The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast

Episode 51 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called “Protecting Children from Harmful Chemicals.”  I’m speaking with David Steinman, author and activist about his 2024 book, “Raising Healthy Kids: Protecting Your Children from Hidden Chemical Toxins.”   You’ll hear David talk about the urgent need to reduce chemical exposures for...

Episode 50 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! It's titled, "Everyday Exposures in Canada’s Chemical Valley." https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ You'll hear Sarah Marie Wiebe, Ph. D., Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advisor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. Sarah explores how First...

Episode 49 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called: “Gulf War Illness and MCS.”  I’m speaking with with Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD.  Dr. Golomb is a professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She served as a primary care doctor for a panel of veteran patients for over 15 years. Dr. Golomb...

Episode 48 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called “A Mother, Daughter, & MCS.”  I’m speaking with Adelia Shepherd and Sherry Crowell-Shepherd who live in Nova Scotia on the East Coast of Canada. You’ll hear them talk about how Sherry’s MCS influenced their mother-daughter relationship.  It’s an honest and moving conversatio...

Episode 47 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called “The Canary Professor.”  I’m speaking with anthropologist and professor, Liza Grandia, Ph. D. Liza is an associate professor of anthropology in the Dapartment of Native American Studies at the University of California Davis. She identifies as a three-time canary, having survived...

Episode 46 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called: “Finding Environmentally Safe Housing.” I’m speaking with Scott Daniska.  Scott Daniska, an independent researcher with a background in biology and genomics who has MCS. After five years trying to rent safe apartments in Massachusetts, he currently lives in Connecticut on the e...

Episode 45 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called: “Ecosickness in U.S. Fiction."  I’m speaking with Heather Houser, Ph. D.,  professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of the 2014 book, “Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction.” We explore how: Writers explore the impacts of toxic chemicals...

Episode 44 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called: “American Breakdown.”  I’m speaking with author and activist Jennifer Lunden, who goes by her last name, Lunden.  Lunden is the author of “American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life.”  We talk about...

Episode 43 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   It’s called: “The Chemical Age.”  It features a conversation with Frank A. von Hippel, Ph. D.  Frank is a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on toxicology and health disparities, with a focus on Indigenous and underserved communit...

Episode 42 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   It’s called "Fighting to Breathe."   It features a conversation with Nicole Fabricant, Ph. D. Nicole is a professor of Anthropology and director of Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Towson University in Maryland on the east coast of the U.S. Her research focuses on issues o...

Episode 41 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called "Silent Winter: Toxic Chemicals and Chronic Illness." It features a conversation with with Joanna Malaczynski. Joanna lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and is the author of the 2021 book, “Silent Winter: Our Chemical World and Chronic Illness.”     You’ll...

Episode 40 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   It’s called “Surviving and Detoxing in Toxic Times.”  It features a conversation with Dr. Jenny Goodman.  Dr. Goodman is a medical doctor specializing in environmental medicine based in London, England. (We share the same last name, but we aren’t related.) She is the author of the 2020 bo...

Episode 39 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   It’s called “Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.”    It features a conversation with Julia Lupine. Julia is the author of “Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”  You’ll hear Julia talk about how she adapted to having Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), Multiple Chemical Sen...

Episode 38 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ It’s called Chemical Free Homes. It features a conversation with Corinne Segura. Corinne is a building biologist practitioner and founder of My Chemical-Free House where she tests and writes about green building materials. You’ll hear Corinne talk about why she started My Chemical-Free Hous...

Episode 37 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! It’s called “Insights from a “Universal Reactor.” It features a conversation with Daniel Waclawiw. Daniel’s the founder of the YouTube channel, The Canary Uncaged . He makes short videos about how, at 27, he is navigating what he calls an "impossible illness." You'll hear Daniel explore challenges he's faced findi...

Episode 36 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/  It’s called “Autobiography and MCS.”    It features a conversation with Sofia Varino, Ph. D. Sofia is a professor at the University of Potsdam in Germany. They specialize in gender studies, cultural studies and the environment. You’ll hear Sofia explore how two writers, Aurora Levins Moral...

Episode 35 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  It’s called “Toxic Fashion.”  It features a conversation with Alden Wicker, author of “To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How we can Fight Back .” The book explores the impacts of clothing made with synthetic materials and dyes derived from fossil fuels.  In this interview, Wicker talks about the connection betwee...

Episode 34 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! It’s called “The Sensitives.” Exploring a Film About MCS. https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ You'll hear a conversation about the 2017 documentary “The Sensitives.” It’s a film about people who live with severe MCS.    Thank you for listening! Please share your feedback with us. We love hearing from you. “The Sensitives...

Episode 33 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!   It’s called “Conversations with Doctors.”   Subscribe where you get your podcasts. https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   This episode features a conversation with Suvi Kaikkonen.   Suvi is a linguist in Finland. She specializes in how people who are impacted by poor air quality in their homes and get ill are often dismissed...

Episode 32 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!   https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/   Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.   This episode is called “Canary Whiskers: Fragrance-Free Soap.”   It features a conversation with Rebecca, founder of Canary Whiskers Soap Company that makes completely fragrance-free and essential oil-free, cold-process soap for people with MC...

Episode 31 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now! https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is called “Podcasting, MCS and Community-Building.” It features a conversation with me, Aaron Goodman, founder and host of the podcast. I answer some listeners' questions about why I started The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast , my ex...

Episode 30 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.    This episode is called “Powered Air-Purifying Respirators.”  It features a conversation with two women in the U.S. who wear Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) so they can continue engaging in the world with MCS.   You’ll hear Kyle Higgins and Mariann Martin explore:  ·       How...

Episode 29 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.   This episode is called “Man on a Mission: A Very Deep Exploration of MCS.”  It features a conversation with Don Want, Ph. D., whose children's experiences with MCS led him to write perhaps the most comprehensive information about the condition.    You’ll hear Don explore:  His own f...

Episode 28 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.    This episode is called “Toxic Chemicals in our Blood and World.”  It features a conversation with environmental journalist Anna Turns .   You’ll hear Anna explore: The extent of chemical pollution in the world.  An experiment Anna did to find out which chemicals are in her blood stream....

Check out Episode 27 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! The title is “An Environmental Physician Weighs In.”  It features a Conversation Dr. John Molot , a doctor in Ontario, Canada who has specialized in MCS for over 30 years. You’ll hear Dr. Molot explore: ·       The primary mechanisms of the illness.  ·       Why roughly 70% of people with MCS are women.  ·       MCS and Mast Cell Activatio...