Sick Society

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Sick Society is a celebrity doctor talk show examining how social, political, and economic forces shape our health beyond the clinic. Featuring leading doctors, journalists, and experts, the series explores misinformation, inequality, climate and health, food systems, and public health crises. The show is produced by Haunted Mouse Productions, an independent podcast network creating journalism-forward and culture-led audio series.

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Episodes

What to Expect When You're Expecting The End: Death, Dying, & How to Talk About It (with Dr Kathryn Mannix)

Talking about death can be hard, and in some societal settings it's become a taboo. How can we plan for death in a society that tries to avoid it at all costs? In Episode 8 of Sick Society, Dr Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew “Bod” Goddard are joined by Dr Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care consultant and bestselling author of With the End in Mind and Listen. Kathryn says we've lost sight of the process of dying, and works to help people better understand and prepare for death. why medical professiona...

Mar 16, 2026•59 min•Ep. 8

Climate Change and Health: How Healthcare Both Heals and Harms the Planet (with Dr Hayley Pinto)

Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing our world, and the healthcare industry is not immune. Can sustainable healthcare turn the tide and make us healthier at the same time? In episode 7 of Sick Society, Dr Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew "Bod" Goddard are joined by Dr Hayley Pinto, the Education and Training Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. Hayley teaches people how to practice healthcare in a way that’s not damaging people or our future. In this episode we will discuss: T...

Mar 09, 2026•53 min•Ep. 7

Diet & Health (with Dr Duane Mellor)

We all know we are supposed to "eat healthy" but what does that mean? How does it really affect our health? In episode 6 of Sick Society, Dr Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew "Bod" Goddard are joined by Dr Duane Mellor, a double award winning registered dietitian and science communicator who says that we've lost touch with what food is. In this episode we will discuss: homogenization of our food supply why we eat, where we eat & who we eat with the cost of food why focusing on obesity is missing t...

Mar 02, 2026•59 min•Ep. 6

Exercise, Ageing, and the Politics of Staying Active (with Dr Jon Houghton)

Most people already know exercise is good for them. The harder question is why so many of us struggle to sustain it, and who actually has the conditions to make it possible. In Episode 5 of Sick Society, Dr Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew “Bod” Goddard are joined by Dr Jon Houghton, a sports and exercise physician whose work spans military rehabilitation, NHS practice, and elite professional sport. His clinical focus is helping people remain active when age, injury, illness, or circumstance interven...

Feb 23, 2026•57 min•Ep. 5

Why Britain’s Cold Homes Keep Making People Ill (with Hannah Fearn)

Cold homes don’t just feel uncomfortable — they quietly change how the body works. In this episode of Sick Society, Dr. Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew Goddard are joined by Hannah Fearn, a social affairs journalist who has reported on housing and health policy for two decades. Together, they examine why the UK’s housing stock produces unusually high health harms and why addressing it is as much a political challenge as a technical one. Britain isn’t uniquely cold. Yet it does particularly badly on ...

Feb 16, 2026•53 min•Ep. 4

When Facts Lose: Health Misinformation, Identity, and the Algorithm (with Tim Caulfield)

Health misinformation crops up in everyday decision-making, and it’s reshaping our trust in medicine. In Episode 3 of Sick Society, Dr. Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew Goddard are joined by Tim Caulfield, a leading researcher on health misinformation and science communication, to examine why today’s misinformation landscape feels harder to challenge than ever before, and why simply “correcting the facts” no longer works. As Tim puts it, we’re moving from fact-speaking to belief-speaking, where share...

Feb 09, 2026•1 hr•Ep. 3

When Health Goes Wrong: Anatomy of an NHS Scandal (with Shaun Lintern)

Most health scandals aren’t sudden failures. They’re warnings that went unanswered. In Episode 2 of Sick Society, Dr. Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew Goddard are joined by Shaun Lintern, award-winning health journalist, to examine how medical scandals emerge, escalate, and repeat. The conversation draws on major NHS case studies, including Mid Staffordshire. It also examines failures in private and commercial healthcare. Together, these examples show how culture, authority, and political pressure in...

Feb 02, 2026•59 min•Ep. 2

How Society Shapes Health

Dr. Alexis Paton and Sir Andrew Goddard start with a simple question that turns out to be anything but: What is health? Our premiere episode sets the season’s foundation: exploring how society and the world we live in quietly shapes our health — long before a doctor or hospital visit. You’ll hear why: misinformation and “wellness culture” are impossible to ignore health means different things to different people prevention is always underfunded — and why inequality, housing, food, and policy mat...

Jan 26, 2026•43 min•Ep. 1

Why Health Misinformation Thrives on Guilt and Uncertainty

Sick Society is a new celebrity doctor talk show examining how modern life, not just medicine, shapes our health. Hosted by Dr. Alexis Paton, one of the UK’s leading medical ethicists, and Sir Andrew Goddard, former President of the Royal College of Physicians, the series brings together globally recognised doctors, journalists, and public thinkers to unpack the social, political, and economic forces that shape public health — and how misinformation thrives within them. In this 15-minute preview...

Jan 16, 2026•13 min

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