SWIG Podcast

Dr. Ianessa Humbert
  • 5.0 (11)
  • MEDICINE
  • UPDATED SEMIMONTHLY

The Swallowing Wellness Information Group (SWIG) Podcast is a refreshing new take on eating and drinking, providing easy-to-ingest knowledge about feeding and swallowing, while proposing somewhat difficult to digest truths about what humanity wants versus what the healthcare system offers. Dr. Humbert is a world-renowned swallowologist, advocate for people with feeding and swallowing difficulty, speech-language pathologist, scientist, professor, entrepreneur, and trouble maker. If you give her up to 30 minutes of your attention, she promises to share some of the most educational and useful knowledge you never knew you needed.

Episodes

  1. N.I.C.E.

    03/07/2025

    N.I.C.E.

    SLPs often say that they don’t feel respected or heard, and that they are not given the tools needed to do their jobs. Some have asked why SLPs still feel this way when the demographic makeup of the profession is more homogeneous than just about any other profession (~90% white female). This assumes that SLP homgeneity should yield more “like-minded” thinking when challenged to re-brand, problem-solve, and advance the field. This SWIG podcast episode is about SLP stereotypes and SLP nice culture, and their impact on the disciplines’ inability to pivot. With contributions from Vanessa Galeano, Amy Shipley, Brooke Richardson, Meredith Harold Poole and several anonymous SLP contributors, Dr. Humbert examines the overlooked undercurrent of perception within and about the profession. Can SLPs Navigate, Influence, Communicate and Empower?

    29 min
  2. Play Dice

    02/13/2025

    Play Dice

    ‘Play Dice’ is based on outcomes from Dr. Dan Ariely’s ‘Dice Experiment’ showing that when you really want something, you can rationalize and bend reality to allow yourself to behave with poor character and maybe not even feel guilty. In this SWIG Podcast, Dr. Humbert uses the Dice Experiment to explore why medical professionals in health care, especially speech language pathologists (SLPs), seem to so casually make recommendations to restrict food and drink or, even worse, strict instructions for NPO which means nothing by mouth. Are SLPs playing dice? To answer this, Dr. Humbert contemplates: 1. The SLP fix-it culture and how SLPs got control of mealtimes 2. Medical professionals’ stance on getting a taste of their own medicine 3. What patients think about it.

    22 min
  • 2 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
11 Ratings

About

The Swallowing Wellness Information Group (SWIG) Podcast is a refreshing new take on eating and drinking, providing easy-to-ingest knowledge about feeding and swallowing, while proposing somewhat difficult to digest truths about what humanity wants versus what the healthcare system offers. Dr. Humbert is a world-renowned swallowologist, advocate for people with feeding and swallowing difficulty, speech-language pathologist, scientist, professor, entrepreneur, and trouble maker. If you give her up to 30 minutes of your attention, she promises to share some of the most educational and useful knowledge you never knew you needed.

Information

  • Creator
    Dr. Ianessa Humbert
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Show Website
    SWIG Podcast