Dr. Gerald Maguire, the newly elected Chairman of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the future of the NSA and the role and importance of stuttering self help. On the second half of today’s episode, Dr. Maguire is asked a range of questions about the medical treatment of stuttering. Dr. Maguire said that in […]

Darren Johnson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss letting his stuttering rip. Mr. John shares his experiences of stuttering openly, focussing on “shame busting,” the challenge of showing the world his open stuttering, the chore and physical effort of stuttering, his desire to engage and communicate more productively with the world, how being African American impacts his experience […]

Spring Kwok joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the power of struggle, the balance between acceptance and wanting to change and how being a first generation Chinese American woman impacts her experience of stuttering. This is StutterTalk’s third episode in a series featuring New York City members of the National Stuttering Association (NSA). On Sunday, May 15th, the NYC Chapters of […]

Christopher Schuyler joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the importance of being present, living authentically with stuttering, stuttering without disabling fear, the conflict between wanting to be okay with stuttering and also wanting to stutter easily, facing stuttering as an attorney and so much more. This is StutterTalk’s second episode in a series featuring New York City members […]

Stavros Ladeas and Emma Alpern join Peter Reitzes to discuss the upcoming Day of Workshops in NYC titled The Past, Present, and Future of Stuttering, Sunday May 15, 2016. 9:30AM-5pm in Manhattan. Event details here. This event is for adults and mature teens who stutter. Alpern and Ladeas announce that professional journalist and StutterTalk contributor Barry Yeoman will be the keynote […]

Leah Graham joins Peter Reitzes to discuss navigating her way through the real world as a person who stutters. Ms. Graham is asked about her current speech therapy focussing on avoidance reduction, choosing self help and speech therapy when graduating college (a “do or die” moment), how okay she needs to be with her own stuttering, […]

Nora O’Connor and Loryn McGill join Reuben Schuff at the FRIENDS one day workshop in Orange County, California to discuss coming together in a community where it is okay to stutter and where stuttering is accepted. People who stutter, parents, siblings, speech-language pathologists and students joined forces for this wonderful one day conference. One teenager from the day’s workshop was […]

Dr. Bridget Walsh joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her study Speech motor planning and execution deficits in early childhood stuttering in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. As stated in the research, “This study is the first to demonstrate sex-specific differences in speech motor control processes between preschool boys and girls who are stuttering. The sex-specific lag […]

Barry Yeoman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the Oscar award winning short film Stutterer. Barry and Peter give this film two big “thumbs up.” Mr. Yeoman points out that while the filmmaker does not stutter, he was able to authentically and powerfully present a realistic depiction of stuttering by employing “radical empathy” in his script writing. Watch […]

Michael Turner joins Christopher Constantino to discuss The Way We Talk, an award winning documentary about stuttering. Michael Turner is a filmmaker and a person who stutters. Turner was awarded the 2015 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship for The Way We Talk, his documentary about his experiences with stuttering. The film is currently touring festivals and universities nationwide, […]