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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

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A man walks into the pub wearing vibrating shoes – no, that's not the start of a joke, but exactly what happened to Rory Cellan-Jones. On this week's episode, the Movers and Shakers are looking at some of the new technology, from fancy footwear to rhythmical cuing devices, to look at what tech can do for Parkies. They're also joined by the author of a snazzy new guide to Parkinson's gadgets, which aims to separate steps forward from snake oil.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	So what are you doing on April the 11th? April 11th happens to be World Parkinson's Day and we know where we're going to be and we're very much like you to come with us.
0:11.6	We will be descending on Westminster to make our presence really felt and the charter really felt as well.
0:17.5	Come with us, have a sing-song of We Will Survive, a meet-up where you meet all your fellow
0:22.0	parkies, and mark it in your diary now, please. The more of you can come, the bigger the impact's
0:28.0	going to be. So please do check out Movers and Shakerspodcast.com for details, and we very much
0:33.7	look forward to seeing you there.
0:42.0	You're listening to Movers and Shakers,
0:44.3	a podcast about living with Parkinson's.
0:46.8	The show is generously sponsored by Bordwave,
0:49.3	an exclusive European networking community for software founders and CEOs.
0:52.0	Boardwave is a passionate supporter of Cure Parkinson's. For more details on
0:56.1	the charity's progress around research and its fundraising, please visit cureparkinsons.org.org.com.
1:07.7	Hello and welcome. I'm Rory Kathleen Jones. We're back in the pub for another episode of Movers and Shakers, the hit podcast about Parkinson's. Let's see who's turned up this week.
1:17.8	I'm Melvinl. I'm Paul Nehue, Archer. Gillian Lacey Solomon. Nicholas Mostyn. I'm afraid Jeremy sends his apologies can't be with us this week.
1:26.2	Well, on this podcast, we love to keep you up to date with the latest technology,
1:30.1	or I do at least, the gadgets that make living with Parkinson's easier.
1:34.4	And so this week we take another look at what's new on the tech front.
1:37.4	We're going to hear from two inventors with nifty ideas for tech that claims to help you walk or talk more easily, and we'll meet the man compiling Parkinson's UK's new tech review,
1:46.7	a kind of witch for parky gadgets.
1:49.2	First, let's go around the table and find out how techy we all are.
1:53.8	Judge, you pride yourself on being a bit of a whiz with computers and stuff.
1:57.9	You've written, I think you've written software.
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