MCS Podcast Book Club: "The Sensitives"

The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast

Episode 57 of The Chemical Sensitivity Podcast is available now!
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It’s the first in an ongoing series that we’re calling The MCS Podcast Book Club.

I’m speaking with four women with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) — two in the U.S. and two from Canada. They are Caren Kirk, Donna Reid, Jacqueline Rice, and Ronda Sternhagen.

The women share their thoughts about the 2020 book, “The Sensitives: The Rise of Environmental Illness and the Search for America's Last Pure Place” by Oliver Broudy.
The book is about a journey Broudy took to try to understand MCS. We discuss how the author conducted a lot of research, outlines how we are all exposed to toxic chemicals, but according to my guests, fails to put the false argument that MCS is in our heads to rest.

Share your thoughts about the conversation and the book.

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Hoofdstukken

1. Introduction to the Chemical Sensitivity Podcast and its host Aaron Goodman (00:00:00)

2. Participants introduce themselves and their experiences with MCS (00:03:52)

3. Initial thoughts and reactions to the book "The Sensitives" (00:04:41)

4. Discussion of the book's language and historical content (00:09:30)

5. Examination of the psychogenic argument regarding MCS (00:13:41)

6. Analysis of theories presented in the book, including TILT and the "rain barrel" theory (00:19:34)

7. Critique of how the author portrays people with MCS in the book (00:26:16)

8. Final reflections on the impact and value of reading "The Sensitives" (00:30:01)

9. Concluding thoughts (00:34:15)