The Giving Voice Podcast

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Welcome to the Giving Voice Podcast. Each episode will bring you interviews from experts at the forefront of speech and language therapy as well as insights into student SLT life. This is essential listening for all those #slt2bs out there or anyone interested in neuroscience, communication and healthcare.

Jul 3

Episode 37: Chandler House Reunion

For his final episode, Matt goes back to the beginning and talks to members of the first cohort to graduate from Chandler House in 1988. Together they reminisce about studying on the course, how the practice has changed since graduating, and what life was like as a university student in the 1980's. Topics discussed are the recollections of the 4 graduates, and they acknowledge that others may remember these events differently. Thank you to the guests from the 1988 Cohort: Karen Bartlem Lesley Cavalli Rosemary Townsend Sarah Morrison Things mentioned in Giving Joy: Karen: Walking her Dog (and animals in general!) Sarah: Travelling around the world (particularly Cambodia!) Rosemary: Sally Wainwright's Riot Women Working on the UCL Dementia Research Centre's Art Installation Lesley: Paddle Boarding! (Thank you also to Sarah Beadell for suggesting Giving Joy as the name for the end segment!)
May 8

Episode 36: Creativity and MND

In this episode, digital artist Sarah Ezekiel and drag artist and academic Dr. Cheddar Gorgeous come in to the studio to talk about their drag show Ms MaNDy's Adventures in Wonderland, based on Sarah's life and her experiences with MND. The conversation also includes topics covering Sarah's experience of speech therapy, use of AI in art, and also dreams of the apocalypse. Further Links: Watch Ms MaNDy's Adventures in Wonderland: https://vimeo.com/1076004741/1ad9806baf?share=copy Co-Creative Minds Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocreativemind/ Sarah's Website: https://www.sarahezekiel.co.uk/ Cheddar's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheddar_gorgeous/ ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/ Lifelites: https://www.lifelites.org/ Guest Recommendations: Sarah: The Vagina Monologues by V Cheddar: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Mar 27

Episode 35: PPA Awareness: Multilingualism and Barriers to Assessment

In this episode, Matt talks to Dr. Anna Volkmer, Abigail Lawrence, and Kiran Bansal about Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and the facilitators and barriers to assessment/diagnosis that people from multilingual backgrounds may encounter. Our talk also covered their current research project which looks at experiences of multilingual people with PPA. Links to further resources: PPA awareness day: https://speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awareness-dayAnna's 2025 Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-025-02634-9Sign up for the PPA Webinar on 10th April 2026: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/ppa-awareness-day-2026-webinar/Guest recommendations: Abigail: Search Engine PodcastKiran: The Wire TV Show Anna: The resurgence of 90s music! (in particular Foo Fighters - This is a Call)
Jan 7

Episode 34: Living with Broca's Aphasia

In this episode Matt talks to Adhe Noviello about his experiences living with Brocas's (non-fluent) aphasia, his work with the Stroke Association, and his music created as part of UCL's Aphasia New Music Group. Adhe's recommendations (for karaoke): All American Rejects - Move Along Bob Marley - Three Little Birds Ne-Yo - Because of You In the episode Adhe also mentions completing his masters (which Matt forgot to ask about). Adhe was kind enough to elaborate afterwards over email: " I completed my MSc in Big Data and Data Science Technology last year. It was quite a shift from my bachelor’s degree, as the focus was mainly on analysing large datasets, programming, and applying machine learning techniques. It was definitely challenging at times, but I enjoy pushing myself and taking on new challenge, it keeps things exciting." Congratulations on completing your masters Adhe! UCL's Aphasia New Music Group : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/pals/research/language-and-cognition/aphasia-new-music-group
12/16/2025

Episode 33: PDOC and Mental Capacity

In this episode Matt talks to Alex O'Sullivan, an SLT working in the Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit at Northwick Park Hospital, about prolonged disorders of consciousness and the role mental capacity and Speech therapy plays in their treatment. Links to further PDOC and Mental Capacity resources: Healthtalk - Family Experiences of Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States HealthtalkMencap - What is The Mental Capacity Act? | Mencap39 Essex Chambers - Mental Capacity Resource Centre | 39 Essex ChambersHeadway - Headway - the brain injury association | Headway Alex's Recommendations: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101138-wolf-hallChopin piano competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTHzzFA-TQ
10/31/2025

Episode 32: Project Euphonia and Voice Banking with Richard Cave

In this new episode, Matt Austin talks to speech therapist and tech savant Richard Cave about his journey from receiving speech therapy to becoming a speech therapist, his groundbreaking work in AAC with the innovative Project Euphonia, and the latest advances in AI Voice Banking. If you are interested in Helping Richard with the development of Project Euphonia he can be contacted on this email: richard.cave.17@ucl.ac.uk Richard's Recommendation (AriAtHome): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjH9zb009-E
08/25/2025

Episode 31: Boys' Corner - Chatting with a unicorn

In the second part of the Boys’ Corner mini-series, Rich and Cristian sit down with Mark Campion; an SLT and former UCL student who currently works in an adult in-patient team in a North London Hospital Trust. We hear how Mark entered the profession and get his thoughts on what it’s been like navigating SLT as a man. Together, we open up a candid conversation about identity, visibility, and what masculinity can mean in a profession where men make up just 3% of the workforce. Want to hear more about the discussion around gender in SLT? Check out this RCSLT SLT Voices article: https://www.rcslt.org/slt-voices/the-gender-equity-debate/
08/18/2025

Episode 30: Boys' Corner - Why are we talking about men in SLT?

Did you know men make up just 3% of the speech and language therapy workforce in the UK? In Boys’ Corner, a new mini-series hosted by Rich and Cristian, we explore what it’s like to be part of that small percentage. In Episode 1, we start unpacking the current landscape of men in SLT, sharing our own experiences as male practitioners, and hearing directly from SLT students about what it’s been like entering the profession. For the facts and figures: HCPC Diversity Data Report 2021: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/resources/reports/2021/diversity-data-report-2021/HCPC Diversity Data: Speech and Language Therapists 2023: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/resources/data/2023/diversity-data-speech-and-language-therapists-2023/A paper discussing the "unicorn" of male SLT representation worldwide (2018): https://pubs-asha-org.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/doi/10.1044/persp3.SIG17.29RCSLT diversity in SLT figures: https://www.rcslt.org/speech-and-language-therapy/workforce/student-slt-diversity/#section-4Women in STEM: https://www.stemwomen.com/women-in-stem-statistics-progress-and-challenges

Welcome to the Giving Voice Podcast. Each episode will bring you interviews from experts at the forefront of speech and language therapy as well as insights into student SLT life. This is essential listening for all those #slt2bs out there or anyone interested in neuroscience, communication and healthcare.

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