Receiving Stuttering In The Latino Community
DJ Portugal is a creative Chicano soul from South Central Los Angeles. His current job is a community organizer in Phoenix, AZ where he works towards environmental justice within the Latinx community....
21 Okt 202237min
Filmmaking, Being Biracial, and Hiding Your Stutter
Gina Chin-Davis is a writer and filmmaker. Growing up with a stutter and being a bi-racial woman has influenced the kind of stories she wants to tell visually and on the page. Her first feature film, ...
7 Okt 202229min
Bus Driving With A Stutter Is Not What You Think
Dustin Wells drives the 5 Fulton bus route in San Francisco. He didn’t identify with being a stutterer until he heard about Proud Stutter on his local NPR station. The first part of the episode is May...
23 Sep 202243min
Acting With A Stutter: Starring As Stuttering Huntress in New Animated Series
Desiree Tracie Cole wanted to act ever since she first saw Annie. When she saw a post on Facebook looking for a young woman who stutters to play the lead character in an animated series, she jumped on...
9 Sep 202228min
1-Year Anniversary Highlights, Evolving Proud Stutter, & More!
Proud Stutter’s 1-year anniversary is right around the corner. I wanted to take this bonus episode to reflect on the first year, what’s ahead for the show, and share a couple of short stories from peo...
22 Aug 202215min
Advice & Hope: An Elementary School Teacher’s Stuttering Story w/ Melissa Herrera
Maya speaks with Kyeli Eastland, an elementary school teacher who stutters. The co-host for this week is Melissa Herrera, host and producer of Mimosa Sisterhood, a history podcast that celebrates wome...
12 Aug 202237min
Stuttering Stigma and Amanda Mammana’s America’s Got Talent Audition
Amanda Mammana’s America’s Got Talent audition put a national spotlight on stuttering. At first, I couldn’t understand why it made me feel so uncomfortable watching it. Shouldn’t I be happy for a fell...
8 Aug 202236min
Stuttering, Code Switching and Redefining A Good Day With Dana Amihere
In our debut episode of Season 2, Maya speaks with the show's first Australian who stutters, Cameron Raynes, a lecturer at the University of South Australia. The co-host for this week is Dana Amihere,...
29 Jul 202226min
