Tourette's Podcast
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsAuthentic conversations about Tourette Syndrome, produced by an insider who isn't interested in the ol' one-dimensional take on what it's like to have TS. On each episode, host Ben Brown talks with a fellow Touretter about his or her history, tics, social interactions and daily management of Tourette's -- whether by masking it, owning it, medicating it, or something altogether different. It's engaging, funny, heavy, real. Get ready to meet people who blow away the standard portrayal.
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Episodes
S8 - Episode 16 (Finale) - The Immediate People
March 20, 2023 01:47 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBIt's a moving season finale episode talking with guest Allen Shoaff (a Tourette Association Rising Leader and Youth Ambassador) after highlighting the upcoming Tic Con and a dedication to a Touretter the community recently lost. A subsequent project seeks to build a top-class treatment facility for complex cases of Tourette. Thanks so much to the Tourette Association of America for making another season of episodes possible. Tw: Some discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, depression...
S8 - Episode 15 - Night Workouts
March 12, 2023 22:39 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBBack after Ben's laryngitis outage, it's a new episode, and our guest is Shelby Ally, a model and actor from Orange County, Calif., who manages a tic disorder and insomnia but has found power in self-acceptance and advocacy. Shelby, doing professionally what she loves, emphasizes the pursuit of dreams, with the acknowledgement of challenges. Plus: Listener questions about tics and temperture, art, and the TAA explainer card. Shelby Ally on Instagram Print a Tourette Association ID/exp...
S8 - Episode 14 - Breathing Weird
January 23, 2023 02:49 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBWe're back from our holiday and personal-biz break with a solid conversation Ben recorded recently with guest Sophie. This wasn't their first time talking; Sophie had involved Ben in a project she was working on regarding Tourette portrayals and the media experience. They examine that a bit before covering all sorts of life ground, as tends to happen with Tourette conversations. And mark this on your calendar (United States folks): March 8, the National Day of Advocacy, with a visit to Capit...
S8 - Episode 13 - Harder to Not Talk About It
December 12, 2022 00:29 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBTalking with professional writer Tara Lerman about a great many things, including the vitality we can find in highlighting Tourette stories and ongoing issues the community faces. Plus: a heap of answers to the question about good/constructive activities for a young person with Tourette. https://www.taralerman.com/ Tara Lerman, 'Why We Need to Change the Conversation Around Tourette Syndrome' Tourette Association of America FY22 Annual Report
S8 - Episode 12 - The First Syllable Has to Happen
December 05, 2022 00:17 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBOn this episode, a thoroughly good-vibe conversation with Raven, aka @poecrastinator on the socials. The conversation covers stigma, ticcing openly without disclosure, developing coprolalia and much more. Plus: A parent wants some ideas for activities his son can take up that might help him live with Tourette. https://www.youtube.com/@poecrastinator https://www.instagram.com/poecrastinator/ TAA resouce directory
S8 - Episode 11 - Give It a Good, Red-Hot Crack
November 27, 2022 20:12 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBA very special episode today with guest Bianca Saez and guest host Kass @ticsntatts, two adult women with Tourette sharing raw experiences. Both from Australia, the voices you hear today are well-known in the community -- Kass for her many angles on neurodiversity awareness on social media, and Bianca for her popular YouTube channel and appearances on television highlighting the dynamicism of her Tourette. Guided by Kass, Bianca shares powerful stories and perspective on what it means to hav...
S8 - Episode 10 - Creative Surge
November 08, 2022 03:58 - 57 minutes - 45.7 MBStephen DiJoseph of Pennsylvania is a lifelong musician whose work connects art and Tourette Syndrome and came to the podcast's attention by way of a short film he made expressing just that -- in a really effective way. It's an art film, but comes off relatable to people with Tourettic brains, and this episode -- exploring Tourette, OCD and so on through music and expression -- flows in that spirit. DiJoseph has a concert coming right up that people can stream online Nov. 11. See below. Wa...
S8 - Episode 9 - The Next 50 Years
October 29, 2022 21:30 - 43 minutes - 34.5 MBWe welcome back to the podcast Amanda Talty, president and CEO of the Tourette Association of America. We talk about what TAA has been up to, the upcoming TAA gala (Nov. 10 in NYC), science and research, and more. Don't miss this one! Plus: A question from a parent about a situation at school. Tourette Gala, Nov. 10 in NYC TAA's YouTube Update on wearable devices for Tourette Amanda's bio
S8 - Episode 8 - Rocks and Minerals
October 24, 2022 00:11 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBDan was diagnosed in the 90s, when he was in first grade, forcing him to navigate Tourette when there wasn't much easy access to community. How could he explain it? Did he need to? Could he just get by with masking? Familiar questions-to-self for many with tic disorders like Tourette. Plus: A dad explains Tourette to his 5-year-old. Tourette Gala, Nov. 10 in NYC
S8 - Episode 7 - In Search of that Validation
October 15, 2022 02:04 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBOur guest is Erick, a trans man and lifelong Touretter who, in navigating outsider judgments, became his own boss, found success with it, and realized that you "can't waste your energy anymore worrying about the people who try and deny who you are or what you have," as he put it. The discussion covers self-acceptance, co-occuring conditions like OCD, working in one's own, best way, and the difference between group advocacy success and exhausting, individual battles. Tourette Gala, Nov. 10...
S8 - Episode 6 - From Zero to One
October 01, 2022 18:23 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBWe talk with the eloquent Tom White, who works in the space of startups, in a great conversation covering pursuit of intellectual curiosities and how to keep momentum through often serious challenges. Plus, listener questions: 1) How do Touretters get used to ticcing in public?; and 2) When is Billie Eilish going to be on the show? Tourette Gala, Nov. 10 in NYC https://www.tomwhitenoise.com/
S8 - Episode 5 - Claiming Who We Really Are
September 03, 2022 22:25 - 58 minutes - 46.9 MBWe start this week with some breaking news from the Tourette Association of America: a Tourette Syndrome research study from the CDC has just landed, and it concludes that the prevalence numbers for Tourette Syndrome and persistent tic disorders are double what we previously thought. One in 50 school-age children has Tourette or a persistent tic disorder. Read more. Our conversation this week is with superb guest host Jhonelle and an excellent guest Touretter named Shawna -- the two of ...
S8 - Episode 4 - Three Phones
August 27, 2022 19:15 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBPeter Zhao -- you might know him as the great Fabulously Tourette -- takes the hosting helm for this episode featuring high school-aged guest Slayton, who has been managing Tourette in his life for about four years so far. Ben kicks us off with some quick Q&A about adults with Tourette before making way for the fantastic conversation that Peter and Slayton are able to create, with points about coprolalia, medications and side effects, bullying, creativity and more. Fabulously Tourette Rad...
S8 - Episode 3 - The Dunedin Sound (feat. Mads Harrop)
August 20, 2022 19:42 - 52 minutes - 42 MBLet's head to New Zealand, specifically Dunedin, home to a legendary music scene whose latest name, Mads Harrop, is our fantastic guest this week. Mads' experience with Tourette Syndrome, autism and anxiety directly informs and shapes her music, which has a great early-90s quality and lyrics you'll know how to follow. Mads just released a new EP, "My Chemical Fix," easily locatable through Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify and the like. Her thoughts on the brain, healing through music, and how she d...
S8 - Episode 2 - Name Three Songs
August 13, 2022 22:06 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBSeason 8, Episode 2 follows last week's guest-host format with our friend Kass taking the reins in conversation with Lilly. They find quick connections in their respective Tourette experiences. Great discussions here about self evaluation and self care, imposter syndrome and dealing with later-onset tics. https://twitter.com/TicsnTatts https://www.instagram.com/ticsntatts/ https://www.tiktok.com/@ticsntatts
S8 - Episode 1 - Just Existing
August 06, 2022 23:50 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBSeason 8 is here. Following our usual Episode 0, we're here with Episode 1, in which Ben steps back and Britney and Aiya take the reins. Britney (author Britney Wolf, that is) leads the conversation with Aiya, who was diagnosed last year at age 16. She knows she's always experienced Tourette, but her tics really picked up (she calls it a "tic boom") as the years progressed. This episode is great, especially for people Aiya's age, going through school and dealing with judgments. Discussion al...
S8 - Episode 0 - Catching Up
August 06, 2022 23:47 - 23 minutes - 18.8 MBSeason 8 is here! Via our traditional Episode 0, we kick it off with updated thoughts on popular listener questions.
Special Episode - The Old Guard - Talking with the Late Steve Bachner
December 21, 2021 21:38 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBThe Tourette community lost a hero Dec. 15, someone I named on the very first episode (Season 1, Episode 0) of Tourette's Podcast. Steve Bachner was my first frame of reference for TS. Seeing him on an episode of 20/20 in the late 1980s was my first time seeing someone else with the disorder, and there he was, Steve, being followed by John Stossel and cameras, in a shopping mall, Steve ticcing to the fullest. I remember being a little kid guffawing at people's reactions to Steve, with a lea...
S7 - Episode 16 - A Much Needed Nexus
October 25, 2021 01:36 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThe Season 7 finale episode. Our guest is Tourette scientist Dr. Flint Espil, who talks with us about the latest Tourette treatments and questions before saying something we weren't expecting. In a great way. Thanks so much to Gogo, Maddie, Johnelle, Tamara, Davide, Dan, Amelie, Winter, Jack, Mark, Sophia, Shamus, Saddiq, Christine, Harper, Flint, the other Sophia, the Tourette Association of America, Geeks Rising and so many other people who've been on or closely involved with the podcast...
S7 - Episode 15 - When We Connect the Most (with Harper Starling)
October 10, 2021 19:05 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBTaking risks is ... risky. Might fail, right? You don't just suddenly decide to move from, say, the midwest to Los Angeles to try and turn your talents into a rewarding career. And, lord have mercy, having something like Tourette Syndrome and comorbids like anxiety doesn't help, does it? For pop singer Harper Starling, it did. This is, in fact, her story. She uprooted, made a long trek to L.A., where she knew no one, and, as we speak, is now preparing for a three week tour of England. Harper...
Reviewing S7 Episode 14 - Women and Tourette
September 25, 2021 15:30 - 3 minutes - 2.47 MBKeeping last week's episode - our analysis with tourette scientist Dr. Christine Conelea on some of the recent talk about young women and their symptoms -- in focus, this week is a referral to a response video from Tics n Tatts on YouTube. Kass, who runs the channel, adds great points. Tons left to explore with this question: has the Tourette science and treatment world gotten it wrong when it comes to Tourette and other neurological observations in women? Tourettes in Females Part 1: Rec...
S7 - Episode 14 - Science Episode: Revisiting the TikTok Thing, Sex Differences
September 19, 2021 20:48 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBRecall our episode a while back with the authors of scientific report examining why doctors were seeing reported swells of young women over the course of the pandemic with Tourette-looking symptoms, and how social media like TikTok -- by way of the tic-heavy videos posted by influential Tourette personalities -- might be a player. We're revisiting that on this episode, but from a different angle. What else might be going on? Are we getting it wrong when it comes to what Tourette looks like i...
S7 - Episode 13 - X-Rays
August 30, 2021 02:29 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBSaddiq is a radiography student and fitness Instagrammer/TikTok-er whose energy-spending workouts serve a role for his Tourette, discussed here in addition to late diagnosis, coprolalia, creativity and the stress of travel. https://www.instagram.com/saddiqhead/ Support the show https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast Tourette's Podcast is made possible by the Tourette Association of America, tourette.org. Support! You can give Tourette’s Podcast individual support at https://www.pat...
S7 - Episode 12 - Listener Mail
August 23, 2021 02:24 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBA different kind of episode this week -- all listener questions, including some day-of zingers. Should we make this an occasional thing? An all-listener-questions episode? Contact. TAA's YouTube page Ask the Expert: Tourette and COVID-19 Vaccine Support the show https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast Tourette's Podcast is made possible by the Tourette Association of America, tourette.org. Support! You can give Tourette’s Podcast individual support at https://www.patreon.com/toure...
S7 - Episode 11 - Hit a Seven
August 08, 2021 23:27 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBSeamus Evans, an ambassador for the Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia, is a standup comedian, television and radio personality, and keynote speaker working in his experience with Tourette and the boundaries it seemed to set for him -- which he essentially laughed right past. Not that it was overnight-easy. Not that he didn't have the challenges and self-doubt and depression and everything else on the TS dinner menu. He brought all of that along and today shares what he figured out a...
Production Catastrophe - S7E11 Preview
August 05, 2021 00:54 - 18 seconds - 277 KBA small preview of the good times awaiting you on Episode 11 of Season 7, out this weekend. It'll be a good one; we're checking back in with Australia. Eyes peeled!
S7 - Replay - Exorcism (and Other Bogus Solutions)
August 01, 2021 22:09 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBThis is a replay of an episode from 2019 that speaks pretty well to the emails we get asking for discussion of alternative "remedies" -- and why the podcast doesn't (or does so with heavy heaps of caution). Here's the writeup that accompanied the original airing: For Episode 10 of Season 3, we've called a doctor. (Yes, one with TS.) Clay Jones, M.D., is a pediatrician with a frequent byline on the widely read Science-Based Medicine (SBM) blog and is co-host of The Prism Podcast, which expl...
S7 - Episode 10 - Tourrhetoric
July 25, 2021 23:16 - 1 hour - 68 MBTourette. Rhetoric. Tourrhetoric. We're talking on this episode with Sophia Maier, a Touretter who takes extra care and study when it comes to the shapes and tones and incisions we create with our words. This isn't just a "words matter" dialogue -- it's about really caring for the language people use and why, so loaded with implications for empathy, public policy and, maybe most importantly, reflections WITHIN individual communities to allow for criticism and growth. In focus here are Sophia...
S7 - Episode 9 - Exoplanets
July 18, 2021 23:01 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBAstrophysicist Mark Giovinazzi is on the show -- a guest we're meeting almost at random. Mark, an exoplanet-hunter, sees the chaos of Tourette and the universe working nicely together. Plus: that vocal-tic feeling; and Ben has an wonderful panic attack at work. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/ Tourette's Podcast is made possible by the Tourette Association of America, tourette.org. Support! You can give Tourette’s Podcast individual support at https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast Tou...
S7 - Episode 8 - There Is Another
July 11, 2021 01:48 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBFourteen-year-old Jack Kearney, an active Touretter whose name you might've heard around the community, brings an important point -- when it comes to community, don't forget yourself. When Tourette became a focus at his school, with visiting ambassadors spreading peer education, Jack made sure to share his own story, style and perspective -- a solid move to improve peers' contextual connection. It includes a really comfortable openness for Jack and even a time when he bailed a fellow Tourett...
S7 - Episode 7 - Two Cards
June 26, 2021 20:57 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBWhat an episode. Winter Tashlin is a name you might know from the Twittersphere and acceptance messaging. But hearing him speak is something else. From his accent, you’ll quite understandably assume he’s British. Many of his fellow Americans do. This -- along with his creativity, queerness, self-acceptance and other central elements -- all interact with his Tourette Syndrome. He also has the airport story none of you want to experience and a real neckbreaker of a tic (really, literally) in h...
S7 - Episode 6 - You Can't Overdose on Music
June 21, 2021 20:48 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBGetting it done in a rural area with little to no support for Tourette Syndrome is just one of the vitals we hit with our guest this week, Amelie, a 15-year-old who lives in a small village in Ireland and depends on herself to not only live with her TS but educate peers as well -- something she's done a solid job with. Great takes from a seriously thoughtful teenage ambassador here. Plus: A difficult self-observation project. And a listener tries to keep it together despite real frustratio...
S7 - Episode 5 - Ticbait (With Comedian Dan Zerin)
June 13, 2021 22:52 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBDan Zerin is here! The Iceland-based comedian and podcast host welcomes room for lighter-side talk about Tourette et al. He in fact was part of an award-winning comedy stage show about Tourette Syndrome, "My Voices Have Tourettes," which ran weekly to sold out rooms -- for years. Since the pandemic hit, it's been a podcast you'll want to bookmark if you haven't already. Somewhat in the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut's compassion-through-levity, this episode hits the real stuff and gets silly. Fir...
BONUS: The Real Life of Oliver Sacks
June 08, 2021 20:17 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBBonus episode! If you're new to Tourette Syndrome, it's fair if you haven't heard the name Oliver Sacks before. But he's one of the most acclaimed figures in all of neuroscience -- arguably in all of medicine, and his humanization of disorders including Tourette had incalculable benefit. In May, Ben got to interview people closely involved with Sacks and the new documentary about his life, "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life." On this bonus episode we have film director Ric Burns; Oliver Sacks Found...
S7 - Episode 4 - Is TikTok Giving People Tourette Syndrome? (Science Episode!)
June 05, 2021 20:19 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBLet's crack into a mystery. Scientists began to notice it as the pandemic revised our lives -- young people, almost all of them women, started showing up to the doctor in surprising numbers with what looked like Tourette Syndrome. Out of nowhere. No such prior symptoms. The common denominator? They'd all been watching Tourette content on the social media video-making-and-sharing app TikTok. Is the TS stuff on TikTok somehow bringing out some dormant, previously undocumented tic disorder in i...
S7 - Episode 3 - Three Days Ago (with Jhonelle)
May 29, 2021 21:19 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWhat better way to celebrate Tourette Awareness Month (May 15-June 15) than to open up about having the disorder? For the first time, ever, we mean (to whom it applies). Just a few days before this episode's conversation took place, our guest, 26-year-old Jhonelle, spoke up for the first time publicly about her life with Tourette Syndrome. To classmates, everyone. Which came with self-questioning. Would people treat her differently? Would they doubt her? Take her seriously? Plus: A pa...
S7 - Episode 2 - Real Life That You Don't Know
May 23, 2021 03:02 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBThis is a milestone of sorts; we're talking with the first guest Tourette's Podcast ever had -- Maddie -- to hear how life has been since she opened it up to the world on Season 1, Episode 1. This is one of those roaming, casual-paced conversations that covers so much -- from self-evaluation to relationships to Elon Musk and cyborgs to transition points to openness with one's employer and so much more. Lots of laughing. Hope you enjoyed the Tourette Association of America's virtual confer...
S7 - Episode 1 - Whispering For Too Long (with Gogo)
May 16, 2021 00:28 - 54 minutes - 43.6 MBEpisode 1 of Season 7, "Whispering For Too Long," is one of the best conversations Tourette's Podcast has ever recorded. Our guest is Gogo. She's lived with TS her entire life, but didn't know it as such until much later in adulthood -- and that's a big factor for her. When she finally got the diagnosis, it was like the world turned different colors. One thing to know about Gogo -- she speaks her mind. With that, you get some of the funniest takes ever; but there's a lot of raw stuff here, t...
Season 7 - Episode 0 - Launch
May 16, 2021 00:25 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBPopping with Tourette Awareness Month (May 15-June 15), here's your entry to lucky number Season 7 of Tourette's Podcast with, as always, a twofer. Episodes 0 and 1 are out simultaneously. Episode 0 of Season 7, "Launch," captures a super solid conversation between podcast host Ben and two giants in the Tourette advocacy world -- TV presenter and wine/spirits expert Aidy Smith; and advocate, author and YouTuber Britney Wolf. This conversation, recorded live with a big online audience, kick...
BIG! Season 7! TAA Conference! Cool Breaking News, Too!
April 30, 2021 21:10 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBFolks! Season 7 is here, and just ahead of Tourette Awareness Month (May 15-June 15), kicked off PROPERLY by 2021 Virtual Conference with the Tourette Association of America. Here we catch up with Meghan Burns from TAA to talk about why this one is so significant. And just drops some cool breaking news on us. Listen! Check in! Lots coming up and we couldn't be more excited. https://www.touretteconference.org/ https://tourette.org/ - https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast
Season 6 FINALE - Episode 16 - The Cave You Fear
February 07, 2021 01:26 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBOn the finale episode of Season 6, we close out an important ticket with a parent who wanted to know how to tell his young son he'd been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome; we start up a book list; we urge your participation in National Advocacy Day (for U.S. residents); and then we get to the perfect guest to close out the season, Calvin Ramirez. This one feels like it answers a lot about where we've been and why we are the way we are at this point in our lives, and questions how it could be ...
S6 - Episode 15 - Campaigning
February 01, 2021 21:25 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBOn this (great) episode, we have Eli, who works in American politics and campaigning. Lots of "yeah, me too!" talk about anxiety and fear and how it influences our behavior and, often, inaction, even on things we'd love to do. Also: a question -- with lots of answers -- from a parent on how to tell his young son he's been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. Plus: correcting the spelling of "scholastic." Apply for scholarships for Tourette Students (thanks to Scholastic Tourette Supporters f...
S6 - Episode 14 - Clear Your Mind
January 24, 2021 00:12 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBThings that Ben and this week's guest, Becky of London, have in common: Both were young rebels. Both had a frustrating school experience. Both are creativity-driven. Both totally immerse themselves in specific interests in short blasts before moving onto the next total immersion. Both are learning how to slow down and take breaks. Becky is a barber. And Ben badly needs a haircut. But it's Becky in the chair on this episode, with a great story of how she arrived at a late Tourette diagnosis a...
BONUS EPISODE: Live from Teen Summit 2021
January 18, 2021 23:58 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBBy request, this is the audio of Ben's remarks at the 2021 Virtual Teen Summit, which the Tourette Association of America held Jan. 9, 2021. With full remarks and some Q&A with the many teenagers on hand, the focus here is on self-acceptance and the power ingredient of vulnerability. Tourette's Podcast is made possible by the Tourette Association of America, tourette.org. Support! You can give Tourette’s Podcast individual support at https://www.patreon.com/tourettespodcast
S6 - Episode 13 - Ky'lee Da Kid
January 16, 2021 02:36 - 54 minutes - 43.9 MBShe freestyles her life experience. She holds rhythm. She's a self-taught musician. She owns her Tourette. She's 8 years old. Ky'lee Da Kid has so much in her command, but she lives in an area lacking on Tourette awareness, and so her coprolalia and other aspects don't get proper regard. But her mom, Sparkle, has something to say about it. She's the advocate, knows what Ky'lee has to offer, and won't negotiate less. They're both on this episode of Tourette's Podcast, which goes long on the p...
S6 - Episode 12 - Secret Language
January 09, 2021 02:44 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIt hasn't been easy for Shikhar, an 18-year-old from India. New to N. America, he's been constantly bullied for his tics in school. "It's not easy for me to tell anybody that I have Tourette's," Shikhar says. To make it worse, the racism he experiences adds all the more painful weight. But he's pushing through to the clearing. He's found the Tourette community, a proclivity for music, a has a career-eyed higher education drive. It's not easy. At all. But he's doing it. Listen to how he lays ...
S6 - Episode 11 - Resistance
January 02, 2021 05:03 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBSelf-isolation. Social tension. Fighting sleep because we want to be productive. Being resistant to our own nature. Sounds like heavy stuff, and it is, but why is this episode such a pleasure? Our guest, a 54-year-old woman with Tourette and all the things that come with it, lays it out in such an accessible, nod-your-head way. We get into the compassion of art, the effect of mindblowing sights, and finding that oasis of contentment. And we really get somewhere. Thanks to Christopher Mudie...
S6 - Episode 10 - The Tourette's That You Don't See
December 19, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBHey, parents -- freaking out about your young child's future? Is his or her Tourette diagnosis all you can think about? Understandable, but give yourself a break and listen to TS parent Christina (who also happens to be a school teacher) describe what she found as her son got into his teen years and became someone she didn't have to worry about so much in that regard. But, indeed, she's been there: perceiving suffering, trying to figure it out, what to do to intervene, how to feel about it a...
S6 - Episode 9 - Dedicated Mic
December 12, 2020 01:27 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBDisclosing Tourette for the first time in one's adult life is an experience. You ask yourself a lot of questions, maybe look over your shoulder a bit. But the revelations coming flying. Your host certainly knows. And now so does Ben Gardner, who contacted Tourette's Podcast just before he told the world for the first time that he had Tourette Syndrome. It was actually a pretty awesome unveiling. Gardner hosts his own podcast, called the TOTs Podcast, which he used to deliver the news. On thi...
S6 - Episode 8 - Things Always Work Out Better (feat. pro boxer TicNTimebomb Zack Rice)
December 05, 2020 03:30 - 56 minutes - 45.5 MBConsidering he's going for the rare title of first professional boxing champ with Tourette Syndrome, Zack Rice has the perfect ring name: TicNTimebomb. We could pun the description of this episode as a hard-hitting interview, but it's so deep into the realities humanity that ... hard-hitting is probably appropriate, actually. Zack's a boxer, and while it's possible you're not into the sport, it's really just kind of an operative backdrop in this episode -- especially for the second half. Yea...