16 | When Your Voice Isn’t Yours: The Strange Case of Foreign Accent Syndrome

Imagine waking up one day and speaking with an accent you’ve never learned. That’s the reality of Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS), a rare neurological condition that changes speech after strokes, injuries, or other brain events.In this episode, host Ahmet Baysal and guest Liya Suda unpack the science, the identity struggles, and the surprising stories behind FAS — from the brain’s speech centers to the lives forever changed by this strange disorder.