Honestly Unorthodox. with Kayla Perry

"Race2Dinner" is a "program" developed by Saira Rao in which a bunch of white women are invited to a dinner and told how inherently sinister they all are by Saira Rao and co-host Regina Jackson. My panelists today join me in discussing one of the hottest topics of modern day: racism and anti-racism. Oh, and one of them got conveniently bombarded in a comments section based on her skin color, which...

Is OnlyFans empowering? Is exploitation only exploitation if we don't like it? Why are there Facebook groups for women to denigrate men? A deep dive into what modern-day feminism means, how to understand Tinder dating culture, and mourning the feminist guest who never arrived. The Angry Behavior Analyst has officially rebranded. We are now "Honestly Unorthodox." IG: @honestlyunorthodox

We are all entitled to evolve. To grow, to infuse new ideas into our character, to better understand the person we have become. In taking the feedback I've received quite seriously, I've been engaging in quite a bit of introspection. Introspection that has led me to this: resigning from my "Angry" persona, and continuing my pursuit of myself as the empathetic contrarian that some have grown to tru...

We finish up this two-part series with my fourth favorite guest, my husband, by discussing parenting styles between Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, and wrapping up with the decaying communicative abilities amongst young people. Follow Angry on Instagram @theangrybxanalyst Check out Angry's services at theangrybehavioranalyst.com

We've got all the generations in today's episode, with some feel-good music from each and a whole lot of talk about latchkey kids, my husband growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, and how millennials are sissies. Follow Angry on Instagram @theangrybxanalyst Check out Angry's services at theangrybehavioranalyst.com

When this wonderful social-worker-turned-social-justice-warrior-turned-sane-person reached out to me, I immediately bit the bait. Sara shared stories of being groomed into ideological thinking in her social work degree, finding solace in the "repost" button on Facebook, and training her algorithm to show only the juiciest of political clickbait. As she now navigates life as someone who can reflect...

Hailey Giorvas, a BCBA diagnosed with Autism later in life, joins the podcast today to discuss a wide array of topics related to ASD, specifically in older women and how their presentations are quite different from those in younger populations. From the Spoon Theory to Neurodivergence-Affirming Practice and dissolving of the mask, Hailey provides valuable insight into many things I've questioned a...

Comedy used to bring us together in uproarious laughter, collective entertainment, and traditional bonding. With the world growing so hyper-focused on perceived offenses and moral injustices, nearly every comedian that used to be a relief valve has given up entirely on what they love to do most. Today's episode reviews the psychology of offense, if comedy is truly dead, and Stanford's List of Harm...

If I appreciate anything, it's the courage to stand by your beliefs and question everything and anything that we're presented with. I especially appreciate this theory when it's applied to myself, and my guest today is no stranger to putting the shoe on the other foot. One of my listeners, Brad Young, left me a bit of a feisty review, disagreeing pretty strongly with most of my standpoints in a st...

If you fell in love with Love on the Spectrum's Sweetheart, Kaelynn Parlow, you are in for some spunk, some insight, and some perspective on how her life has changed since filming. While her fame is certainly an aspect of her life that she has grown accustomed to, she has unique perspectives on the delivery of therapy for populations diagnosed with autism, including her views on the Neurodiversity...

It's pretty often I receive emails from professionals and clients within therapeutic fields, but the email I received from today's guest sat with me a bit differently. Matthew Crome, an adult with autism, reached out to me a couple of weeks ago to discuss his thoughts on the Neurodiversity Movement, some criticisms of how certain groups perceive autism, and challenges he faces as a Registered Beha...

Lowering the standards of education and workplace requirements have noble undertones. In an effort to maximize inclusion and strive for a more equal playing field for all, we have effectively destroyed civilization and led to people who can't seem to find it within them to produce any sort of meaningful work without outlandish requests. Will the pendulum swing back? We'd like to think so. Join us...

Cultural appropriation is the borrowing of an element of another culture, character, or identity. We scorn the un-permitted borrowing of certain types of wardrobes, but we allow the self-adoption of mental illness, disability, and certain words and phrases? If our identity is appropriated, but it's something we hold near and dear, are we appropriators, or are we in the clear? Let's find out. Subsc...

Dr. Merrill Winston RETURNS for what we like to call Kayla and Merrill ruin everything. We dissect popular theories within the "disability culture" as a whole, we identify and spot logical fallacies in common arguments within and outside of the therapy field, and we attempt to shed some light on information that could be... well... inconvenient. List of logical fallacies: https://utminers.utep.edu...

Dr. Paulie Gloves has quickly risen to Leadership Expert status within the field of behavior analysis. Known for his expertise in OBM and leadership, Dr. Paulie discusses the concept of "behavioral myopia", or a sense of nearsightedness that may hinder our performance and keep us from recognizing the full scope of leadership and team systems as a whole. You can keep up with all of Paulie's keynote...

Amanda from ABA Mentorship joins the podcast to do a round-robin style discussion: we answered several of YOUR questions, from treatment planning for clients in ways that go against the clinical grain, the lack of rigor in supervision experiences, and debunking common themes that occur far too regularly within psychology, behavior analysis, and related human service fields: overconfidence in our i...

As promised with the reverse Q + A format, Matt Cicoria settles into his stellar role as interviewer and interviews me to discuss more personal topics related to my experience with anorexia, treatment and therapy for anorexia, my background in Clinical Psychology and Behavior Analysis, and how this emotional and experiential tangled web led to a business that I love and a life I couldn't have imag...

Legendary Matt Cicoria of Behavioral Observations Podcast comes on the show today to discuss Pat Friman's "There's No Such Thing As a Bad Boy", the Circumstances View of Problem Behavior, and the Social vs. Medical Model of Disability. We moved through so many different topics throughout the episode that we've actually split it into two parts, with my interviewing Matt for the first episode and th...

Alex (@CancelledCounselors) is a fellow pariah within the clinical space, tackling 'forbidden' topics within the field while empowering others to be more forthright in their speech, their feelings, and their behavior. This conversation spanned across a wide array of topics, including how Portland, Oregon is the mecca of cancel culture itself, starting a business when you don't uphold the narrative...

The "patriarchy", "male privilege", and "toxic masculinity" are casually thrown into conversation to ensure the center of many activists' narrative is the septic nature of men. But what if men are struggling with issues very similar to that of women? What if men are challenged in the same ways as women, all while women continue to prove their strength as they dominate traditionally-male labor mark...

Out with the old, in with the... woke? The DSM-5, a statistical manual devoted entirely to diagnosing a wide array of mental health disorders, has been swifly replaced by the newest, most coveted source of mental health information: TikTok. With 315 million downloads in the pandemic alone, the most popular social media app is helping to connect some--- while wildly and inappropriately diagnosing o...

The man, the myth, the legend Dr. Merrill Winston joins the podcast today to tease apart the meaning of neurodivergence, the implications of blanket terms with vaguely defined principles, and implementation of punishment in a compassionate, humorous, and easy-on-the-ears fashion. We may not be able to rely on others to hold concern for us, but we can rely on ourselves to handle the difficulties we...

Positive Parenting and affirming practices are feel-good, flowery phrases we use to refer to treating children as if they're allies rather than human beings who need direction and healthy independence. With the rise of safe spaces and treating every event as if it were traumatic, it's difficult to build resilience and emotional grit in individuals that rely on us to do so. If we're offended by eve...

This is Unorthodox. with the Angry Behavior Analyst. All triggers. No warnings. Follow Angry on Instagram @theangrybxanalyst Check out Angry's services at theangrybehavioranalyst.com

This week's hot take dives into the neurodiversity movement, the underpinnings of Applied Behavior Analysis, and how the two entities have collided in both an epic and dramatic fashion that seems to have created a greater divide than a cohesive movement forward. With both camps contributing in positive and not-so-positive ways to clinical growth, we take a bird's eye view at the root of the commun...