A Team
Robert Smythe, Michael Cantwell, Tango Batelli
A Team Podcast was created by Rafael Mantesso and Robert Smythe, two autistic artists who only learned they were autistic when they were adults: Mantesso was 30 and Smythe was 50. While their diagnoses explained a lot, about their life experiences, it wasn't until they met that they finally had the experience of finally talking to someone just like them. Their freewheeling conversations formed the basis of A Team Podcast, which has helped thousands of people in over 50 countries, autistic and neurotypical alike, to understand more about seeing and thinking about the world differently. Now in it's 3rd season, A Team Podcast is hosted by Smythe with two people who were originally guests in seasons 1 and 2: Michael Cantwell and Tango Fae Batelli. And, as always, there are a lot of laughs!Instagram - @ateampodcast
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01/05/24 • 133 min
In this conversation, we discuss learning environments for autistic people, multiple intelligences, energetic boundaries, self-forgiveness, and a penguin in a box.
Doodling
Doodling 101: What is Doodle Art? •
Teaching and learning styles
7 types of learning styles and how you can to teach them
Eric Gardner, Multiple Intelligences
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Pedagogy
Abandonment and neglect
Identifying and Managing Abandonment Issues
People pleasing
People-Pleasing | Psychology Today
The Drama Triangle
Breaking out of the Drama Triangle
Processing time
Processing Speed - Cognitive Skill
Hannah Gadsby penguin in a box
How Hannah Gadsby's High-Functioning Autism Works | Netflix Is A Joke
Self regulate
What is Self-Regulation? (+95 Skills and Strategies)
Classroom management
Point Profits from a Hat - ghost wrote by Robert
Amazon.com: Pulling Profits Out of a Hat: Adding Zeros to Your Company Isn't Magic
Outlawing plastic bags
Outsourcing American wealth
3. What Americans see as contributors to economic inequality
Jack Welch
Profit sharing
What Is Profit Sharing? Pros and Cons
Virtue signaling
Hyperfocus
Hyperfixation vs. Hyperfocus: ADHD, Autism, and Mental Illness | Self Care
11/24/23 • 115 min
In this conversation, the team celebrates 4:20 and discusses legalizing marijuana (cannabis), the personal meaning of the term disability, the same foods, tarot, and wisdom from growing old.
Artemis and Daniel the cats
Dear Daniel | Hello Kitty Wiki | Fandom
Link between gut and autism
Autism spectrum disorder and digestive symptoms - Mayo Clinic
Autism levels
Understanding the Three Levels of Autism
The social model of disability
Social model of disability - Wikipedia
Artist in residence
Art Demystified: How Do Artist Residencies Work?
Processing delay
Understanding, Diagnosing, and Coping with Slow Processing Speed - Davidson Institute
Cold reading
Micro facial expressions
Tarot cards
Guide to Tarot: Cards, Spreads, Readings, and More
Sexual assault or misreading sexual cues due to being autistic
Girls With Autism Face Three Times the Risk of Sexual Assault | Psychology Today
Forced adaptation
Forced adaptation: plant proteins to fight climate change - PMC
Masking
What is autistic masking? - Autism Awareness
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange (film) - Wikipedia
CBD vs THC
CBD vs. THC: What's the Difference?
Legalized marijuana
Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction - Wikipedia
Strong marijuana strains
2022's strongest THC indica, sativa, and hybrid weed strains | Leafly
When The War Was Over - Robert’s play
Wisdom of growing old
Growing Old – A View From the Inside | Psychology Today
Info dumping
06/10/23 • 131 min
Authority experiments
The Milgram Shock Experiment: Summary, Results, & Ethics
Imposter syndrome
https://www.putchildrenfirst.org/the-challenge-of-impostor-syndrome-for-individuals-with-autism
Adaptive skills
What Are Adaptive Skills? [Definition, Types & Benefits] - LMS Hero
Pleasantries do not come naturally to NDs
Stop Asking Neurodivergent People to Change the Way They Communicate
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) - IMDb
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Extraordinary Attorney Woo - Wikipedia
It Gets Better ad campaign
It Gets Better Project - YouTube
Internalized ableism
12 Ways Disabled People Experience Internalized Ableism
Arthur Conan Doyle, Houdini, and Spiritualism - they almost came to blows over a seance
The Strange Friendship Between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
Guggenheim fellowship 1998
Robert Smythe - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
03/24/23 • 141 min
This is a conversation from our second season that we never actually aired, but we want you to hear it so you can get to know Tango Fae Batelli, one of our co-hosts. Tango is the founder of AutiComm, a peer-to-peer community of autistic folks, which is why we asked her to talk to us. In this conversation, we talk about feeling good about being autistic, the Double Empathy Problem, “not looking autistic,” fawning vs. masking, the different experiences of autistic males and females, and the different flavors of autism.
Feeling good about being autistic
Hyper-empathy
Do Autistic People Feel Empathy: Myths & Facts You Need To Know
Divergent from the norm - hyper or hypo version of the norm
Autistic Stories give us the gestalt of autism
Double Empathy Problem
Double empathy problem - Wikipedia.
Mykola Bilokonsky
How to speak respectfully about autism
How To Talk About Autism Respectfully · Public Neurodiversity Support Center
32 competing thoughts/losing track
Posing for painters
17:00 “you don’t look autistic”
Official diagnosis issues
Brazen
25:49 what comes to mind when you hear someone is autistic
Miss Manners - Miss Manners | Columns | ArcaMax Publishing
Scripts
29:00 clip:Tango: Triple major with one being Theater major with concentration in playwriting
Chronic pain “I’m not dying I’m just autistic”
Compounded trauma and stress
Polyvagal theory - Polyvagal theory - Wikipedia
31:45 Tango’s Theory of autism
Fawning
Processing through the ladder
Taking care of my autistic nervous system
Mistaken thought that it all ends with the diagnosis: stop autisming
Map analogy
Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid – Quote InvestigatorLook at how autism is portrayed in film and tv
Different flavors of autism
Prevalence of neurodiversity
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas - Wikipedia
52:20 Introductions
58:00 I found my map of weirdness
The different experiences of autism between male and female
Female autism: boys and girls are socialized differently; little girls play social roles and have scripts - learning the strategy to fawn
Boys are told what not to do: don’t cry, etc.
Buffet of comorbidities
Comorbid Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Adhd and autism
ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder - CHADD
Hypermobility disorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_spectrum_disorder
3.7 Kinda Nice
A Team
10/22/22 • 110 min
In this conversation we discuss diversity in healthy systems, power games at work, emotional addiction, fawning, and being nice versus kind.
06:54.90
How to Grow and Care for Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
09:13.37
Sardines
Products » BRUNSWICK
48:01.80
Procrustes - Wikipedia
01:07:33.92
Dr. Mark Steinberg - Emotional Addiction
01:45:18.66
Your Erroneous Zones - Wikipedia
01:48:12.60
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Terra Vance and Robert
A Team
07/29/22 • 132 min
In this episode, we talk with Terra Vance, the founder of Neuroclastic.com. We talk about the problem with all behavior being one of communication, mirror neurons, how autistics are always in the present, autistics as whistleblowers, and being in the flow all the time.
Svenia and Robert
A Team
07/24/22 • 128 min
In this episode, we meet Svenia, a student in Switzerland and long-time listener. We talk about how college roommates are the worst, snappy comebacks for mean office mates, mastering skills only to lose interest, time blindness, and how wombats have cube-shaped poop. Stay tuned at the end to hear about Svenia’s interesting news.
Nelson and Robert
A Team
07/08/22 • 151 min
In this episode, we talk with Nelson, a student majoring in music composition. We talk about making mistakes as a vital part of the artistic process, becoming comfortable with the word “autistic,” and then becoming comfortable with what that word means, label versus identity, the exhaustion, euphoria, and self-acceptance of realizing you’re autistic, and minoring in Japanese after you’ve taught yourself online just for fun.
Hailey and Robert
A Team
06/24/22 • 102 min
In this episode, we talk with Hailey, a young Canadian who’s been an A Team fan for a while and wanted to have a conversation with us. We talk about having autism as a personal mission, undertaking house renovations in your early 20s, the autistic trait of pointing out the absurdities that surround us, alexithymia which is the inability to recognize your own emotions, and the journey of recognizing and accepting that one is autistic and then sharing who you are.
02/02/24 • 119 min
Hi, welcome to A Team Podcast. Today we have a special guest, Myk Bilokonsky. The team gets deep in discussion with Myk about Autistic Identity Trauma, Shamanism, attachment wounds, neuroqueer identity, and Bartleby who would prefer not to. Thanks for listening.
Public Neurodiversity Support Center · Myk's Digital Garden
Occupational therapist - Wikipedia
Terra Vance, Author at NeuroClastic
The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently » NeuroClastic
An Owner's Guide to the Vagus Nerve | Psychology Today
Cold Reader Tips: How Cold Reading Works - 2023 - MasterClass
The Fool’s Journey: Tarot’s Major Arcana | Astrology.com
Tree of Life (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia
Introduction to the Eight Concepts
Karpman drama triangle - Wikipedia
Understanding Narcissistic Injury | Psychology Today
The Trauma Experience: Attachment Wounds - How Emotional Trauma Impacts Us
Co-regulation - The OT Toolbox
Lithium in the Natural Waters of the South East of Ireland - PMC
Bartleby, the Scrivener - Wikipedia
Bell hooks | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
In autism, brain doesn't 'prune' extra synapses - Futurity
Autistic Burnout vs Depression — Insights of a Neurodivergent Clinician
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FAQ
How many episodes does A Team have?
A Team currently has 65 episodes available.
What topics does A Team cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Neurodiversity and Autism.
What is the most popular episode on A Team?
The episode title '5.6 Myk Bilokonsky, Guest' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on A Team?
The average episode length on A Team is 119 minutes.
How often are episodes of A Team released?
Episodes of A Team are typically released every 7 days, 4 hours.
When was the first episode of A Team?
The first episode of A Team was released on Apr 19, 2021.
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