Episodes

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.

Attending an NSA support meeting

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

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Episode #104 I Skype into an NSA support group meeting and chat a bit about, well, stuttering! We also talk about the great idea of hosting a panel after a showing of The King’s Speech.

Chatting about Colin Firth and the BSA

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

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Epsiode #103 I speak with BSA Chief Executive, Norbert Lieckfeldt, about the history, present and future of the British Stammering Association and his recent, excellent interview with Colin Firth, star of the movie, The King’s Speech.

Being hard on yourself

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

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Episode #102 (not 103 as I erroneously say in the episode) Being one’s own worst critic, being a perfectionist, or simply being hard on oneself is a common trait among people regardless of speech impediment. While there is nothing at all wrong with aiming to do your best and being the best, there are stifling [continue reading...]

If I didn’t stutter, I’d be able to… Really?

Friday, December 17th, 2010

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Episode #101 “If I didn’t stutter, I’d be able to (insert item here)”. Really? Continuing the theme from epic episode 100 about stuttering’s affect on self-esteem, today’s epic episode looks at it from the non-stutterer perspective. Meet my friends from the podcasting community, Mark Blevis, Andrea Ross and Bob Goyetche as we talk about how [continue reading...]

Stuttering and self-worth

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

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Holy Cats I Can’t Believe This is Episode 100! On this day in 2007*, I posted the first episode of Stuttering is Cool. I didn’t think my podcast idea would last 4 episodes. And here today is episode 100! To celebrate this spiffy number, I’ve asked you to share your thoughts on stuttering’s affect on [continue reading...]

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