King’s Speech

10 Apr 2011

An Historical Discussion of the King’s Speech (271)

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John Campbell is a British political writer and biographer. His works include 2010’s Pistols at Dawn and biographies of Aneurin Bevan, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher. Mr. Campbell has written two volumes on Margaret Thatcher The Grocer’s Daughter and its sequel The Iron Lady. John Campbell was awarded the NCR Book Award for his biography of Edward Heath. Most recently, Mr. Campbell’s book The Iron Lady has been turned into a film starring Meryl Streep who stars as the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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24 Feb 2011

Is Stuttering the New Autism? (Episode 262)

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Bob Quesal

In this episode, Jamie “The Queen” Rocchio and Dr. Bob Quesal join co-host Eric Jackson to talk about the impact the film The King’s Speech is having on stuttering awareness. The “Trifecta” discusses whether or not we are seeing changes in the public perception of stuttering, shortcomings of the media in discussing issues such as stuttering, and how a disorder/disease is “sexy” when people are looking for its cure.

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5 Nov 2010

The King’s Speech with Taro Alexander:Two Thumbs Up (Ep. 238)

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Taro Alexander

Taro Alexander joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the wonderful film The King’s Speech.

TARO ALEXANDER is a person who stutters, a professional actor and Founder and Artistic Director of the Our Time Theatre Company in New York City – “An artistic home for young people who stutter.” Taro also founded Camp Our Time – an annual summer camp for young people who stutter and their siblings and friends between the ages of 8-18.  In 2002 Taro was honored by the National Council on Communicative Disorders at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where he received the Charles Van Riper Award. Alexander performed for 4 years in the successful Off-Broadway production of STOMP. Check out this great article by Taro describing Our Time and this great article by some of the Our Time actors.

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