Still Here: A Podcast From The Sick Times

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Every week, co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk with guests about Long COVID news, commentary, and research. No pandemic minimizing, gaslighting, or denial here. The Sick Times is a nonprofit newsroom chronicling the ongoing Long COVID crisis.

  1. Aug 11

    How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?

    What do you do when your medical providers don’t know about Long COVID and internet personalities promise you they have the cure? In this episode, Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Long COVID physician, patient and advocate Zeest Khan about her Long COVID journey, how she looks at new research and off-label treatments as a physician, and how to spot misinformation and pseudoscience online. Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of the show. This episode was produced in collaboration with Long COVID, MD. Links mentioned: Long Covid, MDPodcast – Long Covid, MDHow to interpret clinical trial results for Long COVID – The Sick TimesResearch updates, August 4 – The Sick Times

    How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?

  2. Aug 7

    How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?

    What do you do when your medical providers don’t know about Long COVID and internet personalities promise you they have the cure?In this episode, Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Long COVID physician, patient and advocate Dr. Zeest Khan about her Long COVID journey, how she looks at new research and off-label treatments as a physician, and how to spot misinformation and pseudoscience online.Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of the show. This episode was produced in collaboration with Long COVID, MD. Links mentioned: Long Covid, MDPodcast - Long Covid, MDHow to interpret clinical trial results for Long COVID - The Sick TimesResearch updates, August 4 - The Sick Times

    How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?

  3. Jul 24

    Why is airborne disease transmission still controversial to doctors?

    Mal was tired of mainstream media misrepresenting COVID-19 and Long COVID, so she picked up a mic and a camera and told the story herself. Thus, Lola Germs was born. In this episode of Still Here, co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Lola Germs about her path from online COVID-safer community member to viral science communicator, and the research behind her latest project, “what if everything we thought we knew about disease spread was wrong?” She traces the history of airborne disease science from early miasma theory through germ theory’s overcorrection, the overlooked mid-century research of Mildred and William Wells, and the contemporary scientists who tried (and failed) to get the World Health Organization to act on airborne spread early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of the show. Links mentioned: what if everything we thought we knew about disease spread is wrong?The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill | WIREDAir-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We BreatheIndoor CO2 MapFollow Lola Germs on Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky

    Why is airborne disease transmission still controversial to doctors?

  4. Jul 17

    What can professional athletes teach us about Long COVID and rest?

    Oonagh Cousins was preselected for the Tokyo Olympics as a professional rower on the British team — until Long COVID derailed everything.In this episode of Still Here, co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Cousins about developing severe Long COVID at the start of the pandemic, her years-long attempt to return to elite training, and the relapse that ultimately forced her retirement in 2022. She is one of many professional athletes grappling with infection associated chronic conditions, including NHL player Jonathan Toews, tennis player Emily Radacanu, and many more. Cousins reflects on how her athletic background reshaped her understanding of rest, toughness, and listening to her body, and speaks candidly about pushing back on harmful “brain retraining” programs.Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review or a comment telling us how you like this episode. Links mentioned: Research updates, July 14 - The Sick Times  Emma Raducanu has post-viral syndrome. And commentators are giving her terrible advice. - The Sick Times  NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis shares POTS diagnosis - The Sick Times  Grappling with Long COVID as an elite athlete - The Sick Times  Long Covid course is ‘exploiting people’, says ex-GB rower - BBC  The importance of understanding rest - by Oonagh Cousins Follow Oonagh's work on socials: @oonaghcousins_longcovid@visible.health

    What can professional athletes teach us about Long COVID and rest?

  5. Jul 3

    How are disabled artists redefining Pride?

    To wrap up LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2026, The Sick Times hosted Virtual Pride, a COVID-conscious drag show featuring queer and disabled performers in the Long COVID community from across the country, hosted by Sick Times contributor and poet Khalil Dennis.In this episode of Still Here, we’re sharing the Q&A that followed the show. Performers Taipei, Mondo Millions, King LOTUS BOY, Ginger Ail, and Katie Drackert open up about the ancestors and mentors who shape their work, camp and absurdism as tools against denial and fascism, the unlearning required to embrace disability, and where they find queer joy outside of Pride Month.Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of the show.

    How are disabled artists redefining Pride?

  6. Jun 29

    Will the new COVID-19 antiviral be accessible?

    In June, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Xocova (ensitrelvir) as the very first post-exposure prophylaxis for Sars-CoV-2, and if taken within 72 hours, it could stop a SARS-CoV-2 infection in its tracks. The drug is also being studied as a potential Long COVID treatment and even maybe as a preventative. But how accessible will this drug be?In this episode of Still Here, Betsy Ladyzhets talks to co-host and Sick Times co-founder Miles Griffis about his reporting on the drug, the manufacturers, the studies behind it, and what it could mean for the disease.Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of the show. Links Mentioned: FDA approves COVID-19 antiviral Xocova as PEP. But will it be accessible? - The Sick TimesResearch updates, June 23 - The Sick Times

    Will the new COVID-19 antiviral be accessible?

  7. Jun 15

    How is Minnesota addressing Long COVID?

    As many governments shutter and defund their Long COVID programs, Minnesota is ramping up. In this episode of Still Here, co-host Betsy Ladyzhets talks to Kate Murray (Minnesota Dept. of Health) and Terri Wilder (#MEAction) about Minnesota’s recently launched Roadmap to address Long COVID and other post-viral conditions, and how their broad coalition led to a human-centric plan forward. Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review or a comment telling us how you like this episode. Links Mentioned: Minnesota’s Statewide Roadmap to Address Long COVID and Post-Viral Chronic Conditions  Long COVID Funding Opportunities - MN Dept. of Health More Resources from Minnesota: Long COVID A Post-COVID Condition - MN Dept. of Health www.meaction.net Past stories from The Sick Times on Minnesota’s Long COVID program: Minnesota’s unique Long COVID program retains funding following advocacy - The Sick Times Minnesota House budget proposes eliminating state Long COVID program - The Sick Times $11 billion CDC funding cuts may decimate Long COVID response in several states - The Sick Times Millions of Americans have Long COVID. Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them? - The Sick Times

    How is Minnesota addressing Long COVID?

  8. Jun 4

    How can we eat when we’re too sick to cook?

    When you’re sick, eating can be pretty miserable. In this episode, Miles Griffis talks to writer and artist Aisha Mirza, founder of misery collective and author of misery meals: a crip community anti-cookbook for when eating and cooking is hard. Miles and Aisha discuss the book, how Aisha went from an anti-foodie to a cookbook author, and what it looks like to be in community even from the solitude of your own home. Subscribe to Still Here wherever you get your podcasts, and leave us a review letting us know what you think of today’s episode. Links mentioned in this episode: Buy misery meals (worldwide shipping): https://ko-fi.com/miseryparty Sign up for misery's newsletter: https://miseryparty.substack.com/subscribeFollow misery on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miseryparty/ Follow nutritionist Kaysha Thomas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayshathomas/Cooking is terrible by Misha FletcherDepression Cooking by Sonali MenezesCookbooks by Ruby TandohResearch UpdatesVyvgart brought us back to life, but the Long COVID trial was canceled. We are calling on the NIH and HHS to study the drug.

    How can we eat when we’re too sick to cook?
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Every week, co-hosts Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk with guests about Long COVID news, commentary, and research. No pandemic minimizing, gaslighting, or denial here. The Sick Times is a nonprofit newsroom chronicling the ongoing Long COVID crisis.

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