Why Aren't You A Doctor Yet?

This week, Dr Suzi Gage takes us on a deep dive into the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation surrounding drugs.

Plus, we find out about jealous Buddhists, Suhail exposing hypocritical government officials, and re-wiring the brain.

(Just a quick note: this episode was recorded in March and contains some references to ketamine)

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Check out her podcast (also called Say Why To Drugs)

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This is the final episode in our mini-series exploring health conditions.

Oz sat down with Shaheen to find out about her expierences with her mum's rare form of dememntia and the journey to diagnosis. We chat about stigma, care responsibilities and gender roles in the Bangladeshi community, and what it's like to be isolated as a carer.

He also hears from Nadine Mirza, a researcher at the University of Manchester, who's exploring how her work revamping dementia testing services could make sure fewer PoC fall through the cracks and get the help they need.

You can find Shaheen on Twitter at @Shaheensloan98

You can find Nadine on Twitter at @thealmostpsych

For information relating to a specific dementia diagnosis, you can contact Rare Dementia support on [email protected] or on their website contact page.

If you or someone you know is in the Greater Manchester area, over the the age of 65, are South Asian and speak Urdu - you could help with Nadine's research!

You can get in touch with her at [email protected]

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The second episode in our new series where we explore various aspects of health!

This episode, we're joined by Tyla Grant - an autism advocate behind the YouTube channel "Adulting Autistic." She talks us through what it's like being a Black woman diagnosed at 17, mental health, and why people need to stop talking about "curing" autism. Also there's chat about a terrible golden jumper.

We get to chat to neurodevelopmental psychologist Mary Agyapong. Based out of King's College London, her work looks at early signs and symptoms of Autism. We hear about the scientific advancements in diagnosis techniques and ask whether culture and language plays a role in how we perceive autism

You can find Tyla on Twitter (@tylgrnt) and on YouTube at Adulting Autistic.

You can get Mary on twitter (@_MaryAgyapong).

Thanks to British Podcast Awards, Wellcome Trust, and everyone that took the time out to chat to us

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We're embarking on a new series where we explore various aspects of health!

To wave goodbye to its awareness month in March, we're looking into endometriosis, a chronic condition affecting 1 in 10 women in the UK.

Suhail had a chance to sit down with journalist Anita Jones (@AnitaNnekaJones) to find out more about her journey with endometriosis - discussing everything from her first experiences of it to her reliance on fluffy water bottles.

We hear from Dr Annabel Sowemimo (@SoSowemimo) - a sexual and reproductive health doctor, writer, and founder of Decolonising Contraception (@DecoloniseContr) - a not for profit, community interest group formed by people of colour working within sexual and reproductive health who are devoted to improving the outcomes for marginalised groups.

You can find out more about DC on their website.

You can read all of the articles written by Annabel on gal-dem

Thanks to British Podcast Awards, Wellcome Trust, and everyone that took the time out to chat to us about this.

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This week, we've got Roma Agrawal in the studio to talk about her life in engineering and how she ended up spending 6 years of her life building the Shard - one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world. We talk about beef with the Burj Khalifa, creating something new in the centre of a huge city, and Oz's history on a teleshopping channel (plus Alex gets dragged for being incredibly pedantic for the last 34 episodes).

You can find the first three episodes of Building Stories on the Building Stories website.

You can find BUILT in bookshops and available on Amazon.

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Music by Grapes & Evan Schaeffer

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