Neuro Emergent

Authored by:

Kerry Stewart Lengel

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Airs at: Wed, 08/27/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Hosted by:

Kerry Stewart Lengel

Produced by:

KBOO

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Explore neurodiversity issues with activists, experts and artists in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Monthly podcast hosted by Kerry Stewart Lengel, an award-winning journalist and cultural critic who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2022.

Topic tags:

Disability, Arts/Culture, Media

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Neuro Emergent: Representing Neurodiversity

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Neuro Emergent

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Playwright Diana Burbano (“Sapience,” “Ghosts of Bogotá”) talks about her experience as an adult diagnosed with autism and how neurodiversity has been represented (or misrepresented) in the theater and popular culture. Read more

Neuro Emergent: The Language of Neurodiversity

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

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In the launch episode of “Neuro Emergent,” I talk with Salem-based neurodiversity consultant Dan Dickinson about late-diagnosed adults with autism and the sometimes misleading language surrounding neurodiversity. Featured interview: Dan Dickinson, Founder and Program D... Read more