1) Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and 2) Topic of the month: Headaches. 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. Thos Cochrane interviews Dr. Boris Kotchoubey about his paper on unresponsive wakefulness syndrome. Dr. Jen Fugate is reading our e-Pearl of the week about periodic alternating nystagmus. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Mike Sowell interviews Dr. Andrew Hershey about the topic of pediatric headache. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs. Cochrane, Kotchovsky, Fugate and Hershey.Dr. Cochrane receives royalties from the publication of the book First Aid for the Boards: Neurology.Dr. Kotchoubey receives research support from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.Dr. Fugate serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Hershey serves as an Associate Editor for Headache and Cephalagia; serves on the scientific advisory boards for MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Allergan, Inc. and Impax Laboratories, Inc..