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What do our voices say about us? On this edition we explore voice and identity. We’ll hear from someone who nearly lost their voice, the challenges that come with ordering a pizza with a speech generating device, and and how voice contributes to trans women’s sense of safety and of self.
Featuring:
- Mya Byrne, singer-songwriter
- Kathe Perez, creator of EVA app
- Samuel Sennott, assistant professor of special education at Portland University
- Bob Segalman, author “Against the Current, My Life with Cerebral Palsy”
- April Bryant, UC Berkeley student
- Hannah Simpson, Nika Jewell, Tela Love, 13th Philadelphia Transgender Health Conference, attendees.
Host: George Lavender
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producer: Meredith Talusan, Lateef McLeod
Special thanks to Saskia Maltz
This show features a segment produced by Lateef McLeod, Making Contact’s inaugural Community Storytelling Fellow. Read more about the fellowship here and read Lateef’s blog here.
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More information
- Lateef McLeod
- Twitter: @kut2smooth
- Meredith Talusan,
- Twitter: @1demerith
- Mya Byrne
- Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/myabyrne
- Twitter: @myadriene
- Bob Segalman
- Is vocal fry hurting women’s job prospects?
- Eva App
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Voice Recognition: Does how we sound determine who we are?
We need to tell our own stories, no matter how the voice sounds
Come raise your voice at Making Contact’s National Poetry Slam Social Justice Open Mic
The politics of speaking with an automated A.A.C. voice
My Farewell to My Storytelling Fellowship
