Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) hosts Shawn Francis (@iamshawnfrancis) and Brian Altounian (@brianaltounian) of the Just Two Dads podcast about raising children with special needs. See Shawn and Brian every Wednesday @ 11AM PT Live on Facebook! The Talk About It podcast is sponsored by Seizures Are Signs — dedicated to educating families on the importance of early and specific diagnosis by providing an assessment to help get the conversation started, educational information, stories from families who have found a diagnosis, links to advocacy groups, and more. For more information, go to Seizures ..read more

In this very special and star-filled episode of Talk About It, Greg sits down with David Anders, Todd Stashwick and Jerry O'Connell to share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives. It will have you laughing, crying, and finding ways to come together to end this horrible disease once-and-for-all. First up is David Anders, a delightfully eccentric and incredibly talented actor Greg worked with on Heroes and Alias. David opens up about his father's blood cancer diagnosis, and how his father dealt with his condition as a doctor who had massive impact on all of his patients ..read more

This month on Talk About It, Greg is joined by the CEO of Vesalius Therapeutics and former director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), along with Phil Gattone, co-founder of Talk About It! This episode is all about collaboration, and how it’s possible to make giant strides in the world of medicine through various fields coming together. As Dr. Austin describes, there is often times resistance to share information across fields or specialties, but in the past decade and especially through Covid, the world of medical science, especially as it pertains to conditi ..read more

In this very special episode, we sit down with the founders of Talk About It to hear all about the past, present and future of this organization! Two of Greg's closest friends, Ken Lowenberg and Phil Gattone, are in the studio. The three co-founders tell the origin story of how Talk About It was born in a hotel ballroom. This organization is fueled by the passion for spreading awareness about epilepsy, but as we find out in this conversation, Talk About It is broadening its scope to include a variety of causes going into the future. Through the benefits of today's technology, Talk About It wil ..read more

Brock and Bryson Thompson, brothers, began Helmets4Helmets.com at the ages of 8 and 6. They decided they wanted to start their own foundation to help kids around the world who have epilepsy, like Bryson does. In this episode of Talk About It, Greg Grunberg talks with Bryson's and Brock's parents - Sarah and Aristotle. They share their story as two loving parents who are raising a family all about making a difference and talking about it.  Also, in this episode, a SPECIAL LIMITED TIME OFFER from GuardianHelmets.com for our viewers: You can get 10 percent off of helmets for people living wi ..read more

This episode is MEGA VIRAL! Tiktoker, Instagram star and actress Stanzi Potenza joins Greg in the studio to talk about her journey to millions of followers while dealing with unpredictable seizures. As a young star with epilepsy, she displays immense courage through her independence and self-reliance, however it doesn't come without a few scary moments that she shares on this episode. They discuss her growing up in theater and the similarities and differences with creating her own content, how she can sense a massive seizure before it happens and occasionally talk herself out of it, and the vi ..read more

In this very special mini-Felicity-reunion episode of Talk About It, actress Amanda Foreman (Felicity, Star Trek) joins Greg to reminisce about their time on the show together and to give help, hope and advice to those living with Multiple Sclerosis. Mandy opens up about the dispirited emotions she went through when she received her diagnosis, and the journey she has been on, physically, emotionally and mentally, to now be at peace while living her best life alongside her condition. Plus, Greg and Mandy get into their characters from Felicity to open the show with a classic Meghan-and-Sean bic ..read more

Land ho! On this nautical episode of Talk About It, Greg welcomes Dr. Philip Haydon to talk about how he merged his career in medicine with his passion for sailing to inspire people around the world. Dr. Haydon is an internationally recognized neuroscientist, and the Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine. Since his diagnosis of post-traumatic epilepsy as a teenager, Dr. Haydon has devoted his life to studying in medicine and researching neurological disorders. He channeled his love of sailing into starting Sail4E ..read more

For the second in a series of interviews with innovators in advocacy and business, Greg sits down with two powerful women from TSC Alliance - Kari Luther Rosbeck, President and CEO, and Lisa Moss, Vice President of Donor Relations. Kari and Lisa have dedicated their lives to helping individuals and families living with TSC, and they have become heroes within the epilepsy community. In 2002, Kari founded the annual Comedy for a Cure in Los Angeles, providing much needed laughter to help raise money for TSC research. The event has grown to a highly-anticipated tradition that now raises over $500 ..read more

Legendary jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter once said, "The word 'jazz' means to me 'I dare you. Let's jump into the unknown!'" On this episode, Greg sits down with chairperson and CEO of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Bruce C. Cozadd as the first in a series of conversations with epilepsy innovators, including heads of pharmaceutical companies and charity organizations. Bruce, having a musical background as a master pianist, relates the improvisation, structure, and cooperation of jazz performance to the corporate development of new medication and therapies for patients in need. They discuss taking risks ..read more