It’s the last episode of this season of Chronic and host Lucy Pasha-Robinson is tackling a subject close to her heart – endometriosis, a common yet debilitating disease affecting at least one in 10 women, including her. In this no holds barred

9. Is Psychosis The Last Mental Health Taboo?

Dec 23rd, 2020 52m 54s

In this penultimate episode of this season of Chronic, host Lucy Pasha-Robinson is joined by New York Times best-selling author Esmé Weijun Wang, who lives with schizoaffective disorder.In this candid chat, we tackle some of the common misconce

8. Why We Should All Be In Therapy

Dec 16th, 2020 28m 34s

In this episode of Chronic, host Lucy Pasha-Robinson is joined by Ali Gaspar, AKA A Star, a rapper and grime artist who lives with sickle cell anaemia. We dive headfirst into why we know so little about this cripplingly painful disease – could

7. How Can I Plan For The Future?

Dec 9th, 2020 30m 19s

This week, host Lucy Pasha-Robinson is joined by Robin Hatcher, a comedian and MS Society ambassador who was diagnosed at the end of last year. Just a few months later, he found himself self-isolating in lockdown as the world grappled with a de

6. How It Feels When People Think You're 'Too Young' To Be Ill

Dec 2nd, 2020 33m 54s

This week we’re serving you a bumper episode of Chronic, with not just one incredible guest, but two. Host Lucy Pasha-Robinson is joined by Chloe Elliot, AKA Chloe In Curve – a plus sized fashion blogger who lives with psoriatic arthritis.Also

5. Men Can Fall Victim To Wellness Culture Too

Nov 18th, 2020 25m 4s

For National Diabetes Month, Lucy Pasha-Robinson chats with personal trainer and Ironman triathlete Jack Anderson. Jack was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 15 – a diagnosis he struggled to come to terms with, not least because of his phobia

4. HIV Won’t Kill You Anymore – But The Stigma Will

Nov 11th, 2020 42m 39s

Lucy Pasha-Robinson chats with gender discombobulist and drag queen Rory O’Neill, AKA Panti Bliss, who lives with HIV.In 1995, when Rory was diagnosed, his doctor handed him a death sentence. Now, it’s a medically managed condition that Rory ba

3: How To Masturbate With A ‘Broken’ Vagina

Nov 4th, 2020 30m 2s

Lucy Pasha-Robinson chats with comedian and cervical cancer awareness activist Karen Hobbs.In this episode, we’re doing things slightly differently – we’re talking about cancer, which is often seen as an acute condition.But as this week’s guest

2: Why Talking About Pain Is So Radical

Oct 28th, 2020 37m 2s

Lucy Pasha-Robinson chats with BBC journalist and invisible illness activist Jam Prescod, who lives with Lupus.In this episode, we’re talking about pain: how radical it is to vocalise your pain as a Black woman; the legacy of not being believed

1: Why Are We So Scared Of Chronic Illness?

Oct 21st, 2020 37m 30s

In the debut episode of Chronic, Lucy Pasha-Robinson is joined by sex educator and YouTube star Hannah Witton, who lives with ulcerative colitis. We dive head first into that enduring question that drives so many of us living with chronic illne

Welcome To Chronic

Oct 13th, 2020 2m 6s

Through a series of lighthearted and humorous interviews with chronic illness sufferers, this unashamedly anti-wellness podcast will explore what adapted wellbeing looks like. Through tales of success, hardship, perseverance and grit, we ask: W

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