Love Conquers Alz

About Love Conquers Alz

2024 #1 ALL TIME DEMENTIA PODCAST /GOODPODS and 2020 WINNER BEST PODCAST - New Media Film Festival. Caregivers have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Having both been caregivers for a family member affected with Alzheimer’s, Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess both know this is a disease that cannot be faced alone. In fact, their Oscar Qualified film based on Susie's Mother, MY MOM AND THE GIRL starring Valerie Harper in her final performance - has and continues to touch people all over the world. Their goal was to let others know they are not on their own and to help them find the JOY in the journey. And that's just what they do in their Podcast "Love Conquers Alz".

Publisher

Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2019

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   SUZY MCNAMARA; AUTHOR: Two Halves of My Heart: Love, Loss, and Alzheimer’s

   In our latest, LONG OVERDUE episode, Don Priess and I talk with memoirist Suzy McNamara , author of The Silkworm, The Magician, and The Sister Tree: A Tale of Love and Loss. (WARNING: You may fall head over heels for this amazing woman!) Suzy is an author, poet, mother of four, fundraiser, lawyer, and widow. In 2024, after caring for Bob McNamara for five years in their home, she lost her husband of thirty-seven years to early-onset Alzheimer’s. Months earlier, her sister and lifelong b...

2. 

   4 Sept 2026

   ANDREW KARESA: Speak Their Language - Person-Centered Dementia Care

   A dementia diagnosis changes the whole map of a family, and the systems we rely on often make it harder, not easier. What happens when dementia care begins with the person...not the diagnosis? Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess welcome Andrew Karesa, founder of blueBell Village and host of The Dementia Collective. Andrew is deeply committed to advancing the Indigenous community while driving transformative change within the dementia care landscape. Andrew is also an Adjunct Professor of Indig...

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   NANCY TREASTER: Frontotemporal Dementia And The Fight For Clarity

   What happens when you know something is wrong, but no one believes you? In this heartfelt episode of Love Conquers Alz, Susie Singer Carter and Don Priess welcome Nancy Treaster, co-founder of The Caregiver's Journey, to discuss her husband, Kim Treaster's battle with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and the long road to an accurate diagnosis. Nancy is a certified caregiving consultant and co-founder of The Caregiver’s Journey, Nancy shares the subtle behavioral changes that fir...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

11,286

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

97

YouTube

85

Engagement

82

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