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PD² with Square Pegs is a database of testimony for all the people with a label, or diagnosis of personality disorder who have experienced prejudice and discrimination at the hands of the services whose goal it is to support us.This is a continuation of the work we started with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, the NCCMH, which is part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, to challenge the prejudice and discrimination experienced by people with a label, or diagnosis of personality disorder.To be clear, the conversations in the podcast do not reflect ...

In Square Pegs, Ray Bradbury explores the lives of individuals who don't quite fit into society's conventional molds. Set in a world where conformity is prized above all, the story centers on those who are seen as "square pegs" in a world of round holes—people who dare to think differently, dream wildly, and challenge the status quo. With his signature lyrical prose, Bradbury crafts a tale that celebrates the uniqueness of the human spirit while examining the pressures to conform.

Are you ready to step into a universe where insanity does not exist? Individuals exhibiting aberrant behavior are welcomed and understood on asteroids far from Earth. Get ready for an unforgettable journey with "The Square Pegs" by Ray Bradbury! This captivating short story, narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti, follows a dysfunctional family as they bring their demented sister, who believes she is Catherine the Great, to an asteroid where she can truly fit in.

Lisbeth is labouring under the delusion that she is Catherine the Great. In today's world she would be confined to an asylum. However, in the future, a more imaginative method of treating people with discordant world views has been developed. Will this therapy work in Lisbeth's case?

Square Pegs explores the experiences of neurodiverse students pursuing advanced degrees in STEM.

In 2017, an American suburban dad named Rob Collins accidentally got sucked into the bizarre world of Frank Carver, a vengeful, one-eyed British curmudgeon who’d been on a decades-long mission to have his brother imprisoned. Rob’s two-year quest to help Frank and learn the truth led him across England, to a psychiatrist in Berlin, and ultimately to a funeral—which Rob officiated. It’s a bizarrely heartfelt story about bitterness, family secrets, and the things we bury in the past. ”…riveting enough that I couldn’t stop listening, and am so glad this show has completely dropped, I...

Follow Ned's journey from football supporter to reporter—from criss-crossing the country in a banger of a car hoping for a word or two from the latest big signing, to the glamour of the Champions League. Ned really has been there, done that and got the Sky Sports jacket to prove it. Witnessing the shenanigans, the machinations and the idiocy of football at close quarters Ned shares his best stories with affection.

A podcast about people who didn't fit in, but lead interesting and extraordinary lives.Mad builders, incompetent robbers, eccentric generals and those who shouldn't have fit in, but did.

Ever feel like you don't fit? Like you can't be real? In other words, you have to fake it because you're not accepted as your true self. Yeah, that seems about right. And ridiculous.Every day people from every background—not just you—put on masks to make it through life. Talk about exhausting. But we keep doing it because no one wants to talk about the insanity of it even though it keeps us from being our best.Well, that's about to change.Welcome to Square Peg Round Hole with ​Timothy Eldred, writer, speaker, and friendly disrupter of the status quo on a mission to end aloneness and help...

The podcast where we discuss diversity and how to embrace our neurodivergent kids at home, at school and in the work place. Each fortnight or so, Lou interviews various guests. These are people with lived experience of neurodivergence, teachers, parents or academics. We will discuss ADHD, Autism, Tourette's Syndrome, Dyslexia, Sensory Processing differences...the list goes on. We will also discuss inclusion, diversity, education experiences, employment.Real stories and real experiences that will shock and uplift but mostly it will motivate to embrace difference, include and welcome those with ...

You may never have heard of the Austro-Jewish polymath Robert Eisler, but you should have. Eisler knew everybody, went everywhere and made significant contributions to the study of mythology, comparative religion, the Gospels, monetary policy, art history, history of science, psychoanalysis, politics, astrology, history of currency, and value theory. Eisler did it all. This nine-part series will give you all the fascinating and strange detail.