Laughter is the Best Medicine, Talking About Comedy for a Cure/TSC Alliance (2nd in a Series)
"Talk About It!" with Greg Grunberg
Release Date: 06/22/2023
An Empire State of Mind with Anjalee Seneviratne
"Talk About It!" with Greg Grunberg
This month, a very special guest with a very special mission joins Greg on the podcast from New York City, and we are going to get REAL. Anjalee Seneviratne began having seizures when she was growing up in Sri Lanka, and they discuss how a lack of awareness or education about epilepsy leads to people not doing the first thing to bring this condition into the light… talk about it. She is now living in New York City, and attempting to get a bunch of landmark buildings including the Empire State Building to light up for Purple Day on March 26. She has had some luck with World Trade Center and...
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"Leading.... With Autism" Featuring Jake Didinsky
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On this month's episode, Talk About It co-founder Ken Lowenberg brings along one of his good friends Jake Didinsky to talk all about autism. Jake is a proud business manager, community organizer, DJ, is LGBTQIA+ and non-binary, and is an all-around powerhouse who uses their life on the spectrum as an advantage and is proud and unapologetic about all of it. They are an inspiration to Greg and Ken, and should also be an inspiration to you and anyone you know living with autism! They discuss having episodes of being nonverbal and what to do when that happens, the unique challenges of autism, the...
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Safe at Home: B*tch is a Bad Word with Sarah Wayne Callies
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At Talk About It, we cover topics that need more attention and need to be talked about more. In this special episode, Greg's close friend and fellow actor/ bandmate Sarah Wayne Callies stops by the studio to talk about safety - both on set, and at home. After a brief session talking shop, they get into the substance of a cause so near and dear to Sarah and one that can be very difficult to talk about, domestic violence. Sarah shares a personal and painful story about a good friend of hers who became isolated from relationships, including theirs, as her husband grew increasingly...
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Epilepsy Innovations: 'Make It Stop' with Craig Chambliss
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In this month’s episode of Talk About It, Greg and his guest Craig Chambliss, CEO of Neurelis Inc, explore the importance of rescue therapies – or immediate use medications – in overall seizure treatment. Talking to your health care team about whether immediate use medications is right for you is critical, even if your seizures are mostly under control. The Talk About It podcast is sponsored by Seizures Are Signs — dedicated to educating families on the importance of early and specific diagnosis by providing an assessment to help get the conversation started, educational...
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Making Lemonade: "When Life Gives You Lemons"
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This month on Talk About It, we are cooling off the summer heat with some refreshing and delicious lemonade! Greg hosts three different interviews with people who are taking the sourest of lemons that life hands them and squeezing out incredible creative initiatives that make the world a much, MUCH better place. Up first is Landis Wiedner who developed epilepsy after a traumatic brain surgery to remove a tumor. She was disrupted by this sudden change in her adult life and realized there weren't enough resources to help her deal with the struggles of "adulting" with epilepsy. So, she...
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'The Sandy Hook Promise' with Mark Barden
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Some topics are so heavy they are difficult to discuss, but gun violence has become such a problem in America that it is vitally important for us to talk about it in order to bring change. In this special episode of Talk About It, Greg is joined in studio by some great new friends -- Mark Barden, founder of Sandy Hook Promise and co-founder of Artist for Action, and Matthew Reich and Neal Saini, co-founders of Artist for Action. Mark Barden experienced the unimaginable when his 7-year-old son Daniel was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre of 2012, an event that sent shockwaves throughout the...
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The Lake Effect with Lake Bell!
"Talk About It!" with Greg Grunberg
In this episode, Greg is joined by a fellow parent of a child with epilepsy, and that parent just so happens to be the incredibly talented and incredibly funny actress Lake Bell! Lake's daughter Nova was diagnosed with epilepsy at just five years old due to a genetic mutation commonly associated with Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. Greg and Lake talk about re-framing the condition to her daughter so that it is positive, taking away guilt or anxiety when she has a seizure. She has created a scenario in which after Nova has a seizure, she thinks of it as "sparkling" and is very brave...
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Just Three Dads!
"Talk About It!" with Greg Grunberg
Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) hosts Shawn Francis (@iamshawnfrancis) and Brian Altounian (@brianaltounian) of the Just Two Dads podcast about raising children with special needs. See Shawn and Brian every Wednesday @ 11AM PT Live on Facebook! The Talk About It podcast is sponsored by Seizures Are Signs — dedicated to educating families on the importance of early and specific diagnosis by providing an assessment to help get the conversation started, educational information, stories from families who have found a diagnosis, links to advocacy groups, and more. For more information, go to...
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Celebrities Raising Cancer Awareness
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In this very special and star-filled episode of Talk About It, Greg sits down with David Anders, Todd Stashwick and Jerry O'Connell to share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives. It will have you laughing, crying, and finding ways to come together to end this horrible disease once-and-for-all. First up is David Anders, a delightfully eccentric and incredibly talented actor Greg worked with on Heroes and Alias. David opens up about his father's blood cancer diagnosis, and how his father dealt with his condition as a doctor who had massive impact on all of his patients....
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MUSIC ON THE MIND of Christopher P. Austin, M.D.
"Talk About It!" with Greg Grunberg
This month on Talk About It, Greg is joined by the CEO of Vesalius Therapeutics and former director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), along with Phil Gattone, co-founder of Talk About It! This episode is all about collaboration, and how it’s possible to make giant strides in the world of medicine through various fields coming together. As Dr. Austin describes, there is often times resistance to share information across fields or specialties, but in the past decade and especially through Covid, the world of medical science, especially as it pertains to...
info_outlineFor the second in a series of interviews with innovators in advocacy and business, Greg sits down with two powerful women from TSC Alliance - Kari Luther Rosbeck, President and CEO, and Lisa Moss, Vice President of Donor Relations. Kari and Lisa have dedicated their lives to helping individuals and families living with TSC, and they have become heroes within the epilepsy community.
In 2002, Kari founded the annual Comedy for a Cure in Los Angeles, providing much needed laughter to help raise money for TSC research. The event has grown to a highly-anticipated tradition that now raises over $500,000 each year with major comedians performing, and even Greg takes part on stage!
This episode discusses the importance of caregivers, the need to sometimes laugh to get through difficult times, how they raised major funding through charity events, the medical breakthroughs that TSC Alliance is funding and facilitating, and so much more!
The Talk About It podcast is sponsored by Seizures Are Signs — dedicated to educating families on the importance of early and specific diagnosis by providing an assessment to help get the conversation started, educational information, stories from families who have found a diagnosis, links to advocacy groups, and more. For more information, go to SeizuresAreSigns.com. Seizures are Signs is made available by Jazz Pharmaceuticals.