Chatting with Mike + Dory: Hosts of The Othering Podcast

How marginalized creators are using podcasts to make connections, share their stories, and build communities, despite physical, societal and economic barriers. Healing each other one episode at a time. 

In this episode I chat with Mike and Dory - the hosts of the Othering Podcast - about how fun it is hosting a podcast and how it is helping us create communities for “othered” people. 

We started on topic - talking about how our podcasts have helped us build communities and make connections with amazing people. And how those conversations have helped us all feel less alone and more understood. 

Then we go off on a few tangents about the diagnosis journey, and how the medical systems are falling, and trying to maintain our mental health while staying informed, during chaotic political times. 

We also dive deep into the struggle of learning self acceptance and confidence in a world that not only doesn’t show people like you, but actively works to hold you back. 

Guest Bio + Links 

Mike + Dory - The Othering Podcast 

Their show is dedicated to advocating for disabled and LGBTQ communities. It provides a platform for guests to share their stories in a conversational manner, aiming to educate people about different disabilities and LGBTQ+ issues.

Website: https://www.otheringpodcast.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otheringpodcast/

Key Take Aways: 

• Creating Community, through podcasting or social media, is important and healing. It helps us all feel validated, understood and less alone. 
• Disabled people make up a large amount of the population, and more inclusion, in all industries, would be beneficial to the economy as well as our health. 
• We thrive when we embrace our uniqueness and stop trying to fit into others expectations of our looks, abilities, and the way we want to live our life. 
• We want a cozier, softer life, that doesn’t constantly demand that we grow and push harder. We just want to survive and be happy. 
  

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Timestamps: 

• 00:17.442 - Why we love podcasting
• 01:29.363 - About the Othering Podcast
• 03:53.414 - Podcasts are creating safe space to share stories
• 07:55.41 - The importance of community for our health 
• 09:59.02 - The diagnosis journey and failing medical systems
• 15:33.268 - Trying to stay informed and stay sane
• 28:43.022 - The pressure to fit others expectations 
• 43:59.374 - The intersection of neurodivergence and chronic illness
• 47:33.454 - Communities are coming together to grow
• 51:20.11 - Looking for a cozier way to do business
• 56:19.207 - Where to find Mike and Dory