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Season 2 Episode 2
In this episode of Inside SLP, Megan looks beyond speech-language pathology to ask how professions decide where authority should live. From AOTA’s de…
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The Oregon Workaround
Season 2 Episode 1
For the first 20 episodes of Inside SLP, we explored the history of speech-language pathology and the systems that shape our profession today. We loo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
20: An Invitation
Episode 20
For twenty episodes, we’ve been examining the architecture of a profession under strain, including its history, its blind spots, and the pressures it…
8 months, 1 week ago
19: The Iceberg of Professional Grief
Episode 19
Anger can feel clarifying, but without context, it rarely leads anywhere new. In this episode, we step back from the outrage cycle to examine what’s …
8 months, 1 week ago
18: What People Are Actually Arguing About
Episode 18
The intensity in SLP spaces right now isn’t a sign of collapse. It’s the friction of a profession that has grown faster than the structures built to …
8 months, 1 week ago
17: Apparently, You Can Do That
Episode 17
In 1968, the ASHA Convention became a moment of rupture. Not because of disorder, but because long-standing tensions were finally named. This episode…
8 months, 1 week ago
16: Optional Membership Is the Point
Episode 16
Many SLPs experience ASHA membership as essential to survival even when, structurally, it is designed to be optional. This episode examines why that …
8 months, 1 week ago
15: Bogus, But Not Like That
Episode 15
How did ASHA come to link membership and certification? And what happened when that structure was challenged? In the 1970s, one SLP brought that ques…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
14: Before the CCC Meant Anything
Episode 14
In the 1940s, the idea that a private organization could define professional eligibility was so controversial it sparked accusations of communism. Th…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
13: Following the Money Without Losing the Plot
Episode 13
When we ask why change inside SLP feels so difficult, we often look to policy debates or leadership decisions. This episode looks instead at the fina…
8 months, 2 weeks ago