13 Jun 2013

Day 4: The Future of Stuttering Self-Help with Martin Seefeld (Ep. 405)

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stuttering, StutterTalkStutterTalk host Barry Yeoman is joined by Martin Seefeld to discuss how the stuttering self-help movement can stay relevant in the 21st century. This is the fifth and final StutterTalk episode from Lunteren, The Netherlands at the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. All five episodes are archived here.

MARTIN SEEFELD, 26, is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, a StutterTalk advisor and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on issues pertaining to ethics in journalism, reporting and much more. Read Mr. Yeoman’s entire bio here. Mr. Yeoman has been featured several times on StutterTalk – those episodes are archived here.

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12 Jun 2013

Day 3 with Elaine Robin and Stefan Hoffmann (Ep. 404)

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StutterTalk host Barry Yeoman is joined by Elaine Robin and Stefan Hoffmann in Lunteren, The Netherlands at the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. Both Elaine and Stefan are Westerners who have lived in China. Barry asks them about the emerging stuttering self-help movement in China. Check back tomorrow at StutterTalk.com for our fifth and final episode from the Netherlands.

ELAINE ROBIN is a speech-language pathologist and a person who stutters. She lives in the Seattle area.

STEFAN HOFFMAN is the former vice chair of the International Stuttering Association (ISA). He lives in Ingolstadt, Germany.

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, a StutterTalk advisor and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on issues pertaining to ethics in journalism, reporting and much more. Read Mr. Yeoman’s entire bio here. Mr. Yeoman has been featured several times on StutterTalk – those episodes are archived here.

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11 Jun 2013

Day 2 with Adeyemi Akintunde (Ep. 403)

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Adeyemi Akintunde

StutterTalk host Barry Yeoman is joined by Adeyemi Akintunde in Lunteren, The Netherlands at the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. Mr. Akintunde talks about living in a country where people who stutter can’t even hail taxis, much less find employment.

StutterTalk hopes to quick-publish several more daily episodes from the 10th World Congress.  Check back at StutterTalk.com for updates.

ADEYEMI AKINTUNDE, 29, is a founder of the Stuttering Association of Nigeria. He studied accounting at Osun State Polytechnic and economics at Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State. He now manages a family business.

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, a StutterTalk advisor and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on issues pertaining to ethics in journalism, reporting and much more. Read Mr. Yeoman’s entire bio here. Mr. Yeoman has been featured several times on StutterTalk – those episodes are archived here.

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10 Jun 2013

Day 1 with David Mitchell and Harry Dhillon (Ep. 402)

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StutterTalk host Barry Yeoman is joined by David Mitchell and Harry Dhillon in Lunteren, The Netherlands at the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. Mr. Dhillon explains how he stopped seeing himself as a victim and began taking responsibility for making changes. Mr. Mitchell encourages people who stutter to be more engaged in the political process and explains why people who stammer are “empathy generators.” StutterTalk plans to quick-publish several more daily episodes from the 10th World Congress. Check back at StutterTalk.com for updates.

DAVID MITCHELL is a widely respected, award winning novelist from England. His novels include Ghostwritten, Number9Dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. David Mitchell is a person who stutters and a patron of the British Stammering Association.

HARRY DHILLON is president of a London Toastmasters club, works in information technology, is a real estate investor and is active in the stuttering scene in the United Kingdom.

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, a StutterTalk advisor and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on issues pertaining to ethics in journalism, reporting and much more. Read Mr. Yeoman’s entire bio here. Mr. Yeoman has been featured several times on StutterTalk – those episodes are archived here.

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9 Jun 2013

Reporting from the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter – Netherlands (Ep. 401)

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StutterTalk guest host Barry Yeoman has just arrived in Lunteren, The Netherlands for the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. On the night of the opening reception, he interviewed organizers Maartje Borghuis and Richard Bourgondiën about their expectations for the congress, as well as the state of stuttering self-help in The Netherlands. Mr. Yeoman then spoke with Christine Simpson of the British Stammering Association about the women-only workshop she will help to lead.

StutterTalk plans to quick-publish several daily episodes from the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter. Check back often at StutterTalk.com for updates.

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, a StutterTalk advisor and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on issues pertaining to ethics in journalism, reporting and much more. Read Mr. Yeoman’s entire bio here. Mr. Yeoman has been featured several times on StutterTalk – those episodes are archived here.

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5 Jun 2013

Public Speaking, Stuttering and Doing What You Fear (Ep. 400)

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Susannah Parkin

Susannah Parkin and Reuben Schuff join Peter Reitzes to discuss their recent public speaking achievements, stuttering and doing what you fear.

Reuben was awarded second place in the Toastmasters District Contest in North Carolina and Susannah is the 2013 recipient of the The James Soper Merrill Prize which is awarded to the graduate “who, in character and influence, has best typified the highest ideals of the College.” Susannah’s acceptance speech can be viewed here.

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Reuben Schuff (center)

SUSANNAH PARKIN is a person who stutters and a recent graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Susannah interned at the Stuttering Foundation in 2011 and is currently working as a research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital. Ms. Parkin plans to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.

REUBEN SCHUFF is an Aerospace Engineer. He co-founded the Teens Who Stutter (TWST) chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reuben contributed the chapter titled Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom. Reuben has appeared numerous times on StutterTalk; his appearances are archived here.

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