65 episodes
A TEAM Robert Smythe and Rafael Mantesso
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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A podcast hosted by Robert Smythe and Rafael Mantesso, two autistic artists having fun talking about being neuro-atypical. Only when they were well into adulthood did Mantesso and Smythe learn they are autistic; Mantesso was in his 30s and Smythe in his 50s. Their diagnoses explained a lot, but it wasn't until they met that each finally had the experience of talking to someone who thought just like them. Their freewheeling conversations have helped other people, autistics and neurotypicals alike, understand more about seeing and thinking about the world differently.
Instagram: @ateampodcast
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5.7 Emotional Immaturity
Hello and welcome to A Team Podcast. In this conversation, we discuss bakery news, the complexities of maturity, transactional relationships, Cynicism vs realism, and cat cults. Thanks for listening.
ISKA World
Private Schools and Public School Achievement
What is the difference between naive cynicism and naive realism? - Psychology & Neuroscience Stack Exchange
The Great British Baking Show | Shows | PBS Food
Azores - Wikipedia
World Heritage List
What Is Ecotourism
Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness): What It Is & Symptoms
The Holy Rosary
Bart Simpson - Wikipedia
Our Lady of Lourdes - Wikipedia
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Solipsism - Wikipedia
Transactional Relationships: Definition & How to Recognize Them
Why Narcissistic Parents Infantilize Their Adult Children -
5.6 Myk Bilokonsky, Guest
Hi, welcome to A Team Podcast. Today we have a special guest, Myk Bilokonsky. The team gets deep in discussion with Myk about Autistic Identity Trauma, Shamanism, attachment wounds, neuroqueer identity, and Bartleby who would prefer not to. Thanks for listening.
Public Neurodiversity Support Center · Myk's Digital Garden
Occupational therapist - Wikipedia
DSM-5 - Wikipedia
Terra Vance, Author at NeuroClastic
The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently » NeuroClastic
An Owner's Guide to the Vagus Nerve | Psychology Today
Shamanism - Wikipedia
Maree Martinovich | NZCCP
Cold Reader Tips: How Cold Reading Works - 2023 - MasterClass
Spirituality - Wikipedia
Astrology - Wikipedia
The Fool’s Journey: Tarot’s Major Arcana | Astrology.com
Tree of Life (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia
Introduction to the Eight Concepts
The Matrix - Wikipedia
Karpman drama triangle - Wikipedia
Understanding Narcissistic Injury | Psychology Today
The Trauma Experience: Attachment Wounds - How Emotional Trauma Impacts Us
Co-regulation - The OT Toolbox
Lithium in the Natural Waters of the South East of Ireland - PMC
Bartleby, the Scrivener - Wikipedia
Bell hooks | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
NEUROQUEER
In autism, brain doesn't 'prune' extra synapses - Futurity
Autistic Burnout vs Depression — Insights of a Neurodivergent Clinician
About Iain
Ayn Rand - Wikipedia
Stranger Than We Can Imagine – John Higgs
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5.5 Self Regulation
In this episode, we discuss childhood camping trauma, disability porn, rage bait, self-protective mechanisms, and Wild Horse.
Prosopagnosia | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Letterkenny (TV series) - Wikipedia
https://compostingconsciousness.podia.com/
Treating the Effects of Childhood Trauma
Recreational fishing - Wikipedia
Catch and release - Wikipedia
Social justice warrior - Wikipedia
How Narcissists Virtue Signal - Narcissisms.Com.
Emotional and Psychological Trauma - HelpGuide.org
Ableism: Types, examples, impact, and anti-ableism
Rage farming - Wikipedia
Self-Protective Mechanism - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Outer Banks - Wikipedia
Banker horse - Wikipedia
Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia -
5.4 Learning Environments
In this conversation, we discuss learning environments for autistic people, multiple intelligences, energetic boundaries, self-forgiveness, and a penguin in a box.
Doodling
Doodling 101: What is Doodle Art? •
Teaching and learning styles
7 types of learning styles and how you can to teach them
Connect for Success: Matching Teaching and Learning Styles | The League for Innovation in the Community College
Eric Gardner, Multiple Intelligences
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Pedagogy
Pedagogy - Wikipedia
Abandonment and neglect
Identifying and Managing Abandonment Issues
People pleasing
People-Pleasing | Psychology Today
The Drama Triangle
Breaking out of the Drama Triangle
Processing time
Processing Speed - Cognitive Skill
Hannah Gadsby penguin in a box
How Hannah Gadsby's High-Functioning Autism Works | Netflix Is A Joke
Self regulate
What is Self-Regulation? (+95 Skills and Strategies)
Classroom management
What Is Classroom Management?
Point Profits from a Hat - ghost wrote by Robert
Amazon.com: Pulling Profits Out of a Hat: Adding Zeros to Your Company Isn't Magic
Outlawing plastic bags
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/09/20/heres-a-list-of-every-city-in-the-us-to-ban-plastic-bags-will-your-city-be-next/?sh=4b4edbcd3243
Outsourcing American wealth
3. What Americans see as contributors to economic inequality
Jack Welch
Jack Welch - Wikipedia
Profit sharing
What Is Profit Sharing? Pros and Cons
Virtue signaling
Virtue signalling - Wikipedia
Hyperfocus
Hyperfixation vs. Hyperfocus: ADHD, Autism, and Mental Illness | Self Care -
5.3 Creative Practice
In this conversation, Tango, Michael, and Julie discuss the intersection of creativity and technology, Standpoint theory, pattern recognition, smelling colors, and Cephalopods.
Dysregulation
Dysregulation: Definition, Symptoms, Traits, Causes, Treatment
Dissociated
Dissociation: Causes, Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Treatment
Rumination
The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Adobe After Effects
Social beings need to coregulate with others
Co-regulation - Wikipedia
Stimming
Stimming: What It Is and Why People Do It
Creative Process
Models of the Creative Process: Past, Present and Future
Synethsesia
Synesthesia - Wikipedia
Memory and association
Memory and Association - Psychologist World
Auras
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-an-aura
Microaggressions
What Are Microaggressions? 3 Main Types
Feminist theory
Standpoint theory - listen to marginalized people
Standpoint theory - Wikipedia
Pattern recognition
Autistic Brain Excels at Recognizing Patterns - Autism
Cephalopods
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/cephalopods
The Drama Triangle
Karpman drama triangle - Wikipedia
Emotional disengagement
Emotional detachment - Wikipedia
The Four Agreements book
Amazon.com: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
The Four Agreements Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummary -
5.2 Speaking of Science
4.13 Speaking of Science
Astrology and Quantum Mechanics, role-playing games, Michael's unreadable book, yoga, and deep-fried dollars.
Quantum mechanics - Wikipedia
https://www.brucelipton.com/
https://www.brucelipton.com/what-the-cosmic-joke/
Lithium in the Natural Waters of the South East of Ireland
Caliban and the Witch - Wikipedia
Devon Price - Wikipedia
Florida's transgender-affirming care ban is now law. Here's what SB 254 does
Polyvagal Theory: An Approach to Understanding Trauma | Psychology Today
(PDF) Self-Regulation vs Automatic Regulation
Stop Being the Victim, Savior, or Persecutor in Your Life | Psychology Today.
Karpman drama triangle - Wikipedia
How to compost your victimhood (SoS vol.1)
Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia
Yoga, Cannabis, and You: 6 Best Practices for Pairing Yoga With Marijuana | Leafly
Motor difficulties in autism explained | Spectrum
Role-playing game - Wikipedia
Customer Reviews
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Best podcast for Autistic adults
This is a wonderful podcast hosted by two Autistic adults. They're not going to demean you and judge you or push you. If you're anything like me, you'll be so relieved to find some comfort and security in shared experience, something that is difficult for us to find with other humans sometimes.
I feel like I've tried out nearly every podcast, and I nearly gave up. Someone on Reddit mentioned this podcast to me, and it changed my life!
Most of the podcasts I tried were clearly targeted at parents, often having no Autistic people. I felt judged and pushed by many of them. For instance, a guest on one said there shouldn't be Autism hour at super markets because it teaches Autistic people that things will be catered to them. The person with this opinion was Autistic! I'd like to hear what Raf has to say about that one. ;)
Other podcasts were good but didn't really engage me, although some were interesting.
This is more what you think of when you think of a podcast, people sharing a deep and meaningful conversation. That's what's happening here, and if you're Autistic or care about anyone whom is, I think it will impact you deeply.
The hosts are two of the most interesting, multi-faceted, brilliant folks you could imagine. They have had a life and wealth of experience, trauma, thought, both diagnosed late in life. If you've been diagnosed late in life, here again, this is your podcast.
They joke about their lack of diversity (both white men), but Rafael is in Brazil. English is not his native language, which just makes him even more fascinating, because he has to use a limited vocabulary to express complicated concepts. He knocks it out of the park every time and makes me think in new ways, even just about his usage. I find myself adopting some of his interesting ways of using English! I hope he would know this is out of fondness (and echolalia!). Raf (probably wouldn't like me calling him Raf, but at least I'm not saying "Rafina"!) is a famous artist and lives in nature. He had a long route carving out his own life, and now he's happy.
Robert has done many things in life at a high level; you will wish that he could be your mentor. He (like Rafael) is full of compassion, thoughtfulness, insight. Among other things, he's been a college professor, is currently a dessert chef, ran a theater company. He has fiercely pursued his passions, again not without a share of struggle.
They both realize that not all Autistic folks are able to end up in good positions and are sensitive to that fact. They are advocates speaking for us with the full forces of their beings. They want their guests to represent the entire spectrum in all its diversity. We are still in the beginning stages, but their guests have all been fascinating.
I think you'll find just as much love, comfort, interest, commonality, and hope here as me. I listened to the current episode, reviewed, then binged every single episode. I have now written a better review, which is what it deserved. :)
A great new podcast
This is a really good podcast – two entertaining hosts with frank and engaging and very charming discussion about an important topic!