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We’re back! We’re just very busy. “Hurts So Good” author Leigh Cowart talks to us about kink and its intersection with autism, how COVID forced us to be more comfortable with roommates, and making sure your parakeets are girlbosses. Content warning for loud noises: the birds were especially loud this time and we pared it down as best we could but this one's very chirp-intensive.

Charlie and Zack check in from the bleak mid-Omicron with a couple of extra birds to take a couple listener questions and discuss personhood, humanity and grappling with the two (concepts, not birds) Cover art by @mxinevitable

We're BACK! In our season 2 premiere, award-winning cartoonist Jon Rosenberg (Goats, Scenes from a Multiverse) joins us to talk about adult diagnoses, whether masking can backfire on your accommodations and the single bluntest question we've ever received.

Nkozi Cole (@halal_bitch) talks to us about keeping a relationship strong, plus Paris gets mouthier than usual. 

Kristin Chirico of The Kitchen & Jorn Show and her wife Brie join us to talk about autistic/ADHD marriages, how soon is too soon for a wedding Pinterest board, and the heartbreak of SDS interventions

We're still alive! National Disabled Law Students Association co-founder/co-president A.J. Link (@knilirabaj) joins us to talk disclosure that you're autistic to potential romantic partners, resenting your parents and the most autistic thing we're gonna do once we're vaccinated. Patreon: patreon.com/stim4Stim National Disabled Law Students Association: https://ndlsa.org/

"Hall of Waters" author Camellia-Berry Grass talks to us about grief on the spectrum, the very issue that brought us together, as well as the grief that comes with the end of relationships. TW for extensive discussion of death in this but we also got to talk about Beanie Babies and collar pins.

Artist, author and first autistic woman admitted to the Florida bar Haley Moss joins Zack and Charlie for a discussion of our personal communication speed bumps, "seedling friends" and the Saga of Art from Tinder

Twitch streamer Joy @sol1dsnack joins Charlie and Zack to discuss love in the time of COVID, how to build meaningful social relationships when a pandemic flips the board and our least favorite textures of the week

Autistic journalist Sara Luterman (Vox, WaPo, Nation, etc.) joins Charlie & Zack to talk about finding love, when you should compromise on your criteria for a partner, and whether Borat is a better Yippie than Aaron Sorkin's version of Abbie Hoffman. (Spooky Paris art by Dess Rivas.) https://stim4stim.medium.com/stim4stim-ep-541ae12f8faf

Charlie and Zack take their first question and talk about first kisses on the spectrum, how grief makes you a new person, and the plot to hold Abraham Lincoln's corpse for ransom. Transcript: https://stim4stim.medium.com/transcriepisode-2-sopranos-flavored-fran-fine-b151e10a0c5

Charlie and Zack discuss where they want to go with the show, the ethics of making fun of Boston (yes) and how Paris the cockatiel is perfect. Transcript: https://medium.com/@stim4stim/stim4stim-s1e1-transcript-c5587c957308?postPublishedType=initial