Episodes

Oliver James is a California-based personal trainer, motivational speaker, literacy activist, and influencer. He has been featured by Today, NPR, the Jennifer Hudson Show, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Rachael Ray, and ABC...

Justin Valenti is an artist and disability advocate. He enjoys creating artwork in his home studio and at the VisAbility Art Lab at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland. He is also the business owner of Artistic Expressions by Just...

Amy Richards is a queer autistic podcaster and business owner from Cardiff in the UK. Amy became self-employed in 2015, after multiple burnouts culminated in a breakdown that ended her previous career as a high school English...

Autistic advocate Pastiche Graham talks about appearing on the CBS TV show Undercover Boss, and the inspiration for Pastiche's book, “Pia Pistachio Gets a Job.” Pastiche also discusses the importance of autism representation: specifically for autistic women and girls in literature, and for autistic…

Max Barrows is an award-winning disability rights leader and advocate based in Vermont. As the Outreach Director for Green Mountain Self-Advocates, Max mentors people with developmental disabilities to speak up for themselves...

Kirsty Cullen-Campanelli shares what life is like for her as an autistic corporate executive with ADHD, which includes creating inclusive workplace cultures, managing teams, conducting job interviews, and navigating high-pressure environments.

India's first model with Down syndrome shares her story.

A special Beyond 6 Seconds episode for Podcasthon 2026.

Psychotherapist Ivy Rizzo has a master's degree, speaks multiple languages, and owns her own business... but she struggles with doing basic math, remembering important dates, and recalling events in chronological order. Dysca...

For years, Sonido Reyes experienced paranoia and hallucinations in silence, due to the stigma of mental illness and "not being ok." Now, they try to be open about their lived experience of schizoaffective disorder to ensure no one else has to struggle alone.

This episode is a special collaboration between Beyond 6 Seconds and the Living with FASD podcast hosted by Patti Kasper. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are lifelong conditions caused by prenatal alcohol exposure tha...

Nieta and I discuss systemic challenges that disabled people face in the United States (e.g., in employment, healthcare, housing), how politics impacts those challenges, and the importance of increasing the disability community’s political power in the United States.

In this year-end solo episode, I celebrate some big milestones that Beyond 6 Seconds achieved in 2025, highlight the variety of topics that my guests and I discussed on my podcast, and share what podcasting-related things I'v...

Caroline Smith founded her business, The Introverted Misfit, to help shy, awkward introverts become socially confident versions of themselves so they can have healthy, manageable social lives. Because of her experience with b...

Kellina Powell, known as the Deaf Queen Boss, is a podcast speaker, best-selling author, and passionate advocate for the deaf and disability communities. She empowers young adults with disabilities to chase their dreams, brea...

Tiffany Hammond is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and disability advocate. She is the author of A Day with No Words, a picture book about a Black mother and son who use a tablet to communicate with each other a...

As a dyslexic child, Sabrina Fandell had to sit in her school's book closet for her reading lessons. Now she sits on the Board of Directors of the International Dyslexia Association - Dallas Branch. She is passionate about fostering inclusive environments and advocating for neurodivergent students …

Ava N. Simmons, a young entrepreneur and PBS Kids show host with dyslexia and dysgraphia, describes how her educational toy brand Team Genius Squad gets kids excited about STEM and STEAM.

Caroline Mincks shares how their own experience with hearing loss in adulthood and OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) inspired them to create the audio drama Seen and Not Heard, the importance of challenging misconceptions about deafness and OCD, and the impact of authentic disability representati…

Sally shares her experience of hospitalizations, misdiagnosis, and a 10-month long psychotic episode where she believed her life was a hyperreality psychological experiment. She also talks about finally accepting her diagnosis, as well as the importance of reducing stigma and promoting understandin…

Tas The Artist grew up as an autistic child in a religious cult. In this episode, Tas talks about how they left the cult, and how they use surrealist horror in their art to process their trauma.

Award-nominated disability advocate Charis Hawkley talks about growing up with late-diagnosed dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism, her work with Dyspraxia Magazine and finding community with other neurodivergent people.

Lisa Hurley talks about her experience as a late-diagnosed autistic Black woman, what inspired her new book "Space To Exhale" and the importance of community and self-care.

Matthew Schwab is a 27-year-old North Carolina native with Down syndrome who has his own public speaking business, Matthew Schwab Speaks.