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Past Episodes

2025
  • May 20 Episode 403: Moving Toward a Biologically Based Description of MS with Dr. Bruce Bebo, Dr. Daniel Ontaneda, and Kathy Smith
  • May 12 Episode 402: The Importance of Asserting Your Personal Style When You're Living with MS with Jeri Zink Denz
  • May 6 Episode 401: The Things That (Should) Happen at Your Appointment With Your Neurologist with Dr. Barbara Giesser
  • April 29 Episode 400: The President and CEO of the National MS Society Looks Back at the Past and Shares a Vision of the Future with Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • April 22 Episode 399: How Spirituality Can Make a Difference If You're Living with MS with Dr. Mana Ali Carter
  • April 15 Episode 398: How Breakthrough Discoveries in MS Research Will Impact MS Care with Dr. Amit Bar-Or
  • April 8 Episode 397: Managing Grief and MS with Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor
  • April 1 Episode 396: The Importance of Cancer Screenings for People Living with MS With Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
  • March 25 Episode 395: Things You Need to Know When You're Managing MS While You're Managing Menopause with Dr. Riley Bove
  • March 18 Episode 394: Probably The Most Important Conversation About MS Advocacy That We Will Ever Have with Steffany Stern
  • March 15 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Kristine Werner Ozug
  • March 14 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Emanuelle Waubant
  • March 14 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Mikael Simons
  • March 13 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Conversation with Dr. Daniel Reich
  • March 13 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Christina Azevedo
  • March 12 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Peter Calabresi
  • March 11 Episode 393: MS Awareness Week with Case Jernigan and Suni Conway
  • March 11 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Nara Michaelson
  • March 10 Bonus: An ACTRIMS Forum Conversation with Dr. Darin Okuda
  • March 4 Episode 392: From the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua and Dr. John Corboy
  • February 25 Episode 391: Choosing the Right Mobility Device with Dr. Evan Cohen
  • February 20 Bonus Episode: A Consensus Paper on Smoldering MS with Dr. Antonio Scalfari
  • February 18 Episode 390: Managing MS Pain with Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
  • February 11 Episode 389: Overcoming the Stigma of MS with Denise Schnieders and Fox Rigney
  • February 4 Episode 388: Understanding Gut Health and MS with Dr. Ashutosh Mangalam
  • January 27 Episode 387: Inside the TEAAMS Study with Ashli and Victoria
  • January 21 Episode 386: When to Seek Immediate Medical Care for MS with Dr. Kalina Sanders
  • January 16 Bonus Episode: Understanding Healthcare Provider Burnout — How Patients and HCPs Can Work Together to Support Each Other
  • January 14 Episode 385: A New Year Means New Benefits for Many People Affected by MS
  • January 7 Episode 384: Behavioral and Lifestyle Risk Factors for MS with Dr. Jared Bruce and Dr. Amanda Bruce
2024
  • December 31 Episode 383: Revisiting ECTRIMS 2024 with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Kristine Werner Ozug
  • December 24 Episode 382: Revisiting Women's Health Issues and MS with Dr. Anna Shah and Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
  • December 17 Episode 381: Measuring Your MS Disease Status? There's an Evidence-Based App for That! with Dr. Charisse Lichtman
  • December 10 Episode 380: Thriving in Cold Weather with MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
  • December 5 Special Episode: Aging with MS with Dr. Leorah Freeman
  • December 3 Episode 379: The Pros and Cons of Participating in MS Research with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Mimi Brown
  • November 26 Episode 378: An MS Care Partners Roundtable with Barbara, Marina, Maiya, and Matt
  • November 19 Episode 377: The Art of Hope with Lydia Emily
  • November 15 Special Episode: Pregnancy and MS with Dr. Riley Bove
  • November 12 Episode 376: Adding Dance, Music, and Art Therapy to Your MS Treatment Plan with Dr. Francois Bethoux
  • November 5 Episode 375: Managing Teenage MS with Dr. Ann Yeh
  • October 29 Episode 374: Grieving When You're Living With MS with Dr. Holly Hendin
  • October 22 Episode 373: ECTRIMS Research Roundup Part 2 with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • October 15 Episode 372: Medicare Changes That Will Affect You in 2025 with Sarah Anderson
  • October 8 Episode 371: A Difference-Making Mobility Device with Dee Ecklund and BE Alink
  • October 4 ECTRIMS Extra: Results from the Tolebrutinib Phase 3 Clinical Trial for RRMS with Dr. Jiwon Oh
  • October 1 Episode 370: Understanding the Updated Pathways to Cures Research Roadmap with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Shawna Golden
  • September 28 ECTRIMS Extra: Revisions to the Way MS is Diagnosed with Dr. Peter Calabresi
  • September 26 ECTRIMS Extra: Rachel Horne and Professor Kerstin Helwig
  • September 24 Episode 369: ECTRIMS 2024 with Kristine Werner Ozug and Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • September 22 ECTRIMS EXTRA: New Course Descriptors for MS with Dr. Fred Lublin
  • September 16 Episode 368: Living a More Purposeful Life with MS with Dr. Evan Smith
  • September 10 Episode 367: Budgeting for Living with MS with Bruce McClary
  • September 3 Episode 366: Medicare and MS — Getting Your Ducks In a Row with Laquel Thomas
  • August 27 Episode 365: It's the Episode Where I Get Interviewed with Jon Strum
  • August 20 Episode 364: Understanding the Signs and Symptoms of MS with Dr. Leorah Freeman
  • August 13 Episode 363: Safe Driving When You're Living with MS with Jenny Nordine, OTL, CDRS
  • August 6 Episode 362: The Role of Integrative Medicine in Treating MS with Dr. Lynne Shinto
  • July 30 Episode 361: Meet the new President and CEO of the National MS Society with Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • July 23 Episode 360: How Digital Technology Is Changing the Diagnosis and Treatment of MS with Dr. Riley Bove
  • July 16 Episode 359: The Unraveling with Dr. Nara Michaelson
  • July 9 Episode 358: VISIBL-MS with Dr. Jaime Imitola
  • July 2 Episode 357: Living Your Best Life When You're Living with MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
  • June 25 Episode 356: A Final Conversation with National MS Society President and CEO, Cyndi Zagieboylo
  • June 18 Episode 355: The NARCOMS Patient Registry with Dr. Robert Fox
  • June 11 Episode 354: From the Consortium of MS Centers 38th Annual Meeting — Part 2
  • June 4 Episode 353: From the Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Dr. Stephen Krieger
  • May 28 Episode 352: World MS Day with Rachel Horne
  • May 21 Episode 351: Managing Stress When You're Living with MS with Dr. Grace Tworek
  • May 14 Episode 350: Choosing Your MS Disease-Modifying Therapy with Dr. Barbara Giesser
  • May 7 Episode 349: From the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis Aging and MS Workshop (Part 2)
  • April 30 Episode 348: From the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis Aging and MS Workshop (Part 1)
  • April 23 Episode 347: Vitamin D and MS with Dr. Ellen Mowry
  • April 16 Episode 346: Why Members of Minority Communities May Face A More Severe MS Disease Course with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
  • April 9 Episode 345: A Deep Dive into Women's Health and MS with Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl and Dr. Anna Shah
  • April 2 Episode 344: Big Data Leads to Big Breakthroughs in MS with Professor Sergio Baranzini
  • March 26 Episode 343: Progressive MS Day with Kevin Reid
  • March 19 Episode 342: Behind the Scenes of an MS Research Study with Chiquita Shepard-Knight and Earl Sneed
  • March 12 Episode 341: Your Vision and MS with Dr. Shiv Saidha
  • March 5 Episode 340: This Is Not Your Father's MS Rehabilitation with Dr. Deborah Backus and Dr. Brad Willingham
  • February 27 Episode 339: Understanding Progression Independent of Relapse Activity with Professor Alan Thompson
  • February 20 Episode 338: Inside MS Advocacy and This Year's Public Policy Conference with Steffany Stern
  • February 12 Episode 337: Aging With MS with Dr. Aaron Boster
  • February 6 Episode 336: Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits with Jamie Hall, Esq.
  • February 1 Bonus Episode: MS21: Are We Meeting the Needs of Individuals at the Time of Their MS Diagnosis with Prof. Alice Laroni and Rachel Horne
  • January 30 Episode 335: Know Your Employment Rights If You're Living With MS with Christina Forster
  • January 23 Episode 334: Managing Health Insurance When You're Living With MS with Carla Turechek
  • January 16 Episode 333: Improving Communication Between You and Your Neurologist with Dr. Luis Manrique-Trujillo
  • January 9 Episode 332: Managing the Cost of Generic, Biosimilar, and Other Prescription Medications with Robin LaRue
  • January 2 Episode 331: Becoming a Donor to the National MS Brain Bank with Dr. Claire Riley
2023
  • December 26 Episode 330: Revisiting How the Proposed Framework for Researching, Diagnosing, and Treating MS Will Affect You with Prof. Tanja Kuhlmann and Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • December 19 Episode 329: Revisiting the Pathways To Cures Global Summit
  • December 14 Bonus Episode — MS21: Patient Empowerment: Invisible Symptoms of MS with Professor Klaus Schmierer and Jane Shanahan
  • December 12 Episode 328: Cognitive Rehabilitation and MS with Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti
  • December 5 Episode 327: Cannabis and MS with Dr. Michelle Cameron
  • November 28 Episode 326: A Happy Ending That Almost Wasn't with Chris Holland
  • November 21 Episode 325: Making Your Home Safe and Accessible with Tracy Carrasco
  • November 14 Episode 324: Avoiding the Risks of Misdiagnosing MS with Dr. Andrew Solomon
  • November 7 Episode 323: Support for Veterans with MS with Izzy Abbass and a New Project for Jamie-Lynn Sigler
  • October 31 Episode 322: Women's Research in MS with Rachel Horne and Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
  • October 29 ECTRIMS EXTRA: Dr. Robert Motl
  • October 28 ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Daniel Ontaneda
  • October 27 ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
  • October 26 ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
  • October 24 Episode 321: More from the 2023 Joint ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS Meeting with Dr. Helen Tremlett
  • October 20 ECTRIMS EXTRA with Dr. Jiwon Oh
  • October 17 Episode 320: From ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS 2023 with Bonnie Higgins and Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • October 9 Episode 319: Global Survey Results Support a New Framework for Describing MS with Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • October 3 Episode 318: Understanding Shared-Decision Making with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua
  • September 26 Episode 317: It's Our 6th Anniversary! These Are the Most Impactful Conversations We've Had Over the Past Six Years
  • September 19 Episode 316: Sex and MS with Madelyn Esposito
  • September 12 Episode 315: Understanding Generic and Biosimilar Drugs for MS with Dr. Jiwon Oh
  • September 5 Episode 314: Pelvic Floor Health and MS with Jill Ehrmantraut
  • August 29 Episode 313: Disaster Preparedness for People Affected by MS with Mary Casey-Lockyer
  • August 22 Episode 312: Adapting Exercise for MS with Dr. Gretchen Hawley
  • August 15 Episode 311: Prehabilitation with Dr. Kathy Zackowski
  • August 8 Episode 310: The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries with Dr. Stephen Hauser
  • August 1 Episode 309: Solving Speech and Swallowing Problems in MS with Dr. Marissa Barrera
  • July 25 Episode 308: Improving Your Balance and Walking When You're Living With MS with Dr. Nora Fritz
  • July 18 Episode 307: Managing Stress and Anxiety When You're Living With MS with Dr. Bree Wannamaker
  • July 11 Episode 306: Making Meal Planning and Prep Easier When You're Living with MS with Trevis Gleason
  • July 6 Bonus Episode: Everything You Need to Know About Clinical Trials with Dr. Aaron Boster
  • July 4 Episode 305: 30 Years Later — Looking Back (and Ahead) with Dr. Fred Lublin and Dr. Stephen Krieger
  • June 27 Episode 304: The International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress (Part 2)
  • June 20 Episode 303: The International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress (Part 1)
  • June 13 Episode 302: De-Stressing Air Travel If You're Living With MS with Dr. Scott Crawford
  • June 6 Episode 301: From the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting
  • May 30 Episode 300: Healthcare Disparities Among Minority Populations with Dr. Lilyana Amezcua
  • May 23 Episode 299: An Update on the Prevalence of MS in the United States with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • May 16 Episode 298: From the Pathways To Cures Global Summit (Part 2)
  • May 9 Episode 297: From the Pathways to Cures Global Summit (Part 1)
  • May 2 Episode 296: Everything You Should Know About MS Relapses with Dr. Sam Hooshmand
  • April 25 Episode 295: Numbness, Tingling, Pain, Itch — Managing Common MS Sensory Symptoms with Dr. Jeffrey Hernandez
  • April 20 Special Episode: Barancik Prize Conversations — Part 2
  • April 18 Episode 294: Disclosing Your MS in the Workplace with Christina Forster
  • April 13 Special Episode: Barancik Prize Conversations — Part 1
  • April 11 Episode 293: An Update on Diet and MS with Dr. Ilana Katz Sand
  • April 4 Episode 292: Could This Be the Cause of MS? With Dr. Richard Rudick and Dr. Timothy Vartanian
  • March 28 Episode 291: Disclosing Your MS to Friends and Family with Dr. Victoria Leavitt
  • March 21 Episode 290: Creating Change Through MS Advocacy with Holly Pendell and Angel Hardy Heinz
  • March 14 Episode 289: Living with the Uncertainty of MS with Sarah Wolfe and Dr. Laura Hancock
  • March 7 Episode 288: Oceans of Hope with Robert Munns
  • February 28 Episode 287: Meet the Winner of the 2023 Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research with Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
  • February 21 Episode 286: Embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into the MS Movement with Neisha Fredericks
  • February 14 Episode 285: MS in Kids and Teens with Dr. Brenda Banwell
  • February 7 Episode 284: Finding Support When You're Living with MS with Debby Bennett and Ricky Maxwell
  • January 31 Episode 283:12 Years Old and Diagnosed with MS with Faith Bigam
  • January 24 Episode 282: Preventing Falls (And Staying Safe When You Can't!) with Dr. Sara Migliarese
  • January 17 Episode 281: Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (aHSCT) for MS with Dr. Richard Burt
  • January 10 Episode 280: How the Proposed Framework for Diagnosing and Treating MS Will Affect You with Dr. Tim Coetzee
  • January 3 Episode 279: A New Framework for Researching, Diagnosing, and Treating MS with Professor Tanja Kuhlmann
2022
  • December 27 Episode 278: Re-Visiting My Conversation with Tyler Campbell
  • December 20 Episode 277: Re-Visiting Pathways to Cures with Dr. Carol Whitacre and Professor Alan Thompson
  • December 15 Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century — Are We Nearly There Yet? Achieving Freedom from Disease
  • December 13 Episode 276: ECTRIMS Research Update Part 2 with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • December 6 Episode 275: Choosing the Right Disease-Modifying Therapy with Ross Tingen, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS
  • December 1 Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century — The Impact of Cognitive Symptoms on Employment
  • November 29 Episode 274: Disaster Preparedness for People Living with MS with Mary Casey-Lockyer
  • November 22 Episode 273: Spasticity and MS with Dr. Michelle Cameron
  • November 15 Episode 272: Live from the National MS Society Leadership Conference with Lori Turley and Dr. Brad Zuchero
  • November 8 Episode 271: Acupuncture and MS with Jennifer Mohr-Boscaino and Ken Bandler
  • November 1 Episode 270: From the 2022 ECTRIMS Congress with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • October 25 Episode 269: How and When the Inflation Reduction Act Will Affect The Price of Your MS Medications with Steffany Stern and Judy Wilson
  • October 18 Episode 268: What You Need to Know About Open Enrollment with Nicole Vasquez
  • October 11 Episode 267: All You Really Need to Know About Vaccines and MS with Dr. Lisa Doggett
  • October 4 Episode 266: Making Life with MS Easier with Dr. Kathy Zackowski
  • September 27 Episode 265: Making MS Research Accessible to People Affected by MS (and Why That Matters!) with Sharon Roman
  • September 20 Episode 264: It's Our 5-Year Anniversary with CNN's John King and a Dawnia Baynes Takeover
  • September 13 Episode 263: Managing Your Mental Health When You're Living With MS with Dr. Dawn Ehde
  • September 6 Episode 262: Making Shared Decision-Making Work For You with Dr. Marijean Buhse
  • August 30 Episode 261: Service Dogs for People Living With MS with Trevor Hardy
  • August 23 Episode 260: MS and Men with Dr. Robert Shin
  • August 16 Episode 259: How Lack of Sleep Affects MS (and What You Can Do About it!) with Dr. Katie Siengsukon
  • August 9 Episode 258: Living with the Invisible Symptoms of MS with Kathy Costello
  • August 2 Episode 257: Dating With MS with Alaya McKinney and Akeem McMichael
  • July 26 Episode 256: How NeuraLight Plans to Revolutionize Drug Development and MS Care with Co-Founder and CEO Micha Breakstone
  • July 19 Episode 255: Aging With MS with Dr. John Corboy
  • July 12 Episode 254: Talking to Kids About MS with Erin Martin
  • July 5 Episode 253: Managing Grief and MS with Dr. Rosalind Kalb
  • June 28 Episode 252: The Journey from MS Diagnosis to Podcaster to Patients Getting Paid with Kathy Reagan Young
  • June 21 Episode 251: MS in the LGBTQ+ Community with Dr. William Conte, Payshunz Nagashima, and Andreina Barnola
  • June 14 Episode 250: At the Consortium of MS Centers Annual Meeting with Dr. Saud Sadiq, Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Marijean Buhse, PhD, RN, NP-C, MSCN
  • June 7 Episode 249: The Ball Came Out with Tyler Campbell
  • May 31 Episode 248: Pregnancy and MS with Dr. Annette Langer-Gould
  • May 24 Episode 247: Biomarkers Can Help Diagnose MS, Predict MS, and Telegraph MS Progression with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
  • May 17 Episode 246: The High Cost of MS Medications with Steffany Stern
  • May 10 Episode 245: The Journey to an MS Diagnosis with Dr. Michael Robers
  • May 3 Episode 244: Financial Planning For People Living with MS with Financial Advisor Dick Bell
  • April 26 Episode 243: The Economic Burden of MS with Dr. Bruce Bebo and Bari Talente
  • April 19 Episode 242: No Masks or Proof of Vax? Staying Safe in the Next Normal If You're Living with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
  • April 12 Episode 241: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Recap with Prof. Xavier Montalban
  • April 5 Episode 240: Hypnosis and MS with Dr. Mark Jensen
  • March 29 Episode 239: New Research Goals Set by the International Progressive MS Alliance with Dr. Robert Fox
  • March 22 Episode 238: The Pathways to Cures Research Roadmap with Dr. Carol Whitacre and Prof. Alan Thompson
  • March 15 Episode 237: Raising MS Awareness with Marti Hines
  • March 8 Episode 236: How MS Affects Mind, Mood, and Memory with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
  • March 1 Episode 235: National MS Society Public Policy Conference Preview with Bari Talente
  • February 22 Episode 234: Managing Your Emotional Health As COVID-19 Becomes Endemic with Dr. Meghan Beier and Emily Reilly
  • February 15 Episode 233: COVID-19: Going from Pandemic to Endemic When You're Living with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
  • February 8 Episode 232: Managing MS and Comorbidities with Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
  • February 1 Episode 231: Evidence Shows EBV Triggers MS — Understanding the Impact of This Breakthrough Research with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • January 25 Episode 230: Managing MS Fatigue with Dr. Elizabeth Gromisch
  • January 20 Bonus Episode: MS In the 21st Century — Challenges of Communicating About MS Progression With Your Healthcare Provider
  • January 18 Episode 229: Evidence Shows MS is Triggered by the Epstein-Barr Virus with Dr. Kassandra Munger and Dr. AJ Joshi
  • January 13 Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century –The Impact of Cognitive Symptoms on Patient Engagement with Care with Dr. Sarah Morrow and Paola Kruger
  • January 11 Episode 228: Headaches and MS with Meagan Adamson, DNP, FNP-BC, MSCN
  • January 4 Episode 227: Why Your New Year Resolutions Matter if You're Living with MS (And How To Keep Them!) With Dr. Brooks Wingo
2021
  • December 28 Episode 226: Re-Visiting Our ECTRIMS 2021 Research Review with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • December 21 Episode 225: Two of This Year's Most Important Conversations on RealTalk MS
  • December 14 Episode 224: The Secrets to Having a Low-Stress/No-Stress Holiday Season with Megan Weigel, DNP
  • December 7 Episode 223: Assistive Technology for People with MS with Alex Burnham and Bill Binko
  • November 30 Episode 222: The Poetry of MS with Tamara Kaye Sellman
  • November 23 Episode 221: Diet, Nutrition, and MS with Mona Bostick, RDN
  • November 16 Episode 220: New MRI Recommendations for MS with Dr. Scott Newsome
  • November 9 Episode 219: Update on an Investigational T Cell Therapy with Dr. AJ Joshi
  • November 2 Episode 218: ECTRIMS 2021 Research Wrap-Up with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • October 26 Episode 217: Living with MS and Managing Comorbidities with Dr. Alissa Willis
  • October 19 Episode 216: Open Enrollment with Nicole Vasquez
  • October 12 Episode 215: Stem Cell Therapy for MS with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen
  • October 5 Episode 214: Managing Sleep and MS with Dr. Abbey Hughes
  • October 1 Bonus Episode: MS in the 21st Century — Family Involvement in MS Care with Dr. Alice Laroni and Trishna Bharadia
  • September 28 Episode 213: COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Update for People Living with MS with Dr. Amit Bar-Or
  • September 21 Episode 212: Mobility Rehabilitation Early and Late in Your MS Journey with Dr. Herb Karpatkin and Cinda Hugos
  • September 14 Episode 211: The Ins and Outs of Employment and MS with Dr. Phillip Rumrill
  • September 7 Episode 210: Getting that Cognitive Assessment with Cathy Chester
  • August 31 Episode 209: MS Superheroes with Madison Copot
  • August 24 Episode 208: COVID-19 Vaccine Update: The Third Dose and MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte and Victoria Holmes
  • August 17 Episode 207: The Benefits of Art and Music Therapy in MS with Dr. Meera Rastogi, Veronica DeNoma, and Betsy Hartman
  • August 10 Episode 206: The Importance of Advocacy with MS Activist Jenna Green
  • August 3 Episode 205: A Potentially Transformational Therapy for Progressive MS with Samantha Singer and Dr. Richard Ransohoff
  • July 27 Episode 204: Creating Greater Diversity and Ensuring Patient-Centricity in MS Clinical Research with Tanja Keiper
  • July 20 Episode 203: How To Enjoy Summer Activities While Staying Safe and Keeping Cool with Dr. Colin Lenington
  • July 13 Episode 202: The MS Prodrome with Dr. Helen Tremlett
  • July 6 Episode 201: Our Conversation with Charcot Award Recipient Professor Alan Thompson
  • June 29 Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes of RealTalk MS with National MS Society CEO Cyndi Zagieboylo
  • June 22 Episode 199: MS and the LGBTQ+ Community with Matoaka Kipp
  • June 15 Episode 198: Anxiety and Depression in MS with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
  • June 8 Episode 197: Everything You Need to Know About MS Relapses with Dr. Michelle Cameron
  • June 1 Episode 196: Diagnosing and Misdiagnosing MS with Dr. Andrew Solomon
  • May 25 Episode 195: Dr. Nancy Sicotte Shares an Update About Vaccines and DMTs, Variants, Masks, and More
  • May 18 Episode 194: Innovation in MS Rehabilitation with Pierluigi Mantovani
  • May 11 Episode 193: Managing the Emotional Fallout of the Pandemic with Dr. Gayle Lewis
  • May 6 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS in the 21st Century with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams and Carolyn Kaufman
  • May 4 Episode 192: Next-Generation MS Therapies with Dr. Michael Kornberg
  • April 27 Episode 191: COVID-19 Vaccines and MS — What You Need to Know Before You Go with Dr. Dorlan Kimbrough
  • April 20 Episode 190: MS Rehab in the Real World with Sally McAllister and Dr. Carol-Ann Nelson
  • April 13 Episode 189: Research on Sex Differences in MS Leads to Potential Treatment with Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl
  • April 6 Episode 188: Managing Your Cognitive Health in MS with Dr. Victoria Leavitt
  • March 30 Episode 187: Progressive MS Research, Treatment, and Rehabilitation with Dr. Kathy Zackowski and Dr. Daniel Ontaneda
  • March 23 Episode 186: Building Your Resilience with Dr. Meghan Beier
  • March 16 Episode 185: MS Advocacy and the 2021 Virtual Public Policy Conference with Bari Talente
  • March 9 Episode 184: MS Awareness Week with Tracey Cooper-Harris and Sarah Quezada
  • March 2 Episode 183: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in MS with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
  • February 28 Bonus Episode: ACTRIMS 2021
  • February 23 Episode 182: COVID-19 Vaccine Myth-Busting with Dr. Scott Newsome
  • February 16 Episode 181: Sex and MS with Dr. Linda Mona
  • February 9 Episode 180: Dr. Jaime Imitola Explains Timing Your MS Medications with Both COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
  • February 2 Episode 179: The Importance of Exercise in MS with Dr. Nora Fritz and Judy Boone
  • January 26 Episode 178: Diet and MS with Dr. Ilana Katz Sand
  • January 19 Episode 177: Dr. Nancy Sicotte Answers Your Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccines and MS
  • January 12 Episode 176: The National MS Society Issues a COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance
  • January 5 Episode 175: People-Powered MS Research with the CEO of iConquerMS Sara Loud
2020
  • December 29 Episode 174: MSVirtual2020 Research Recap with Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • December 22 Episode 173: Creating the COVID Vaccine Guidance for People with MS with Dr. Nancy Sicotte
  • December 15 Episode 172: Preventing Holiday (and Pandemic) Stress with Megan Weigel, DNP, ARNP-C
  • December 8 Episode 171: The Country with One of the Highest Rates of MS in the World with Dr. Pamela Valentine
  • December 1 Episode 170: Managing MS Pain with Dr. Dawn Ehde and Dr. Heidi Maloni
  • November 24 Episode 169: MSTranslate with Brett Drummond
  • November 17 Episode 168: Remyelination in MS with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and Dr. Ian Duncan
  • November 10 Episode 167: A Veteran's MS Journey with Karla Clay, Capt USAF
  • November 3 Episode 166: Managing MS-Related Fatigue with Dr. Bardia Nourbakhsh and Dr. Kathy Zackowski
  • October 27 Episode 165: Understanding MS Clinical Research with Dr. Sandi Cassard and Diane Kramer
  • October 20 Episode 164: Understanding Pediatric MS with Hannah, her Mom, and Dr. Brenda Banwell
  • October 13 Episode 163: MSVirtual2020 Research Wrap-Up with MS Society Executive VP of Research Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • October 6 Episode 162: MS Conference Updates with EJ Levy and Dr. Kathy Zackowski
  • September 29 Episode 161: Sleep Issues and MS with Dr. Katie Siengsukon
  • September 22 Episode 160: The Emotional Impact of the Pandemic on People Living with Progressive MS with Dr. Anthony Feinstein
  • September 18 Bonus: The MSVirtual2020 Conference
  • September 15 Episode 159: Resilience and MS with Dr. Dawn Ehde
  • September 8 Episode 158: A Deep Dive Into MS Disease-Modifying Therapies with Dr. Scott Newsome
  • September 1 Episode 157: The Future of Telehealth with Mei Wa Kwong
  • August 25 Episode 156: Managing Cognitive Dysfunction in MS with Dr. Meghan Beier
  • August 18 Episode 155: Managing Caregiver Stress with MaryAnne Sterling
  • August 11 Episode 154: Vaccinations for People Living with MS with Dr. John Ciotti
  • August 4 Episode 153: Improving Your Health Literacy with Dr. Kalina Sanders and Managing MS with Wellness Coach Kate Costello
  • July 28 Episode 152: Managing MS-Related Cognitive Issues and Depression with Dr. Meghan Beier
  • July 21 Episode 151: Managing MS Pain and Fatigue with Dr. Heidi Maloni
  • July 14 Episode 150: The Cost of MS Medications, Drug Development, and More: My Conversation with Genentech CEO Alexander Hardy
  • July 7 Episode 149: A Biomarker to Predict MS Progression with Dr. Robert Fox and Caroline Sincock
  • June 30 Episode 148: New Guidance for MS Disease-Modifying Therapies with
    Dr. Aaron Miller
  • June 23 Episode 147: Racial Disparities in MS Care with Dr. Jackie Bhattarai
  • June 16 Episode 146: An Integrative Medicine Approach to Treating MS with Dr. Allen Bowling
  • June 9 Episode 145: Managing MS Through Different Stages of Life with Dr. Jennifer Graves
  • June 6 Special Episode: CMSC 2020 Virtual Meeting Recap with Cherie Binns
  • June 2 Episode 144: Emotional Wellness and MS: A Check-In with Dr. Amy Sullivan
  • May 26 Episode 143: MS Research Update with Dr. Ellen Mowry
  • May 19 Episode 142: MS Research at an Inflection Point:
    An Update From Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • May 12 Episode 141: How COVID-19 Affects People With MS with Dr. Robert Shin
  • May 5 Episode 140: Vitamins, Nutrition & Stress Reduction — Managing MS Symptoms with Dr. Elizabeth Crabtree
  • April 28 Episode 139: She's Living with MS and Diagnosed with COVID-19 with Nancy Guerrera
  • April 21 Episode 138: COVID-19 & MS In Minority Populations with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
  • April 14 Episode 137: COVID-19 & MS Update with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
  • April 7 Episode 136: Ocrevus & Other MS Disease-Modifying Therapies and COVID-19 with Dr. Marwa Kaisey
  • March 31 Episode 135: Coping With the Uncertainty of MS and COVID-19 with Dr. Kevin Alschuler
  • March 24 Episode 134: COVID-19 and MS Updates with Dr. Aaron Miller
  • March 17 Episode 133: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) and MS Disease-Modifying Therapies
  • March 12 Bonus Episode: MS Awareness Week with Damian Washington and Dan & Jen Digmann
  • March 10 Episode 132: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) and MS with Dr. Abbey Hughes
  • March 3 Episode 131: Racial Disparity in MS Symptomatology with Dr. Jackie Bhattarai
  • March 1 Bonus Episode: ACTRIMS 2020
  • February 25 Episode 130: MS Advocacy with MS Activist Diane Kramer
  • February 17 Episode 129: MS Advocacy in 2020 with Bari Talente
  • February 11 Episode 128: Pregnancy & MS with Dr. Riley Bove
  • February 4 Episode 127: MS Activism with California Assemblymember Jim Wood
  • January 28 Episode 126: Access to MS Medications with Tim Coetzee and Bari Talente
  • January 21 Episode 125: The Pathways to Cures Think Tank
  • January 14 Episode 124: First Descents with Brad Ludden
  • January 7 Episode 123: My MS Toolkit with Dr. Anna Kratz
2019
  • December 31 Episode 122: An Epic Bike Ride Across Canada for MS with Marc Boyer
  • December 24 Episode 121: ECTRIMS 2019 Research Recap With Dr. Bruce Bebo
  • December 17 Episode 120: Closing Out 2019 with Prof. Gavin Giovannoni
  • December 16 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS Mindshift with Cathy Chester
  • December 10 Episode 119: Gaining Access to MS Medications with Lisa Aquillano, PharmD, BCPS, MSCS
  • December 6 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Jodi Johnson
  • December 3 Episode 118: MS Sucks: Singing for a Cure with Stubhy Pandav
  • November 26 Episode 117: Caregiver Strategies with Penny Patnaude
  • November 22 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Caroline Craven
  • November 19 Episode 116: Dual-Tasking & MS with Dr. Soha Saleh
  • November 12 Episode 115: Secondary-Progressive MS with Dr. Mary Bailey
  • November 8 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Yvonne DeSousa
  • November 5 Episode 114: Understanding & Treating Cognitive Impairment in MS with Dr. Silvana Costa
  • October 29 Episode 113: The Things You Should Be Doing When You've Been Diagnosed with MS with Montel Williams
  • October 25 RealTalk MS Bonus: MS MindShift with Ashley Ringstaff
  • October 22 Episode 112: The MSIF People with MS Forum with Dr. Laura Musambayi and Gabriela Hidalgo
  • October 15 Episode 111: The Changing Face of MS Over 20 Years — The CLIMB Study with Dr. Tanuja Chitnis
  • October 8 Episode 110: Coping with MS & Work Stress with Dr. Lauren Strober
  • October 1 Episode 109: On Becoming an MS Research Scientist with Dr. Anisha Doshi
  • September 24 Episode 108: Social Cognition & MS with Dr. Helen Genova
  • September 17 Episode 107: Resilience in the Face of MS with Dr. Brandon Beaber
  • September 14 Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day Three
  • September 13 Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day Two
  • September 11 Bonus Episode: ECTRIMS 2019 Day 1
  • September 10 Episode 106: Palliative Care for MS with Cherie Binns, RN, MSCN
  • September 3 Episode 105: BBQ For MS? It's the Southern Smoke Festival with Chris Shepherd
  • August 27 Episode 104: MS Fatigue with Dr. Ekaterina Dobryakova
  • August 20 Episode 103: Kyra Millich's MS Journey
  • August 13 Episode 102: MS Disability Progression & Socioeconomic Status with Professor Helen Tremlett
  • August 6 Episode 101: With Charcot Award Recipient Professor Catherine Lubetzki
  • August 5 Episode 100: Some of the Best Moments From Our Last 100 Episodes
  • July 23 Episode 99: Standing Up in MS with Professor Jenny Freeman
  • July 16 Episode 98: Navigating Social Security Disability Benefits with Jamie Hall, Esq.
  • July 9 Episode 97: The Power of the Bike with Mike Zimits & Cat Tsigakos
  • July 2 Episode 96: The TREAT-MS Clinical Trial (and why it's so important) with Dr. Ellen Mowry
  • June 25 Episode 95: Ambiguous Loss with Dr. Pauline Boss
  • June 18 Episode 94: Shady Stem Cell Clinics And Their Shady “Clinical Trials” & An MS Rehab Study with Dr. Laura Rice
  • June 11 Episode 93: Stem Cells Are In the News & A Research Update from Dr. Karen Lee
  • June 4 Episode 92: MS Research with Dr. Jeffrey Huang
  • June 1 Bonus: From the CMSC Annual Meeting Day 3 (5/31/2019)
  • May 31 Bonus: From the CMSC Annual Meeting Day 2 (5/30/2019)
  • May 30 Bonus: From the CMSC Meeting Day 1 (5/29/2019)
  • May 28 Episode 91: International Progressive MS Alliance Research Update
  • May 20 Episode 90: The MS Association of America with President & CEO Gina Murdoch
  • May 14 Episode 89: Exercise & MS with Dr. Lara Pilutti
  • May 8 Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Tues 5/07)
  • May 7 Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Mon. 5/06)
  • May 7 Bonus: From the AAN Annual Meeting (Sun. 5/05/2019)
  • April 29 Episode 88: Fighting for A Cure with MS Activist Yvette Brisco
  • April 23 Episode 87: Robots & MS Rehabilitation with Dr. Maja Mataric
  • April 16 Episode 86: Cannabis & MS with Aryn Sieber
  • April 9 Episode 85: Meat Fight with MS Warrior Alice Laussade
  • April 2 Episode 84: A New Way of Measuring Mobility & Evaluating Disability with Dr. Valerie Block
  • March 26 Episode 83: Progressive MS Day with MS Warrior Kevin Reid
  • March 19 Episode 82: Minority Participation in MS Clinical Research with Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams
  • March 12 Episode 81: The Prevalence of MS with National MS Society CEO Cyndi Zagieboylo, Dr. Bruce Bebo, & Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie
  • March 5 Episode 80: Access to Affordable MS Medications with MS Activist Diane Whitcraft
  • February 26 Episode 79: Caregiver Assurance — A Better Way of Connecting Caregivers to the Support They Need
  • February 19 Episode 78: The Importance of MS Advocacy with Bari Talente
  • February 12 Episode 77: With Shift.ms Founder George Pepper & Shift.ms Community Member Aoife Kirwan
  • February 5 Episode 76: MS Rehabilitation With Dr. Deborah Backus
  • January 29 Episode 75: MS Risk Factors with Epidemiologist Dr. Farren Briggs
  • January 22 Episode 74: How Your Neurologist's Treatment “Style” Affects Your MS Treatment Plan with Dr. Aaron Boster
  • January 15 Episode 73: Making Connections with MSPals Mary Pettigrew
  • January 8 Episode 72: MS Cognitive Rehabilitation with Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti
2018
  • December 31 Episode 71: Our Look Back at 2018
  • December 24 Episode 70: When A Couple Is Living With MS with Dan & Jennifer Digmann
  • December 18 Episode 69: MS & Travel with Tarita Davenock, CEO of Travel For All
  • December 11 Episode 68: MS & AI with Dr. Chase Spurlock, CEO of iQuity
  • December 4 Episode 67: MS Research with Dr. Larry Sherman
  • November 27 Episode 66: Embracing Carers with EMD Serono's Scott Williams
  • November 20 Episode 65: Answering Listener Questions with Certified MS Nurse Cherie Binns
  • November 13 Episode 64: Patient-Driven MS Drug Development with Laura Kolaczkowski
  • November 6 Episode 63: Overcoming Caregiving Challenges with Dr. Amy Sullivan
  • October 30 Episode 62: New Guidelines for Managing MS Cognitive Dysfunction with Dr. John DeLuca
  • October 23 Episode 61: Voting IS MS Advocacy with MS Activist Karen Jackson
  • October 16 Episode 60: ECTRIMS Wrap-Up
  • October 16 Episode 60: ECTRIMS Wrap-Up
  • October 13 Episode 59: Live from Day 3 of ECTRIMS 2018
  • October 12 Episode 58: Live from Day 2 of ECTRIMS 2018
  • October 11 Episode 57: Live from Day 1 at ECTRIMS 2018
  • October 9 Episode 56: On the Road to ECTRIMS
  • October 2 Episode 55: Minority Inclusion & MS — We are illmatic with Victoria Reese
  • September 25 Episode 54: MS & Wellness — A Paradigm Shift with Dr. Aaron Boster
  • September 18 Episode 53: iConquer MS with Dr. Robert McBurney & David Gwynne
  • September 11 Episode 52: Enjoying the Ride with MS Activist & Author Mitch Sturgeon
  • September 4 Episode 51: MS Research From Australia with Dr. Lisa Melton
  • August 28 Episode 50: The MS Comprehensive Care Model with Dr. Jacqueline Nicholas
  • August 21 Episode 49: Taking On a Challenge with MS Warrior Shawn Feliciano
  • August 14 Episode 48: The Intersection of Art & Science with Elizabeth Jameson
  • August 7 Episode 47: Mental Health Technology & MS Depression
  • July 31 Episode 46: Using Data & Technology to Improve MS Care with Michelle Mitchell, CEO of MS Society UK
  • July 24 Episode 45: Building Better Caregivers with Dr. Kate Lorig
  • July 17 Gender Differences & MS
  • July 10 Episode 43: Cannabis & MS
  • July 3 Episode 42: Stem Cell Therapy & MS
  • June 26 Episode 41: Becoming an MS Research Fellow with Dr. Elisabeth Mari
  • June 19 Episode 40: An MS Activist Is Running for Office with Marques Jones
  • June 12 Episode 39: MS & Depression with Dr. Amy Sullivan
  • June 5 Episode 38: The CMSC Annual Meeting with Dr. Rosalind Kalb, Marques Jones, Jill Blackburn & More
  • May 29 Episode 37: MS & Sexual Function with Stuart Nixon, MBE
  • May 25 Episode 36: Day Two From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
  • May 24 Episode 35: Day One of the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
  • May 23 Episode 34: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
  • May 22 Episode 33: From the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Congress on Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
  • May 15 Episode 32: MS Rehabilitation & Symptom Management
  • May 8 Episode 31: David Mitchell & Patients For Affordable Drugs
  • May 1 Episode 30: Dr. Matthew Miles & MS Research Australia
  • April 24 RealTalk MS Episode 29: New Treatment Guidelines For MS Announced
  • April 17 RealTalk MS Episode 28: Pediatric MS With Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant
  • April 10 RealTalk MS Episode 27: Tech Tools To Manage MS
  • April 3 RealTalk MS Episode 26: Stephanie Buxhoeveden Is An MS Nurse Who Also Happens To Have MS
  • March 27 RealTalk MS Episode 25: Progressive MS Day With Dan & Jennifer Digmann
  • March 20 RealTalk Episode 24: MS & Depression? There's An App For That!
  • March 13 RealTalk MS Episode 23: Accelerating the Cure for MS
  • March 6 RealTalk MS Episode 22: All-Star MS Researchers & Their Work
  • February 27 RealTalk MS Episode 21: MS Advocacy: What It Is & Why It's So Important
  • February 20 RealTalk MS Episode 20: Help at Home From Helping Hands (And That's Some Serious Monkey Business)
  • February 13 RealTalk MS Episode 19: MS Navigators — A Seriously Remarkable Service That You Need to Know About
  • February 6 RealTalk MS Episode 18: Meet the MS International Federation
  • January 30 RealTalk MS Episode 17: Open Sesame — A Life-Changing App
  • January 23 RealTalk MS Episode 16: Robots & Rehabilitation With Dr. Maja Mataric
  • January 16 RealTalk MS Episode 15: We Are Illmatic
  • January 9 RealTalk MS Episode 14: New Year News Roundup
2017
  • December 12 RealTalk MS Episode 13: The International Progressive MS Alliance With Prof. Alan Thompson
  • December 5 RealTalk MS Episode 12: The Difference Between Men and Women With MS
  • November 28 RealTalk MS Episode 11: News Roundup
  • November 21 RealTalk MS Episode 10: Caregiving
  • November 14 RealTalk MS Episode 9: MS & Depression
  • November 7 RealTalk MS Episode 8: The MS MOSAIC Study
  • October 31 RealTalk MS Episode 7: ECTRIMS Round-Up
  • October 24 RealTalk MS Episode 6: Being an MS Activist with Heather Fargo
  • October 17 RealTalk MS Episode 5: It's All About MS Research
  • October 10 RealTalk MS Episode 4: Progressive MS
  • October 3 RealTalk MS Episode 3: How Genetics & Culture Impact MS
  • September 26 RealTalk MS Episode 2: The Congressional Threat to Your Healthcare
  • September 23 RealTalk MS Episode 1: Introducing RealTalk MS

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