Movers and Shakers, a Parkinson’s podcast with Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Nick Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman
🎙️IT’S HERE! 🎙️
🌟Our incredible music video We Will Survive dropped yesterday morning. 🌟
We are so over the moon with this song and with the support we are receiving from our listeners.
Thanks to all! ❣️
WATCH HERE:
#parkinsons
#pd
#awareness
We’re so grateful for the lovely reviews for the podcast. A sample:
“At last Parkinson’s has a powerful voice!”
“it makes me feel that we are less alone, so thank you.”
“Keeping the subject of PD open and honest with laughter in the mix helps a great deal”
This week’s episode is all about the benefits of exercise for people with Parkinson’s - we learn about Jeremy’s five day a week personal trainer habit and the judge tells us about doing the plank in the Royal Courts of Justice
This Sunday's cover
@TimAdamsWrites
talks to the hosts of Parkinson's podcast Movers & Shakers
@moversand6
- including Jeremy Paxman, Gillian
@LaceySolymar
and Rory Cellan-Jones - about challenging attitudes to the condition
📸
@AOlmosPhotos
Big news - the hit podcast about living with Parkinson’s Movers and Shakers is holding its first live show. September 6th at Middle Temple Hall - get your tickets now!
You’ll never guess what we Movers & Shakers got up to on our holidays.. 🏖️
It was both a hard slog and great fun, with one serious aim: to promote the Parky Charter and 3 Parkinson’s charities! 🌟
Our new project will be unleashed on an unsuspecting world on September 7th…
It’s Saturday so there’s a brand new Movers and Shakers- it’s about depression which Jeremy wanted to talk about and don’t worry we even manage some laughs about the subject
We are loving your messages about the podcast. Thanks especially to Peter who’s decided we are a supergroup “the Traveling Wilburys of Parkinson’s disease.” Episode 2 coming this weekend
We’re overwhelmed by the positive reaction to
#moversandshakers
- and thanks for the messages and useful feedback. Lots of good ideas for future episodes. If you haven’t listened yet get it here
New bonus episode brought to you by half of the Movers and Shakers from World Parkinson’s Congress in Barcelona. Learn about the best diet for ‘Parkies’, why we haven’t ended Parkinson’s and the amazing story of
@MattEagles
who was diagnosed at 7
Big news - the hit podcast about living with Parkinson’s Movers and Shakers is holding its first live show. September 6th at Middle Temple Hall - get your tickets now!
A bonus edition of Movers and Shakers with some of the messages we’ve received - the woman horrified to be diagnosed by phone, the man who feels less alone after listening, the widow whose husband staggered off his Zimmer frame to hit a perfect golf shot
🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 🔔
🩺 Season 4 Episode 4 - “Targeted Ultrasound”
On today’s episode, the Movers & Shakers discuss this new therapy and are joined in that undertaking by returning guest Professor Ludwic Zrinzo, an expert in Targeted Ultrasound.
#parkinsonsdisease
#nhs
It’s here - Movers and Shakers the new podcast about Parkinson’s. With
@ruskin147
Gillian Lacey-Solymar,
@MarkIMardell
@MayhewArcher
Judge Nick Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman
Congratulations to Gillian Lacey-Solmar for winning both a gold medal and a bronze in table tennis! Not at the Olympics, but at Table Tennis Scotland’s International Parkinson’s Open! 🥇 🥉
As one of the organisers said : “Awesome achievement for a rookie player 👏”
Have you watched, liked and shared our We Will Survive music video yet? 🎶
How about signing our Parky Charter? ✍️
Both are hugely important in raising awareness for Parkinson’s Disease! So what are you waiting for? Get going! 💙🎶📽️✍️
#parkinsons
#parkinsonsdisease
#survive
Out now on all good pod platforms including Google Podcasts, episode 2 of Movers and Shakers - the “Parkinson’s supergroup”.
This week diagnosis with
@MayhewArcher
seeing the funny side
🎙️PLEASE READ 🎙️Note from Paul:
On Sunday July 7th I’ll be making the
@BBCRadio4
appeal on behalf of
@CureParkinsonsT
. The last time I did it I apparently broke the record for money raised. I’d love to raise lots of dosh so do give it a listen if you can and spread the word!
Episode 3 of
#MoversAndShakers
focuses on young onset Parkinson’s- people who get it under 50. The fabulous Gaynor Edwards of
@SpotlightYOPD
is our guest - and even manages to see the funny side
🌟❗️The Movers & Shakers team is helping
@parkinsonsuk
raise awareness for their campaign to further Parkinson’s visibility in Parliament. Will you help them succeed?❗️🌟
Further information can be found on the Parkinson’s UK website and here:
#pd
What do you mean you haven’t yet listened to the drugs episode? It’s getting great reviews - “very helpful, and felt there was a lot in it and we may need to listen to it again” wrote one listener
🎙️ 🌟The big reveal comes tomorrow!
Not only is episode 1 of Movers and Shakers series 4 out with important news of progress on the Parky charter, we are also unveiling our video, We Will Survive, music by Gloria Gaynor, words by Gillian Lacey Solmar. 🎙️
#song
#parkinsons
Bonus mailbag edition coming! We’ve had great messages about the podcast and we’ll be reading some of them out. As
@MayhewArcher
says Parkies know best about Parkinson’s
Download from Saturday
🎵 Our We Will Survive Music video includes many familiar faces who have experience Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.
We Will Survive and the
#parkycharter
are here to bring awareness and change to
#ParkinsonsDisease
💙
Watch the music video and sign the charter now! ✍🏻🌟💪🏻
🎙️PLEASE READ 🎙️Note from Paul:
On Sunday July 7th I’ll be making the
@BBCRadio4
appeal on behalf of
@CureParkinsonsT
. The last time I did it I apparently broke the record for money raised. I’d love to raise lots of dosh so do give it a listen if you can and spread the word!
Last fall, Michael J. Fox was presented with an honorary Oscar for his advocacy in raising $1.5 billion for Parkinson’s disease research. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 at the age of 29 when the world was in the palm of his hand. Instead of packing it in & feeling
Special thanks to
#moversandshakers
brilliant producer
@nickfhilton
who’s shown infinite patience in corralling a sometimes truculent bunch and turning our witterings into coherent audio
This Saturday the Movers and Shakers podcast will release a special episode featuring
@wesstreeting
of
@UKLabour
. The gang chats to him about Parkinson's and the NHS.
For a bit of a taster, here is Jeremy Paxman digging into Wes, as he digs into a scotch egg!
#parkinsons
Could Parkinson's be detected by a simple blood test? We have opinions!
Gillian Lacey-Solymar will be on
@BBCRadio4
at 17:45 giving her viewpoint!
Rory Cellan Jones
@ruskin147
will be delivering his thoughts on
@SkyNews
at 18:45!
Tune in and let us know your thoughts!🎙️🎥
🎙️PLEASE READ 🎙️Note from Paul:
On Sunday July 7th I’ll be making the
@BBCRadio4
appeal on behalf of
@CureParkinsonsT
. The last time I did it I apparently broke the record for money raised. I’d love to raise lots of dosh so do give it a listen if you can and spread the word!
@wesstreeting
has promised
@UKLabour
to offer 62,000 more neurology appointments every year as part of its NHS plans.
This would likely meet demand 1 of our
#parkycharter
detailed bellow.
You can sign the charter via our website:
This podcast would not have been possible without the generous support of
@phillocity
and software CEO networking group Boardwave which like us is a big supporter of
@CureParkinsonsT
Thank you for making your voice heard and connecting with candidates during the recent general election. We’re ready to influence parliament and make Parkinson’s a priority - will you help us?
#GE24
#GeneralElection
@wesstreeting
has promised
@UKLabour
to offer 62,000 more neurology appointments every year as part of its NHS plans.
This would likely meet the demand of point 1 on our
#parkycharter
(details bellow).
You can sign our Parky Charter via our website: