This Week on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network #1: Meet the First Nine Shows

Welcome to the very first edition of This Week on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network!Each week, this short update acts as our version of the old TV Guide: a quick way to find out what’s new across the network, discover shows you might have missed, and keep up with the incredible work being created by Autistic podcasters around the world.Most weeks, we’ll simply let you know which episodes are arriving in your feed. But this week is a little different.This week, we’re launching the Autistic Culture Podcast Network!After more than eighteen months of planning, hundreds of submissions, countless conversations, and a huge amount of work behind the scenes, we’re thrilled to introduce the first nine original shows joining the network alongside our existing programmes. These first nine shows will always be special.📻New Shows Launching This WeekTap any show title below to explore and subscribe to the individual podcasts.Drinking to Mask and UnmaskHosted by Chelsey Flood, this series explores the relationship between autism, masking, alcohol, addiction, and survival through lived experience and compassionate conversations.Clinical MisfitsDr Mary Sims combines medical expertise and lived experience to examine neurodivergent health, burnout, and the systems that shape our wellbeing.Autistic Rant HourDr Gal Schkolnik offers sharp, funny, deeply informed discussions about bureaucracy, healthcare, accessibility, and all the systems that make Autistic people ask, “Who designed this?”The Neurocomplex CreativeVicky Peterson explores creativity, burnout, chronic illness, and what it means to keep creating in a world that often demands too much from neurodivergent people.Creative BecomingHelen Shaddock and Elizabeth Moffett reflect on identity, creativity, self-understanding, and building a life that fits who you actually are.Hyperfocus FCSimon Scott, James Hepworth, and Jack Hoban revisit iconic World Cups and the culture surrounding football’s biggest stage through an unmistakably neurodivergent lens.Collecting FishHosted by James Hepworth, this joyful celebration of fishkeeping proves that special interests are contagious—in the very best way.Theatrically AuthenticSarah Atherton-Knight and Simon Scott explore theatre, neurodivergence, creativity, and the realities of building a life in the performing arts.Regulation StationBecca Engle provides practical, neuroaffirming guidance for families, educators, advocates, and anyone supporting neurodivergent young people.Listen Ad-Free with Autistic Culture PlusWant bonus content, early access, and ad-free listening across the entire network?Join Autistic Culture Plus to support autistic creators and help us commission even more shows from our community.Join Autistic Culture +Have a Show Idea?The Autistic Culture Podcast Network is always looking for new voices and new perspectives.If you have an idea for a podcast grounded in Autistic lived experience, culture, identity, advocacy, creativity, or special interests, we’d love to hear from you.Submit Your Idea🌐 Visit www.autisticculturepodcastnetwork.com📲 Follow us on Instagram: @autisticculturepodcast🎙️ Executive Producers: Amy Burns, Anamaria B Call, Andrew Banner, Anna Goodson, Ashley Apelzin, Audrea Volker, Ben Coulson, Brian Churcek, Cappy Hamper, Carley Biblin, Charlene Deva, Chloe Cross, Clay Duhigg, Clayton Oliver, Danny Dunn, Daria Brown, David Garrido, Emily Burgess, Eric Crane, Erik Stenerud, Fiona Baker, Grace Norman, Helen Shaddock, Jaimie Collins, Jason Killian, Jen Unruh, Jennifer Carpenter, Julia Tretter, Kathie Watson-Gray, Kenneth Knowles, Kira Cotter, Kristine Lang, Kyle Raney, Llew P Williams, Laura Alvarado, Laura De Vito, Laura Provonsha, Lily George, Nelly Darmi, Nigel Rogers, Rachel Miller, Tim Scott, Tyler Kunz, Victoria Steed, Yanina Wood.🎧 Producers: AJ Knight, Bobby Simon, Da Kovac, Eleanor Collins, Emily Griffiths, Hannah Hughes, Jennifer Kemp, Jonas Fløde, Kate F, Katie N Benitez, Kendra Murphy, Lisa Dennys, Logan Wall, Louise Lomas, Melissa Nance, Nicola Owen, Rebecka Johansson, Sam Morris, Sarah Hannah Morris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.