Stuttering Since '02

Season 1, Episode 10: A Teacher’s Perspective

Dec 19, 2019

In this final episode Season 1 of Stuttering Since ’02, Jared sits down for a conversation with Polly Martin, who was his chemistry teacher for two years. They talk about what it’s like to have a student in class who stutters, and some of the ways Ms. Martin adapted her expectations of Jared in class because of...

Season 1, Episode 9: A Grandparent’s Wisdom

Nov 18, 2019

In this episode of Stuttering Since ’02, Jared’s grandfather, affectionately known as “Poppy,” sits down to talk about Jared’s stuttering journey. Poppy had a mild stutter as a child, and describes for Jared how he overcame it. As the only family member with personal experience stuttering, Poppy brings a very...

Season 1, Episode 8: How Times Have Changed

Nov 4, 2019

Before podcasts, the Internet and conventional understanding of speech pathology, it was a very different experience for young people who stuttered. A family friend who has watched Jared on his journey also grew up with a stutter. It was a completely different era, though, and Kevin faced bullying, misunderstanding and...

Season 1, Episode 7: Dr. Robinson – Part 2

Oct 21, 2019

In this episode of Stuttering Since ’02, Jared welcomes back Dr. Tommie Robinson, Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP, to finish the conversation they began in Episode 6. Here they discuss the importance of counseling as part of the speech pathology process, ways that technology has affected speech and fluency disorders such as...

Season 1, Episode 6: Dr. Robinson – Part 1

Oct 7, 2019

Dr. Tommie Robinson, Jr., PhD, CCC-SLP, joins Jared for this two-part conversation about stuttering, in which they discuss Dr. Robinson’s background and why he chose to become a specialist in fluency disorders. They cover topics ranging from why people stutter to different kinds of stutters as well as the practice...