CANStutter Podcast

This week on the podcast, we’re joined by author, speaker, and stand-up comedian Joze Piranian to discuss his new book, Stop Holding Back. We talk about the lessons behind the book, his journey from overcoming a lifelong stutter to performing stand-up comedy and speaking around the world, and the power of taking action despite fear. Along the way, Joze shares the story behind a memorable on stage...

The 2nd installment of the CanStutter Podcast. Lisa Wilder interviews Greg O'Grady. Greg O'Grady grew up in Newfoundland and moved to Toronto in 1974. After a 35-year career in management with the City of Toronto Long-Term Care Homes and Services, he retired in 2017 and moved back to his home province with his husband. For more than 20 years he has volunteered to helping people who stutter. He fou...

Tess Casher: Scholar, Writer and Person who Stutters Born in Canada, Tess Casher spent most of her childhood in Whitehorse, Yukon. She stuttered from a young age, and got help when she entered the treatment program at the Institute for Stuttering Research in Edmonton, Alberta – an experience that inspired her to write and publish a novel aimed at young people about a junior high school girl who st...