Barry Yeoman

15 Nov 2020

“Why Can’t You Stutter More Like President Biden?” (Ep. 698)

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Barry Yeoman and  Chris Constantino join Peter Reitzes to discuss the determination and empathy of people who stutter and the question, “Why Can’t You Stutter More Like President Biden?”

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Barry Yeoman is a journalist with more than four decades of experience who specializes in in-depth reporting that puts a human face on complex issues. 

Chris Constantino is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. Chris co-edited the highly acclaimed book Stammering Pride & Prejudice.  

Peter Reitzes is a speech-language pathologist and President of StutterTalk.

Barry, Chris, and Peter are all people who stutter. 

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24 Oct 2020

How to Talk about Joe Biden’s Stuttering (Ep. 695)

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Barry Yeoman and Christopher Constantino join Peter Reitzes to discuss how to talk about Joe Biden’s stuttering. Topics include how to respond to well intentioned but ableist descriptions of Joe Biden’s stuttering, Barry Yeoman’s recent column in the Nation titled Our Stutter: Joe Biden, Brayden Harrington—and Me, policing stuttering voices, and much more. 

Barry Yeoman is a journalist with more than four decades of experience who specializes in in-depth reporting that puts a human face on complex issues. 

Chris Constantino is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. Chris co-edited the highly acclaimed book Stammering Pride & Prejudice.  

Peter Reitzes is a speech-language pathologist and President of StutterTalk.

Barry, Chris, and Peter are all people who stutter. 

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2 Dec 2019

Stammer Time: Building a Society that Accepts Stuttering (Ep. 670)

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Barry Yeoman joins Chaya Goldstein to talk about his thought provoking article Stammer Time which highlights how stutterers are moving past the medical model of disability. The conversation explores the social model vs. medical model of disability, the concept of ‘stutter gain’, the history of the stuttering self-community, how we can practically start make changes to create a more stutter friendly world, and why he’s excited about the recent conversation in stuttering community about the social model of disability.

Barry Yeoman is a freelance journalist living in Durham, North Carolina. He also teaches journalism and narrative nonfiction at Wake Forest University and Duke University. He has been a member of the stuttering self-help movement since 1992.

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29 Feb 2016

Stutterer Wins an Oscar (Ep. 570)

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StuttererBarry Yeoman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the Oscar award winning short film Stutterer. Barry and Peter give this film two big “thumbs up.” Mr. Yeoman points out that while the filmmaker does not stutter, he was able to authentically and powerfully present a realistic depiction of stuttering by employing “radical empathy” in his script writing.

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Barry Yeoman is a journalist who specializes in in-depth reporting, a person who stutters, and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry advises StutterTalk on a wide range of issues pertaining to journalism and stuttering. Visit Barry at barryyeoman.com.

Stutterer is a 13-minute film that won an Oscar last night for Short Film (Live Action). Stutterer is a film out of Ireland, written and directed by Benjamin Cleary. It is a very sweet film, a love story, that brilliantly captures some of the tormenting and oppressive aspects of stuttering. Greenwood, played by Matthew Needham, is a lonely young man with very noticeable stuttering who forms an online Facebook relationship with Ellie, played by Chlore Pirrie. Matthew conceals his debilitating stutter from Ellie. When Ellie plans a surprise trip to London and wants to meet Greenwood, he is faced with having to figure out how to respond. While we do not give away the ending of this short film, this is a spoiler alert because Barry and Peter discuss this film in great detail. Before listening to this podcast, you might want to first watch the film Stutterer. There is a little sexually explicit language and some brief, implied domestic abuse in this film. So for those who want to avoid such content, do not watch.

Read this wonderful interview with the director, Benjamin Cleary, about this film and how it relates to communication.

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4 Jul 2014

In the Stuttering Mosh Pit from the National Stuttering Association’s 2014 Annual Conference (Ep. 458)

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StutterTalk host Barry Yeoman joins Joel Korte, Caryn Herring and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team at the 2014 annual conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Washington, DC. The StutterTalk crew talk about facing conference anxiety and stuttering anxiety. Barry points out the internal work that conference participants do while surrounded by hundreds of other people who stutter. The B Team hosts talk about how powerful and meaningful they found Barry’s storytelling and movement workshop. Barry is asked to discuss the National Stuttering Project (NSP) which preceded the NSA and the changes he has seen in the self help movement.

This StutterTalk episode was recorded and published Friday, July 4th on the third day of the NSA’s annual conference.

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7 Aug 2013

StutterTalk Making A Difference (Ep. 414)

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Barry Yeoman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the questions is StutterTalk making a difference and is StutterTalk biased?

Background:

In May of 2013, StutterTalk published two episodes (Ep. 398 and Ep. 399) in which Mr. Reitzes interviewed five people who received treatment at the Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI). Mr. Reitzes also interviewed Dr. Ronald Webster, Founder and President of HCRI. Mr. Reitzes asked Dr. Webster about the data and marketing statement on HCRI’s website which stated that “98% recommend HCRI to others who stutter.” Mr. Reitzes pointed out that as far as back as 1997, HCRI reported on their website that “98% said they would recommend it [Hollins treatment] to other stutterers.” Mr. Reitzes also pointed out that in 1997 HCRI reported having served more than 3,900 people who stutter. It was noted that by 2013 HCRI reported having served more than 6,100 people. Mr. Reitzes stated that it is uncanny that for 16 consecutive years, with the addition of thousands of new clients, the 98% recommendation rate had not fluctuated.

Update (Today’s Episode):

During today’s episode (Ep. 414), it is reported that sometime after publishing StutterTalk episodes 398 and 399, HCRI changed their website by removing the marketing statement on the main page which proclaimed that “98% recommend HCRI to others who stutter.” This is what the main page of the HCRI website looked like in May 2013 and this is what the HCRI website looked like in June 2013. Peter and Barry discuss the significance of HCRI’s recent change to their website and go on to discuss bias in reporting.

Bios:

BARRY YEOMAN is a respected journalist, a person who stutters, an advisor to StutterTalk and a long-time participant in self-help organizations for people who stutter. Barry’s in-depth reporting has appeared in numerous publication including the New York Times and O (The Oprah Magazine). Barry recently hosted five StutterTalk episodes from the 10th World Congress for People Who Stutter in the Netherlands.

PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is President and Host of StutterTalk, a speech-language pathologist and a stutterer.

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