This week Dr Ben Lovell is back! He's a twitter legend, author, associate professor of medical education and consultant in acute internal medicine at UCLH, where he's also the postgraduate lead for acute medicine. As it's Pride month, he talks to Nik about the Netflix drama 'Heartstopper' and the issues it deals with. Amongst other things they discuss coming out, the importance of role models and challenging stereotypes. There's also the usual look at the medial news headlines and the week in daytime TV.

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Ben’s song choice:

Ghost- Indigo Girls

https://open.spotify.com/track/2MEeX1MIF33VUw15pTmBfR?si=E_1rM3j5RIiQkL0_xBAGXA&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Aindigo%2520girls%2520

Headlines

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1631369/cancer-symptoms-nausea-after-eating-stomach-cancer-signs

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/health/wearing-your-belt-tight-could-27319275

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1631321/cancer-hair-loss-early-higher-risk-later-life

https://www.annalsofoncology.org/article/S0923-7534(19)38396-6/pdf

Daytime TV

Headaches

https://thismorningitv.page.link/KYKzJfCr7QTtUgWs9

Polio

https://thismorningitv.page.link/RQnTz6snG9q7xXrr5

MS

https://twitter.com/bbcmorninglive/status/1540253563103985664?s=12

MS Society Video

https://twitter.com/mssocietyuk/status/1540253141987467266?s=12

Heartstopper - Netflix

https://www.itgetsbetter.org.uk/

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/help-advice/coming-out-0

https://www.brook.org.uk/your-life/coming-out/

https://comingoutstoriespodcast.com/

Boggled docs song of the week

Why Am I Like This? Orla Gartland

https://open.spotify.com/track/1VaB7rOe1mK60C2M9dUl2Y?si=-gXRC5YTTz-OTi9_jn57eA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A7et01bfoS60LavCZOAFfzs

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