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Dr. Phillip Schneider, of Schneider Speech Pathology, is interviewed by Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson on how to become an educated consumer.

                          

        

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Leys Geddes, Vice Chair of the British Stammering Association, is interviewed by Eric Jackson and Peter Reitzes, and discusses misleading therapy advertisements such as those which offer cures for stuttering and much more.
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The Stuttering Foundcation has some great new videos postd at Google Video and YouTube - seach on the words "stuttering foundation." Also, have you purchased an electronic device for stuttering? If so, the Stuttering Foundation wants to know about your experience. Visit the Stuttering Foundation and answer their short survey on electronic devices for stuttering. When you go to the Stuttering Foundation homepage, look in the right hand column for the survey. 

        

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Nina Reeves, MA CCC-SLP, Board Recognized Fluency Specialist and Mentor, is interviewed by Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson about being a fluency specialist for several districts near Dallas, her book The Source for Stuttering: Ages 7-18, the importance of self-help groups such as the National Stuttering Association and Friends and much more. Nina also joined us for episode 5 of Stuttering101 on the topic of stuttering modification and fluency shaping.

                     

Click here for a complete list of publications by Nina Reeves. Please take the time to go to the StutterTalk iTunes page and comment on this podcast. Your comments helps to expand our audience.

The Stuttering Foundcation has some great new videos postd at Google Video and YouTube - seach on the words "stuttering foundation." Also, have you purchased an electronic device for stuttering? If so, the Stuttering Foundation wants to know about your experience. Visit the Stuttering Foundation and answer their short survey on electronic devices for stuttering. When you go to the Stuttering Foundation homepage, look in the right hand column for the survey.

        

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Eric Jackson and Peter Reitzes attended the Our Time Theatre Company performance of Three One-Act Plays the evening of December 12, 2008 at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC. We talked to the writers and directors, Taro Alexander (founder and artistic director), Evertt Bradley (musical director), volunteers and audience members. Contact Our Time at 212-414-9696 or at moreinfo@ourtimetheatre.org. Also check out Camp Our Time, the Our Time Blog and the Camp Our Time Blog. Be sure and check out this 2007 interview with Taro at StutterTalk.

  



  

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The Stuttering Foundation has some great new videos posted at YouTube and Google Video. Have you purchased an electronic device for stuttering? If so, the Stuttering Foundation wants to know about your experience. Visit the Stuttering Foundation and answer their short survey on electronic devices for stuttering.

        

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During this episode, Eric Jackson tries to use speaking strategies for the entire show. We ask listeners to vote on the poll below to let StutterTalk know your opinion of Eric's speaking experiment. Peter Reitzes and Eric talk about a host of issues including ways we avoided stuttering growing up, Eric's meeting with Oliver Bloodstein, a speaking strategy called cancellations, listener emails, stuttering news and much more.

        

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Eric Jackson and Peter Reitzes talk about our Thanksgivings and family conversations about stuttering.
 

This episode features music by Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wilco, and Eric's band, Higgins.

        

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StutterTalk attended the 2008 annual convention of the American Speech Language Hearing Association in Chicago, Illinois. We were honored to podcast live from the Stuttering Foundation of America's reception and reunion party for those many professionals who have been trained by the Foundation. The Stuttering Foundation offers fluency workshops for professionals and many fantastic, inexpensive materials for professionals, parents and people who stutter at the Foundation's online store.  

     

        

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Peter Reitzes and Eric Jackson interview David M. Luterman, Ed.D., CCC-SLP about counseling people who stutter and their families. We ask Dr. Luterman to discuss counseling from both speech therapy and self-help perspectives. Check out this review of the DVD pictured below.

               


This episode features music by Yo La Tengo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, David Pajo, Spoon, Guided By Voices, and one of Eric's bands, Higgins.

        

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Eric Jackson and Peter Reitzes discuss much stuttering goodness including our upcoming show with Dr. David Luterman (his new Stuttering Foundation DVD is pictured below) that will focus on counseling issues. We read and discuss the wonderful essay by Emily Perl Kingsley titled, "Welcome to Holland." We discuss Eric's brother who also stutters, a bunch of listener emails and much more.

                            


This episode features music by wonderful bands, including Guided By Voices, Wolf Parade, The Replacements, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Eric's band, Higgins.

        

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Dr. Phillip Schneider, of Schneider Speech Pathology, is interviewed about his wonderful documentary Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story (view the film below in three parts, click here to view the film in one part and click here to purchase the dvd). Phil discusses the body and the soul of speech therapy, the film War Eagle, Arkansas and much more. Dr. Schneider was also featured in StutterTalk episodes 37 and 38 and on episode 1 of the Stuttering101 podcast.

                   

     

        

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Greg and Peter talk about their wives, a favorite podcast called Two Jacks in the Hole (pictured on the right) and a bunch of stuttering stuff including a listener's concern about stuttering while having to say her name and address when voting. Check out our new stuttering video sent to us by Pam Mertz.

         

        

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Peter and Greg talk about the movie War Eagle, Arkansas (see the trailer below) and much more.

  

        

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Peter and Greg talk about listener calls including the topics when should a person disclose they stutter and how should one begin using voluntary stuttering. Below is the trailer for the movie War Eagle, Arkansas that we will be reviewing soon. This film features a leading character who stutters.

        

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Greg and Peter discuss StutterTalk Episode 69 which featured very special guest Dr. Ronald Webster of the Hollins Communications Research Institute. Pictured below are Peter, Eric and Greg (from left to right).

        

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StutterTalk welcomes Dr. Ronald L. Webster, the founder and Director of the Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI). Dr. Webster discusses a range of topics including his view that the primary problem facing people who stutter is "abnormal speech muscle contractions." The video below features Dr. Webster and is from the HCRI YouTube channel.

     

Dr. Webster also discusses how his therapy approach at HCRI has changed and evolved since 1972. Dr. Webster discusses his view that "self propelled fluency" is preferable to using prosthetic devices, and much more. Below are some papers and presentations of interest pertaining to HCRI:

• HCRI Articles and Research from their homepage (www.stuttering.org)
• Hollins Communication Research Institute (2007 or 2008) by Cruver & Jacob
• Hollins Communication Research Institute: Fluency Poster Presentation (2003) by Sudemeier & Shultz

        

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Peter and Greg discuss listener email and calls and much more. This episode ends with Pam Mertz discussing the new movie titled The Express. Check out this article by Pam titled The Way Found Me.
 
               

Be sure and check out the 2008 International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online conference. Check out the StutterTalk ISAD podcast and paper titled Stuttering is a Gift. The conference is live October 1 to October 22 (readers write in questions on the boards and the authors respond). Don't miss this amazing event!

        

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This is our first episode focusing specifically on people who stutter overtly, a lot. Jamie Rocchio and others have kindly mentioned to us StutterTalk folk that we have focused a lot on covert stuttering. So this will hopefully be the first of several episodes focusing on frequent, overt stuttering. Jamie is pictured below with a fatty catty.

           

Be sure and check out the 2008 International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online conference. Check out the StutterTalk ISAD podcast and paper titled Stuttering is a Gift. The conference is live October 1 to October 22 (readers write in questions on the boards and the authors respond). Don't miss this amazing event!

        

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This week Greg, Eric and Peter answer listener questions about identical twins and stuttering in a corporate environment. Then we discuss a bunch of articles from the 2008 International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference (ISAD) available at the Stuttering Homepage.

           

We discuss the 12 minute StutterTalk ISAD podcast titled Stuttering is a Gift. Then we discuss these ISAD articles:

• Music Therapy Interventions for Improving Fluency Among People Who Stutter by Erika Shira
• Speech Soup by Kristin Chmela
• The Public School Specialist in Stuttering by Charles Van Riper, Carl Dell and Nina Reardon-Reeves
• Perfectionism and Stuttering: Is There a Connection? by Barbara J. Amster and Evelyn R. Klein

        

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Eric and Peter talk about music, more music, then a bunch of stuttering stuff. We discuss whether or not speech therapists should attend support groups, and talk about an article by Leys Geddes entitled Do We Spend Too Much Time Talking To Ourselves?, which will be part of the 2008 ISAD online conference. Check out the StutterTalk ISAD podcast and paper titled Stuttering is a Gift. The conference goes live October 1 (readers write in questions on the boards and the authors respond). Don't miss this amazing event!

               

        

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Greg and Peter discuss a bunch of random stuff before speaking to Judy Kuster, a pioneer and inspiration in the online stuttering community. Judy Kuster (pictured below) runs the single best online site for stuttering, The Stuttering Homepage, and Judy also is responsible for the stuttering event of the year: The International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference (ISAD). Starting October 1, the 2008 ISAD Online Conference goes live (readers write in questions on the boards and the authors respond). Don't miss this amazing event! Check out the StutterTalk ISAD podcast and paper titled Stuttering is a Gift.

        

Check out this 2008 ISAD brochure for ways that you may get involved.

On top of all of Kuster's stuttering work, Judy also is a columnist for the ASHA Leader, a major publication in the speech pathology world. Judy's columns may be found here.

Music featured on this podcast starts with The Smiths, then Yo La Tengo followed by two Luna songs and ending with Eric's band Higgins.

This podcast was recorded September 17, 2008.