Best Visible With Emily Kate Stephens Podcasts (2025)

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#21 Living life with energy-limiting conditions - Personal wins & perspective, with Gez Medinger & Emily Kate Stephens 40:05

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In a change to our usual format, this week Emily Kate Stephens sits down with fellow journalist, podcaster and chronic illness sufferer, Gez Medinger to explore their personal anecdotes and discuss the strategies that have made a difference in the trajectory of their health. Between them, over the last five years of their illnesses, they have inter…

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#20 Practical guide to pacing and managing Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) with Dr Melanie Hoppers, Bateman Horne Center 1:04:20

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Bateman Horne Center internist and paediatrician, Dr Melanie Hoppers, has always been driven to approach her patients’ treatment with a holistic strategy, combining first line medicines with lifestyle, diet, stress reduction and movement. But in 2015, when her daughter became sick with ME/CFS, it became an even more personal mission to understand, …

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#19 Female hormones and the immune system, with Abigail Goodship 47:19

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Analysis of wearable data gathered from the Visible app found that symptoms in Long Covid and ME/CFS fluctuated considerably in-line with the menstrual cycle, in a new study from Imperial College (currently in pre-print). In this week’s episode Abigail Goodship, a biomedical scientist at Imperial College, responsible for scrutinizing the data from …

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#18 Leading research, delivering hope: The Open Medicine Foundation’s mission with Linda Tannenbaum 1:05:36

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The Open Medicine Foundation is the world’s largest non-profit aimed at diagnosing, treating and preventing complex chronic disease. This week, founder and CEO Linda Tannenbaum joins Emily Kate Stephens to discuss the OMF’s work, delivering collaborative research from some of the world’s leading scientists, and offering hope to millions. Now with s…

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#17 PEM: measuring the threshold and understanding the cause with Dr. Rob Wüst 38:16

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What is the threshold over which PEM is induced in chronic illness? This is a hugely important question for sufferers, and one for which Rob Wüst is trying to find an answer. Assistant Professor in Musculoskeletal Health and Physiology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dr. Rob Wüst is able to see the physiological impact of Long Covid and ME/CFS…

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#16 Why are women more susceptible to complex illness? Predicting chronic conditions with Michal Caspi Tal PhD 56:53

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This week’s episode takes us on an exploration of the exciting work coming out of M.I.T’s Biological Engineering teams into understanding infection-associated illnesses and the emerging field of menstruation science. Emily Kate Stephens is joined by Dr Michal Caspi Tal, Principal Scientist of the Tal Research Group and Associate Scientific Director…

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#15 Monoclonal Antibodies and the Future of Complex Illness Treatment with Dr Nancy Klimas 56:01

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A new clinical trial is underway to test a monoclonal antibody as a treatment for Long Covid. In this week’s episode Emily Kate Stephens sits down with Dr Nancy Klimas at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Florida, to discuss the trial alongside the groundbreaking research and integrative care, that is taking place at the Institute for Neuro-Immun…

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#14. Wearable technology and patient-led innovation with Dr. David Putrino 49:06

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Data gathered from wearable technology can warn of impending symptom exacerbation in complex chronic illness a new study has found. In this week’s episode Dr. David Putrino discusses the findings. He, in collaboration with leading immunologists, microbiologists and data scientists, tracked data points from 5000 Visible app users (who enrolled in th…

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#13 The role of Mast Cells in complex illness: what they are and how to calm them with Dr. Theoharis Theoharides 59:50

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Dr. Theoharis Theoharides ‘The Mast Cell Master’ has been at the forefront of mast cell research for over 30 years. A renowned expert in allergy, neuroinflammation, and mast cell biology, his work centers on understanding the regulation of these critical immune cells. His extensive studies explore their fundamental role in the body, the mechanisms …

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#12 "Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions" in ME/CFS, new insights with the C.D.C’s Dr Elizabeth Unger, Yang Chen & Elizabeth Fall 48:22

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The U.S.A.’s Centre for Disease Control (C.D.C) ME/CFS program has been working for decades to deepen our understanding of the condition. Their Multi-site Clinical Assessment of ME/CFS (MCAM) study, conducted across seven specialized clinics in the U.S. from 2012 to 2020, provides valuable data that forms the foundation for ongoing research. Dr Eli…

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#11 Post-Pandemic prevalence of ME/CFS - what we can learn from the increase with Suzanne Vernon, PhD 56:48

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In her latest paper Suzanne Vernon, PhD, Scientific Director at the Bateman Horne Center, reveals that ME/CFS prevalence is now 15 times higher than pre-pandemic estimates. The study, carried out by the RECOVER initiative, and published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine confirmed that ME/CFS has a 4.5% prevalence among those who did not r…

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#10 Staying connected (Part 2): Dealing with isolation and limitations in complex illness with Suzy Bolt 34:43

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When Suzy Bolt developed Long Covid in 2020 she searched for ways to understand her condition and began to create an online community of like-minded people traversing similar health situations. From her dark bedroom she found many others looking for answers, validation and ideas to help them navigate their illnesses, and from this she started to de…

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#9 Staying connected (Part 1): Dealing with isolation and limitations in complex illness with Suzy Bolt 46:15

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When Suzy Bolt developed Long Covid in 2020 she searched for ways to understand her condition and began to create an online community of like-minded people traversing similar health situations. From her dark bedroom she found many others looking for answers, validation and ideas to help them navigate their illnesses, and from this she started to de…

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#8 Exploring the drivers of post-infectious illness, with Harvard Neuroimmunologist Michael VanElzakker, PhD 51:30

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Dr. Michael VanElzakker’s mission is to identify the individual drivers of post-viral illnesses. “How do you find something when you don’t know what you’re looking for?” he asks, believing that COVID-19, whilst a disaster for humanity, is giving us the opportunity to establish practises to identify those unknowns and establish more unbiased researc…

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#7 Discovering new treatments for Brain Fog with Yale M.D. Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh 45:03

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Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh is a behavioural neurologist and a neuropscychiatrist whose primary focus has been treating patients with cognitive deficits – from Alzheimer’s to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Since 2020 a considerable portion of his clinic at Yale Medicine have been Long Covid patients and he noticed similarities in symptoms with post-concus…

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#6 The Science of Stress: Exploring Brain Function, Inflammation, and Cognitive Health with Yale Prof. Amy Arnsten 48:29

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Amy Arnsten, PhD, is a Professor of both Neuroscience and Psychology at Yale University, where she runs her own lab which studies and teaches about the brain’s higher cortical circuits and their molecular regulation. In this week’s episode we discuss Prof. Arnsten’s recent paper published in Biological Psychiatry looking at the impact of stress (bo…

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#5 How our understanding of ME/CFS, fatigue and pain has progressed over the past decade with Lucinda Bateman M.D. 55:36

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Lucinda Bateman, M.D. has been seeing patients, learning about, and educating about ME/CFS and fibromyalgia for decades. She is Chief Medical Officer of the Bateman Horne Center, Salt Lake City, whose mission is “improving access to informed health care for individuals with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and fibromyalgia by translating clinical expertise into…

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#4 Balancing the autonomic nervous system with Dr Boon Lim (Part 2) 48:53

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In this week’s episode renowned cardiologist Dr. Boon Lim returns for Part 2 of the conversation with Emily Kate Stephens, presenting three clarifying analogies to represent a wider view of the impact of acute stress on the autonomic nervous system, and its role in complex chronic illness. Dr. Boon Lim uses the poem The Blind Man and the Elephant t…

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#3 Brain Fog not ‘just in your mind’: new insights into physical markers of Cognitive Impairment with Dr William Hu 50:07

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Director for the Center for Healthy Aging Research at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Dr William Hu is a cognitive neurologist: he studies and treats patients whose thinking is affected by disease. Typically Dr Hu was dealing with Alzheimer's and related dementias in patients who were cognitively ageing whilst otherwise healthy, and those whose c…

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#2 How heart rate and symptoms are connected with Cardiologist Dr Boon Lim 45:09

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Cardiologist Dr Boon Lim describes himself as an electrician of the heart. Extremely experienced in surgically repairing heart rhythms, he is also an expert in treating Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and related autonomic conditions. His approach to the diagnosis and treatment of both the symptoms and pathophysiology of these diso…

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#1 Patient Power: scientific and policy progress with Patient Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) 40:46

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The Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) are a group of patient researchers who aim to facilitate patient-led research into infection-associated chronic conditions. Since their inception they have published numerous papers and articles including a complete review of the Long Covid findings in January 2023 in Nature, an article on designing cli…

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Make Visible: Trailer 2:17

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Introducing Make Visible, the podcast shining a light on complex chronic illness. Join us every two weeks as journalist Emily Kate Stephens uses her experience of living with an energy limiting condition to bring us the latest research and insights from the world’s leading experts, scientists and healthcare professionals. Including ME/CFS, Long Cov…

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#21 Living life with energy-limiting conditions - Personal wins & perspective, with Gez Medinger & Emily Kate Stephens 40:05

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#20 Practical guide to pacing and managing Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) with Dr Melanie Hoppers, Bateman Horne Center 1:04:20

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#19 Female hormones and the immune system, with Abigail Goodship 47:19

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#18 Leading research, delivering hope: The Open Medicine Foundation’s mission with Linda Tannenbaum 1:05:36

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#17 PEM: measuring the threshold and understanding the cause with Dr. Rob Wüst 38:16

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#16 Why are women more susceptible to complex illness? Predicting chronic conditions with Michal Caspi Tal PhD 56:53

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#15 Monoclonal Antibodies and the Future of Complex Illness Treatment with Dr Nancy Klimas 56:01

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#14. Wearable technology and patient-led innovation with Dr. David Putrino 49:06

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#13 The role of Mast Cells in complex illness: what they are and how to calm them with Dr. Theoharis Theoharides 59:50

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#12 "Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions" in ME/CFS, new insights with the C.D.C’s Dr Elizabeth Unger, Yang Chen & Elizabeth Fall 48:22

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#11 Post-Pandemic prevalence of ME/CFS - what we can learn from the increase with Suzanne Vernon, PhD 56:48

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#10 Staying connected (Part 2): Dealing with isolation and limitations in complex illness with Suzy Bolt 34:43

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#9 Staying connected (Part 1): Dealing with isolation and limitations in complex illness with Suzy Bolt 46:15

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#8 Exploring the drivers of post-infectious illness, with Harvard Neuroimmunologist Michael VanElzakker, PhD 51:30

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#7 Discovering new treatments for Brain Fog with Yale M.D. Arman Fesharaki-Zadeh 45:03

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#6 The Science of Stress: Exploring Brain Function, Inflammation, and Cognitive Health with Yale Prof. Amy Arnsten 48:29

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#5 How our understanding of ME/CFS, fatigue and pain has progressed over the past decade with Lucinda Bateman M.D. 55:36

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#4 Balancing the autonomic nervous system with Dr Boon Lim (Part 2) 48:53

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#3 Brain Fog not ‘just in your mind’: new insights into physical markers of Cognitive Impairment with Dr William Hu 50:07

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#2 How heart rate and symptoms are connected with Cardiologist Dr Boon Lim 45:09

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#1 Patient Power: scientific and policy progress with Patient Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) 40:46

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Make Visible: Trailer 2:17