The Smell Podcast

This week, join me in listening to an episode with Glo del Monte. Glo is from Glasgow, Scotland. We talk about her anosmia journey and what that has been like for her. She’s a wardrobe mistress in the theater and used her sense of smell to do the sniff test to tell if garments could go another show or two without washing. She has a very interesting story! To find Glo on Facebook, click here .  To...

This week, join me in listening to a conversation with Duncan Boak, Founder  and Nina Hill, Director of Director of Development & Operations for Fifth Sense, a UK based charity for for people affected by smell and taste disorders. Duncan was previously on the podcast highlighting the work of Fifth Sense back on episode 18 from Christmas day of 2018. This time, we get to talk about what Fifth S...

Happy two-year anniversary everyone! Join me this week in listening to an interview with myself! Previous podcast guest, Kerri Wall, from episode 47 interviews me. Thank you for all of your support over the last two years and here's to many more.  To read the article titled “What Happens When You’re Disabled But No One Can Tell” by Andrew Solomon click here .  You can find the Invisible Disabiliti...

This week, please join me in listening to an interview with Chrissi Kelly, AbScent Founder.  Chrissi was featured on episode 8 from October 2018. Since we last spoke, they’ve launched a new website,  received registered charity status in the UK, and started additional Facebook support groups for people impacted by COVID-19. To find the Facebook support groups online, visit:  AbScent | Anosmia supp...

This week, please join me in listening to a conversation with Charles MacCarthy, from Accra, Ghana. Charles is a fellow anosmic who lost his sense of smell in November 2012 from accidentally spraying mosquito repellent up his nose. He has had bouts of recovery where he’s been able to smell again, sometimes for longer periods of time but it always goes away. To connect with Charles on Facebook, cli...

This week, join me in listening to a conversation with Nisha Pradhan. She grew up thinking that she was congenitally anosmic but in recent years, has started to regain some sense of smell, meaning she's mostly likely hyposmic. We talk about her recent bouts of parosmia and what it was like to also experience good smells for the first time.  To watch her Stanford Medicine X speech "Your Dirty Socks...

This week, join me in listening to a conversation with Joshna Maharaj, chef, author, and activist. Joshna and I talk about her experiences living with anosmia while working as a chef. We discuss her debut novel, "Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions", her podcast called Hot Plate, and much more.  To purchase her book online visit www.bookshop.org ....

This week,  join me in listening to an interview with some of the authors of the paper "Coronaviruses and the Chemical Senses: Past, Present, and Future" written by: Surabhi Bhutani, Keiland Cooper, Antonella Di Pizio, Paule V. Joseph, Valentina Parma, and Bob Pellegrino.   To connect with the interviewees on Twitter:   Surabhi Bhutani, @SurabhiBhutani  Keiland Cooper, @keilandwcooper  Valentina P...

This week, please join me in listening to an interview with Dr. Ann-Sophie Barwich, cognitive scientist, empirical philosopher & historian of science, technology, and the senses. We talk about her work as a scientist, her book titled "Smellosophy: What the Nose Tells the Mind" being published this coming July, and much more!  To connect with Dr. Barwich on Twitter, click here .  To check out h...

This week, please join me in listening to an interview with Dr. Danielle Reed, from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Reed and I talk about how the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR) was formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  To learn more about Dr. Reed's work with the Monell Center, click here .  To learn more about the Global Consortium...

This week, please join me in listening to an episode with Dr. Thomas Hummel of the University of Dresden in Germany. Dr. Hummel and I speak about his background in olfactory science, the research he's been involved in with smell training, and much more.  To read the paper titled "Effects of olfactory training in patients with olfactory loss" which Dr. Hummel was involved with, click here .  To rea...

This week, please join me in listening to an interview with Anthea Bull, founder of the @anosmicfoodie Instagram page. Anthea and I chat about what it's been like for her having anosmia for the last 9 years, how she started her Instagram page, and much more.  To find Anthea on Instagram, click here . Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1.substack.com/subscribe

This week, listen in as I read a very timely article, "There's an Unexpected Loss of Smell and Taste in Coronavirus Patients" by Dr. Judy Stone.  If you'd like to read the article, click here .  To connect with Dr. Judy Stone on Twitter, click here and on LinkedIn, click here .  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1.substack.com/subscribe

This week, listen in as I speak with Colin, a gentleman currently living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada who has struggled with chronic sinus issues his entire life and now deals with bouts of both parosmia and anosmia. We talk about what that has been like for him growing up and how it impacts his life to this day.  If you'd like to connect with him via email, you can reach him at smellman@protonmail...

Happy Anosmia Awareness Day 2020! This week, listen in to this special anosmia awareness day video as I chat with fellow acquired anosmic, Marj Rosner. Marj and I chat about what it's like for her having anosmia, the video shoot for the Monell Center that we got to travel to Philadelphia to shoot together, and much more.  To watch the Monell Center video titled "Tackling Smell Loss" that Marj and...

This week, listen in as I chat with Daniel Ku, a congenital anosmic currently living in Canada. We talk about his life experiences growing up with anosmia.  If you'd like to watch Daniel's YouTube video "Living Without a Sense of Smell", click here .  You can connect with Daniel on Instagram and Twitter @danzwku.  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1.substack.com/subscribe

This week, listen in as I speak with Frauke Galia, founder of FALK Aromatherapy about her work in the smell industry, how she founded her own aromatherapy company, her passion project - the ScentTattoo Project, and much more!  To visit FALK Aromatherapy online, click here .  To check out her ScentTattoo Project, click here and to read my story, click here .  To watch the video "This is What It's L...

This week, listen in as I speak with Jay Williams, a congenital anosmic currently living in Canada. We talk about his work as a chaplain and how anosmia has made an impact on his career. We also discuss how Canadian kit-kats are better than US ones!  To read his story, "Smeff", click here .  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1.substack.com/subscribe

This week, join me as I read my article titled "My Battle to Smell Again as a Person with Anosmia" written by me! This article was published on The Mighty, a digital health community created to empower and connect people facing health challenges and disabilities. I hope you'll enjoy it!  To read my story, click here !  To become a Mighty contributor, click here !  To learn more about smell trainin...

This week, listen in as we hear from Josh Abeles, a Londoner living with congenital anosmic. Josh and I speak about what it was like for him growing up without a sense of smell and how his anosmia impacts how he interacts with his religion, Judaism.  To connect with Josh on Twitter, click here .  Make sure that if you're not a member of the anosmia Facebook support groups that you go and check tho...

This week, please listen in as I speak with Chantel Mitchell, from Wellington, New Zealand. We talk about her struggles dealing with parosmia.  To learn more about parosmia, visit the Fifth Sense website here .  You will find the Parosmia/Phantosmia Facebook support group here and the Acquired Anosmia/Parosmia Facebook support group here .  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1....

This week, listen in as I chat with Liv Haker about her experiences living with acquired anosmia and bouts of phantosmia. You all have heard from Liv before, she was the star of episode 23 where I featured her short story. If you haven't listened to episode 23, make sure you go back and do so!  You can connect with Liv on Instagram @ livhaaker !  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpod...

This week, listen in as I tell you all about the Fifth Sense Five Year Anniversary Conference which will be happening on November 16th at Aston University in Birmingham, in the United Kingdom.  You can find out more about tickets here .  You can watch a video about the 2014 conference here .  I hope you can make it!  Get full access to The Smell Podcast at thesmellpodcast1.substack.com/subscribe

This week, please join me in listening to an interview with Kerri Wall, a fellow acquired anosmic currently living in British Columbia, Canada. Kerri is a facilitator & mediator, women’s leadership expert, and writer! We chat about what it was like for her becoming anosmic, how she dealt with the grief of her loss, how anosmia inspired her to get involved in politics, and much more. To learn m...

This week, listen in as I speak with Kat Haugh, patient advocate and acquired anosmic. She's currently living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  To listen to Kat's interview from the SmellTaste 2019 conference, click here .  You can find Kat on Twitter here . You can also check out her art work and her website here .  If you want to learn more about smell training and AbScent, check out their website...