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April 19, 2024

Embracing My Voice: A Journey Beyond Stuttering

Today’s featured guest is Jia Bin. Jia Bin, M.A., is a doctoral student at Michigan State University. Jia earned her undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature at Chongqing Normal University in China, master’s degree in Secondary...

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April 7, 2024

Compelling Speech and Society - When Does 'Disorder' Become 'Disabili…

Today’s featured guest is Sean Bw Parker. Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British artist, musician and writer specializing in art, cultural theory and justice reform. He has published several books and albums, won several awards – including...

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March 24, 2024

Knowledge and Hope: Tom Lovett's New Book On Stuttering

In today's episode, we're delighted to welcome back a returning guest, Tom Lovett. Tom is the author of the insightful book, "Words Unspoken: The Science, Experience, and Treatment of Stuttering." In this fascinating discussion, Tom opens up...

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Oct. 3, 2023

Yes I Stutter, I'm Unique, I'm Me

Today’s featured guest is Gabriela Hammoud. Gabriela Hammoud is 16 years old, and she lives in New Zealand. She has had a stutter since she was 4 years old. As she has a stutter, she wanted to help make a …

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July 16, 2023

Our Speech is a Kind Act of Rebellion- Finding and Fostering a Commun…

Today’s featured guest is Kelly Garcia-Ramos (pronouns They/Them). Kelly is a rising fourth year student at the University of Pennsylvania studying Neuroscience and Chinese. Kelly has stuttered ever since they could remember, and going...

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July 2, 2023

My Journey From PWS To PWSS

Today’s featured guest is Danny Miguel. Danny is 34 years old and lives in Connecticut. He states, “I started stuttering surprisingly at 18 which is kind of odd since most stutterers develop stuttering during their adolescent...

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April 24, 2023

Standing Up To My Stutter

Today’s featured guest is Josef Rodriguez. Josef is a writer and filmmaker currently living in New York City. He works as a Contributing Writer to We Are Mitú, a Latino-centric, online news and entertainment outlet. Over the last...

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March 25, 2023

Stammering Challenges: Ways To Cope And Recover

Today’s featured guest is Dr. Mobbassar Hassan Sk. Dr. Hassan is a Materials and Physical Scientist by training and profession. He graduated with a PhD in Materials Science from Auburn University, United States. He is presently working...

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March 24, 2023

Finding My Stammer Twin

Today’s featured guest is Liv Durning. Liv is a 25-year-old registered nurse and university lecturer at the University of Nottingham in the UK, where she teaches nursing students clinical skills. She has had a stammer her whole life and...

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March 21, 2023

Do It Scared And Do It Excited

Today’s featured guest is Xiaofan Lei. Xiaofan Lei is a PhD candidate in speech pathology at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Lei is a person who stutters, and her research focus is on stuttering in daily life. Lei …

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Jan. 14, 2023

Learning How To Live With Dysfluency

Today’s featured guest is Pixie-Ray Price. Pixie experienced a reoccurrence of a childhood stammer brought on through lockdown and the trauma of losing her mum to suicide. I believe that there is healing in sharing, and I want to...

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Jan. 13, 2023

Stutterer and SLP Student: A Duel Identity

Today’s featured guest is Hayden Downs. Hayden is a 20-year-old person who stutters from Nashville, TN. He is currently a junior at Baylor University and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences & Disorder. He plans to...

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Jan. 5, 2023

Stammering Is A Superpower, Not A Barrier

Today’s featured guest is Joe Dilling. Having left the Army at the start of this year, Joe Dilling is now a Personal Trainer where he works in person and online. Joe has had a stammer since a young age but …

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Dec. 28, 2022

Coping With A Stutter

Today’s featured guest is Josh Simpson. Josh is happily married to his wife of one year (celebrated their first anniversary last month) in their home in southern Utah. He was born and raised in New England, where his family still …

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Dec. 19, 2022

Making Connections With Your Voice

Today’s featured guest is Malachi Kanfer. Malachi Kanfer has served as the Cantor at Sutton Place Synagogue in Midtown, Manhattan since 2020. Previously, Malachi served as the Cantor and Youth Education Director of Congregation...

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Nov. 24, 2022

My Voice Is Important

Today’s featured guest is Owain Davies. Owain (pronounced Owen) is a 22-year-old amateur content creator under the name, The Broken Record. With an interest in all pop culture, he just aims to rid the world of gatekeeping and toxicity. I...

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Nov. 13, 2022

Christopher Anderson Shares Every Waking Moment of His Stuttering Jou…

Today’s featured guest is Christopher Anderson. Christopher is a person who stutters who self-published a memoir this year title, "Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of...

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Nov. 1, 2022

Matt Herdman Living His Game Show Host Fantasy

Today’s featured guest is Matt Herdman. Matt is a returning guest with a special project that he would like to share with the world….” Werewolf”. This game involves leveraging social equity to further yourself in this social...

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Sept. 12, 2022

Speaker & Founder, Authentically YOU

Today’s featured guest is Jim Love. Jim Love is a keynote and motivational speaker based in Milwaukee, WI and has been speaking professionally for nearly a decade. He speaks about authentic leadership, mental health, gratitude and finding your...

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Aug. 30, 2022

Be Brave

Today’s featured guest is Jamie Wilson. Jamie is originally from Northern Ireland where he studied Physiotherapy in Edinburgh before working briefly in South Africa and then moving to London in 2011. Jamie states, “Despite enjoying the...

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Aug. 21, 2022

Lessons Learned

In this episode, we are talking about the lessons learned during this two and half year pandemic with regards to remote working. If you are a PWS (Person Who Stutters) or not, what did you learn about yourself in this …

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April 1, 2022

I Am Who I Am Because Of You

Today’s featured guest is Mashael AlBanyan. Mashael (Michelle) states that she is dedicating this podcast interview to her husband. Michelle is from Saudi Arabia and graduated from college with a degree in computer science. She is a...

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Feb. 21, 2022

Accept, Embrace and Empower: A New "SSStart"

Today’s featured guest is Puneet Singh Singhal. Puneet Singhal is a person with a stammer and the Founder of "SSStart", an organization working towards normalizing speech disabilities. Also, to initiate difficult and unconventional...

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Feb. 7, 2022

Stuttering Through Life.....And Learning To Be Okay With It

Today’s featured guest is Ryan Cowley. Ryan is a hockey writer, author, and a public speaker who has been living in Toronto since 2009. Ryan has written for such publications as the CBC and The Globe & Mail and is …

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