Episode 36: Autobiography & MCS. A Conversation with Sofia Varino, Ph.D.

Episode 42 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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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 of environmental toxicity and community activism. She is author of the 2022 book, “Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and The Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore.”

You will hear Nicole talk about the book and:

 ·      How she has worked with youth in South Baltimore who have used creative forms of activism to push back against serious chemical pollution that impacts their health. 

 ·      How many people in South Baltimore suffer from asthma and likely undiagnosed MCS. 

 ·      How it is important for everyone, not just people whose health is clearly affected by chemicals, to act. 

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Episode 41 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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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 hear Joanna explore: 

•  Her personal experiences with MCS.
• How “Silent Spring,” by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, inspired her to research the link between chemicals and MCS.
• What fragrance is actually made of and how it impacts the body.
• How corporations are not required to list all the chemicals in products.
•  And more.

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Episode 40 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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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 book, “Staying Alive in Toxic Times: A Seasonal Guide to Lifelong Health.” 

You’ll hear Dr. Goodman discuss how MCS has become an epidemic in modern times, how environmental physicians search deeply into the roots of people's illnesses, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), the vital role of nutrition for people with MCS, and seven ways people can detoxify. 

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Dr. Jenny Goodman

“Staying Alive in Toxic Times”

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Episode 39 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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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 Sensitivity (MCS), how she communicates using a computer and social media, how she has dealt with people who are skeptical about EHS, supplements that have helped her, and more. 

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Please consider buying Julia's book: 
“Under a Rock: An Electrosensitive Survival Guide.”

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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 finding a safe vehicle to live in, isolation, how chemicals are deemed safe, and how people with MCS can support one another.

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Episode 36 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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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 Morales and Peggy Munson, as well as singer and  filmmaker Susan Abod document their personal experiences with the illness.  

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Sofia Varino, Ph.D. 

Chapter by Varino: Pathogenic (Auto)Ecologies: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Mechanisms in Environmental Autobiography

Aurora Levins Morales

Susan Abod

Peggy Munson

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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 between clothing, textiles, and MCS.

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Alden Wicker

EcoCult

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Episode 34 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!

It’s called “The Sensitives.” Exploring a Film About MCS.
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You'll hear a conversation about the 2017 documentary “The Sensitives.” It’s a film about people who live with severe MCS.   

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“The Sensitives” – full film on YouTube

Check out The Uncaged Canary — Daniel Waclawi's YouTube channel about his life with MCS and living in a vehicle

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Episode 33 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
 
It’s called “Conversations with Doctors.”
 
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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 by doctors.
 
It’s something a lot of listeners with MCS will relate to. 
 
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Read a paper by Suvi Kaikkonen and colleagues:
Making sense of the deligitimation experiences of people suffering from indoor air problems

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