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John Hendrickson’s ‘Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter’

Renee Bright
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KUER

In 2019,  “Atlantic” writer and editor John Hendrickson wrote a piece about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s struggle with stuttering. It forced Hendrickson to reconcile with his own stutter, too.

In 2019,  “Atlantic” writer and editor John Hendrickson wrote a piece about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s struggle with stuttering. It forced Hendrickson to reconcile with his own stutter, too. 

After his article came out, other people who stutter began reaching out to Hendrickson and share their stories with him, prompting him to begin writing about his own experiences with stuttering. In “Life on Delay,” Hendrickson allows readers deep inside his life — reflecting on his battles with depression, bullying, substance abuse and more. Along the way, he investigates the science of stuttering and controversial efforts to cure it. John Hendrickson joins us this Friday at noon.

GUESTS: 

  • John Hendrickson, author of “Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter” [Amazon|Indiebound|Bookshop].  
  • Courtney Byrd, Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.

Airdate: Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 at 12 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. and rebroadcast on Friday, April 14, 2023 at 12 p.m. and Saturday, April 15 at 12 p.m.