How we perceive strong and confident voices gets manipulated from the big screen and from everyday media. These platforms tinker with our minds to make us think that certain voices or tones represent one way of strength or weakness. And the media will have us all believe that self-assured, confident people sound smooth and never say "um" or "uh" or "like." But being in the real world, that's not true.

Today, I'm bringing on Maya Chupkov, the executive director of Proud Stutter, a podcast about shifting the stuttering narrative and embracing verbal diversity.

We dive deep into:

How Maya has incorporated her stutter as part of her podcast
The defining moment that led her to be an advocate for verbal diversity
The difference between a nervous stutter vs a natural stutter

Links worth exploring from the episode:

Podcast Movement Evolutions https://evolutions.podcastmovement.com/
NPR's Life Kit episode https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065152065
Episode about um's and likes with linguist Alexandra D'arcy https://www.organizedsound.ca/why-filler-words-like-like-are-powerful-with-alexandra-darcy-episode-18/

Engage with Maya Chupkov:

Connect with Mary!

Leave a voicemail with your feedback at https://www.speakpipe.com/VisibleVoice
Or email visiblevoicepodcast@gmail.com
Engage with Mary on Instagram @OrganizedSoundProductions https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions
Find more secrets and the full transcript of the episode at http://www.visiblevoicepodcast.com
To learn more or work with Mary, check out https://www.organizedsound.ca

Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co. https://www.artiodesignco.com

Normalizing Stuttering for Verbal Diversity with Maya Chupkov - EP 47