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Real conversations on illness, autism, and hobbies.
Crohn's and Autism Awareness Advocate mixes advocacy with casual long-form chats, moving between Crohn's disease, autism, caregiving, mental health, gaming, and Doctor Who. It suits people who like real conversations that wander, correct themselves, and land on lived experience rather than polished talking points.
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Crohn's and Autism Awareness Advocate is a personal, interview-heavy show where chronic illness and autism sit beside fandom, gaming, holidays, and whatever else the guest brings into the room. It does not sound heavily produced. The conversations move the way real conversations move: a welcome, a quick explanation, a nervous laugh, a correction, then a story that gradually finds its shape. Autism is one of the show's central threads. Charlotte, known as the Spectrum Girl, talks about being diagnosed as an adult and the long trail of social misunderstandings that came before it. Dylan Matheson-Dodd describes being diagnosed twice, growing up through adoption and foster care, and eventually doing talks about autism. The show treats those stories as lived realities, not case studies. Crohn's disease and chronic illness are another anchor. Shelley Graham speaks about helping care for her mother, described as the first female documented to have Crohn's disease in the United States, and the conversation widens into caregiving, deafness, accessibility, and practical support. In The Vulnerable series, Kimberly Gonzalez and Greg Cohen bring autoimmune disease into the frame, with scleroderma, Raynaud's, APS, goals, and endurance all part of the discussion. The feed is not only medical. Doctor Who appears often, from Waseem Mirza discussing playing the UK newsreader in The War Between a Land and a Sea to Richard Ashton revisiting Friday in The Empress of Mars. Who Talk adds a group-chat feel, with Jack, James, and Josh picking through fandom uncertainty, trailers, spin-offs, and the future of the show. Gaming has its own lane too, especially the Life is Strange Rewind and Unwind mini-series with Captain Lauren, where favorite characters become a way to talk about identity and emotional connection. The result is uneven in the human sense: warm, rambling, earnest, sometimes funny, sometimes heavy. Its strength is that it lets guests be more than their diagnosis. A conversation can begin with Crohn's, autism, or autoimmune disease and still end up with steelbook orders, CGI, sign language, Max and Chloe, or Christmas television. That range gives the show its particular shape: advocacy without stiffness, fandom without gatekeeping, and personal testimony without pretending life arrives in neat chapters.
Made for: Best for people interested in autism, Crohn's disease, chronic illness, caregiving, disability access, and mental health, especially when those subjects are handled through relaxed personal conversation. It also fits Doctor Who and gaming fans who enjoy informal guest chats with a strong lived-experience angle.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by refusing to keep advocacy in a narrow lane: a serious health story can sit next to Doctor Who memories, Life is Strange character debates, or everyday talk about accessibility. Its looseness is the point, giving guests room to sound like themselves.
My podcast is about my experience with Crohn’s disease and getting my voice heard also about me in general and about my Autism. I speak to a different person each week to hear about there own experiences. We also speak about hobbies, Chronic Illness and Mental Health.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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Mason makes prediction talk feel like a working conversation rather than a parade of confident picks. In the Championship table episode, he and podcaster Louis Preston separate the teams they want promoted from those they expect to rise, then build their tables club by club.
Doctor Who theories meet candid autism talk, and you get the conversational version, tangents included.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Late diagnosis, social friction, and an honest, slightly loose conversation.
It follows Charlotte through a late autism diagnosis at 38 and the long stretch before it, with years of conflict at work, sick leave, and the feeling that social life never quite landed. The conversation does not tidy that up.
A small role, a big reveal, and a clear look at how the effects landed.
This Easter special settles into a focused look at Waseem Mirza's time as the UK newsreader in The War Between a Land and a Sea, with the host drawing him through what he played, what he saw, and how much stayed hidden until broadcast.
A Life is Strange conversation shaped by character contrast, memory, and replay.
The conversation keeps its attention on Life is Strange, with Captain Lauren bringing the point of view of a variety gamer, streamer, and clear fan who moves easily among Max, Chloe, Steph Gingrich, and Alex Chen.
Who Talk balances Doctor Who Day chatter, current news, and a line that sharply raises the stakes.
Who Talk begins with an easy rhythm, as if people are picking up a familiar thread after too long away, and the Doctor Who Day framing keeps the talk neatly tethered to the moment.
A grounded family story about Crohn's opens into a wider conversation on caregiving and support.
Shelley Graham gives this single-episode review its strongest pull through family history: her mother was the first woman documented in the United States to have Crohn's disease, in 1956.
A Doctor Who trailer reaction turns small visual clues into return theories without treating possibility as proof.
Doctor Who fandom gets a lively trailer-room workout as the host and Ethan sort through Disney Plus footage for clues about what might be ahead.
A candid Championship forecast where Charlton hope runs into the hard arithmetic of survival.
A Championship table prediction turns into a measured look at how much hope a Charlton Athletic supporter can reasonably carry into the season.
Jonquilyn Hill chases one listener question per episode to the experts who can answer it.
Three hosts and psychologist Dr Emily talk vulnerability, therapy, and imperfection with guests.
Fearne Cotton interviews guests like Boy George and Bryony Gordon about mental health and identity.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford pairs therapy insight with Black TV recaps, maternal health, and history.
Mason hosts a special episode with fellow podcaster Louis Preston to predict the upcoming Championship football season.
The host and guest Ethan Warren react to the new Disney Plus Doctor Who trailer and discuss the upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations.
This episode features an interview with Gray Rodgers discussing their autism diagnosis journey and its connection to being a Doctor Who fan.
This episode features an interview with Jason Quinn, editor of Doctor Who Magazine, discussing his role, the new Doctor Who series including the 60th anniversary, and the host's Toymaker costume.
This Halloween-themed Doctor Who podcast episode features a conversation with Richard Ewington about the filming of the episode '73 Yards' at his family's pub, including behind-the-scenes details and a mention of autism.
Vanessa, a 24-year-old low intensity CBT therapist, discusses her personal experience with autism, including her late diagnosis at age 20 and her special interest in Adventure Time.
Charlotte, known as the Spectrum Girl, talks about her autism journey.
The host opens with an Easter special that is not really about Easter.
The host opens a mini-series called Life is Strange Rewind and Unwind.
This New Year's special episode features Dylan Mathieson sharing his personal journey of being diagnosed with autism twice, navigating adoption and foster care, and his 12-year advocacy work in autism awareness and training.
This Christmas special episode features an interview with Richard Ashton, who played Friday in the Doctor Who episode The Empress of Mars, discussing the show's holiday traditions and the episode's cinematic influences.
Doctor Who Day brings Who Talk back, with the host introducing it as the new series for any Doctor Who chat on the podcast.
Shelley Grimm says her mother was the first woman documented with Crohn’s disease in the United States in 1956.
This episode features an interview with Greg Cohen, who discusses his journey with autoimmune diseases like scleroderma while pursuing goals such as running a marathon.