StutterTalk

Destigmatizing Stuttering on Hit TV Show The Penguin (Ep. 726)

Marc Winski joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss his role in teaching Rhenzy Feliz (Victor) from the HBO MAX globally acclaimed series – THE PENGUIN – how to stutter authentically, and the game-changing impact it has on people who stutter and the stuttering community. [https://stuttertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/726StutterTalk-for-website.jpg] Marc Winski is a dynamic and creative actor, speaker, and content creator specializing in disability representation in entertainment and media. Most recently, he was the vocal consultant for the HBO MAX globally acclaimed series THE PENGUIN starring Colin Farrell. As a person who stutters, he is known for his unique and engaging content. His videos, which often feature his musical talents, comedic timing, and his knack for storytelling, have helped create a dedicated and diverse community in which he motivates and offers a space for others in the world to “Speak Their Truth.” As an actor in Broadway and television, he has worked with HBO, MAX, ABC, MSNBC, and many stage productions around the globe. He seamlessly blends his passion for performing arts with his social media presence, creating a unique and vibrant experience.His authenticity and relatability allows him to connect with his community on a personal level. Links: Marc’s TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@marcwinski?_t=8ra9KzODjtj&_r=1] Marc’s Website [https://www.marcwinski.com/] YouTube clip of Victor Aguilar’s Origin Story [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j23OBIZuPkg]

What it Takes to Talk About Stuttering (Ep. 725)

For National Stuttering Awareness Week (NSAW), Ben Goldstein and Mark O’Malia join Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about what it takes to talk about stuttering. Mark and Ben share their stories about what when they started talking about stuttering, how it helped them, the challenges along the way, and ideas as to how to get started. [https://stuttertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/725StutterTalk-website.jpg] Mark O’Malia, MS, CCC-SLP is the New York Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), working with people who stutter across the lifespan since 2017. In addition, Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, and is an adjunct instructor, teaching graduate level courses in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders. Being a stutterer himself, Mark is actively involved in the stuttering support community, regularly presenting at national conferences. Ben Goldstein is a speech-language therapist and stuttering consultant for Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland and an associate clinician at the Sisskin Stuttering Center in the Washington D.C. area. He is also an adjunct professor at (Gall- you-det) Gallaudet University, teaching the graduate level stuttering course. Ben has presented on Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) at international and national conferences, speech therapy graduate school programs, and to school-based speech therapists in the Mid-Atlantic region. Links: American Institute for Stuttering [https://www.stutteringtreatment.org/] Sisskin Stuttering Center [https://www.sisskinstutteringcenter.com/] FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter support groups [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/virtual-adult-group-20-30/] National Stuttering Association support groups [https://westutter.org/]

Responding to Stuttering Mockery with Dignity (Ep. 724)

Caryn Herring joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her response in the New York Times article, Trump’s Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: ‘We’ve Heard This Before [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/trump-mocks-biden-stutter.html]. Caryn shares her concerns about the bullying of stuttering on a global stage and her message of dignity in response to the mockery. [data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22550%22%20height%3D%22288%22%3E%3Cg%20fill%3D%22%23e9594e%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e6623b%22%20x%3D%22183%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23f66260%22%20x%3D%22366%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23de6248%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23dd575e%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23eaa49c%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23092453%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23092453%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e2cfc0%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23122043%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230a205a%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230c234f%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E][https://stuttertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/724StutterTalk-website.jpg] Caryn discusses virtual and in-person resources from FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter to build and fortify a sense of dignity. She also shares personal life experiences that have helped her increase her dignity, including the value of the stuttering community.  Caryn Herring is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Caryn met Lee in 2010, and has been involved with Friends ever since. Caryn served on the Board of Directors as the Chairperson for 5 years and is proud to follow in Lee’s footsteps as the current Executive Director of Friends. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization for people who stutter, reducing adverse impact, and the role of voluntary stuttering. She has also taught and clinically supervised both undergraduate and graduate students at MSU, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University. Links: New York Times article [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/politics/trump-mocks-biden-stutter.html] FRIENDS [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/] FRIENDS Virtual Parent Group [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/parents/] FRIENDS One Day Conferences [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/one-day-conferences/]  FRIENDS Virtual Kids Groups [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/virtual-kids-groups/]  FRIENDS Virtual Teens Group [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/virtual-teen-groups/]  FRIENDS Virtual 20-something group [https://www.friendswhostutter.org/virtual-adult-group-20-30/]

Cherishing Stuttering with JJJJJerome Ellis (Ep. 723)

JJJJJerome Ellis joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering as an heirloom, something “precious and worthy of being cherished.” Jerome shares how he came about reframing the inherited genetic trait from something negative to positive and how he makes space for stuttering when times get tough. Finally, Jerome shares some projects he is working on, including the coming of a fantastic book. [data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22550%22%20height%3D%22288%22%3E%3Cg%20fill%3D%22%23ffa9a5%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23d96556%22%20x%3D%22183%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23fc9692%22%20x%3D%22366%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230b2353%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230b2353%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e3d2c2%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230c2253%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230c2253%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e2cfc0%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23141b4f%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230b2256%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230c2251%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E][https://stuttertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/723StutterTalkforwebsite.jpg] JJJJJerome Ellis, an artist, and a proud stutterer. Jerome makes music and writes books. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, with his wife, ecologist-poet, Luísa Black Ellis. They love walking in the woods, reading, and drinking tea together.  Links:   JJJJJerome’s website [https://jjjjjerome.com/]   Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jjjjjeromeellis/?hl=en]

Intersectionality and Stuttering with Dr. Derek Daniels (Ep. 722)

Dr. Derek Daniels joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering and the hats he wears as a researcher, supervisor, clinician, and person who stutters. [data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22550%22%20height%3D%22288%22%3E%3Cg%20fill%3D%22%23de7772%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23d95b4d%22%20x%3D%22183%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e88d8a%22%20x%3D%22366%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e65950%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e5594a%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e3d2c2%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%2272%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e25d54%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e25e51%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%23e2cfc0%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22144%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230d1e52%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230f2054%22%20x%3D%22183%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22183%22%20height%3D%2272%22%20fill%3D%22%230c2251%22%20x%3D%22366%22%20y%3D%22216%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E][https://stuttertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/722StutterTalkDaniels-for-website.jpg] Dr. Daniels shares his path to researching marginalized identities of people who stutter and the value of understanding intersectionality and stuttering. Dr. Daniels talks about a HIS story, a program for black males who stutter by The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering Research and Education, and how impactful the experience has been. Some links mentioned: * Dr. Derek Daniels [https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/dx5074] * National Stuttering Association Conference [https://westutter.org/conference/] * Camp Shout Out [https://www.campshoutout.org] * HIS Story [https://blankcenterforstuttering.org]