{"podcast":{"title":"Movers and Shakers: a podcast about life with Parkinson's","slug":"movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501","podcast_index_feed_id":6197501,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/641216df1cc77a0010101f8c","website_url":"http://twitter.com/moversand6","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1678906867995-39a7df3e68b741ee279b1935f95d31cf.jpeg","author":"Podot","episode_count":121,"summary":"Movers and Shakers finds six friends – Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn, and Jeremy Paxman – gathered in a Notting Hill pub to discuss the realities of life with Parkinson's. And maybe find a few silver linings! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T04:20:54.223707+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501"},"episode":{"title":"The Dopamine Debate","slug":"the-dopamine-debate","published_at":"2026-02-28T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501/the-dopamine-debate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501","url":"https://shows.acast.com/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinsons/episodes/69a1cf4067ae12eb0a98dbcc","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/641216df1cc77a0010101f8c/e/69a1cf4067ae12eb0a98dbcc/media.mp3","summary":"This week we're doing something a little bit different on Movers & Shakers. We're joined in the pub by Dr Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, a distinguised American cardiologist with a controversial idea: that Parkinson's might be caused by too much, rather than too little, dopamine. Sackner-Bernstein's ideas call into question the underlying assumptions of the condition and have been refuted by many of his colleagues. But the debate is worth having – not least as the opposition is eloquently represented by Dr Kit Wu – because it shows just how much we still don't understand about PD, dopamine, and the human brain. Movers & Shakers is brought to you in partnership with Cure Parkinson's . Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Jeremy Paxman. Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot. Sound mixing by Ewan Cameron. Music by Alex Stobbs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week we're doing something a little bit different on Movers & Shakers. We're joined in the pub by Dr Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, a distinguised A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2028,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501/episodes/the-dopamine-debate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movers-and-shakers-a-podcast-about-life-with-parkinson-s-6197501/the-dopamine-debate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}