1) Exposure to stroke belt on incident stroke and 2) Topic of the month: Stroke trials. 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. Andy Southerland interviews Dr. Virginia Howard about her paper on exposure to the stroke belt on incident stroke in adulthood. Dr. Adam Numis is reading our e-Pearl of the week about Neuro-Behcet’s disease. In the next part of the podcast Dr. Brett Kissela focuses his interview with Dr. Chelsea Kidwell about the MR Rescue trial. The participants had nothing to disclose except Drs Howard, Numis, Kissela and Kidwell.Dr. Howard serves on DSMB for NIH-NIDA; is a consultant for NIH review committees and receives research support from the NIH.Dr. Numis serves on the editorial team for the Neurology® Resident and Fellow Section. Dr. Kissela serves on scientific advisory board for Allergan, Inc.; has received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Allergan, Inc.; has received research support from the NIH, will receive compensation from Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for serving on the Event Adjudication Committee for the BEACON study, which they are sponsoring. and provides medico-legal reviews.Dr. Kidwell serves as an editorial board member of Stroke, Neurocritical Care Journal, Journal of Neuroimaging and Stroke Research and Treatment; and receives research support from Baxter and NIH.