Neuroversity provides a space to educate ourselves and others about neurodiversity, to elevate the experiences of the neurodivergent, to be a source of support for members and allies of this community, and to help move the culture towards valuing and including diverse neurological conditions. This is a space where questions are welcomed and encouraged and honoring individual experiences is the number one rule.
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Join host, Jessica Kidwell, as she attempts to unpack the uncomfortable topics that nobody is talking about, but definitely should. With intention to hold real, authentic, conversation about EVERYTHING, Jessica brings her humor and a healthy dose of self-deprecation to the table as she invites a weekly guest to unpack issues relating to parenthood, grief, imposter syndrome, body image, middle age, the plight of the working mom and more.
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Late-Life ADHD Diagnosis with Liz Schroeder
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Enjoy this collaboration episode with my other podcast, Neuroversity. "There's a lot of open tabs in my brain. It's like a pinball going in every direction." -Liz Schroeder Join Jessica Kidwell on this heartfelt episode of Neuroversity as she chats with her good friend and neighbor, Liz Schroeder. Liz opens up…
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Embracing Big Emotions: A Conversation with Children's Author Meredith Rusu
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This week Jessica welcomes Meredith Rusu, the award-winning author of the Mighty Moods picture book series, which explores the ways children use larger-than-life creatures to express their big feelings. Meredith's latest book, "There's a Robot in My Socks," follows a young girl named Jamie as she navigates cha…
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Navigating Depth Psychology and Relationships with Dené Logan
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Send me a Text Message about the show! "Therapy is not something that anyone needs, but it is something we all deserve." -Dené Logan, Marriage and Family Therapist This week I sit down with Dené Logan, a marriage and family therapist with a specialization in depth psychology. Dené is the author of "Sovereign: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Rec…
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Raising Informed Citizens with Lindsey Cormack
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Send me a Text Message about the show! In this episode, I interview Lindsey Cormack, associate professor of political science and director of the diplomacy lab at Stevens Institute of Technology, and author of "How to Raise a Citizen." We discuss the importance of teaching children about politics and civic engagement. Lindsey explains that civics e…
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WeSTAT Bonus: The Power of Gen X with Gila Pfeffer
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Sometimes there's just too much good content for one episode, or we veer off on a different topic. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't get to hear it! That's where WeSTAT Bonus comes in. This time it's with Gila Pfeffer, author of Nearly Departed. Our conversation touches on how Gen Xers, influenced by a mix o…
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Late-Life ADHD Diagnosis with Liz Schroeder
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Send me a Text Message about the show! "There's a lot of open tabs in my brain. It's like a pinball going in every direction." -Liz Schroeder Join Jessica Kidwell on this heartfelt episode of Neuroversity as she chats with her good friend and neighbor, Liz Schroeder. Liz opens up about her journey from recognizing her daughter's ADHD to discovering…
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Navigating Cancer, Humor, and Courage with Gila Pfeffer
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This week I welcome back humor writer and memoirist Gila Pfeffer, the author of "Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences." Gila shares her journey from losing her parents to cancer, discovering she carried the BRCA1 gene, and undergoing a preventative double mastectomy that turned…
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Season Six Premiere: Courage and Conversations
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Welcome to Season Six! Jessica Kidwell dives into the discomfort of tough topics and how they can lead to personal growth and deeper connections. After a break, Jessica is back with a fresh energy and a new theme for season six: courage. With a hiatus filled with taking time to read fiction and embracing small…
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Late Diagnosis and Musical Mastery with Audio/Visual Artist Szopa
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Join Jessica Kidwell on Neuroversity as she chats with Damian Malecki, an audio-visual artist from Sheffield, UK, known as Szopa. Damian talks about his late autism diagnosis after moving to the UK in 2017 and how it's shaped his life and music. He shares his journey from Poland, the impact of hyperfocus, his …
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Season three has come to a close for Neuroversity. What were some of the highlights from this season and what is coming up in season four? Let's find out.... Do you have some ideas about what comes next? Email me at neuroversitypod@gmail.com Follow Neuroversity on all our social platforms: Neuroversity Website…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Well, WeSTAT community, we did it. Today marks the completion of season five, the season of evolution, the first season on my own. And I thought we should take a look back to see all that has happened this season. After 30 episodes, what worked? What didn't? I'll tell you what I think, and maybe you can let me…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Not following the expected path isn't necessarily a recipe for success in a city like Washington, D.C., but that is exactly what my guest this week, Deesha Dyer, did. At the age of 31, working full time and in community college part time, she took a chance on herself and applied for a White House internship in…
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WeSTAT Mini: Will I Ever See My Dry Cleaning Again?
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Mother's Day was yesterday, so to celebrate, I gave myself the weekend off! There's no new interview content for you today, BUT I do have a story for you. For those who know me personally, you'll already know this story, but for the rest of you, enjoy this personal journey to free my trapped dry cleaning. More…
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NVLD 101 with Dr. Jessica Broitman and Dr. John Davis
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Send me a Text Message about the show! After first learning about non verbal learning disorder (NVLD) during my episode on specific learning disorders (SLDs) I wanted to know more. I kept finding myself having a hard time distinguishing between autism and NVLD. So I knew I needed to bring on some experts. The same names kept coming up over and over…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! In January I participated in a women's healing retreat with the Mystic Chics. a healing group of 3 modern medicine women, 2 sisters and an aunt, who are passionate about awakening feminine power using multiple modalities of healing via energy, music, sound, movement and more. I'm not a total "woo" person, but …
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Author Emily Barth Isler on Synesthesia and The Color of Sound
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Have you heard of synesthesia? It is when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense simultaneously. Some examples include tasting words or linking colors to numbers and letters. My guest this week, Emily Barth Isler, is an author of e…
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Synesthesia and the Color of Sound with Emily Barth Isler
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Synesthesia is when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense simultaneously. Some examples include tasting words or linking colors to numbers and letters. It’s not a medical condition, and not something to be cured, therefore it fall…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! I have a few things we should talk about this week! Do you think I need a permanent co-host? Why is it so hard to get people to talk on the show? Is Taylor Swift causing friendships to end? Mahjong It's a random assortment. It's a monologue. I promised I wouldn't do any monologues. So what should I do about th…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Did you know that the six most common complaints about the sound of a women's voice are: Their voice is too high They sound like children They don't sound authoritative enough They have vocal fry They use too much upspeak Their voice is too low For a woman who wants to speak up publicly, it can start to feel l…
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Free and Fair Elections with Tate Fall, Director of Elections for Cobb County Georgia
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Send me a Text Message about the show! I am a proud voting American. From local, national, primary, or general, I never miss my opportunity to participate in my civic duty and cherished right to vote. I love the process of going to my polling precinct and casting my ballot. I slap that sticker on my chest and walk around all day with pride, knowing…
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SLD 101: Auditory Processing Disorder and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This is the second of a two part series where I will introduce you to the most common types of specific learning disabilities or SLDs. Part two is about Auditory Processing Disorder and Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Auditory processing disorder, APD for short, is when the brain has trouble interpreting sound…
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We Should Talk About Tik Tok with Pamela Wurst Vetrini
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Send me a Text Message about the show! We should talk about Tik Tok. As a Gen X-er, I cling to my Facebook and I feel fancy that I consistently use Instagram. But if I'm being honest, I know that this makes me basically an elderly user of social media apps. YouTube and Tik Tok are the social media apps where Gen Z and Gen Alpha are spending the maj…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Join Jessica and her pop culture guest of the week, Joey Klei, as they discuss the pop culture topics that are front of mind for them. Where is Princess Catherine? ***Big correction!! Jessica says MULTIPLE times that the timeline starts 12/23/23, but it really was 12/28/23. In her excitement, she got the date …
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Gender Diversity with Jamie Bruesehoff
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Send me a Text Message about the show! "If we understand there is a biblical basis, there is a theological basis for understanding that transgender people and gender expansive people are created in the image of God - just like all people- then it makes it easier to .... understand we don't have to choose between our faith and the people we love." J…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This is the first of a two part series where I will introduce you to the most common types of specific learning disabilities or SLDs. Part one is about Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia. Dysgraphia is a learning disability that impacts writing abilities. And we’re not talking about just having poor handwriting, this …
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Chelsey Goodan On How We Consistently Underestimate Teenage Girls
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Send me a Text Message about the show! “I’ve personally witnessed how Chelsey changes the lives of teenage girls for the better. This book is exactly what we all need right now, for our families and for our future voices in the world." —Laura Dern, Academy Award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author of Honey, Baby, Mine Teenage girl…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! We Should Talk About That is going on a break for a couple of weeks for a little refresh and re-tooling. But before I go, I want to take a minute to honor a man who has meant so very much to me, my father in law, Vernard Charles Kidwell, Jr. Vern passed away February 4th, 2024 at the ripe age of 98 and I am ju…
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Jess Buchanan and Her Latest Anthology, Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self Acceptance
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This week I welcome Jess Buchanan back on the show to talk about the release of her second anthology series, Deserts to Mountaintops: Choosing Our Healing Through Radical Self Acceptance. It was so great to catch up on what's been happening in her world and to discuss this project. In this episode: Find out wh…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! "We don't need a handful of people doing inclusive education perfectly, we need millions of people doing it imperfectly." - Tim Villegas According to the Oxford Dictionary, inclusion is the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or…
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Michelle Horton, author of, "Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds"
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Send me a Text Message about the show! In September 2017, after years of physical abuse and sexual torture, Nicole "Nikki" Addimando fatally shot her abusive partner in self-defense. And in February 2020, Nicole was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for killing the perpetrator of her abuse, where she became part of the 97% of women in prison …
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Send me a Text Message about the show! In this episode of Neuroversity, host Jessica Kidwell chats with Jessica McCabe, the brains behind the "How to ADHD" YouTube channel and author of "How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working With Your Brain, Not Against It." Jessica started her channel as a way to understand her own diagnosis and it quickly be…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! The WeSTAT community was polled and the results were unanimous, so, welcome to the first WeSTAT episode dedicated entirely to pop culture! In what I hope is the first of a re-occurring series, Jessica is joined by one of her go to pop culture aficionados IRL, Amanda Pedigo. But this isn't just two girlfriends …
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Expert Advice: Using Cannabis to Find Menopause Relief
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Send me a Text Message about the show! When women have good information, they make good choices. - Dr. Lauren Streicher Discover the surprising benefits of cannabis for menopause symptoms and beyond. Listen in as Ellen Scanlon shares her insights on using CBD and THC to alleviate pain, improve sleep, and support overall well-being. But what happens…
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Engage Their Senses and Minds: Sensory-Based Learning for Preschoolers
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Send me a Text Message about the show! From glitter bottles to yoga cards: here are some tips to stimulate all EIGHT senses. Yes, I said eight. Join me as I explore the world of sensory processing and share tips on creating a sensory-friendly classroom for preschool-aged children. Understanding the eight senses is crucial for enhancing the educatio…
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Shifting the Conversation: The Role Men Play in Gender Equity with Kori Reed
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Send me a Text Message about the show! The business case for diversity is so strong, and unless we create a safe space for everyone to have a conversation, we can't move it forward. - Kori Reed Uncover the silent majority's role in gender equity as Kori Reed challenges men in the workplace to understand, support, and engage in the conversation. In …
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The Defenders: Highlighting Reproductive Rights in a Post Roe World with Gloria Riviera
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Send me a Text Message about the show! If you are in medical school in this country right now, it can be challenging to choose to be trained to provide safe abortions. It's scary out there. The laws are confusing. The medical profession is vast. Why choose abortion care? And I would just say anyone who has made that choice and who is seeking out a …
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We Should Talk About My 1st Guest Co-host, Gopi Pillai!
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Normalizing conversations about our bodies and sexuality can lead to healthier relationships and a sense of empowerment. - Gopi Pillai I am thrilled to have Gopi Pillai join me this week as WeSTAT's very first guest co-host! And together, we are wondering, are you aware of how your body moves and holds itself?…
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Navigating Social Media Safely: Dr. Devorah Heitner’s Expert Advice for Neurodivergent Kids
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Send me a Text Message about the show! The digital world allows our children the opportunity to connect with people all over the place and all of a sudden they have a community. But how do we help our children find the line of privacy and how do we help ourselves find the line of privacy for our children? - Dr. Devorah Heitner Do you want your neur…
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Strength Training 101: How to Start and Succeed with Alyssa Ages
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Have you ever doubted your own physical abilities? Believed that you were simply not cut out for sports or fitness? Well, let me share a story that will challenge your perceptions. Meet Alyssa, a woman who thought she lacked natural athletic talent, only to discover an unexpected twist that changed her life fo…
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Understanding Autism: A Teenager's Journey Towards Embracing Neurodivergence
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Happy Thanksgiving! This week I'm doing a cross promotion with my other podcast, Neuroversity and featuring a very special episode. Join me as I have a conversation with the most important autistic voice you will ever hear on this podcast, my daughter Grace. This is not an inspirational story. This is not a sa…
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Encore Episode in Honor of Grace's Birthday
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Send me a Text Message about the show! November 17th is a pretty important day in my household because it is my daughter Grace's birthday. And 17 years ago today it was Grace who started me on this journey of motherhood, and this journey of understanding neurodiversity more. This episode originally aired in April 2022-Autism Acceptance Month, but i…
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How Teens Are Falling Victim to Financial Sextortion
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Send me a Text Message about the show! ***This episode briefly discusses suicide. If you or anyone you know needs support, Help is available 24 hours a day at the suicide and crisis lifeline by dialing 988 https://988lifeline.org/ Join journalist and professor Chris Moody as he shares his alarming findings on sextortion scams that are victimizing t…
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Asa Merritt: Breaking the Silence on Suicide and the Making of "Six Sermons"
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Send me a Text Message about the show! This episode of We Should Talk About That focuses on an important but difficult topic - suicide prevention and awareness. ***Help is available 24 hours a day at the suicide and crisis lifeline by dialing 988 https://988lifeline.org/ Jessica Kidwell interviews writer ASA Merritt about his audio fiction story, "…
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Exploring Anti-Aging Options with Dr. Carolyn Chang
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Would you like to age gracefully and understand the influences that societal judgment and cultural pressures have on beauty and cosmetics? In this episode of "We Should Talk About That," host Jessica Kidwell engages in a conversation about anti-aging and aging gracefully with Dr. Carolyn Chang, an aesthetic pl…
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Send me a Text Message about the show! I don’t often see as much representation of Down Syndrome within the neurodivergent community, and since October is Down Syndrome Awareness month, I think that means now is the perfect time to expand our understanding. So fellow curious minds, let’s get started. In this episode we will learn: The three types o…
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Author Ana Homayoun on her Latest Book, "Erasing the Finish Line: The New Blueprint for Success Beyond Grades and College Admission"
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of preparing your children for college applications? Join me and my guest, early career development expert Ana Homayoun, as we navigate this daunting journey. I share my own struggle with the pressure, and Ana provides me with invaluable insight and perspective on the fallac…
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How to be more like Abe Lincoln, with Jonathan Shapiro
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Send me a Text Message about the show! The key to living a legendary life is to strive to be more like Abe Lincoln. At least, that is what my guest this week, Jonathan Shapiro, says is the key. Join us for a conversation about the principles of the great Abraham Lincoln, and how following seven steps can help us all lead a more extraordinary life. …
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WOW Series: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
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Send me a Text Message about the show! On this episode, it's a return to the Word of the Week (WOW) Series. In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, I'm focusing on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), which frequently co-occurs with ADHD. What is it? Why is it so frequently associated with ADHD? How does it impact individuals? How can you help? Additiona…
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A Critical Conversation on Campus Sexual Assault and Recovery
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Did you know: 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted while in college or graduate school 6% of men will be sexually assaulted while in college or graduate school 90% of sexual assaults on college campuses go unreported. More than 50% of college sexual assaults occur in either August, September, October, or No…
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Turning Climate Fear into Action with Anya Kamenetz
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Send me a Text Message about the show! Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the subject of climate change? Jessica does. With weather events and natural disasters getting more severe and seeming to creep closer and closer to her own backyard, Jessica feels overwhelmed, to the point of paralysis, by what one person could possibly do to effect change. Ent…
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