Frontotemporal dementia and advocacy. This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Jeff Burns interviews Dr. Eneida Mioshi about her paper on frontotemporal dementia. In the next segment, Dr. Ryan Overman is reading our e-Pearl of the week about atypical unilateral severe facial pain in smokers. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Ted Burns interviews Dr. Robert Griggs on advocacy for our Lesson of the Week. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Mioshi, Burns and Griggs.Dr. Mioshi serves on the editorial board of Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive DisordersDr. Burns receives a stipend as Podcast Editor for Neurology®, and performs EMG studies in his neuromuscular practice (30% effort).Dr. Griggs serves on the editorial advisory board for Current Treatment Options in Neurology and NeuroRX; has received honoraria for lectures or educational activities not funded by industry; receives research support from the NINDS T32 NS07338 [PI]; NIH 2U54 NS059065-06 [PI], R01 NS045686-05 [PI], NIH-R13 Fostering Pharma, NINDS 525326 FOR-DMD, and FDA 2-RO1FD003454-02 [Co-PI] and TaroPharma; receives funding support from MDA Fostering Pharma-Academic Partnerships in Neuromuscular Experimental Therapeutics, Muscular Dystrophy Association Experimental Therapeutics of Neuromuscular Disease and Recruitment for HYP HOP Phase III trial in the Periodic paralyses (PI); and receives royalties from the publication of the book, Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 23 Edition.