Posts Tagged ‘stammer’

#19
Lots of links lately, eh? I was alerted by Stuttering.Me of a Canadian poet by the name of Jordan Scott who is a fellow stutterer. After a little poking around, I came across this CBC show about how language is processed in the Broca’s Area of the brain. It’s very interesting and you’re taken on [...]

#18
Stutter Radio is a talk show about stuttering on BlogTalkRadio. I try to catch it but it’s on Monday nights when I’m at the gym. So I listen on the podcast feed. Anyhoo, stuttering link #18 is an episode of Stutter Radio where the host and caller talk about nutrition, the obesity problem and eating [...]

#17
Job interviews are hard because you really don’t know what questions to anticipate and in order to give the best impression ever, you have to reply quickly. No uuuuuuhs and uuuuuums. Those two can be very difficult to us stutterers. One of my secondaries is uh-ing and um-ing and I tend to stutter or block [...]

Episode 34

I answer your questions about stuttering today and I also explain my longish absence from posting an episode.

Episode 33

Today I have a conversation with Jeremy Fails about his ideas on conquering the telephone… and fat loss! Jeremy is a registered dietitian and fitness trainer who spends a lot of his time speaking to clients without letting his stuttering get in the way.
In the first half of this show, Jeremy shares with us [...]

Episode 32

I interview Ezra Butler today who gives us his tips on networking, conversation starters and using stuttering to your advantage. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter !
0:00 Ezra Butler introduces the episode
0:05 my new intro!
0:57 introducing my interview with Ezra Butler and the topic of networking
2:26 my interview with Ezra begins with his [...]

Episode 31

We start with a few submitted audio clips (and a challenge!) and then I talk with Omar Ha-Redeye of the Law is Cool podcast (great name!) about Bruce Lee and his take on why having presentation jitters is a benefit.

Director’s commentary

Episode 30

Today I talk with Michael, an undergraduate student doing a study in sociolinguistics. And of course, yours truly participated in his study.

#12
I came across this post about Two Types of People in the world written by the innovatively creative and fellow cool stutterer, Ezra Butler.
I’m sharing his post with you because he makes an excellent point about the power of networking when looking for work, partnerships, etc. Fine tuning your search— the value of looking for [...]