The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast

Check out the latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!  It's called “RVs, Formaldehyde, & Toxic Exposures.”  I’m speaking with environmental anthropologist, Nicholas Shapiro, Ph. D., associate professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.  You’ll hear Nicholas explore how after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, tens of thousands of people were exposed to dangerous l...

The latest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    It's called “Fragrance & Indoor Air Quality.” I’m speaking with Jeffrey Siegel, Ph. D., Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is an expert in healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation, and indoor air quality. A lot of people with MCS contact him, and he has compassion for folks with...

 The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!      It's called “Women’s Scented Products and Environmental Justice.” I’m speaking with Ami Zota, associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University in New York.  Professor Zota explores how women of color are disproportionately affected by toxic exposures and unregulated chemicals in beauty, i...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    It's called “Chemical Intolerance & the Body.”  I’m speaking with Linus Andersson, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Umeå University in Sweden. His carefully designed experiments have shown how people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Chemical Intolerance (CI) react to small amounts...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “Environmental Disability.”  I’m speaking with Norwegian sociology researcher, Pia Aimée Tordly. Her research on Environmental Disability is informed by her experiences living with MCS.  When Pia first developed the illness in 2010, she lost her job, had move 10 times, and had no other option but to live in...

Check out the newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!     It's called “MCS Advocates and Activists.” I’m speaking with two women in the U.S. and two women in Canada. All have severe MCS and are activists when it comes to the illness, creating awareness and calling for change in unique and important ways.  You’ll hear them explore:  Why they decided to engage in advocacy  How they...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!     It's called “Chemical Deregulation and Trump.” I’m speaking with Maria Doa, Ph. D., Senior Director of Chemicals Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a U.S.-based non-profit environmental advocacy group. Before joining the EDF, Dr. Doa was Director of the Chemical Control Division in the Office of Chemical...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  You'll hear my first in a series of personal reflections about MCS. The episode is called “Nutrition, Detox, and MCS.”  I’m speaking with Dr. Jenny Goodman, a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England.  We’re talking about Dr. Goodman’s new book, “Getting Healthy in Toxic Times.” I a...

The latest episode from The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!     It's called “Fragrance & Indoor Air Quality.  I’m speaking with two leading experts, Nusrat Jung, Ph. D. and Brandon Boor, PhD. Both are both professors at Purdue University in Indiana in the U.S. They specialize in indoor air quality, workplace air quality, infant and early-life exposures, assessing levels of...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!     It's called “MCS & Lyme Disease.”  I’m speaking with Kathleen Wallace in New York State in the U.S. Kathleen has lived with MCS and Lyme Disease for years. This episode is part of our ongoing efforts to amplify voices of people with MCS. When Kathleen got ill, Kathleen lost her job as a successful manager with a...

The newest episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “Illnesses You Have to Fight to Get.”  It features a conversation with Melina Sherman, Ph. D.  Melina is a critical science and health communication scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut in the U.S.  You’ll hear Melina explore how: ·      People with chronic illness...

The newest episode from The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! It's called “Chemicals & Parkinson’s Disease.” It features a conversation with Ray Dorsey, MD, professor of neurology at the University of Rochester in New York State in the U.S.  I invited Ray to speak on the podcast, because he insists toxic chemicals are the leading cause of Parkinson’s Disease and other neurolo...

Episode 65 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “Diagnosis & MCS.” It features a conversation with Annemarie Jutel, Ph. D. Annemarie is Professor of Health in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. For decades, Annemarie has explored the power the medical establishment has to...

Episode 64 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “The Physical & Emotional Labor of MCS.” It features a conversation with Isabella Clark. Isabella is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Oregon in the U.S. Her fascinating research focuses on how people with MCS engage in a lot of physical and emotional labor just to survive.  You’ll hear Isabel...

Episode 63 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called: “The Chemical Anthropocene.” It features a conversation with Yogi Hendlin, Ph. D. Yogi is environmental philosopher and public health scientist who works at a number of universities, including Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. You’ll hear Yogi and I discuss: The chemical anthropocene (how synthetic chem...

Episode 62 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called: “Forever Chemicals.”  You'll hear my conversation with two U.S.-based anthropologists, Daniel Renfrew, Ph. D. and Thomas Pearson, Ph. D.  They explore: ·      What forever chemicals are and where they come from. ·      The harms forever chemicals cause to human health.  ·      The challenges of better regulati...

Episode 61 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s part of the podcast's ongoing Book and Film Club series that we aim to bring you as often as possible.  I’m joined by two listeners with MCS, Chantelle Kirk and Kae Donais, to discuss “Safe,” the 1995 film directed by Todd Haines. We're not giving the film — which is controve...

Episode 59 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “A Biomedical Scientist with MCS.”  It features a conversation with Dr. Anita Wasik, a medical herbalist with a PhD in Medicine based in Finland. She has so much knowledge about MCS and also has the condition.  You’ll hear Dr. Wasik explore:  Her own experiences with MCS and related conditions. How exposure to toxic...

Episode 58 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called “MCS & the Medical System.” It features a conversation with Tarryn Phillips, Ph. D. Tarryn is a medical anthropologist and associate professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies in the Department of Social Inquiry at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. I'm really excited to share this episode with...

Episode 57 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s the first in an ongoing series that we’re calling The MCS Podcast Book Club.  I’m speaking with four women with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) — two in the U.S. and two from Canada. They are Caren Kirk, Donna Reid, Jacqueline Rice, and Ronda Sternhagen. The women share their thoug...

Episode 56 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called “En Environmental Refugee." I'm speaking with Sue, who goes by the name Canary Involuntary. She lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS).  We spoke about: * Her ongoing experiences living in an RV in Massachussetts.  * M...

Episode 55 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It's called: “Sacrifice Zones, Slow Violence, and Pushing Back against Chemical Pollution." It features a conversation with Noah Theriault, Ph. D. Noah is an associate professor of anthropology in the Department of History at at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a political ecologist and special...

Episode 54 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!   https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It's called: “Women, Dismissal, and Healthcare.” You'll hear Charee M. Thompson, Ph. D. Charee is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Liberal Arts & Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She is also an associate pr...

Episode 53 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It's called: “A Journalist, 9/11, & MCS.” You'll hear Justine Barron, an investigative journalist and writer based in Miami Florida. Justine is the author of the 2023 book, “They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up."  Justine talks about: ·   ...

Episode 52 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called "Crip Kinship." I’m speaking with Shayda Kafai, Ph. D., author of the 2021 book, "Crip Kinship. The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid." Shayda is an associate professor in the Ethnic and Women's Studies Department at California State...