Welcome to the very first episode of The STAMMA Podcast. It's a new podcast all about stammering, or stuttering, from STAMMA, the British Stammering Association.
Hosts Gemma and Matty chat about life, jobs and relationships as people who stammer. They'll also be talking about public attitudes to stammering, media portrayals, research, and much, much more.
In this episode we meet Gemma and Matty, and listen as they find out more about each other. They chat about growing up with a stammer, their jobs and how stammering affects them at work - Gemma in TV and Matty as the co-owner of a street food start up.
As Matty explains in the introduction, this episode was recorded in February 2020 before the pandemic hit. In the next episode we'll find out how they coped in lockdown with their speech and how their worlds changed.
STAMMA is the UK national charity for stammering. Visit stamma.org to start a webchat or call our free helpline; get information and support, find out about our campaigns, events and activities; read articles from people affected by stammering; and become a member for free.