Dr. thOTs

By Dr. thOTs

A smart, driven, and fabulous podcast by Drs. Ryan Lavalley and Khalilah Johnson where sometimes it’s about occupation and sometimes it’s just sassy.... more

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The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.

Dr. thOTs episodes:

August 09, 2024 The Mini Diva Mini Episode
The Dr. thOTs duo is excited to offer this special mini episode to introduce you to a mini-diva! Chanel Jackson, niece of non other than Dr. Khalilah Johnson joins the Drs. on the podcast. In just 30 minutes, this 9 year old fashionista lets us in on her future plans, opinons on other nine-year-olds, and some advice for her Auntie Kiki - the little one reads above her grade level on this one. Y'all, the library is open. Highlights include: Ryan being analog, Khalilah lacking a family discount, and Chanel dropping some wisdom for her peers.
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35min
August 02, 2024 Bull in a Sex Shop
Kahlilah and Ryan are joined by the one and only Raheleh Ghasseminia, an up and coming doctoral student but long-time experienced occupational therapy practitioner. Raheleh leads these thOTs into the wonderful world of intimacy, sex, and occupation. The hosts discuss how she arrived in the intimacy area, how sex sits in practice, and where fingers should be pointing when it comes to talking about this ADL. Theory, socio-cultural contextualization, and sex puns abound. Highlights include: Ryan getting a new responsibility, Khalilah can't keep a straight face, and Raheleh is a bull in a sex shop.
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55min
July 19, 2024 Get the Meeting Out the Box
A Dr. thOTs favorite joins yet again to make us laugh but this time brings the tea on embodied leadership. George Barret steps out of his good judy role into his working girl role talking with Ryan and Khalilah about embodied leadership, creative meeting strategies, community building, and modeling for the next generation. Per usual, these three are a hoot with a healthy does of insight. Highlights include: Ryan attempting modern dancing, George flocking it up, and Khalilah leaning into emotions.
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49min
June 28, 2024 Rolling with the ADA
Khalilah and Ryan are joined by none other than everybody's favorite ADA nerd, Dr. Katie Sorensen. We roll through this episode about accessibility with an undefeated champion of musical chairs and ADA certified specialist. The thOTs talk going wheels up with disabilities, managing flying, educational accommodations, and ADA policies in public spaces. Katie discusses the hills and valleys of sitting up for disability rights and accessibility advocacy. Highlights include: Khalilah stealing candy, Katie drinking too much iced tea, and Ryan comparing biceps
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48min
June 13, 2024 Hair on Our Chinny Chin Chins
Ryan and Khalilah get into a hairy situation, cutting it up about body hair, grooming, and all things structural stigma. They talk Crown Act buzz and bush commercials, shame and discrimination, gender and personal boundaries - a true salon of ideas. This episode is definitely not a wash - at least not with shampoo. Highlights include: Ryan growing trees under his arms, Khalilah calling for waxing at her wedding, and an occupational werewolf being born.
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41min
May 31, 2024 Publication, Power, & the PhD
We got students in the house! Khalilah and Ryan are joined by Jaime Leitre Jr. and Rebecca Parkin for a lively discussion about publication, studenthood, and the structures of power in the process. Becky has recently published a critique of whiteness in the science in JOS and Jaime on dissident genders and sexualities in AJOT. They give us all the tea on publishing challenging and disruptive content as students. Highlights include: Jaime being a bear, Becky giving a great plug, and the hosts being proud thOT mentors.
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1h
May 16, 2024 Minding the Thigh Gap
Khalilah and Ryan warmly welcome Dr. LaRhonda Manigault-Bryant - to the podcast but also to Carolina! After a delightfully contentious conversation about shades of blue, the three docs get into it about Black women in media, in church, and in big bodies. The three discuss the narratives of Black women, the power of documentary for dissemination, and the work that still needs to be done in representation. Highlights include: Ryan bringing the ice to the cookout, Khalilah finding the thigh gap, and Rhon finding God's blue.
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1h 8min
May 03, 2024 Student Movements: A Necessary Conversation
Ryan and Khalilah, representing no organizations or institutions they are affiliated with, recorded this episode as a special conversation about student movements given the current situation within the US and global context. In the episode, they discuss there own experiences as faculty, student activists, and ongoing supporters of students' right to protest. They emphasize the importance of critical interrogation of media and narratives while at the same time historicizing student movements in a US context. They discuss the sometimes necessary reality of challenging governments, policies, and state sanctioned actions and strategies for keeping students, campuses, and faculty safe while acknowleding the need for difficult and uncomfortable conversations. There are no highlights because it is all a necessary conversation.
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52min
April 18, 2024 DEI is the Minimum
Your girl Dr. Khalilah Johnson and colleagues wrote a whole paper about the State of the Science when it comes to DEIJAB in occupational therapy in the United States. The thOTs talk the limits of DEI and how it sits with decoloniality, and decolonization. Khalilah discusses why she thinks Black women are leading these risky efforts and why DEI often focuses on race.
Highlights include: The first ever Dr. thOTs blooper that you get to hear and a white man standing in front of a Black woman asking her about DEI.
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48min
April 04, 2024 Leading from Our Roots
The Dr. thOTs duo welcome Whitney Harris to the podcast this week to talk everything leadership, inclusion, and identity. Whitney discusses how she got involved with COTAD National Leadership and what drives her forward in the work, particularly from her experience as a mixed race practitioner. The thOTs discuss the ways leading can look differently and finding your own way in the work. Highlights include: Ryan creating a new "academic uncle role", Khalilah getting into her DNA, and Whitney doing it anyway!
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58min

FAQs about Dr. thOTs:

How many episodes does Dr. thOTs have?

The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.