Atypical: The Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Evening all, Slightly late to publish this weeks episode as we only recorded it on Thursday and then... Yes well. Simon has been given coffee and time to fix his computer after it ate the first draft of the edit. Anyway. Join Simon and Joey for a discussion of body image, how it has become all pervading, why Simon doesn't feel like he is good enough and how to start thinking...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with another episode. Episode 11, who'd have thought we might make it this far. In the first of a set of episodes we hope to do throughout the season, we invited in an atypical person to talk to us about their interest and passion. Join us in the very first of these episodes and this week we are joined by friend of the show and avid scribbler, Kuro. We talk AI ima...

Send us Fan Mail After our masking episode, someone asked Simon why we kept talking about spoons. Well dear listener, when someone asks a question like that, we answer! Join Kim and Simon for a short bonus episode where we outline Spoon Theory and how it helps explain a few things that neurodivergent people experience. Who knows, you might even want to share this with others ;-) Christines blog wh...

Send us Fan Mail Who would have beleived we would make it even this far. But we have, Episode 10 is here! And boy was it a whopper. We decided to try and talk about masking. Turns out even with tequila and two and a half hours we couldn't even begin to scratch the surface. This is such a massive and deeply emotive subject that I am sure we will return to in relation to so many other topics. S...

Send us Fan Mail Yep, it's been a hot old week and we probably don't make much sense. But with the return of the Mysterious Voice, Simon and Marianne discuss heat, clothing choices, awkward video calls and being stubborn and wearing shorts to the office. As ever you can follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AtypicalThePod and we will have our next episode out at the usual time next fo...

Send us Fan Mail Just Simon today with a short piece on International Non-Binary Peoples day. I drew the list in the episode from Stonewall here: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/10-ways-step-ally-non-binary-people and recommend a blog they host here: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/being-non-binary-uk-today We will be back with an episode with the full crew next week. Until t...

Send us Fan Mail Just a short one this week with Simon and Joey left alone with a Discord channel, a recording system and avoiding doing work (Boss, if you are reading this, it was my coffee break!). We discuss the news of the week and how information overload can leave people confused, upset and close to breakdown (Simon is always close to breakdown - Ed.) followed by a report on the Proud in the...

Send us Fan Mail Well we are back for another week and we see the triumphant return of Marianne! Joining regular cohosts Simon, Kim and Joey we are back into another round of discussion covering everything from last week's autistic pride through to which search engines we use, a quick stop via cute armadillos and then in some interesting news from the world of neuroscience and some of the lim...

Send us Fan Mail Episode Six and it's Simon, Kim and Joey again. This week we dive into a couple of news stories on assistance animals and whether or not a supermarket was right to kick out an emotional support cat. We also take a look at travel and training in the airline industries as well as training in general. Via a discussion on poverty and things the sports industry is doing to try and...

Send us Fan Mail When the Mysterious Voice is away and Marianne is busy, there is nobody to control the other hosts. Things take a turn for the surreal in this rather... Naughty cold opening cut from the previous episode. You have been warned. And find us on Twitter @AtypicalThePod As ever we thank you, our loyal listeners for sticking with us. We would love to hear from you so look for our contac...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5 - Conversations As a result of computer gremlins we lost an episode and this has been cut together from other conversations between Simon, Marianne and Joey to create a bit of an audio collage. We cover a vaccine update, IDAHOBIT, kilts, tandems, dyslexia, speech issues and   We made reference today to a number of subjects, including vaccine safety , IDAHOBIT, the M&...

Send us Fan Mail So this week we discussed mental health awareness week, loneliness during the pandemic and Tom Daly knitting patterns. Joining me this week is returning co-host Kim and special guest Joey.  We do cover a number of mental health themes and want to encourage everyone to check ut links to the Mental Health Foundation ( https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness...

Send us Fan Mail The regulars are back, having banished the Mysterious Voice and we are joined by the amazing Dr Kim to talk all things imposter syndrome, workplace hiding and enemas...  So join us for the third installment in our podcast. As ever we are still learning and growing and feedback is always welcomed. Have a great week! As ever we thank you, our loyal listeners for sticking with us. We...

Send us Fan Mail This week we discuss a somewhat perverse theory about neurodivergent people and theory of mind. As you might expect, we have som thoughts on this, empathy and the bad science that surrounds a few long held beliefs.  We are joined this week by a Mysterious Voice, along with returning hosts from episode one - Simon, Matt and Marianne.  As we learn about the wonderful world of podcas...

Send us Fan Mail Well this is it, our first proper episode and given it is going out on April 1st we thought we ought to tackle Autism Acceptance Month and what it means to us, why we think it important and some general chat about being neurodivergent.  Our next episode will follow in two weeks and we will be discussing empathy and theory of the mind - and mostly rubbishing the insane "studie...

Send us Fan Mail Well here we go, a trailer for our first episode of the Atypical Podcast, first up we chat about Autism Acceptance.  As ever we thank you, our loyal listeners for sticking with us. We would love to hear from you so look for our contact details in your podcast app or via our website.