealous, Gillian, but there's another artist
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