Talk About Stuttering

StutterTalk is a self-help styled audio podcast that can be downloaded directly from www.stuttertalk.com.

Greg Snyder, Ph.D., Peter Reitzes, CCC-SLP and Eric Jackson co-host the show which features weekly, open discussions about stuttering. Topics have included how, why and when to use voluntary stuttering, stuttering openly (avoiding avoidance), covert stuttering, relapse, non-verbal forms of stuttering and much more.

Listeners join the show by calling in or emailing. Special guests have included Kristin Chmela, MA, CCC-SLP who discussed recovery from shame, Joseph Klein, Ph.D. who shared his thoughts about job interviews, Dennis Drayna, Ph.D. who talked about gene research, Ken St. Louis, Ph.D. who spoke about living with stuttering and cluttering, and Taro Alexander who discussed the Our Time Theatre Company which is an artistic home for people who stutter.

Tune in and join the conversation online!

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis, born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, was an influential figure in country music, both as a songwriter and a performer. His journey to fame was marked by overcoming personal challenges, including a stutter that he turned into a defining part of his public persona.

Bob Love

Bob Love has dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones has spoken some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.