The Neurology Lounge

Category: GENERAL

  • Episode 67. Locked-In Syndrome with Kate Allatt – Author of Running Free

    I am joined by Kate Allatt to discuss her experience of, and advocacy for, locked-in state as she narrated in her book Running Free: Breaking out of Locked in Syndrome. Kate has an extraordinary journey of resilience after being ‘buried alive’, the result of a brainstem stroke when she was…

  • Episode 66. Entombed – When the Brain is Locked-in

    The theme of this podcast episode is the disabling condition of locked-in state. I discuss the typical causes that lead to locked-in state, particularly large strokes in the brainstem, and highlighting cervical dissection is an important mechanism for this. I also review its main clinical manifestations, noting how blinking and…

  • Episode 64. Metamorphosis – CJD and Other Brain Prion Shapeshifters

    The focus of this podcast is the enigmatic theme of prion disorders. I trace the history of our understanding of this neurodegenerative disorder with how Nobel laureate D. Carleton Gajdusek, described the transmission of kuru – the first pathologically defined human prion disease. I also narrate how the similarities in…

  • Episode 62. Synaesthesia with Jamie Ward – Author of The Frog Who Croaked Blue

    I am joined in this podcast by Jamie Ward to explore synaesthaesia as he depicted in his book titled The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synaesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses. Jamie Ward is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, UK. His principal research interest lies in…

  • Episode 61. Hardwired – The Secrets of the Synaesthetic Brain

    In this podcast I explore the fascinating phenomenon of synaesthesia. Using the enlightening book by Richard Cytowic and David Eagleman titled Wednesday is Indigo Blue as template, I discuss the different types and manifestations of the condition, and I highlight the current understanding of its genesis. As I review its…

  • Episode 59. Proliferation – When Tumours Rampage in the Brain

    In this podcast I explore the diverse perspectives of brain tumours, from their pathology and clinical manifestations to their complications and management. The podcast discusses the common primary brain tumours, particularly highlighting the usually benign meningioma, and the typically aggressive glioblastoma. I illustrate these themes with such graphic illness memoirs…

  • Episode 56. Parkinson’s Plus with Leslie Davidson – Author of Dancing in Small Spaces

    In this episode, I am joined by Leslie Davidson to discuss her husband, Lincoln’s illness with Lewy body dementia, and her experience of caring for him whilst she was herself struggling with the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Leslie chronicled the onset of his symptoms with night terrors and its progression…

  • Neurochecklists Website Upgrade

    This is to announce that we have just completed another major upgrade of the Neurochecklists website…     Some of the new features in this 2025 upgrade are… A more aesthetic landing page. Icons for each category in the explore page. A wider search engine box. Smarter bookmarking tab. Cleaner…

  • The 50 Most Engaging Questions of The Neurology Lounge Podcast in 2024

    An advantage of running a Youtube podcast channel is that one can create one-minute extracts of the main podcast called shorts. Over the last 7 months, the podcast published almost 300 of these shorts, mostly framed as questions. As part of taking stock, some of these questions have attracted a…

  • The 30 Most Viewed Neurology Lounge Podcasts of 2024

    The Neurology Lounge Podcast launched on 26 May 2024, and it has made great strides over the last 7 months. The YouTube channel now has more than >540 subscribers, garnered almost 27,500 content views, and clocked up more than >1000 watch-hours. And the content consists so far of 28 monologues,…