Episodes

International Stuttering Association 2011 World Congress

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

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Episode #114: I speak with Obim Okongwu who shares with us his stuttering experiences growing up and his recent trip to Argentina for the International Stuttering Association 2011 World Congress. Obim also chats a bit about his upcoming workshop at the Canadian Stuttering Association conference in Vancouver this August.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

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Episode #113: This episode is all about what happens after you go to speech therapy and start gaining control of your stuttering and fluency. You go through a lot of positive changes, of course, but be sure to involve your loved ones during your transformation.They need to grow with you as you become more confident, [continue reading...]

Bodybuilding, martial arts and stuttering

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

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Episode #112: My stuttering increases after a particularly hard workout. Does yours? On today’s episode, I ask two fellow stuttering fitness enthusiasts if they experience the same thing. My first guest is Chris Bryant, competitive bodybuilder and co-author of the Fit True blog. Along with my stuttering volume curiosity, we chat about how physical fitness [continue reading...]

Stuttering in the military and doing comedy

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

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Episode #111: I speak with Jody Fuller, comedian, Iraq war veteran and captain of the Alabama National Guard. He explains how us stutterers have nothing to worry about when it comes to enlisting in the military and stepping onto the stage. Music played on today’s episode: U.S. Army Camp Songs by Male Chorus with Billy [continue reading...]

A message of stuttering empowerment

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

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Episode #110: On this episode, my friend Saba Worku shares with us her speech about what it feels like to stutter. Saba gives quite an empowering message so be prepared to feel uplifted and, well, empowered! Quite fitting for this week being National Stuttering Awareness Week. Trying to explain how it feels like to stutter [continue reading...]

Stuttering in the social media age

Monday, April 25th, 2011

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Episode #109: Following up from the previous episode, I chat with a couple of fellow stutterers about how they use social media to mentor, well, fellow stutterers.First I chat with Pam Metrz who celebrates the 50th episode of her podcast, Women Who Stutter: Our Stories. Then I chat with Hiten Vyas, of Stuttering Hub, who is [continue reading...]

Speech therapy in the social media age

Monday, April 11th, 2011

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Episode #108 is all about speech pathology. In part one of this episode, we look at social media’s awesome benefits in speech therapy while in part two, we look at speech pathology as an educational path. Links mentioned: SLPChat, The Speech Pathway, Schneider Speech and their documentaries on stuttering, Twitter, Facebook, Skype, Tungle, Dopbox. Tanya [continue reading...]

Stuttering misconceptions and triumphs

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

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Episode #107 is about stuttering misconceptions, stereotypes, calling out those who work in the service industry who should know better, rising above the embarrassing moments and acing your next job interview. Links mentioned: Speak Out — Stuttering Support Group, Stratford, Ontario 2011 Canadian Stuttering Association Conference Music used on today’s episode: Deep Performance by Gradient [continue reading...]

Presenting, organizing and filming about stuttering

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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Episode #106: The King’s Speech wins big time at the Oscars and I’m back from PodCamp Toronto sharing my own speech adventures. I chat with CSA board member, Lisa Wilder about the upcoming conference followed by another over Skype with filmmaker Erik Lamens about his multi-award winning short Film, To Speak.

Meeting the CSA board members

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

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Episode #105: Let’s meet some of the board members of the Canadian Stuttering Association! I speak with Norm McEwen, Kim Block, Mary Rose Labandelo and and Shelli Teshima. We chat a bit about their stuttering stories and the upcoming CSA Conference in Vancouver.

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