How Did You Become a Public Speaker?

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, executive director of Afro LA, a community focused news outlet centering the black experience in and around greater LA. Also listen if you want to hear Maya try a British accent.

Topics Covered

• Stuttering in an open plan office
• Practicing stuttering in front of strangers 
• Finding wellbeing and strength in stuttering 
• Saying yes to public speaking
• Connections between writing, reading, and stuttering
• Arts-based therapy for stuttering
• Accents & Fluency
• Authenticity & Finding Your Voice 
• Code switching to be taken seriously
• Intersecting invisible disabilities, power, and control 

Also Mentioned 

• Writing Program at SAY NY
• Out With It by Katherine Preston
• Brain imaging with actors
• First Person Shooter by Cameron Raynes
• Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 

Episode Overview

[3:05 - 6:28: Redefining A Good Day]

[6:30 - 9:12: Public Speaking]

[9:57 - 11:13: Stuttering & Writing & Telling Jokes/Stories]

[11:13 - 12:29: Reading and Stuttering]

[12:52 - 18:54: Arts-based therapy, Acting, Accents]

[18:56 - 20:30: Code Switching]

[20:31 - 21:31: Invisible Disabilities + Internalized Racism]

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