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Testing Pagoclone

Episode #82

I know you’re eager to hear about Pagoclone, the drug that supposedly can prevent stuttering. On this episode, I speak with John Hathaway who is a test subject of Pagoclone. Does the drug really prevent stuttering? Is it a cure? John also blogs about his experiences with testing the drug. Check it out at [...]

What it feels like for a woman to stutter

Episode #81

Continuing from episode 80’s Big UK stammering meet up, I’m back on Skype chatting with Pam and her friend Sheila. These two online friends recently met in person for the first time. Shiela also wrote an interesting guest post on Pam’s blog describing a few aspects of what it feels like for a woman [...]

Big U.K. stammering meetup

Episode #80

Using Skype, I chat with a few of my online friends Pam, Ridwan, Tone and Lisa meeting in person for the first time in the UK! They share a variety of their experiences including attending a British Stammering Association meet up and what a great guy Leys is, what went through their minds the [...]

Controlling your rate of speech

Episode #79

In this episode, Jaan Pill joins me in a Thai restaurant (anyone for pad thai?) to chat about his experiences with speech therapy, the ISTAR program, the Stuttering Association of Toronto, and creating his own method of controlling his rate of speech. Afterwards, we go slightly off topic and briefly talk about the time [...]

The Metronome

Episode #78

I play two audio submissions that I received from fellow stutterers. The first asks about stuttering foundations and the second gives us a demonstration on the metronome used in speech therapy giving us an idea of how practical it really is. This is also the episode where I debut my fancy outro (how do [...]

Stuttering Q and A

Epsiode #77

I’m the one who gets interviewed on this episode! Remember way back in episode… um… well, about this time last year when I had Greg Snyder on my show? He’s a University professor who once in a while asks stutterers to come in to his class for a Q&A session. It’s a great chance [...]

Speeches and self-consciousness

Episode #76

I’ve talked about my Toastmasters class a number of times on my show before but never included clips. So in this episode, guess what? That’s right, a clip! Of a 5-minute – rather unusual – speech I gave at a recent Toastmasters meeting (along with a very distracting firetruck siren in the background). After [...]

It’s the Year of the Ti-Ger!

#75
Gung Hay Fat Choy! It is the year of the tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar so I’ve declared 2010 as the Year of the Ti-Ger! I talk all about it on today’s episode and what it means for us stutterers. I also beg announce how you can become a Ti-Ger Tamer and entice you [...]

Sounds of a Stuttering Meetup

#74
Today we go into a pub for a stuttering meetup! I recorded about 20 minutes to give you a slice of life in the stuttering meetups that I attend almost every month. I always have a blast and enjoy great conversation about stuttering and non-stuttering related topics. If you ever have a chance to go [...]

Disclose! Disclose! Disclose!

Epsiode #73

Today’s episode begins with a nighttime winter’s walk from the bus while I tell a positive story about disclosing my stuttering at a meetup I attended for iPhone developers. I didn’t know anyone there and I was stuttering A LOT. Very awkward, really embarrassing but… Then a quick chat on a sunny winter’s day [...]