RealTalk MS

Jon Strum

Booking Overview

This weekly interview-led multiple sclerosis health podcast combines accessible MS news with conversations featuring clinicians, researchers, advocates, and people living with MS or serving as caregivers. PR agencies could credibly pitch MS specialists, neurologists, healthcare researchers, patient advocates, authors with relevant lived experience, and experienced care partners; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes specialized professionals and compelling personal stories but expects clear MS relevance.

Metrics

Episodes: 527

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.4k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jonstrum@realtalkms.com

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Host

Jon Strum - Multiple sclerosis advocate and podcast host covering MS research, treatment, healthcare policy, advocacy, and lived experience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Multiple sclerosis specialists, neurologists, academic researchers, registered dietitians and other healthcare professionals, patient advocates, authors with relevant lived experience, people living with MS, and experienced caregivers or care partners.

Required Achievements:

Specialized clinical or research expertise in multiple sclerosis, Development of MS care programs or healthcare initiatives, Publication of books or memoirs about living with MS, Patient advocacy or significant caregiving experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Kathleen Silva - Navigating A Spouse’s MS Diagnosis While Coping With Stage IV Colon Cancer, And How The Couple Adapted To Changing Patient And Care-partner Roles.

Linda Lachman - How Shared Decision-making Has Worked In Her Relationship With Her Neurologist And How Patients Can Improve Treatment Conversations.

Aliza Ben-Zacharia - Shared Decision-making Between Patients And Neurologists, Including The Roles Of Clinicians And Patients In Treatment And Care Planning.

Tyler Titcomb - The Relationship Between Diet, Multiple Sclerosis, And Ms-related Fatigue, Including How Well-known Diets Compare And Why Dietary Changes Can Be Difficult To Sustain.

Avinash Chandra - Building MS Care Infrastructure In Nepal, Diagnosing A Condition Once Considered Largely Nonexistent, And Making Treatment Decisions In A Resource-constrained Healthcare System.

Recent Topics

Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology, Healthcare, Caregiving, Advocacy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

RealTalk MS

Episode 473: The National MS Society -- A CEO Briefing with Dr. Tim Coetzee

September 21, 2026

RealTalk MS is celebrating our ninth anniversary, and we're marking the milestone with a special guest! Dr. Tim Coetzee, President and CEO of the National MS Society, returns to the show for a candid, forward-looking conversation about why today represents one of the most promising moments for advancing MS research and transforming clinical care. We're taking a hard look at the game-changers on the horizon: what it will take to shorten the diagnostic journey from years down to mere hours, ...

Episode 472: ECTRIMS-ACTRIMS Patient Community Day Preview with Brett Drummond and Dr. Jennifer Graves

September 14, 2026

We are less than 40 days away from MSToronto2026—the joint ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS Scientific Congress. While the congress brings together the world's leading MS researchers and clinicians, Patient Community Day —in person and online—is designed specifically for people affected by multiple sclerosis. This week, Dr. Jennifer Graves and Brett Drummond join me to preview what to expect from Patient Community Day 2026. With less than 50 days until the midterm elections in the United States, the Na...

Episode 471: Navigating an MS Relapse with Dr. F. Gabriela Karolidis

September 07, 2026

Relapses make life with MS unpredictable. Understanding what they are, why they happen, and how best to manage them can make a relapse less scary and easier to navigate. This week, Dr. Gabriela Karolidis, a board-certified neurologist and neuroimmunologist at Thomas Jefferson University, joins us for a deep dive into MS relapses. The MS International Federation has just updated the Atlas of MS, showing more than 3 million people living with MS worldwide. We're sharing the details behi...

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