Proud Stutter28 Tammi 2022

Stuttering, Blackness, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis, Part 1

JJJJJerome Ellis talks with Maya and Cynthia about the intersections of being a black person who stutters and a musician, how his views of his disability evolved since childhood, and why it was so important for him to connect his stutter to his ancestral history of slavery in his work. He also highlights how the stage is a safe space for stuttering and music is a source of healing the pain he experienced as a child.

“Growing up I felt so much of the pain and also the beauty of the stutter. Over time I’ve come to feel the stutter alters time, and music is another way that we can alter time. Part of what I was trying to do with The Clearing is to try to undo some of the things that have been told to me about stuttering and to transform the stuttering narrative through poetry, music, history, and philosophy.”

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Breaking the Walls of a Stutter with Mutalaathem Founder Saad Al-Munajem

As a child growing up in Saudi Arabia, Saad Al-Munajem learned how to build a wall around himself. After being laughed at while trying to read aloud in class, he spent years hiding his stutter — avoid...

26 Touko 46min

Healing, Advocacy, and Reclaiming Your Stutter

In this episode of Proud Stutter, Maya talks with Elizabeth Escobar, a person who stutters, substitute teacher, and advocate, about trauma, healing, and learning to reconnect with herself after years ...

15 Touko 47min

Stuttering, Comedy, and Embracing Uncomfortable Situations

In this episode of Proud Stutter, Maya talks with Joze Piranian, a comedian, speaker, and author, about growing up with a stutter and how early experiences shaped his relationship with speaking. Joze ...

20 Huhti 38min

Episode Swap: Down To The Struts

This week, we’re doing something a little different on Proud Stutter. We’ve partnered with the podcast Down to the Struts for an episode swap, sharing each other’s work as a way to support disabled cr...

23 Maalis 35min

The Story She Needed as a Kid: Jennifer Dickinson on Writing a Young Girl Who Stutters

Maya talks with fiction writer and teacher Jennifer Dickinson about her new middle grade novel featuring a young girl who stutters. Jennifer shares how her own experiences growing up with a stutter sh...

11 Maalis 31min

Anjali Hid Her Covert Stutter for Years. Then Acceptance Became a Spiritual Practice.

Maya talks with Dr. Anjali Alimchandani about growing up as a covert stutterer and why stuttering was the hardest identity for her to accept. Anjali shares how she first became aware of her stutter th...

7 Helmi 48min

From Delhi to Data and Back to the Stutter That Shaped Him

In this episode of Proud Stutter, Maya talks with tech entrepreneur Kanav Hasija about growing up with a severe stutter in India, being bullied in school, and how changing cities gave him the chance t...

26 Joulu 202533min

From The Vault: The Psychology Behind Our Responses To Stuttering

Maya revisits a listener favorite featuring choir clinicians Benedict and Talia, a husband-and-wife team who share powerful lessons about communication and empathy. Talia offers three practical tips f...

7 Marras 202526min