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Stuttering occurs in every culture with a spoken language. So why do many communities treat it as a source of shame? Two speech-language pathologists and a comedian help Anita question cultural assumptions about stuttering and explore the growing movement to embrace speech diversity.

An excerpt from our radio episode that aired on October 14, 2022, for the "Interview" category in the 2023 PMJA award contest.

The National Association of Black Journalists recognized ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ with four awards, the most won by any single radio broadcast outlet or network in the country. ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ was also recently honored with eight Green Eyeshade Awards by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Host Anita Rao talks with Emma Ward, a songwriter, producer and community manager, about her experience getting facial feminization surgery — a series of procedures that shape brows, cheeks or chins to appear more feminine — to align internal and external appearance.