Jeff Olson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss knowing what to do to face stuttering but not wanting to do it. During the second half of today’s episode, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team tackle the same topic. Related issues discussed today include looking for the “One” answer, letting stuttering happen, making stuttering happen, facing covert stuttering, a weight loss analogy, choosing not to use speaking strategies and much more.
Jeff Olson
Caryn Herring
Joel Korte
Peter Reitzes
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist and President and Host of StutterTalk.
CARYN HERRING, MS CCC-SLP is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Caryn works at Our Time, an organization dedicated to helping kids who stutter, and at The Stuttering Therapy and Resource Center of Long Island, as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Caryn has led National Stuttering Association local chapters in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. See full bio here.
JOEL KORTE, MA CFY-SLP is an electrical engineer, speech-language pathologist, and a person who stutters. Joel is the co-leader of the Minneapolis chapters of both the adult and teen (TWST) support groups through the National Stuttering Association. Joel is the owner of the Chase Bliss Audio, a guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. He also works as a speech-language pathologist, providing therapy primarily for people who stutter in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. See full bio here.
ROISIN MCMANUS and JOEL KORTE (of the StutterTalk B Team) interview MICHAEL TURNER about the documentary he is producing titled The Way We Talk. Some of the topics covered in the interview are the purpose of the documentary, Michael’s artistic vision and growing up with a brother who stutters.
Michael is currently raising funds for the project via his kickstarter page. Michael can be contacted at thewaywetalkmovie@gmail.com
Roisin, Mary Anne, Jamie and CarynRoisin, Mary Anne, Jamie and Caryn
This episodes begins with several amazing minutes of short, concise statements about stuttering from a number of conference attendees at the National Stuttering Association’s 30th Annual Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Then Jamie Rocchio and Mary Anne join StutterTalk hosts Roisin McManus and Caryn Herring (of the StutterTalk B Team) to refresh friendships and discuss the conference and their stuttering. Jamie has been featured many times on StutterTalk and discusses the guilt or concern she feels about attending the conference when she is not stuttering much at this time. The group then discusses how they have inspired and motivated one another over the years.
Guests from the first segment of this episode include Charles White, Luis Espinoza, Stavros Ladeas, Maureen Hooker, Ryan Pedvin, Ben Pritchard, Drew Hudson, Tony Rocher and Andrew Landeros.
CAMERON FRANCEK joins CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) to discuss his 100 Stutter Project in which he advertises his stuttering to at least one person a day, for 100 days in a row.
Cameron was recently featured in the Detroit Free Press and USA Today with an article and video.
Roisin McManus, B Team Host, wrote a chapter in the StutterTalk book
CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) begin the show by discussing a stuttering dream Roisin had minutes before they began recording. The dream revolves around Roisin’s role speaking at an upcoming wedding, so the group discusses different ways Roisin may or may not want to advertise. Later, Joel talks about working as a Speech-Language Pathologist. The B Team wraps up the show by discussing an experience Caryn recently had at a special needs exhibition.
CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team“) discuss Joel’s current struggles with stuttering as well as “Speech Tool Guy,” a concept he made up and introduced in episode 374. Joel loosely defines “Speech Tool Guy” as a character who is never ashamed of stuttering, using speech tools, or being fluent. Roisin shares a “healthy skepticism” of Speech Tool Guy while Joel tries to figure out the best direction for controlling his stuttering.
Joel shares that, “Every time I try really, really hard not to stutter, it’s a disaster.”
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
16 Sep 2013
Knowing What to Do and Not Doing It (Ep. 421)
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Jeff Olson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss knowing what to do to face stuttering but not wanting to do it. During the second half of today’s episode, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team tackle the same topic. Related issues discussed today include looking for the “One” answer, letting stuttering happen, making stuttering happen, facing covert stuttering, a weight loss analogy, choosing not to use speaking strategies and much more.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist and President and Host of StutterTalk.
CARYN HERRING, MS CCC-SLP is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Caryn works at Our Time, an organization dedicated to helping kids who stutter, and at The Stuttering Therapy and Resource Center of Long Island, as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Caryn has led National Stuttering Association local chapters in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. See full bio here.
JOEL KORTE, MA CFY-SLP is an electrical engineer, speech-language pathologist, and a person who stutters. Joel is the co-leader of the Minneapolis chapters of both the adult and teen (TWST) support groups through the National Stuttering Association. Joel is the owner of the Chase Bliss Audio, a guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. He also works as a speech-language pathologist, providing therapy primarily for people who stutter in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. See full bio here.