Episode 11

Vince and Vanessa dash through part 2 of gleefully describing Nick Walker’s doctoral dissertation.

As you can imagine, Vanessa remains entirely excited.

Part 3 to come in January! Wooo!!! Nick! Walker! 


Episode 11 airs on CFUZ 92.9 FM broadcasting out of Penticton, B.C. and is streamable at cfuz.ca on Sunday, November 9 at 3pm PST.

Autistic Small Talk is a monthly show that airs the second Sunday of each month at 3pm, and appears in the archive the following Wednesday at 6am PST.

Citations and Resources

Nick Walker’s doctoral dissertation

Walker, Nick (2019) Transformative Somatic Practices and Autistic Potentials: An Autoethnographic Exploration. [Doctoral Dissertaion, California Institute of Integral Studies].

Nick Walker's writings

Murmurations

Beautiful footage by Jan van IJken of starling flight:



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