30 Jan 2017
Stuttering and Dating (Ep. 611)
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Rachel Hoge joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and dating and how stuttering can help forge deeper connections with others. Ms. Hoge is asked about her recent essay How My Stutter Improves My Dating in the Washington Post. Ms. Hoge discusses how her stuttering is a social filter of sorts which in an asset for dating.
Rachel Hoge is a southern writer, MFA candidate, and person who stutters. Ms. Hoge’s nonfiction works have been published with, or are forthcoming from, the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Ravishly, and others. She is currently writing a memoir about life with a speech disability.
Links:
- Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
- Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (Ep. 300)
- Day 1 with David Mitchell and Harry Dhillon (Ep. 402)
12 Feb 2017
Finding Love When You Stutter (Ep. 612)
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Jane Fraser and Emily Anderson join Peter Reitzes to discuss finding love when you stutter. Ms. Anderson shares her experience as a young woman who stutters who is challenging herself to face stuttering professionally and personally. Ms. Fraser, President of the Stuttering Foundation, draws upon her decades of experience to discuss productive ways to face stuttering.
Emily Anderson is an Environmental Outreach Coordinator for a conservation nonprofit organization and also works as a server at a steakhouse, a job she has held for almost ten years. She is the author of the article Seeing the Gift in My Stutter on Good and Bad Days recently published in the Mighty.
Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation, has run the Foundation for more than 35 years, and is co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents now in its 8th edition.
Stuttering Foundation inks discussed on this episode: