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Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws
Embark on a whimsical exploration of neurodiversity with "Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws," hosted by Nic King and Kate Fox. This podcast series delves into neurodivergent experiences, from the origins of its unique title to the personal journeys of its hosts. Through candid discussions, Nic and Kate challenge societal norms, advocate for neurodivergent affirming practices, and celebrate the beauty of being different. Each episode promises humour, heart, and enlightening insights, inviting…
Episodes
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AI Overlords
Would AI do a better job than the humans running the systems we rely on? In this episode of Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws, AI Overlords, Nic King and…
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Knowledge and Community in the Face of Social Backlash
There’s a lot being said about neurodivergent people at the moment, and not all of it is easy to hear. In this episode, Kate and Nic talk about what happens…
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ND and the Heatwave
Summer might be lovely for some people, but for many neurodivergent people it can bring an entirely different set of challenges. In this episode, Kate and Nic…
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LIVE SPECIAL Part Two: Neurodiversity Bingo
We're back with Part 2 of our live podcast from Gosforth Civic Theatre, and this time the audience takes centre stage. Together, we play a game of…
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LIVE SPECIAL Part One: Just Don't
We're back with the first part of our recent live episodes recorded at Gosforth Civic Theatre, and this one is all about giving yourself permission to stop…
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Word Stims
How many things do you do every day without realising they might actually be stims? In this episode, Kate returns from running a neurodivergent writing retreat…
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Big fish, Little Fish, Autistic Box: Our Delayed April Episode
A quick note before this one: this episode was originally recorded as the April podcast for Autism Acceptance Month, but due to an upload error, it’s now…
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Education Systems in England in 2026
🎤 Live show news! Kate and Nic are bringing Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws to the stage for a live podcast recording at Gosforth Civic Theatre on…
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To Chuck or Not to Chuck, That is the Question
Moving house has sent Kate into a deep, all-consuming hyperfocus on getting rid of stuff. Not the moving part – the chucking part. In this episode, Kate and…
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Burnout of Illness?
It’s 2026, Kate is in a teddy bear onesie, and we are asking a big question: am I actually ill, or is this burnout in disguise? In this episode, Nic and Kate…
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Autistic Christmas Carol
It’s Christmas Day and Nic and Kate are taking a festive detour: re-imagining A Christmas Carol through a neurodivergent lens. Inspired by a brilliant story…
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Autistic People and Employment
Only 3 in 10 autistic people are said to be in work, but that statistic hides a much bigger story. In this episode, Nic and Kate talk about how “voluntary…
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Are Autistic People Psychic?
Do autistic people just notice more… or is there something genuinely spooky going on? In this Halloween-timed episode, Nic and Kate pick apart the myths and…
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People Who Think They're Helping and They're Not
Sometimes the hardest thing about being neurodivergent isn’t the challenges themselves, it’s the people who think they’re being helpful but really… aren’t. In…
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House of Cards
In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Nic and Kate talk frankly about the feeling that life is held together with wobbly scaffolding and…
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Beauty Practitioners
We're back with another slice of beautifully chaotic honesty from Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws. This week, Nic and Kate get stuck into the world of…
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Comfort Shows
Some shows are more than just telly. They’re our background noise, our wind-down routine, or our way of shutting the world out when it’s all a bit much. In…
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HSPs - Highly Sensitive People
Are you an HSP? Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) get a mixed reception in online neurodivergent spaces. Some say it’s just unspoken autism. Others say it’s a…
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Did You Reach Your Potential in School?
What is potential anyway? Is it four A grades and an S-Level in English? Is it memorising 15 poems, even if you’re a poet who wouldn’t answer a single exam…
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Rejection Sensitivity
Hands up if you’ve ever apologised for your tone in a three-line email. Or assumed a stranger’s silence meant they hate you. Or spiralled for hours over a…
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Resilience with Special Guest Anna Knight
Is it resilience, or is it just surviving a broken system? In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate and Nic are joined by special guest…
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Dopamine Dressing
Can what you wear change how you feel? In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate and Nic get into the joy of dopamine dressing, from…
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Therapy Animals
This one’s for the animal lovers and the animal needers. Kate and Nic explore how animals can calm, support, and connect us, especially if you're…
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The Answer is 42
It's time for episode 42. This one’s about AI...again. But can you blame us? From helping with legal letters and holiday hot tub instructions, to identifying…
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Death
In this episode, Kate and Nic talk about death - how we process it (or don’t), how society expects us to react, and why it can feel particularly complex for…
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Justice, Truth and Mercy
In Episode 40 of Neurotypicals: Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, we explore the idea that things like truth, justice, and mercy aren’t just abstract ideals, they’re…
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Autism Causes, Bingo!
In this week’s Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Nic and Kate take on the nonsense so you don’t have to. From the latest nonsense to paracetamol panic and…
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Will You Be My Friend?
This week on Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate and Nic take on the tricky topic of friendship. What does it mean to be a good friend as a…
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Special Guests: Fergus and Sonny Part 2
In the second part of our special episode with Fergus Murray and Sonny Hallett, we focus on the practical aspects of living as a neurodivergent individual…
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Memory
This week, we’re talking memory—and how it can affect relationships, expectations, appointments, and everything in between when you’re neurodivergent. Kate and…
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Special Guest Keiran Rose Part Four
In the final part of our conversation with the brilliant Kieran Rose, we continue exploring the deep stuff—trauma, safety, diagnosis, and the stories that…
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Neurodivergence and Pain
Pain can be hard to describe, hard to measure—and even harder to manage when you’re neurodivergent. This week, Kate and Nic dive into the realities of pain…
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Special Guest: Dr. Amy Pearson Part 2
In the second part of our special with Dr. Amy Pearson, we’re focusing on the practical challenges and societal expectations faced by autistic individuals…
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Autistic Superpowers: No Capes
This week on Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate and Nic take on one of the most persistent—and frankly exhausting—narratives in the world of autism…
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Special Guest: Dr. Amy Pearson Part 1
In this special episode, Nic King is thrilled to welcome Dr. Amy Pearson, an assistant professor at Durham University, who shares her insights into autistic…
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LIVE SHOW 2 – The Future
LIVE Part 2: The Future Awaits… We’re back with the second half of our first-ever live show at Gosforth Civic Theatre! This time, we’re looking ahead – to the…
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Autistic People Can be A**holes
This week on Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King wade into a slightly controversial topic—one that’s been on the list for a while but…
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Autistic Coded Characters
In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King finally tackle a topic they’ve been meaning to dive into for ages—autistic-coded…
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LIVE SHOW 1 - Schools
LIVE from Gosforth Civic Theatre! For the first time ever, we took Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws to the stage – and now, you get to hear it too! This…
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AI Companions
In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King talk about the world of Artificial Intelligence—how it thinks, how it learns…
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The Sound of Silence
How do you feel about silence? In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King dive into the topic of silence, co-regulation…
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Special Guest: Autism Level UP! Part 2
Join us for Part 2 of the captivating two-part special of Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws, where hosts Nic King and Kate Fox continue their enlightening…
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Valentine’s Day Special
Love is in the air—or is it? In this special Valentine's episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King dive into the highs, lows, and…
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Special Guest: Autism Level UP! Part 1
Join us for Part 1 of an engaging two-part special of Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws, where hosts Nic King and Kate Fox welcome Jac and Amy from Autism…
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Every Behaviour is Communication
In this episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King discuss the complexities of behaviour as communication. Building on insights…
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Special - Monotropism (Part Two)
Welcome back to the second half of our special guest episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws! We continue our deep dive into monotropism with our…
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How Far Up Your Identity List is Your Neurodivergence?
Welcome back to Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws! Kate Fox and Nic King dive into a thought-provoking topic for this episode on how we rank aspects of our…
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Special - Monotropism (Part One)
Welcome to this special two-part episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws! Today, Kate Fox and Nic King are joined by two incredible guests: Tanya Adkin…
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New Year, New You or Not
Welcome to the first Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws episode of 2025! 🎉 Kate Fox and Nic King and Kate Fox kick off the year by tackling the big, sparkly…
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Finding Glimmers
In this insightful episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King delve into the concept of glimmers—those small, joyous moments that…
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Christmas Special
In this festive episode of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King explore the joys, pressures, and sensory overloads of the Christmas…
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We Welcome Special Guests, Fergus & Sonny (Part One)
Join us for the first part of an insightful two-part special of Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws, where hosts Kate Fox and Nic King engage with special…
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Spoon Theory
In Episode 22 of Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws, Kate Fox and Nic King dive into “spoon theory” and how it applies to neurodivergent and chronically ill…
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Sunflower Lanyards
Join Kate and Nic in this insightful episode as they unpack the complexities of using sunflower lanyards to signal hidden disabilities. The hosts share candid…
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History of Autism - With Special Guest Kieran Rose (Part Three)
Welcome to Part 3 of our exciting four-part special with Kieran Rose, the autistic advocate, exploring the history of autism. In this episode, Kieran guides us…
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History of Autism - With Special Guest Kieran Rose (Part Two)
In Part 2 of this engaging four-part special, Kieran Rose continues his exploration of autism history with hosts Kate Fox and Nic King, focusing on the…
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History of Autism - With Special Guest Kieran Rose (Part One)
Welcome to the first episode of an exciting four-part special on "Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws," featuring special guest Kieran Rose, a distinguished…
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Halloween Special
Join hosts Nic King and Kate Fox for a Halloween special of "Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws”, where they delve into the delights and challenges from a…
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What is Your Coffee Order?
In episode 19 of Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws, hosts Nic King and Kate Fox share a light-hearted conversation about their coffee/tea preferences and…
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Why Diagnosis or Self-Identification F*cks Relationships
This time, Nic and Kate talk about how identifying as neurodivergent can profoundly affect one's relationships. Nic and Kate share their personal experiences…