Sep 23, 20261h 11m
How do you go beyond enduring pain and turn it instead into a transformative artistic experience? Casey and Elicia are the powerhouse behind Sensory Dimensions, a creative collaborative that recontextualizes experiences...
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Major Pain
Hosted by Jesse Mercury · health · EN-US
About this Podcast:
The Major Pain podcast is a collection of interviews from people living with chronic illness and disability. Our goal is to spread awareness, empathy and community around experiences often lived through in isolation. Through sharing these stories important themes have become increasingly apparent, including the dangers of medical gaslighting, the importance of self-advocacy and the fact that none of us are in this alone. You can share your thoughts, your story, or inquire about appearing on the show at majorpainpodcast@gmail.com.
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What is Major Pain about?
The Major Pain podcast is a collection of interviews from people living with chronic illness and disability. Our goal is to spread awareness, empathy and community around experiences often lived through in isolation.
Who hosts Major Pain?
Major Pain is hosted by Jesse Mercury. The show has published 209 episodes to date.
What has Major Pain covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Making Pain Tangible: How Sensory Dimensions Turns Chronic Pain Into Art" (23 September 2026, 71 minutes), "Love Your Body, Own Your Health: Discussing Type II Diabetes with Kelvin Davis" (19 August 2026, 62 minutes), and "The Knowledge to Live Better: ALS, Advocacy, and Acceptance with Mindy Uhrlaub" (5 August 2026, 61 minutes).
How often does Major Pain publish?
Major Pain publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 64 minutes across 209 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Major Pain?
Booking probability for Major Pain is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Major Pain requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Major Pain's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Major Pain?
The strongest fits for Major Pain are Health & Wellness Services. Major Pain has a health audience.
About the host
Jesse Mercury hosts Major Pain, a health podcast with 209 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Aug 19, 20261h 2mS6What does “body positivity” mean to you? To Kelvin Davis, it began as a gap in the market. Women’s clothing advertising was leaning, more and more, into diversity in their models, while menswear seemed content to...
Aug 5, 20261h 1mS6How do you live with the ever-looming uncertainty of being a gene carrier for a fatal disease? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease—was long believed not to be genetic. Today...
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Pointing to Edward’s first symptom of Relapse–Remitting MS is tricky. From anxiety in his 20s, to poor sleep and numb hands, to back pain and difficulty walking, the road to diagnosis has been rocky. When he finally...
Jun 26, 20261h 3mS6Katie Brennan’s experience with Long COVID began in the earliest days of the pandemic, while she was working with the UK’s National Health Service on data-driven policy changes to improve care for patients. Though her...
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Apr 18, 20261h 56mS6<p>Today we kick off the sixth season of Major Pain by catching up with previous guests Danni, Courtney, Joan and Kaitlyn.</p> <p>Danni is a baker who was risking extreme pain every time she would eat, and doctors had...
Mar 25, 202649 minS5<p>Justin Goodman is on a mission with his organization Project 55: to educate, equip and empower the 55% of adults with mental health struggles that aren’t getting the care they need. His journey to this mission was a...
Feb 22, 202658 minS5<p>As a baby, Sarah didn’t know that her diagnosis with asthma would be the first in a long list of diagnoses that would eventually grow to over twenty. Today she manages these conditions with the help of her husband...
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Jan 4, 202647 minS5<p>Several years ago, Janene was at a golf tournament when something terrifying happened. Out of nowhere her feet began to burn, as if she were walking on hot coals. She discovered that blisters were spreading across...
Dec 1, 202546 minS5<p>In this episode of Major Pain, we continue our talks with people dealing with hidradenitis suppurativa. Today we talk to Angel, a mother of five who has had multiple health challenges. A self described “homestead...
Nov 10, 20251h 21mS5<p>Parish Armstead was only 7 years old when the first signs of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) appeared. This is a painful inflammatory skin condition that causes boil-like abscesses and scarring, which can occur...
Oct 16, 20251h 5mS5<p>For Tim Cummings, growing up with a brother who lived with epilepsy often felt like there was a mysterious presence in their shared childhood room. Seizures would often affect his brother Matthew in the middle of the...
Sep 22, 202551 minS5<p>In The Paper Bag Plan, the new film from writer/director Anthony Lucero, a father named Oscar (Lance Kinsey) who discovers he has cancer, decides to teach his disabled son Billy (Cole Massie) to become a grocery...
Sep 8, 20251h 41mS5<p>In the lifespan of this podcast we have never heard a story quite like Alia’s. Up until she was 27, she was living a healthy, active life. She was a vegetarian since the age of 15, and an avid gym-goer who continued...
Aug 6, 202551 minS5<p>Tara Sundem took the first steps on her journey to co-founding Hushabye Nursery while working as a neonatal nurse practitioner in neonatal intensive care units. She would help care for babies suffering from neonatal...
Jul 16, 20251h 5mS5<p>Stacey is seemingly living the dream. Working as a social media manager and patient advocate for Rare Patient Voice, she balances work with being a wife, mother, dog mom, caregiver, and pursuing her goal of a happy...
Jul 2, 202559 minS5<p>Brenda Snow was diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) in the early 1990s, during an era when treatment was minimal and the condition was poorly understood—a time often marked by a ‘diagnosis and adios’...
Jun 11, 20251h 13mS5<p>Joan, or as she is better known on the internet Joan of Heart, is an enthusiastic content creator who is best known for her YouTube channel Pedal Playhouse. There she shares her passion for effect pedals not just by...
May 22, 202549 minS5<p>Bonnie is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Washington state as well as a nationally registered and board certified art therapist. As an undergrad in psychology and art, Bonnie knew she wanted to help...
May 7, 202557 minS5<p>Hannah is still trying to live her life as any other 22 year old would, dancing with friends, enjoying the outdoors, and loving the cows on her family farm. She hopes to share this positive view of life with chronic...
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Kelvin Davis
associate vice president of finance and administration, KZD Insurance Solutions
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Katie Brennan
candidate for NJ State Assembly, Search Dog Foundation
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Justin Goodman
Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at White Coat Waste Project, White Coat Waste Project
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Tara Sundem
Executive Director and Founder, Hushabye Nursery
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