podcast: Betterknown - Margot Livesey (Emma Shorters aunt) talks about M.E. Feb 2020

[Sly Saint]

For the hundredth episode, Margot Livesey talks to Ivan about six things which she thinks should be better known.

Margot Livesey is a novelist. Her novels include Homework, Eva Moves the Furniture and The Flight of Gemma Hardy. Her eighth novel, Mercury, was published in 2016. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

M.E. bit starts around 11.00

https://betterknown.co.uk/2020/02/02/margot-livesey/

@Emsho

 

[Trish]

It's a short section from about 11 to 15 minutes. Good points made about lack of research funding, lack of care provision and the fact that CBT and GET don't work, but an unfortunate short bit at the end suggesting 'people do recover' without making it clear that only applies to a tiny minority.