What happens when you go from never talking about your stutter to being one of the leading voices educating people on acceptance in the span of just a few short years? Is it possible to lose a part of your voice in the process of finding your voice?

Ezra sits down with James Hayden, author of Dear World, I Stutter, and huge Survivor fan. After meeting other people who stutter for the first time in October 2015, he had published his book in December 2017. The book was more popular than James predicted, and before long, "James: The Brand" worked itself into his persona. James discusses that process, and how the disconnect he felt from "The Brand" led to burnout, and now a new season for his life.

You can find his book and more information at https://linktr.ee/jhayden93

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Intro music is an edited excerpt of:"The Crawl of Life" jaspertineccmixter.org, 4.0 CC BY license

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Production editing by DJ Liam, instagram ⁠⁠⁠@liam.m4a⁠⁠

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