Parky Profiles: John Caulcutt

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

Podot

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

4.7 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In a long and varied career, John Caulcutt has worn many hats: rock musician, stockbroker, marketing man, bobsled champion, fundraising extraordinaire, and, since 2019, parky. He joins us for this, the latest in our summer interview series, to discuss a life well-lived and how he ended up a prolific philanthropist who believes that a breakthrough for PD could be just around the corner...

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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.

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0:00.0	Podo.
0:02.0	You're listening to Movers and Shakers, a podcast about living with Parkinson's.
0:12.0	The show is generously sponsored by Bordwave, an exclusive European networking community for software founders and CEOs.
0:19.0	Bordwave is a passionate supporter of Cure Parkinson's.
0:22.9	For more details on the charity's progress around research and its fundraising, please visit
0:27.8	cureparkinsons.org.org.com. Hello and welcome to Movvers and Shakers.
0:38.2	I'm Mark Mardelle and while Series 5 is over and series 6 is just a list on the judge's spreadsheet at the moment,
0:43.8	we are back in the pub.
0:45.2	I just can't keep away. We're not here for the beer, but for our summer season of Parky Profiles.
0:49.5	Before we meet our guest, who else has turned up today?
0:51.8	Rory Catalan Jones.
0:53.5	Nicholas Mostyn, with his spreadsheet.
0:55.4	Paul, man, he liked her.
0:56.6	You just remembered his name?
0:57.4	I just remembered his name.
0:58.7	God, this is whying, isn't it?
1:00.6	You weren't asleep, though?
1:02.0	I wasn't asleep, I was awake, yes.
1:04.1	Now, Gillian's got a good excuse.
1:05.5	She's in hospital having a pump fitted Pump fitted and we'll have a full report on that in next season's problem. That is exciting, isn't it?
1:11.0	What does the pump do?
1:12.4	We had an episode about it, Paul.
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