Braaains

Today, we deconstruct emergency medicine and medical misinformation with ER doctor, Dr. Shazma Mithani. Wondering how many patients emergency doctors see in a day or why it's such a burnout profession? Listen on!

We also discuss which TV series portrays the ER in the most accurate way – is it Grey's Anatomy? House? ER? Scrubs? And of course, we find out why Dr. Mithani decided to take to social media to dispel medical misinformation and talk about how her work in the ER informs the kinds of topics she shares online.

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Our guest, writer and actor, Graham Kent, joins us to talk about his experience with Tourette Syndrome, how it presents, and why he thinks Edward Norton's Motherless Brooklyn is the best portrayal of Tourette Syndrome he's seen on screen!

The key moments in this episode are:

• 00:06:16 - Overlapping Disorders
• 00:08:08 - Presentation of Tourette Syndrome
• 00:14:17 - Living with Tourette Syndrome
• 00:16:32 - Motherless Brooklyn as a Representation of Tourette Syndrome
• 00:21:02 - Not Naming Tourette Syndrome in Motherless Brooklyn
• 00:23:56 - Other Depictions of Tourette Syndrome in Pop Culture
• 00:34:06 - Tourette Syndrome and Acting
• 00:39:17 - Nuances of Tourette Syndrome
• 00:41:46 - Understanding ADHD and Tourette Syndrome
• 00:45:09 - The Power of Nuanced Storytelling
• 00:48:31 - Resources for Tourette Syndrome
• 00:53:25 - Sarah's Documentary Premiere
• 00:57:16 - Heather's Experience at the WGC Awards
• 00:58:10 - Importance of Listener Reviews

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Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Diana Elizabeth Jordan, an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and disability and IDEA influencer.

We discussed her experience with cerebral palsy, some of the common stigmas associated with her disability, and what the representation of cerebral palsy on shows like Special and Speechless meant to her. Whether portraying a character, sharing a personal story, directing, or producing a project, Diana is committed to celebrating the power of resiliency and disability.

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Jenna and the system of alters (together known as the Gianu System) join us today to talk about Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This complex disorder, which occurs in 1.5% of our population, is a covert survival mechanism specific to each individual. We discuss what dissociation is, how identities and ego states exist, and how alters can hold different parts of trauma.

We also talk about the accurate DID representation in the Australian film by Rome Trower, What if it Worked? and how shows like The United States of Tara and the film Split have impacted the perceptions of DID.

• 00:02:38 - What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
• 00:06:44 - Jenna's Discovery of DID
• 00:09:09 - Discovering Alters in the Gianu System
• 00:15:39 - Understanding DID and its Complexity
• 00:16:57 - Aging and Sliding of Alters
• 00:19:11 - The Representation of DID in What If It Works
• 00:22:05 - The Debate on Integration and Healing
• 00:25:31 - The Misrepresentation of DID in Media
• 00:30:52 - Misconceptions about DID
• 00:35:03 - Using Social Media to Heal
• 00:39:49 - Normalizing DID in Media
• 00:40:59 - Recommended Resources
• 00:47:07 - Lack of Diversity in Canadian Writing Rooms
• 00:49:48 - Documentary Premiere for The Lebanese Burger Mafia
• 00:50:39 - Harvardwood Talk on Ethics and Storytelling

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Today's guest, Michelle Asgarali, a Disabled Creative Producer and Advocate and Story Producer on the new CBC docuseries PUSH, deep dives into disability representation and the stigmas and tropes that impact the disability community on and off the screen.

We also discussed the importance of creating more accessible and inclusive spaces with universal design and looked at how popular shows like The Last of Us, New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor, and the fab Australian series Latecomers have showcased storylines with disabled characters.

• [00:01:01] Inclusive storytelling.
• [00:09:21] Three tropes of disability.
• [00:25:48] Disability representation in media.
• [00:36:02] Disability inclusion in the film industry.
• [00:42:01] Creating better environments for disabilities.
• [00:47:42] Remote work and disability rights.
• [00:54:25] Better representation in media.
• [01:01:31] Universal design for everyone.

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Welcome to Season two of Braaains! Today we're discussing weight stigma, diet culture, and the impact of fat representation in TV shows like Shrill and Rutherford Falls with our guest Lauren Groves, a registered psychologist in Edmonton, Alberta who is the owner of Ignite Counseling and Wellness Services.

[00:02:14] Diet culture and representation. [00:04:28] The effects of lack of body representation. [00:12:38] Authenticity in influencer culture. [00:17:06] Thinness and Medical Bias. [00:24:13] Harmful effects of diet culture. [00:29:03] Fatphobia's impact on earnings. [00:38:33] Trusting ourselves in diet culture. [00:49:27] The cost of diet culture. [00:52:35] Anti-diet culture journey.

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Today's episode is our last one for 2022 so of course, we're talking about the holidays and how they're portrayed on film! We're excited to have historian Vaughn Joy on to talk specifically about the impact of Christmas movies, how the government influenced the cultural sector in the nuclear age, and how those ramifications are still having ripple effects today.

We also discuss how pop culture changes social attitudes and conveys the politics of the moment as seen through the lens of innocuous media like what you consume around the holidays.

Lastly, we dive into how we'd like to see more representation on screen in terms of holiday films including different religions, different secular traditions, and different communities at the center of the story.

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Today, we deep dive into stuttering with our guests Per Alm, a researcher and lecturer from the Department of Neuroscience at Uppsala University, Sweden, and Maya Chupkov, the host and creator of the podcast Proud Stutter.

We discuss background factors that can affect whether or not you stutter, the impact of neurological mechanisms underlying stuttering, and how stuttering can affect your day-to-day life.

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Disabled educator, speaker, and creator, Erin Ryan Heyneman, joins us to talk about Multiple Sclerosis. We discuss how MS presents, the impact of her diagnosis as a teenager, how a major flair-up and its aftermath affected her life, and the importance of disability representation.

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On today's episode we discuss misogyny with Guylaine Maroist, who is one of the directors of BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE. This tour de force documentary throws us into the vortex of online misogyny and reveals the devastating effects unbridled female hatred has on victims. We also talk about the importantance of education in combating this growing phenomenon.

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Editing: Blair Drover

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A huge thank you to Calgary International Film Festival for giving us the opportunity to record our interview with Guylaine in the podcast booth on location at the festival.