The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast

Check out Episode 26 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!     The title is “Stories of Grief, Acceptance & Strength.”  It features a Conversation with Gail McCormick . Gail is a psychotherapist, former newspaper reporter, and writer based in Seattle in the U.S. She has lived with MCS for many years. In 2001, she published a book of interviews she conducted with dozens of people who had MCS acr...

Check out Episode 25 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!   The title is “Safe Dentistry & MCS.”   Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You will hear Dr. Amy Dayries, one of the world’s most knowledgeable dentists about MCS. She shares helpful information about how to find a dentist who understands MCS, testing for safe dental products, amalgams, root canals, and more. Dr. Amy...

Episode 24 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!    The title is “A Physician with MCS.”  It features a conversation with Dr. Ann McCampbell . Although she trained as a physician, Dr. McCampbell’s career in medicine was interrupted by severe MCS. However, she has devoted her life to raising awareness about the illness and helping people who have it.  In our conversation, you'l...

Check out Episode 23 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!   The title is “Chemicals in Central America, Chemicals Everywhere.” It features a conversation with Alex Nading, Ph. D. Professor Nading teaches anthropology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in the US. He specializes in the impacts of pesticides and toxic exposures for people who work on sugarcane plantations in Nicaragua, climat...

Episode 22 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!   The title is “Bodily Natures: Exploring Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.”   You’ll hear my conversation with Professor Stacy Alaimo , who teaches at the University of Oregon in the US. She specializes in environmental humanities, American literature, and how writers explore environmental threats to oceans, plants, and animals. Profes...

Check out Episode 21 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!   The title is “Putting Chemicals Back in MCS.” Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ https://www.facebook.com/podcastingmcs   This episode features a conversation with Varda Burstyn ,  longtime advocate for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Based in Ontario, Canada,...

Check out Episode 20 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast!    The title is “Snowflake, Arizona.”   https://www.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/ https://www.facebook.com/podcastingmcs   It features a conversation with two long-time residents of Snowflake, a town in the northern part of the US state of Arizona. The community has gained a reputation among people with MCS as a relatively safe place to l...

Episode 19 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!  The title is “Photographing The Canaries. It features a conversation with documentary photographer Thilde Jensen.   Thilde talks about her internationally acclaimed 2013 book, "The Canaries." It's a compelling collection of self-portraits and photos of others with MCS.   "The Canaries" by Thilde Jensen DISCL...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Please support our work to help us continue creating greater awareness about MCS. Thank you very much! In Episode 18, “Toxicology & Communities of Resistance," I’m speaking with Melina Packer, Ph. D.  Melina is a postdoctoral research associate in the Feminis...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Please support our work to help us continue creating greater awareness about MCS. Thank you very much! We really appreciate it.  In this episode, I’m speaking with Andrea Lily Ford, Ph. D. Originally from California in the U.S., Andrea is now based in Scotland. She is...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free wherever you get your podcasts. You can support our work to help us continue creating greater awareness about MCS. Thank you very much! We really appreciate it.  In this episode, I’m speaking with filmmaker and singer-songwriter Susan Abod. Susan has MCS and focuses on the illness in her wo...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free where you get your podcasts. If you like the podcast, you can support our work to help us continue creating greater awareness about MCS. Thank you very much! We really appreciate it. In this episode, I’m speaking with Professor Emily Lim Rogers . Emily is a Disability Studies researcher and...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free wherever you get your podcasts. I’m speaking with author Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote the book “Snowflake, AZ,” published in 2019. The novel focuses on Ash, who travels by Greyhound bus to find their stepbrother Bly, who was last seen in Snowflake, Arizona. It’s a community where many people...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! We release new  episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is titled “Fragrance-Free Church?”  The focus is on churches, however,  I think the discussion is relevant for anyone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) who may be struggling to access indoor spaces, whether they are run by  fai...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is titled "Parenting Children with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)." It features an insightful conversation with a woman who has MCS and is the mother of two teenage daughters who also have the illness and Mast Cell Activation Syndr...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast !   New episodes twice a month. Subscribe for free wherever you get your podcasts: Google Podcasts   Apple Podcasts Spotify   YouTube Follow the podcast online for updates and to share your feedback: Facebook Twitter Instagram TikTok This episode is titled, "A Critical Link? Mast Cell Activation and Chemical Intolerance." My gue...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. This episode is about living in vehicles as a refuge . It features a conversation with two women with severe MCS. They have had to make difficult decisions to live in their vehicles because synthetic and scented chemicals that many people use make th...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast ! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. This episode is about creating a fragrance-free policy. My guest is Mushim Ikeda . Mushim is a writer, poet, longtime Buddhism and mindfulness teacher, and Community Director at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) in Oakland, California. She has pl...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. And follow the podcast on social media . The title of this episode is "MCS is Not an Anxiety Disorder."  It features a conversation with Dr. Eleanor Stein .  Dr. Stein  is a a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with an appointment in the Depar...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. And follow on social media for all updates. This episode features a conversation with Maya Dusenbery .   Maya is the author of the extraordinary book, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicin...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. And follow us on social media . This episode features a conversation with a man who has severe MCS. We take a deep dive into how the illness affected his marriage with his former wife and ultimately c...

Thank you for listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! New episodes twice a month. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss one. And follow the podcast on social media . This episode is about safer sex and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). It features two conversations with Rachael Rose and Jack Lamon. Rachael Rose is a certified sex & relationship coach and educator. Sh...

This episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is about finding community and supporting one another online. Since so many people with MCS are dismissed and misdiagnosed by healthcare professionals, the internet is often a vital source of information about the illness. And because of the social isolation that many folks with MCS experience, connecting with others online and supporting one anothe...

In this episode of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast, Aaron speaks with Roselle O'Brien . Roselle is a licensed clinical mental health counselor based in Massachussetts in the United States. She is dedicated to providing support for those whose lives are impacted by Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).  Roselle has been a medical professional for over 30 years as a licensed nurse, and is an ed...

In this episode, Aaron speaks with Michel Dumont. Michel is a queer, two-spirited, disabled, Métis artist who lives and works with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). He resides in Thunder Bay in northern Ontario, Canada. A lot of Michel's art involves what he calls ‘faux taxidermy.'  He makes beautiful, colourful animal objects — bears are some of his favourites — with found taxidermy...