Podcasts:
PODCAST: The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
The Forgetting is a podcast that talks about and demystifies Alzheimer’s disease. The twice-monthly show is co-hosted by two well-respected Alzheimer’s experts: David Shenk and Greg O’Brien.
View on Apple Podcasts
PODCAST: Inside Alzheimer’s
What’s it like to live with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease? Greg O’Brien offers a glimpse.
View on NPR
Film and Videos:
- HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT GREG? TRAILER This is a unique cinematic journey through Alzheimer’s with Faith, Hope and Humor featuring an array of dedicated experts who have joined the fight who will hopefully inspire you to get involved.
Visit HYHAG.com - LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S: A PLACE CALLED PLUTO One of Four Short Documentary Films Executive Produced by DAVID SHENK, Directed by STEVEN JAMES and funded by the MetLife Foundation
- ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE – AN IN DEPTH LOOK (PART 1 OF 2) RNN Regional News Network
- ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE – AN IN DEPTH LOOK (PART 2 OF 2) RNN Regional News Network
- FIGHTING TO REMEMBER WITH ALZHEIMER’S Greg O’Brien sheds light on his dark battle against Alzheimer’s. Better Show, Health Network, August 22, 2014
- CAN ALZHEIMER’S BE “POPULAR?” Journalist Greg O’Brien’s public fight to make his heart-wrenching personal journey against both Alzheimer’s and prostrate cancer known. Better Show, Health Network, August 22, 2014
- A PATIENT’S VIEW OF ALZHEIMERS The Journey of a Patient with Dementia, His Family, and Team of Clinicians, MGH Institute of Health Professions, January 23, 2015
Blog and Radio:
BLOG: On Pluto: Reflections from Beyond
On Pluto: Reflections from Beyond is a range of writings of investigative reporter Greg O’Brien, author of the international award-winning On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s, now translated into Mandarin, Italian, and for distribution in India, the first book written by an investigative reporter embedded inside the mind of Alzheimer’s chronicling the progression of his disease—one that has decimated the O’Brien family tree.
- As A Father’s Alzheimer’s Progresses, Family Learns To Love Him As He Is, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, October 3, 2015
- As Alzheimer’s Symptoms Worsen, Hard Conversations About How To Die, NPR with Rebecca Hersher September 19, 2015
- When Alzheimer’s Steals Your Appetite, Remember To Laugh, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, July 25 2015
- Lets Just talk Radio with Kathryn Raaker, June 20, 2015
- When Losing Memory Means Losing Home, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, June 18, 2015
- Seeing What Isn’t There: Inside Alzheimer’s Hallucinations, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, May 30, 2015
- Supporting a Spouse with Alzheimer’s: ‘I Don’t Get Angry Anymore’, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, March 7, 2015
- One Man’s Race to Outrun Alzheimer’s, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, February 28, 2015
- After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: ‘The Striping Away of My Identity’, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, January 31, 2015
- How Do You Tell Your Kids That You’ve Got Alzheimer’s?’, NPR with Rebecca Hersher, January 24, 2015
- Living with Alzheimer’s, The Kathryn Zox Show, October 15, 2014
- Bloomer Boomer Podcast with Andy Asher – September 23, 2014
- On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s Greg O’Brien chats with Dr. Alvin, September 15, 2014
- Nurse Talk with Patie Lockard – August 23, 2014
- Inside Cape Cod hosted by Greg Beals
- Webmaster Radio FM interview with Byron White
- Nightside with Dan Rea – Greg O’Brien along with expert Dr. Molly Perdue, talk about this scary and often misunderstood disease.
- Greg O’Brien and Molly Perdue on early onset Alzheimer’s with Ira Wood, WOMR 92.1
Print Media:
- BREWSTER MAN SHARES EXPERIENCE OF EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S by Cynthia McCormick, The Cape Cod Times, October 9, 2014
- WELCOME TO MY WORLD by Cynthia McCormick, The Cape Cod Times
- LIVING – NOT DYING – WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER’S by Sean Gonsalves, The Cape Cod Times
- WRITING FOR SURVIVAL Cape Cod Life
- IN THE WINTER OF LIFE, MEMORIES FADE The Boston Herald
- BATTLING THE MONSTER OF ALZHEIMER’S by Greg O’Brien, Arizona Republic, June 23, 2014
- ORAL HISTORY:A PALLIATIVE FOR ALZHEIMER’S-AFFLICTED MINDS by Alex Kingsbury, The Boston Globe, June 22, 2014
- “DEATH IN SLOW MOTION”: GREG O’BRIEN ON ALZHEIMER’S Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, March 31, 2014
- JOURNALIST WITH ALZHEIMER’S RETURNS TO HOMETOWN OF RYE FOR BOOK SIGNING by Alesha Hanson, August 27, 2014
- LITERARY LIFE: GREG O’BRIEN’S ‘ON PLUTO’ by Laurie Higgins, August 29, 2014
- ON PLUTO: A JOURNALIST REPORTS ON THE ALZHEIMER’S BATTLE FROM THE INSIDE by Greg O’Brien, November 14, 2014
- FORMER ARIZONA REPUBLIC REPORTER DISCUSSES BOOK ABOUT EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S EXPERIENCE by Gavin Maxwell, November 21st, 2014
- THE DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT by Greg O’Brien, November 26, 2014
- JOURNALIST GREG O’BRIEN WRESTLES WITH ALZHEIMER’S – AND WRITING ABOUT IT by Jim Sullivan, The Artery, January 7, 2015
- AMERICAN PIE by Greg O’Brien, Rye Magazine 54, April 9, 2015
- THE COLOR YELLOW – DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS? by Greg O’Brien, Psychology Today, March 2, 2015
- WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER’S AT AGE 59 by Sarah Klein, Prevention, March 31, 2015
- AFTERNOON TEA FOR ALZHEIMER’S WITH GREG O’BRIEN Wingate Residences, March 25, 2015
- SUMMER SOLSTICE IS THE LONGEST DAY FOR THOSE WITH ALZHEIMERS by Greg O’Brien, BookTrib, June 18, 2015
- ALZHEIMER’S FROM A PATIENT VIEWPOINT, MGH Institute of Health Proefessions, January 23, 2015
Television / Skype Interviews:
- A BATTLE AGAINST TIME: GREG O’BRIEN’STORY Chronicle 5 WCVB with Anthony Everett, September 10, 2014
- ATTACKING ALZHEIMER’S Chronicle 5 WCVB with Anthony Everett, September 10, 2014
- FINDING PEACE ON THE WATER Chronicle 5 WCVB with Anthony Everett, September 10, 2014
- FACING THE FUTURE Chronicle 5 WCVB with Anthony Everett, September 10, 2014
- Nursetalk Radio/TV with Casey Hobbs and Shane Mason
- EMBEDDED INSIDE HE MIND OF ALZHEIMER’S NBC News with Maria Shriver, August 13, 2014
- ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE FROM THE INSIDE OUT: AN INTERVIEW WITH GREG O’BRIEN Medical daily, by Susan Scutti, April 25, 2014
- BOOK LOVER’S CORNER: “ON PLUTO: INSIDE THE MIND OF ALZHEIMER’S” WTNH, October 29, 2014
- GREG O’BRIEN ON EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S With Adam Reilly, WGBH News, March 6, 2015
- GREG O’BRIEN – AUTHOR OF “ON PLUTO: INSIDE THE MIND OF ALZHEIMER’S” With Joe McGinty, Needham Channel News, April 3, 2015
- “ON PLUTO: INSIDE THE MIND OF ALZHEIMER’S” – AUTHOR GREG O’BRIEN SHARES HIS STORY FOX Extra NY with Johnathan Hunt, May 7, 2015
Other Links/IndieFilms
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- A PLACE CALLED PLUTO Tribeca Film Festival 2014
- A PLACE CALLED PLUTO Cleveland International Film Festival, March 2015
- A PLACE CALLED PLUTO by Steve James,
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, February 16, 2014 - A PLACE CALLED PLUTO by Heather McIntosch, PBS Documentary Site, February 26th, 2014
- A PLACE CALLED PLUTO Sarasota Film Festival, April 13, 2014
- https://s3.amazonaws.com/tribeca_cms_production/uploads/document/document/532c83a6a32a619c3600000e/A_Place_called_Pluto_press_page.pdf
- FULL FRAME TRIBUTE: STEVE JAMES by Bradley R.H. Bethel, Browsing the Mind, March 18, 2014
- WATCH A NEW STEVE JAMES SHORT DOCUMENTARY: A PLACE CALLED PLUTO Kartemquin Films, September 9, 2013
Caption: A Place Called Pluto Executive producer David Shenk, cinematographer P.H. O’Brien, director Steve James and Greg O’Brien. Photo by Michael Strong