{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/625456595777950013f337b8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dementia: Could lessons from Covid help find a cure?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1643120821245-a4935c7074b087ca8c32436d5542945e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Just before the pandemic, the government promised a 'dementia moonshot' to blast us towards a dementia cure. What happened to it?</p><p>Today: former prime minister David Cameron and Sunday Times science editor Ben Spencer on Britain’s fastest growing disease, dementia.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/digital/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=podcastsubs&amp;utm_content=storiesofourtimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Guests</strong>:</p><p>- Ben Spencer, science editor, The Sunday Times.</p><p>- David Cameron, former UK prime minister and president of Alzheimer's Research UK.</p><p>- Willy Gilder, former BBC radio reporter, living with Alzheimer’s disease.</p><p><strong>Clips</strong>: BBC, Channel 4 News, Sky News, ABC News, WRTV.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}