Normalizing Stuttering for Verbal Diversity with Maya Chupkov - EP 47

How we perceive strong and confident voices gets manipulated from the big screen and from everyday media. These platforms tinker with our minds to make us think that certain voices or tones represent one way of strength or weakness. And the media will have us all believe that self-assured, confident people sound smooth and never say “um” or “uh” or “like.” But being in the real world, that's not true. 

Today, I'm bringing on Maya Chupkov, the executive director of Proud Stutter, a podcast about shifting the stuttering narrative and embracing verbal diversity. 

We dive deep into:

• How Maya has incorporated her stutter as part of her podcast
• The defining moment that led her to be an advocate for verbal diversity
• The difference between a nervous stutter vs a natural stutter

Links worth exploring from the episode:

• Podcast Movement Evolutions https://evolutions.podcastmovement.com/ 
• NPR's Life Kit episode https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065152065
• Episode about um’s and likes with linguist Alexandra D’arcy https://www.organizedsound.ca/why-filler-words-like-like-are-powerful-with-alexandra-darcy-episode-18/

Engage with Maya Chupkov:

• https://www.proudstutter.com/ 
• https://www.instagram.com/proudstutter/ 
• https://www.facebook.com/ProudStutter 

Connect with Mary!

• Leave a voicemail with your feedback at https://www.speakpipe.com/VisibleVoice
• Or email [email protected]
• Engage with Mary on Instagram @OrganizedSoundProductions https://www.instagram.com/organizedsoundproductions
• Find more secrets and the full transcript of the episode at http://www.visiblevoicepodcast.com
• To learn more or work with Mary, check out https://www.organizedsound.ca

Podcast cover art by Emily Johnston of Artio Design Co. https://www.artiodesignco.com