Parky Profiles: Matt Eagles
Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's
Podot
4.7 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Our Parky Profile this week is a man who's been riding the Parkinson's wave far longer than any of the Movers and Shakers. Matt Eagles was diagnosed at the tender age of seven, and has had a full-life PD experience, from being a ropey designated driver to finding love on Facebook. Matt is an eternal – and determined – optimist, and his Parky journey is sure to inspire listeners as to what can be achieved with, because, or in spite of the condition.
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.
Additional production by Ewan Cameron.
Music by Alex Stobbs.
Artwork by Till Lukat.
PR by Sally Jones.
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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. |
| 0:11.1 | You're listening to Movers and Shakers a podcast about living with Parkinson's. |
| 0:15.0 | The show is sponsored by Judge Nick Mostin's Old Chambers and by the generous contributions of private donors. Hello and welcome to movers and shakers. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm Rory Kettin Jones and we're back in the pub for the latest in our series of |
| 0:34.4 | parky profiles. Interviews with interesting and inspiring people with Parkinson's. |
| 0:39.8 | In a moment we'll meet this week's guest but first let's see who's turned up |
| 0:43.2 | chillin this is Solomon welcome or del Nicholas most in Jeremy fetchman good to have you all |
| 0:49.2 | here this week our guest is just about the most irrepressible, inspirational, invigorating person you could hope to meet. |
| 0:56.3 | I met him at the world... |
| 0:58.3 | Irritating. Well you'll find out whether he's irritating in a minute. Always a good start, Jeremy. |
| 1:04.0 | I met him at the World Parkinson's Congress in Barcelona last year, |
| 1:08.0 | and he handed me a t-shirt bearing the slogan, |
| 1:10.0 | I'm not pissed, I've got parkies, and demanded that I wear it all day. |
| 1:14.6 | His name is Matt Eagles and he's been living with Parkinsons for longer than anyone I know |
| 1:18.9 | because he was diagnosed at either seven or eight. How are you now, Matt? I'm 55 now, but I was actually diagnosed |
| 1:26.5 | on my seventh birthday. Extraordinary. Well, we usually start by asking people a bit about their lives before Parkinson's, but seeing as you were diagnosed at seven, let's die straight in Mark, why don't you, |
| 1:39.0 | well, he started up. |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah, we usually start by saying, you know, how did you feel when you were diagnosed? |
| 1:43.3 | I can only imagine at 7 how you feel. |
| 1:46.0 | I remember spending a lot of time in hospital, but it didn't really make any difference. |
| 1:51.3 | A, I didn't want to be there and B, I just wanted to be out playing with my friends. So, it could have been called anything. It wouldn't have made a difference because I didn't know anything about it. |
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