Episode 36 – A peek behind the neurodiverse curtain

This is our first episode or rather a minisode in quite a long time and within this one you will be getting a peek behind the curtain learning about our editor Simon whose responsible for putting these episodes together.

Astute observations in terms of sound, being the parent of an Autistic son and also what he’s learned over the years from him.

Expect another good episode and thank you for still following us through thick and thin.

If you would like to be on an episode of Audible Autism, please fill out our form here, and we’d love to chat with you.

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Audible Autism – Podcast Co-Host Wanted

Audible Autism is a podcast that aims to give voice to autistic people from our own internal perspective. It is made for autistic people, by autistic people. We’re looking to talk about autism, and things that would be interesting to autistic people. We’re not trying to explain ourselves to Neurotypical people to ask them for acceptance into their world. Other people do that. This is for us.

In the last 5 years, we have released 34 episodes of Audible Autism, covering a huge variety of topics. We have released interviews with autistic therapists, dancers and civil servants, held discussions on autistic parenting, autistic pride and autistic art, hosted talks on autistic stories and lives, and produced guides to self-organisation and black history month. We aim to showcase autistic life across a wide spectrum (ahem) of experiences and interests.

Our episodes are released via Anchor which has now been acquired by Spotify. The majority of our listenership find our episodes via Spotify’s algorithm, although we would like to increase our marketing.

Our team turns over but currently involved are Odai, as co-host and producer, Luke, as co-host, and Simon, as our sound editor. Episodes are produced on a schedule that suits the current team – formerly fortnightly, they are now released as and when our team has time and availability, or for special occasions.

Due to health reasons, Odai is stepping back from his role as a co-host to focus on his role as a producer. We are therefore looking for a new co-host who can contribute to the team. The current team has talked about what new skills they would like in a new member of the team and we are particularly looking for a co-host who can demonstrate interviewing skills, who can attentively listen to our guests and ask insightful, relevant follow-up questions.

In addition to working on pre and post production, co-hosts can work with other co-hosts or by themselves to produce episodes that suit their interests. You might be asked to interview a particular guest on a subject the producer has identified as important or timely, or you might want to produce your own audioessay on a subject that is meaningful to you. We will accommodate whatever you are interested in.

Audible Autism is an autonomous project hosted within and supported by the Autistic Empire. Please read our five principles and our values to ensure you are aligned with our perspective of autism. Audible Autism team members are strongly encouraged to enrol as citizens but this is not a requirement. However, you must identify as autistic – self-identity is valid.

The team organises via Whatsapp, Basecamp and an FTP server where the audio files are stored. Episodes are recorded on Zencastr, and edited in Logic Pro.

We are not necessarily looking for long-term commitments but we would expect anyone who is interested to be with us for at least a year.

If this interests you or you have further questions, please email team@audibleautism.com. For qualified applicants, we have prepared a follow-up test on preparing a sample interview to display your skills.

Episode 35 Autism and specialist acommodation

Back once again with a brand you episode of Autism and this time Odai and Luke have a discussion with guest Joe Booth in which the 3 of them have a startling and enlightening discussion into living in Specialist accommodation.

Joe was very forward in terms of his experiences, who he is and also some of the failings and pitfalls in regards to carers, set up of residents and the focus on cost over care that some might find alarming.

We hope that you all find this an urgent and enriching episode and we would like to thank Joe for giving some of his time for this recording.

If you would like to be on an episode of Audible Autism, please fill out our form here, and we’d love to chat with you.

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Episode 34 – Cast down your buckets – Black,Autistic & Unemployed

On this episode of Audible Autism we are excited to share with you all a talk back in October done by Odai as part of Black history month.

Within it you’ll hear him relay his experiences as a young Black man in London on the spectrum, the determination,the hard work and the many MANY adversities he’s had to deal with that have both enraged but drive him, taking an analogy from Black conservative educator Booker T Washington and applying his own take on it.

He doesn’t like tooting his own horn but those who caught it online and in person said they found the talk articulate and piercing with insight and we hope you get alot out of it.

As always we hope you find this talk insightful

If you would like to be on an episode of Audible Autism, please fill out our form here, and we’d love to chat with you.

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/

Extra: Hubert Harrison essays

but that’s not all….

As an added bonus for for the episode, Odai decided to read a few essays from Hubert Harrison.
Who better to hear from than the man himself who i’m sure you will find that his words were clear, direct and DEEPLY incisive.

We advise that you listen to the main episode first before you listen to this extra audio otherwise enjoy listening.

If you would like to be on an episode of Audible Autism, please fill out our form here, and we’d love to chat with you.

This podcast was edited by Simon Marcus of Addictive Media. For more information about Simon’s video and audio services please visit http://addictive.media/