Adrianne Lenker on songwriting, sadness, and paintbrush guitar
Adrianne Lenker is the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated band Big Thief and an acclaimed solo artist. Listening to her song “anything” was a turning point for Lauren. In this conversation, Adrianne ...
13 Dec 202237min
Katherine May's walk with autism
Katherine May is a bestselling author who writes of coming to terms with her Asperger’s diagnosis in her memoir The Electricity of Every Living Thing. As a newly diagnosed autistic woman, Lauren asks ...
6 Dec 202236min
Ladyhawke is afraid of puke
Pip Brown, the artist known as Ladyhawke, is an award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She also wrote all the original music for this podcast. Pip and Lauren talk about growing up ...
29 Nov 202232min
Chelsea Wolfe, your everyday trans autistic BMX Olympian
Chelsea Wolfe is a BMX freestyle rider and the first trans athlete to represent Team USA at the Olympics. She talks with Lauren about getting diagnosed with autism as a transgender woman, how autism h...
22 Nov 202236min
The almost-lost art of Susan Te Kahurangi King
Nonverbal since the age of 7, Susan Te Kahurangi King is an autistic artist whose drawings have been featured in museums all around the world. Lauren speaks with Susan’s sister Petita Cole about Susan...
15 Nov 202238min
9 - I Love You, Sweetheart
At some point in any journey of self-discovery, you just have to start living. And that’s what Lauren needs to do. But before she can get on with it, she has to make peace — with herself and with othe...
1 Nov 202244min
7 - Will You Be My Autistic Friend?
It’s really hard to be a newly diagnosed autistic person and not know any autistic people. So it’s time for Lauren to make some autistic friends. But it’s not as easy as you might think. Which is why ...
18 Okt 202237min
