Jonty Claypole is Director of BBC Arts, Chairman of the arts centre HOME in Manchester, and was listed in the Bookseller's Top 100 Most Influential People. Although born in Australia, he grew up in London and now lives in east London with his family. His most recent project at the BBC was the landmark series Civilisations featuring Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama.

 

NOTES

0:00-10:00: intro and growing up with a stutter, personal retrospective

10:00-23:00: why write this book, Words Fail Us; the real scoop with The King's Speech & King George VI; the wrong question and the right question; the "overcoming stuttering" narrative

23:00-29:07: stuttering: is it a disability or not?

29:07-30:00: stuttering in the workplace and in life

30:51-32:33: when is stuttering a disability

32:33-37:00: most admirable stuttering role models

37:00-42:00: the untold story of creativity and stuttering - in media and in the arts; let's start celebrating the creativity born from stuttering

42:00-50:31: Jonty's family and mum, and closing remarks

 

RESOURCES AND LINKS

Words Fail Us (Book)

Jonty Claypole, BBC

Stamma Interview

Why does art matter?

 

HOST BIO

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech; creator of Transcending Stuttering Academy and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.