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The Chemical Sensitivity PodcastAuthor: The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast
Thank you for listening to the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast! Amplifying voices of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and research about the illness.Brought to you by journalist and communication studies researcher, Aaron Goodman, Ph.D.Generously supported by the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation. DISCLAIMER: THIS PROJECT DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICEThe information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images, and other material from this project are for informational purposes only. None of the material is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard or read from this project. Language: en-ca Genres: Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Chemical Crisis: Memoirs & MCS: Roxana Delbene, PhD
Episode 90
Monday, 26 January, 2026
You’re listening to The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast. I’m Aaron Goodman.In this episode, we discuss illness memoirs as evidence, resistance, and survival. We explore the seminal 1994 memoir by Australian writer, Diana Crumpler, Chemical Crisis: One Woman's Story, Humanity's Future? I speak with Roxana Delbene, PhD, a linguist and medical humanities scholar who studies how people with so-called contested illnesses, including Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), use language and storytelling to tell their personal stories of lived experience. Exciting news! Check out the podcast's new webpage: http://listen.chemicalsensitivitypodcast.org/Watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/mZwUxbYKTOgGet in touch:aaron@chemicalsensitivitypodcast.orgLink to Roxana's recent essay on illness memoirs:https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2024/10/23/the-patients-productive-imagination-the-reportability-paradox-in-narratives-of-contested-illnesses/Apologies for some subtle clicking sounds in this interview.#MultipleChemicalSensitivity #MCS #MCSAdvocacy #InvisibleIllnessAwareness #SafeHealthcareSpaces #ChemicalIntolerance #EnvironmentalDisabilitySupport the showThank you very much to the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation for its generous support of the podcast.If you like the podcast, please consider becoming a supporter! Support the podcast. Find the podcast on Patreon. If you like, please buy me a coffee. Follow the podcast on YouTube! Read captions in any language. Please follow the podcast on social media:FacebookXInstagramBlueSkyTikTok
