All My Friends Have ADHD

This week Laurel sits down in Paris with César — French-Japanese designer, ocean technologist, educator, environmentalist, TED Senior Fellow, and PhD candidate — who has never been diagnosed with ADHD, but was diagnosed with dyslexia, dyspraxia, and an epileptic condition after a truly unforgettable childhood head injury. What follows is one of the most wide-ranging conversations yet: shapeshifting boats, the BP oil spill, floating oyster farms, hydrogen energy, sea level rise, Fukushima radiation — and what it means to have a brain that runs on emotional urgency, hates wasting other people's time, and organizes 15,000 people in a two-database Notion system.🎙️ Guest: César — ocean innovator, designer, TED Senior Fellow, PhD candidate in ocean innovation, Paris/global🧠 All My Friends Have ADHD is hosted by journalist and filmmaker Laurel Chor — exploring neurodivergent minds across cultures, careers, and continents.📍Recorded in Paris on May 31, 2025Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

In this episode, Laurel sits down with serial entrepreneur Lindsay Jang — co-founder of Yardbird and Ronin, founder of Family Form and Always Joy — and her 17-year-old daughter Lili Jang-Abergel.Both have ADHD, diagnosed years apart, and neither knew the other had it when Lili was first diagnosed. They talk about what untreated ADD looks like when it masquerades as depression, why Lindsay didn't recognise herself in Lili's symptoms, the "Limitless" moment of finding the right medication, and how ADHD manifests completely differently even within the same family. 🎙️ Guest: Lindsay Jang — entrepreneur, co-founder of restaurants Yardbird, Ronin & Always Joy, and wellness brand Family Form🎙️ Guest: Lili Jang-Abergel — student, 17 (at the time of recording)📍Recorded in Hong Kong on May 7, 2025Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

Mary HK Choi is the New York Times Bestselling author of Emergency Contact, Permanent Record, Yolk and Pool House (now available for pre-order). She was diagnosed with both ADHD and autism in her 40s. Permanent Record is being adapted for a feature film, while Yolk will become a TV series. Mary is an executive producer and writer for both, because her talents are endless. Mary is a third-culture kid: she was born in South Korea, grew up in Hong Kong and Houston, and now lives in New York City. In this episode, we talked about making deadlines, learning to say no, and ADHD burn-out and/or autism melt-downs. Recorded in New York City on April 30, 2025. Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

In this episode, I speak to Fer Ligabue, a documentary filmmaker who works on indigenous issues, and Isa Luz, who works for social NGOs and focuses on gender issues, about getting diagnosed as an adult (or feeling resistant to getting formally diagnosed) and living together as a neurodivergent couple. Recorded April 23, 2025 in São Paolo, Brazil. Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

Felipe Fagundes, a Brazilian actor and surfer (who also teaches acting and surfing), talks about getting diagnosed with ADHD as a child, the difficulties he had in the Brazilian education system, and finding peace and purpose in acting and surfing.  Recorded in Rio de Janeiro on March 27, 2025.YouTube video: https://youtu.be/e9YVTl6RkewSend us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

Alex Kwon Colby is a Colorado-raised Korean adoptee who was diagnosed with ADHD a year before we recorded this episode. From falling asleep in class every day in middle school and getting suspended in college, to finding filmmaking and now running multiple successful content production businesses (working with the likes of Paris Hilton and The Rock), Alex talks about how getting treated for ADHD is teaching him to slow down and be kinder to himself. Recorded in NYC on Feb. 22, 2025.  Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday. 

My very first guest is Anand Varma, a National Geographic photographer and Explorer based in Berkeley, California. With his background in biology, Anand uses innovative photographic techniques – sometimes making his own equipment – to capture the natural world in ways that have never been seen. His photographs have shown the hidden life cycles of bees, lightning-fast hummingbird behavior, and jaw-dropping close-ups of parasites that take over insects' bodies. On this episode he shares how he recently realized he had ADHD and took his methodical scientific approach to figuring out his brain. Recorded on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, DC during the National Geographic Storytellers Summit. Send us Fan MailFollow us on Instagram: @allmyfriendshaveadhdFollow Laurel on Instagram: @laurelchorNew episodes every other Monday.