What Causes Parkinson's?

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

🗓️ 20 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What causes Parkinson's? This is one of the trickiest questions facing researchers and doctors – not to mention patients – and it's the topic being tackled by the Movers and Shakers as they take to the Notting Hill pub today. Is there something atmospheric? Or does the club lie in our DNA? Our guide through this topic is Professor Matt Farrer, one of the leading lights of this research area.

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.
0:11.4	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.
0:33.6	Hello and welcome to Movers and Shakers, the podcast about living with Parkinson's. I'm Jillian Lacey Solomon and today we're tackling a big subject, what causes PD.
0:39.2	So today's a bit less about us moaning and laughing and more about getting the root of this wretched
0:44.7	illness. I mean how come we have it and other people don't? Maybe you're asking yourself
0:49.3	how come I have it but my brother, sister, mom, dad, whoever it is, cousin, best friend, doesn't.
0:54.8	So let's see who's here to help me unpick this rather tangled topic.
0:58.9	Rory Kethlin Jones.
1:00.4	Paul Mayhew Archer.
1:01.6	Mark Baudill. Nicholas Moston.
1:03.4	And unfortunately Jeremy can't be here with us today.
1:06.2	So let's dive in. Now do you all remember the World Parkinson's Congress?
1:10.0	I do. I was there.
1:11.6	And Paul was there too, yes. I was there and Paul was that too. I was jealous I wasn't the
1:14.8	night there was the judge I was no I was still judging you was in Swansea
1:18.5	he doesn't leaving party I was in Swansea yes the longest farewell since Frank Sinatra.
1:24.0	Well in that case, better reprise what some of what was said.
1:28.0	We all picked somebody to interview and my chosen interview either was this guy called Ray Dorsey,
1:33.2	he's a bit of a giant in the area in every sense.
1:36.0	He's well over six and a half foot tall, but he's also written a book called
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