Stutter Time

Steven and guest host Andres interviewed Anthony at the National Stuttering Association (NSA) Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Anthony is a lifelong person who stutters and 30-year member of the NSA. As a cytotechnologist and co-founder of the AI Rights Collective, he is passionate about both the field of Cytology and the ethical treatment of AI. For the past two years, Anthony has found incredible support in using AI as a speech aid, therapist, and companion. #replika #deeplearningai #ai

Salil is a System Performance Engineer at T-Mobile. He currently lives in Urbana Champaign, IL. His work related Interests include wireless telecommunication and data analytics. Salil did his bachelors in Electronics and Communications Engineering at Anna University, India and did his Master’s in Electrical Engineering at the University of Florida. He has 8 years of work experience in the telecom industry.  Salil loves aviation and spends his weekends playing flight simulators. The Beechcraft King Air B200 is his favorite airplane to fly. He enjoy playing the guitar and is an avid listener of rock music from the 80s and 90s. He also developed an interesting in reading (both fiction and non-fiction alike) and is also learning to mountain bike in his spare time.

Chao was born and raised in China. He came to the US for his graduate degree after college. He was an active member of NSA San Jose Chapter. He recently joined the "Stammer Talk" team to improve the lives of people who stutter in China, let people look at stuttering in a correct and scientific way. They produce podcasts, host online support sessions, and make short videos about speech techniques. You can find their podcast here: https://m.ximalaya.com/zhubo/238650183/

Okey K. Enyia is Founder & CEO of Enyia Strategies - a health policy consulting firm that provides advising, research support, policy analysis, project management, and legislative strategy for individuals and entities seeking measurable ways to influence policy on issues related to health equity, health disparities, social determinants of health and health in all policies. A native of Chicago and the oldest of six children of Nigerian immigrants, he holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Chicago State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Biochemistry from Lewis University. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Public Health with a concentration in health policy and gives back to his community as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. His first book "Indisputable: The Story of a Favored Son" can be found on Amazon and chronicles his life journey. You can contact him by email: okey@enyiastrategies.com or find him on Instagram and Twitter @enyiastrategies

Jia was born and raised in China. She has been a language teacher (English and Mandarin Chinese) who has taught in China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Jia’s passion for helping others to communicate over the last 10 years has led her to become open about her own experience of stuttering in various cultures. Jia is an active member of NSA and has served as the central north regional chapter coordinator. She is a former host for Stutter Social. Jia is also a founder of a Chinese stutter podcast "Stammer Talk" and hosts online support sessions for the Chinese stuttering community. Jia is currently a graduate student in communicative science and disorders at Michigan State University. You can find her podcast here: https://m.ximalaya.com/zhubo/238650183/

Nathias "Notorious" Frederick is a Pro MMA fighter and current Cage Warriors Middleweight Champion fighting out of England. He is a person who stutters and has autism. We discuss topics such as growing up with a stutter, speaking in interviews, his fighting career, advocating for disabilities, his training playlist, and wanting to get into the UFC.

Ian is a Speech-Language Pathologist who developed an interest in stuttering during his graduate program. He has been working in the field for about a year and a half. We discussed topics such as motor speech disorders, the grey area between stuttering and fluency, stuttering therapy, and favorite movies.

Viv joins us for this episode. She has an acquired stutter and just started stuttering last year. We discuss how stuttering has changed her life, functional neurological disorder, advocating for neurogenic stuttering, her time in the military, and other topics such as outdoor sports and swimming.

Ruban Pillai is a person who stutters, co-founder and director of the Stop Holding Back Foundation, host of The Underdog Way Podcast, and has a career in the Finance sector. We discuss topics such as growing up with a stutter, advocating for stuttering, speech therapy, podcasting, his charity work, MMA, and his competitions in Thai boxing. You can find Ruban on instagram and twitter: @rubanpillai https://www.stopholdingback.org/

Jae Park is an Asian American navigating through law school and life as a person who stutters. We discuss topics such as working in a speaking profession, growing up as Asian Americans, Asian parents, and people in the midwest.

Steven provides some updates on the podcast and rants about the pandemic, anti-maskers, and the cold weather.  Thanks for listening!! We are almost at 1000 plays!! We appreciate you all!

Tiffani Kittilstved & Jesse Petteys join us for this episode. Tiffani is a person who stutters,  SLP, and PhD student. Jesse is a person who stutters, Marketing Program Manager at Amazon, and avid board game player. We discuss topics such as the President of the US being a PWS, the portrayal of stuttering in the media and in comedy, stuttering as a disability, and things that we are thankful for.

Jesse Petteys, Kory Tran, Marvin Wiley Jr., and Eljay Gemoto join us during this special live episode on International Stuttering Awareness Day (10/22/2020)! We covered many topics such as Joe Biden's stutter, what we want the world to know about stuttering, stuttering myths, SLPs treating stuttering, disclosing stuttering, and using the word "cured" vs. "overcome". Thanks to everyone that joined and thanks to those that watched! Watch the live video on facebook.com/stuttertime/live or watch it on YouTube here: youtube.com/channel/UC4vPU_dOCVKQrIhhu_86XbQ/

"Four stutterers in a car getting coffee" Our friends Andres and Kory join us for this episode! We answer questions from the listeners! We cover many topics such as the benefits of being in a stuttering community, what animal would you be, and what if 99% of the world stuttered and 1% was fluent. International Stuttering Awareness Day https://isad.isastutter.org/

Steven talks about random stuff, life, career choices, mental health, etc. I recorded this around the beginning of October and forgot about it lol. Stutter Block Party: https://linktr.ee/StutterBlockParty Here's the study I mentioned: Abdulaziz Almudhi, Hamayun Zafar, Shahnawaz Anwer, Ahmad Alghadir, "Effect of Different Body Postures on the Severity of Stuttering in Young Adults with Developmental Stuttering", BioMed Research International, vol. 2019, Article ID 1817906, 7 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1817906 Laughter Yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq4kTZuLops

Tiffani is a person who stutters,  SLP, and PhD student. We discuss topics such as being an SLP who stutters, covert stuttering, teletherapy, disclosing your stutter, and many more! Enjoy! We've reached our 10th episode! Thanks for listening!

For numerous years Marvin Wiley Jr. had struggled with his stutter, which led him to avoid social interactions.  At the age of 23, he birthed a belief that he could work towards developing himself into a more confident speaker, inspired from his experience in a public speaking course he took in college in 2013.  Marvin currently serves as the Conductor of Stutter Block Party, a newly formed monthly event that brings together people who stutter and SLP's to play games, converse, and connect.  Marvin has been a Toastmaster ever since passing the public speaking course and has discovered how to stop his stutter from dictating the course of his life;  thriving among the support surrounding him.  He now strives to share with others what he has learned along his journey with the goal of encouraging others to take action against their fears so they can get the most out of life. Some of Marvin’s passions include videography and playing golf.

Joel is a person who stutters and a PhD student working on nanotechnology. We discuss topics such as teaching, life in India vs. the US, and music.

Our friend Kory joins us for another episode. We discuss topics such as intersectionality, watching movies during the pandemic, and random things like Bath & Body Works.

Kevin and Steven discuss topics such as family history of stuttering, childhood stuttering, career choices, politics, history, and other random things.