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StutterTalk has published more than 700 free, weekly podcasts on stuttering since 2007. StutterTalk is dedicated to supporting people who stutter, their families, professionals, students, and the general public by talking openly about stuttering and by providing information about stuttering. We address the loneliness and isolation of stuttering by talking about it.
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Responding to Stuttering Mockery with Dignity (Ep. 724)
Caryn Herring joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her response in the New York Times article, Trump’s Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: ‘We’ve Heard This Before. Caryn shares her concerns about the bullying of stuttering on a global stage and her message of dignity in response to the mockery.
Caryn discusses virtual and in-person resources from FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter to build and fortify a sense of dignity. She also shares personal life experiences that have helped her increase her dignity, including the value of the stuttering community.
Caryn Herring is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Caryn met Lee in 2010, and has been involved with Friends ever since. Caryn served on the Board of Directors as the Chairperson for 5 years and is proud to follow in Lee’s footsteps as the current Executive Director of Friends. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization for people who stutter, reducing adverse impact, and the role of voluntary stuttering. She has also taught and clinically supervised both undergraduate and graduate students at MSU, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University.
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New York Times article
FRIENDS
FRIENDS Virtual Parent Group
FRIENDS One Day Conferences
FRIENDS Virtual Kids Groups
FRIENDS Virtual Teens Group
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Cherishing Stuttering with JJJJJerome Ellis (Ep. 723)
JJJJJerome Ellis joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering as an heirloom, something "precious and worthy of being cherished." Jerome shares how he came about reframing the inherited genetic trait from something negative to positive and how he makes space for stuttering when times get tough. Finally, Jerome shares some projects he is working on, including the coming of a fantastic book.
JJJJJerome Ellis, an artist, and a proud stutterer. Jerome makes music and writes books. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, with his wife, ecologist-poet, Luísa Black Ellis. They love walking in the woods, reading, and drinking tea together.
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JJJJJerome's website
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Intersectionality and Stuttering with Dr. Derek Daniels (Ep. 722)
Dr. Derek Daniels joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering and the hats he wears as a researcher, supervisor, clinician, and person who stutters.
Dr. Daniels shares his path to researching marginalized identities of people who stutter and the value of understanding intersectionality and stuttering. Dr. Daniels talks about a HIS story, a program for black males who stutter by The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering Research and Education, and how impactful the experience has been.
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* Dr. Derek Daniels
* National Stuttering Association Conference
* Camp Shout Out
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The Stuttering Yips (Ep. 721)
Ward Jarvis joins Dr. Chris Constantino to discuss the Stuttering Yips and the mental side of stuttering.
Ward Jarvis is a performance coach on the PGA Tour focusing mainly on the mental side of preparation and execution. Ward has coached multiple pgatour winners and major champions applying a lot of what he’s learned from his lifelong experience with stuttering to the world of high stakes performance. In addition to coaching, Ward is also a full time firefighter in Paducah, KY.
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* Ward Jarvis website
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The Stuttering Time Machine (Ep. 720)
Dr. Chris Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss facing old stuttering patterns, how stuttering has helped with public speaking skills, and the mitzvah of stuttering.
Peter Reitzes is president of StutterTalk.
Dr. Chris Constantino is an assistant professor at Florida State University.
Both Peter and Chris are people who stutter and speech-language pathologist. -
VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter (Ep. 719)
Dori Holte joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her newest book “Voices Unearthed: The Impact of Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter.” Dori shares her motivation to write this book, her hopes for the outcomes for parents of children who stutter and speech therapists from reading this book, and how her view of speech therapy has changed over the years. Dori shares the moving experience of interviewing adults and parents for this book; and how she continues to use them to propel her mission forward of spreading awareness of ways to find safer and more effective stuttering resources.
Doreen (Dori) Lenz Holte has become a world-wide advocate and influencer since the publication of her first book, Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help, and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter in 2011. Voice Unearthed was inspired by the experiences she had with speech therapy for her young son who stuttered.
Her next book, VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter, Holte unearths the voices of 60 individuals, a combination of parents with older children who stutter and adults who stutter, to better understand how early intervention impacted their quality of life.
Dori has been a guest speaker to universities both in the United States and internationally. She has been invited to contribute to various podcasts, blogs, and was an honored contributor to the book, Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect published by J&R Press Ltd. in 2019.
In addition, the Voice Unearthed Facebook group, facilitated by Dori, is now, at 3,600+ members, the largest online parent support group for this topic in the world
Dori lives with her husband, Peter, in Golden Valley, Minnesota. They are parents to three wonderful adult sons and one lovely daughter-in-law – so far.
Links:
* Email: voiceunearthed@gmail.com
* Website: voiceunearthed.com
* Facebook Group: google Voice Unearthed and it should come up. There are screening questions.
Customer Reviews
The Stuttering Towel
It is like music to my ears to hear people who stutter. If you’re not stuttering, you’re not talking and that is a shame because stutterers have so much to say.
Reitzes and his co-hosts are first class interviewers: they know their subject, they have empathy for stutterers and have the best selection of guests and always provide balance.
The message is not throwing in the towel on Fluency. It is getting into the ring and making peace with stuttering.
I love you guys! Thanks for making me feel supported, encouraged and loved.
Awesome podcast!!
I highly recommend this podcast to anyone who stutters, has a loved one who stutters, or are in the speech language pathology field. This show is very informative, inspiring, and has something for everyone! A definite must listen to!
Enlightening!
I can hardly believe that I am the first to post a comment on this great podcast that has been on the air for two years now! For iTunes folks: this podcast is made by open stutterers who discuss their daily struggles, challenges and triumphs. They teach us powerful, sometimes moving, lessons of courage, determination, self-esteem, and resilience. Informative and stimulating for both stutterers (of which I am, yeap! In fact, this might well be my first public "coming out") and non-suttterers - so-called "fluent" people.
So go ahead and open up your mind, learn, but most of all, enjoy!
P.S. the president, host and co-founder of StutterTalk (Peter Reitzes) asked for feedback on the StutterTalk "B Team" (Caryn Herring, Joel Korte, and Roisin McManus): members of this trio show a lot of guts by openly talking about their respective personal journeys as stutterers. Truly inspiring!