You Don't Want to Thow Some Shrimps on the Bobbytha, That's Pretty Bad. That'S Pretty Bad

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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