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Hosted by Jo Joyner and Lucy McDonald · health · EN · 21 episodes
Welcome to The PANS/PANDAS Stories. In the first series, actor and charity campaigner Jo Joyner, and child counsellor and journalist, Lucy McDonald, meet children and families affected by this neuropsychiatric disorder. They also interview experts at the cutting edge of treatment. Awareness is growing, and the pair hope this podcast will offer hope and support to sufferers as they navigate an often long and complicated road to recovery. Disclaimer - Episodes can contain upsetting themes. It does not replace medical advice.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The PANS/PANDAS Stories. In the first series, actor and charity campaigner Jo Joyner, and child counsellor and journalist, Lucy McDonald, meet children and families affected by this neuropsychiatric disorder. They also interview experts at the cutting edge of treatment.
PANS/PANDAS STORIES is hosted by Jo Joyner and Lucy McDonald. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Expert: Paediatric PANS & OCD specialist Barb Shephard talks ERP" (23 September 2026, 52 minutes), "OCD Special: I-CBT - Suicidal Intrusive Thoughts with Therapist Angela Henry" (10 September 2026, 61 minutes), and "The Day Our Children Changed Overnight: Two Mothers on PANS/PANDAS" (6 July 2026, 75 minutes).
PANS/PANDAS STORIES publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 51 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for PANS/PANDAS STORIES is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. PANS/PANDAS STORIES requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. PANS/PANDAS STORIES's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jo Joyner and Lucy McDonald hosts PANS/PANDAS STORIES, a health show with 21 episodes published.
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Meet the brilliant Barb Shephard who advocates passionately for PANS in New York. She is an empathic therapist with a deep understanding of OCD. Here she talks about Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD, working...
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OCD and PANS PANDAS specialist Angela Henry talks about treating OCD using I-CBT. This is a different approach that focuses on doubt – particularly how OCD can make us distrust what we know through our senses and...
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A whopping episode-in more ways than one. In this podcast I speak to PANS/PANDAS parent and advocate Lindsey Forsyth and her friend and fellow PANS/PANDAS mother, Kate Rooney. Longer than normal, as there was so much to...
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Dr Whelan is a rheumatologist from UCLA in California. He describes his discipline as almost the last port of call for many suffering from PANS/PANDAS but describes how his specialist understanding of inflammation...
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((Before I talk about this episode, I have a favour! Please scroll down - there is a survey link below - 20 minutes of your time could shape the future of therapy for this illness 💛 Thanks)) This week Lucy is joined by...
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Evie Meg is the most well known advocate for immune mediated neuropsychiatric disorders with more than 15 million followers on TikTok (which I worked out is twice as many as Coldplay, people!) and 1m on Instagram. As a...
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<p>Dr Zoe Gillispie is one of the world's leading neuroimmune-psychiatric psychologists, working with children and families with PANS/PANDAS from her Californian practice. Here she shares insights and expertise about...
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<p>Michelle Newby thinks that Occupational Therapy should be the fourth pillar of PANS/PANDAS treatment, after controlling inflammation and infection and psychiatric and psychological help. She works closely with...
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<p>"I want every single kid, every single teen, every single young adult, every single adult with PANS/PANDAS to realise what they are capable of because they are capable of so much more than their disorder gives them...
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<p>In this episode of PansPandas Stories, host Lucy McDonald interviews Freya Shacklock, a 19-year-old who shares her inspiring journey of recovery from PANS-PANDAS, a condition that caused her severe mental health...
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<p>It has been a while since the last PANS PANDAS Stories and our return is marked by an interesting chat with Dr Kiki Chang. He has a long PP pedigree and now works privately in the States where he has been...
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<p>In the last episode of the year, we talked to Lucy from Parenting_PANDAS on Instagram. Lucy shares her story with her 10,000-strong community, charting the hope and despair of life as a PANDAS parent. Originally...
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<p>Dr Denis Bouboulis, an allergist and immunologist from the US, has been diagnosing and treating PANS PANDAS for nearly 20 years. He talks about the "wild card" of Covid and how Long Covid could be linked to...
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<p>Jo Joyner speaks to Education Expert Tina Coope from the UK charity about helping children at school. She has good tips about how to speak to schools and help teachers understand how to help these children. </p><p>If...
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<p>Brilliant chat with Naomi Fisher about low demand-parenting, how parents unwittingly create pressure for their children, how to choose the right school, how to collaborate when things go wrong, and why saying less...
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<p>Lucinda Miller is back to talk about her new book Brain Brilliance. It looks at how what you eat affects your health and mood. </p> <p>The book is described as a nutritional toolkit for neurodivergent kids, and is...
Episode #2
<p>Julie Cox is the mother of all PANS PANDAS therapists and she has been working with these children and families for the last 20 years after her daughter got the illness. She has poured her personal and professional...
Episode #9
<p>Amy Joy Smith is a legend in the community, and one of the first practitioners to help children heal from PANS/PANDAS. She has helped hundreds of families, and her compassionate, rigorous approach ensures that...
Episode #8
<p>Lucy McDonald here, </p><p>This conversation was mind-blowing for me. I have long known of the rheumatologist Jennifer Frankovich's work, but in this chat, she taught me so much about PANS. Well specifally PANDAS...
Episode #1
<p>Hello, Lucy here with Episode 1 of our Easter mini-series. </p><p>This week, I talk to functional practitioner and nutritionist, Stella Chadwick. Stella talks about her journey to treating PANS/PANDAS after a family...
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