Tourette's Podcast

Dimi from Australia is preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for Tourette Awareness -- so, yeah, we absolutely had to get him on the show. On this episode, Dimi tells us what led up to this and what he hopes to accomplish for the Tourette community, and we of course rap about his tics and TS experience. Teachers were his biggest bullies? An amazing episode not to miss.

On this episode we've got Yvette from Alaska. She's got an infectious laugh and drops sharp points about Tourette in the workplace and school as we carve through her history with TS and how people mistake her eye tics for communicative winks. Super enjoyable convo. Solid advice for parents ahead, too.

Just before Hurricane Florence made landfall, Ben made sure to speak with a meteorologist. Not for predictions or reassurance; Ed Buckner is a TV weather man with Tourette Syndrome. He's an admitted introvert -- so how in the world did he end up in front of a live camera?

On this episode we've got Jayde, who, same as Ben, didn't live an open life with TS until the fairly recent past. She has an amazing story of how she got up the courage to open up and own it. Plus: Listener mailbag and ... is there a Facebook group now?

This week, we're in Scotland (via phone line, anyway) with Michael, who just came off a tic attack before this interview. It's gotta be exhausting. But he soldiers through, and delivers on a solid story of life with Tourette Syndrome (and the fight for the right diagnosis).

On this episode, we've got Jaleesa, who deals with complex vocal tics, movements and other comorbidities that get pretty much zeroed out by her astounding approach and command. Let's just say she can set a gawker straight -- kindly. Lot of philosophy here. Take notes. First though, we start with a little Dungeons and Dragons.

The return! An amazing season ahead. Here we update you on what's happened since the end of Season 1, and we dig in to the listener mailbag.

It's the finale of Season 1, and we have a highlight guest in Tim Bissell. His past work in the TV industry and current work writing articles for publication all seem to have some thread with Tourette Syndrome, and how could they not? It's such a shaper. Favorite thing about this talk with Tim: he's the first person Ben spoke with who, like Ben, has "visualizations" along with his tics, which really opened a door -- or a drawer, as you'll hear.

After some (important) talk about Tourette Awareness Month and the easy ways you can back it, we talk with Rosetta, a rising Linux star from the Pacific Northwest who, herself, wants to do more with Tourette awareness and community interaction. Her story is pretty compelling on its own. You'll have no problem welcoming and supporting her.

We've got Jake, a college football player whose path through Tourette Syndrome has found at least one funny coincidence in his earlier school years, a curious "trigger word," and empowerment to help other Touretters around him.