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Documentary: Stuttering Our Names

#66

 
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Today’s episode is the first of a series of mini-documentaries I plan on producing to show what it feels like to stutter. This first installment talks about the embarrassment of stuttering on our names. We hear from @bibiubrasil, @ridwan326, @stirpicus, @webby49 and @dima7b (thanks guys!). Music by Podington Bear (Hook Line & Sinker, The [...]

Saturday, October 17th, 2009
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Stuttering acceptance by others

#65

 
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Today I talk about a few positive experiences when I stutter with confidence even though I may feel awkward about it inside. Particularly, how we can tell when the people we’re talking to accept our stuttering. We also hear from @stutterrockstar’s thoughts on her stuttering increase right after I receive a timely phone call [...]

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Stuttering with confidence in school and business

#64

 
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Stuttering, music, and MySpace. That’S what we’re talking about today with @dima7b, @stutteringme and his lovely wife, @courtneydare. Dmitriy (@dima7b) is a star. He doesn’t let his stuttering get in the way of him in school and businsess. He shares with us his techniques in stuttering with confidence in all of life’s situations; talking in [...]

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
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Don’t question my stuttering. It just is.

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Ever wondered why we go through phases of differing stuttering volumes? Today, my conversation with @ridwa326 continues from last week’s episode with @stutterrockstar joining in (along with special guest Gene). We ponder our increase in our stuttering the past few weeks and that of our fellow stuttering friends. Is it the summer holidays? Mercury in [...]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

McGuire Programme and job interviews

#62

 
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We take a Skype trip around the UK and with our first stop in London for a fun chat with @barrymcgee talking about his experiences with a 4-day intensive McGuire Program. I never took it but from the sounds of it, it seems very effective and liberating. We’re joined later in the show by [...]

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Ti-gers, conferences and bad science

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On today’s show— I mean, on tonight’s show, I play fantastic audio from two fantastic ladies. The first is from a new listener in Germany sharing her ti-ger story with us (and photos) and the second audio comes from Pam Mertz, the @stutterrockstar. Pam shares with us her voice on stuttering conventions. I also do [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009
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Stuttering and Storytelling

#60 or The Tim Coyne Episode

 
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Today I chat with Tim Coyne who is an actor living in Los Angeles and produces The Hollywood Podcast. Tim is a fantastic story teller so I invited him on my show to share his thoughts on how to tell a good story. I know all too well how [...]

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Stuttering with confidence

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On today’s show, I share a recent epiphany-like event at a Korean grill restaurant. Yes, epiphanies can occur anywhere ;) Namely, stuttering with confidence. Stuttering without recoiling from social punishment despite the weird looks we get. Then the following night, I had a mind-blowing conversation about this with fellow stutterers on Twitter. Together, we shared [...]

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Stuttering Dos

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Today I answer a few questions about stuttering sent in by Sandy. I talk about what to do while a stutterer is speaking, how voluntary stuttering is done and Sandy’s great idea about stutterers joining a storytelling club! Don’t forget that you, too, can chime in your thoughts about the topics. All details are found [...]

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
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Is there a time and place for stuttering?

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I chat with horror author, Robert R Best, today about his writing, his podcast and of course, his recent journey into his stuttering acceptance. In contrast to everything I talked about on episode 56 about letting your stuttering out and just do it, we ponder a dilemma Robert is facing for an upcoming convention where [...]

Sunday, July 12th, 2009