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The Raw Nerve — 90 episodes

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Ep90 Movement, Independence and Physiotherapy in MS

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Ep89 Cassidy Krygger: Storytelling, Cinema and MS

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Ep88 Women, Wellbeing and MS: Finding What Works for You

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Ep87 Neurological Care in Australia: What the Survey Reveals

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Ep86 Funding the Future: The Next Generation of MS Research

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Ep85 Celebrating MS Changemakers: The 2026 MS Australia Awards

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Ep84 Friendship, MS and a Dog Called Bounty

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Ep83 Frosty and Holty on Life, Mateship and MS

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Ep82 Back on Track: New resource to support People Living with MS

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Ep81 On top of the world: Jen Willis, MS and summitting Mount Everest

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Ep80 Faster, Earlier, More Accurate: The Future of MS Diagnosis

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Ep79 Continence: Facts, Myths, and Support Strategies

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Ep78 The May 50K: Community, Fitness and Fundraising for MS Research

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Ep77 Stephen Crawford Chapter 2: Life with MS and the Power of Art

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Ep76 Stephen Crawford Chapter 1: Life with MS and Moving Forward

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Ep75 Advancing MS Research in Australia: Innovation, impact and the case for greater investment

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Ep74 MS Prevalence and Health Economic Impact in Australia 2025

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Ep73 Brain Health and Self-Care in MS

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Ep72 Spotlighting MS Symptom Management and Mental Health 

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Ep71 First Australia-New Zealand clinical guidance for MS

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Ep70 Changing Track: Finding Hope and Resilience Through Paracycling

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Ep69 ECTRIMS 2025: Shaping the next frontier of MS research

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Ep68 Celebrating our MS Carers: Marking National Carers Week 2025

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Ep67 Ageing and MS: Marking International Day of Older Persons 2025

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Ep66 It’s time: A National Action Plan for Neurological Conditions

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Ep65 Women’s Health and MS: Marking Women’s Health Week 2025

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Ep64 Global Voices, Local Impact: Dr Lydia Makaroff on leading the MSIF

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Ep63 Celebrating our MS Champions: The 2025 MS Australia Awards

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Ep62 2025 Incubator Grants: Novel research helping solve the MS puzzle

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Ep61 World Brain Day: A focus on brain health and MS

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Ep60 Connecting through Reading: The MS Readathon Story

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Ep59 NDIS Pricing Review: The price is NOT right!

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Ep58 Reflecting on World Continence Week: MS, continence, and handy resources

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Ep57 Men and MS: A candid chat to mark International Men’s Health Week

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Ep56 Living well with MS: the new resource empowering Australians to make informed lifestyle choices

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Ep55 The value of MS Nurses and MS Nurse Practitioners

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Ep54 Empathy in Practice: An Occupational Therapist's own MS journey

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Ep53: Why health must be a top priority in the 2025 election

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Ep52 The May 50K: Health, hope and the future of MS Research

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Ep51 Riding for MS: wheels and tales with Cate, Clare and Kobe

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Ep50 The MS Puzzle: Innovative research promises to reveal new clues

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Ep49 A cut above: MS, horses and the Yellowstone effect

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Ep48 Unseen Strength: Chronic Illness, Resilience, and the Power of Storytelling

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Ep 47 See, believe, dream, achieve

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Ep46 Shaping the future of MS: Research and trials in prevention and care

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Ep45 From the Bush to the Boardroom: Reflecting on a decade of leadership and service to the MS community

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Ep44 Crisis Toolkit unpacked: Empowering preparedness

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Ep43 A conversation about MS and AHSCT: Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

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Ep42 No limits: a Ballarat boy shares his running high

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Ep41 Run for your life: Meet the man with MS who has run marathons on all 7 continents

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Ep40 ECTRIMS 2024: Shaping the future of MS research

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Ep39 Navigating NMOSD: Harnessing lived experience to advocate for new treatments

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Ep38 A conversation about MS, lived experience, health and MS research

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Ep37 Ameera in Paris: The 2024 Paralympic Games

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Ep36 Emily in Paris: The 2024 Paralympic Games

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Ep35 In search for our unsung MS heroes: The launch of the new MS Australia Award Program

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Ep34 National Pain Week 2024. A conversation with ‘painchangers’

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Ep33 World Brain Day: A focus on brain health and prevention

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Ep32 Love Stories: In conversation with the creators of the film Take My Hand

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Ep31 Sharing the Dream: Mountaineer Jen Willis leads others with MS on a magic trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal

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Ep30 Count Us In: Neurological Alliance Australia Summit

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Ep29 World MS Day 2024: Understanding MS Diagnosis Forum

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Ep28 Empowering, Authentic and Extraordinary: Author Carmel Charlesworth on life with MS

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Ep27 The cycle of life: chatting food and MS with Mister Bianco’s Joe Vargetto

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Ep26 The May 50K: Inside the fun fitness challenge raising vital funds for MS research

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Ep25 Work, Life, Balance: On living and working with MS at MS Australia

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Ep24 Meet the neurologist part one: Dr Heidi Beadnall on preparing for your first visit, tips and MS insights

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Ep23 The Daisy Chain: symptoms, storytelling & success

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Ep22 Life, literature and love unedited

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Ep21 PLATYPUS: Inside the Pioneering Adaptive Clinical Trial for Progressive MS

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Ep20 Caring for the carers – part two

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Ep19 Caring for the carers – part one

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Ep18 Pioneering Progress: Insights into MS Australia’s iconic research conference

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Ep17 Whispers of Resilience. New book gives voice to MS lived experience.

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Ep16 When people say it can't be done, do it twice and take photos

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Ep15 Ordinary Australians living with MS, doing extraordinary things

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Ep14 A better NDIS for people living with MS

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Ep13 Sky is the limit

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Ep12 MS Nurses – Life-Changing Care

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Ep11 Making the invisible visible: New ’What is MS’ video resource explained

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Ep10 Pathways to Cures: The power of international collaboration

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Ep09 Felicity Purdue on MS, family, and the significance of The May 50K

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Ep08 Leaving our limits behind: Going the distance for MS research

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Ep07 The beginning of the end of MS: Why the global initiative Pathways to Cures is so important

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Ep06 Pedal power: From MS diagnosis to Paralympics Cycling Gold

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Ep05 MS on the rise: A deep dive behind concerning new data

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Ep04 Charting MS with Everclear’s Art Alexakis

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Ep03 Reaching new heights!

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Ep02 And then there were two! Meet The Raw Nerve’s new podcast co-host, radio legend Phil O’Neil and discover why he’s stepped up to the mic.

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Ep01 The first one! Why MS Nurses are so critical / Unpacking the findings of Vitamin D Supplement study