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Brain Friends: The Podcast is a survivor-led show about stroke, brain health, aphasia, recovery, and health equity. Hosted by Angie Cauthorn, a two-time stroke survivor and aphasia advocate, Brain Friends takes complicated medical and research topics and turns them into everyday clarity. The show is for survivors, care partners, families, clinicians, researchers, and anyone trying to understand what life after stroke can really look like. Brain Friends began with me and my friend and co-host, Dr. D. Seles Gadson, a neuroscientist, speech-language pathologist, and champion for equity in aphasia care. Dr. Seles’s work focused on health disparities, representation, and making science useful for real communities. Her voice still opens and closes every episode, and her legacy remains part of the show’s foundation. Since launching in June 2022, Brain Friends has reached listeners in more than 100 countries, with conversations that center stroke recovery, aphasia, cognit
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Signup to Generate a PitchBrain Friends: The Podcast is a survivor-led show about stroke, brain health, aphasia, recovery, and health equity. Hosted by Angie Cauthorn, a two-time stroke survivor and aphasia advocate, Brain Friends takes complicated medical and research topics and turns them into everyday clarity.
Brain Friends is hosted by Angie Cauthorn. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "2026 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Guideline with Chair Dr. Lorie Richards" (2 October 2026, 37 minutes), "BE FAST Stroke Signs And The Seconds That Matter with Karrima Owens" (28 August 2026, 41 minutes), and "More than words, Why Storytelling Breaks Down In Aphasia Recovery" (16 July 2026, 41 minutes).
Brain Friends publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 35 episodes.
Booking probability for Brain Friends is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Brain Friends requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Brain Friends's contact route on record: verified email.
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Angie Cauthorn hosts Brain Friends, a science podcast with 35 episodes published.
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Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail The 2026 Guideline for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association is a major update to how we understand stroke rehabilitation...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail A stroke doesn’t always arrive like a movie scene. Sometimes it shows up as a dragging leg, blurry vision, a face that won’t smile straight, or speech or language that suddenly changes. And the scariest...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail What does it actually mean to recover language after a stroke? Not just pass a test, but tell a story, hold a conversation, explain what happened to you at the airport. In this episode, I sit down with...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Rachel Forman is a stroke neurologist at Yale School of Medicine. She treats stroke, researches it, and takes that knowledge into communities through Stamp Out Stroke -- sixty-plus events and...
Brain Friends
Send us Fan Mail Two world-class researchers walked into this conversation because of one woman. They did not have to. They chose to. Dr. Peter Turkeltaub is a neurologist at Georgetown University Medical Center. MD...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail A stroke can feel like a lightning strike on the brain’s power grid—which is why the new 2026 AHA/ASA acute ischemic stroke guidelines focus on speed, clarity, and better systems at every step. We sit...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail A friendship became a movement when a survivor searching for culturally competent therapy met a clinician who refused to treat equity like an optional add-on. What started as a phone call turned into...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail Words don’t just disappear; sometimes the path to them does. We explore what aphasia really is—evidence of brain injury—and why that framing changes everything for survivors, caregivers, and clinicians...
Episode #3
Send us Fan Mail A face that slips, a word that won’t come, an arm that won’t lift—tiny moments that point to massive truths about how the brain works, heals, and sometimes declines. I invited Dr. Roy Hamilton...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Seles shares her harrowing experience of being in Israel when war broke out in October, capturing both the fear of the situation and the remarkable perspective it gave her on American privilege. •...
Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail Hey Brain Friends, Celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Seles is at the heart of today's episode. I'm sharing the original recording of our neuroplasticity episode from 2022 that didn't make the cut...
Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail In this brief episode of Brain Friends, Angie shares the devastating news of the passing of her beloved friend and co-host, Dr. Davetrina Seles Gadson, after a courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Seles...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Brain Friends, we delve into the complexities of cognitive function and its disorders. Angie shares her personal journey with cognitive impairment following a stroke, highlighting the...
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail Language assessments after stroke are not all the same, and the type of test a clinician chooses directly affects what gets measured and what gets missed. This episode breaks down the difference between...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Brain Friends, we share a behind-the-scenes conversation between Angie and Dr. Seles on Anomia. Together we weigh the benefits of recognizing the different types of Anomia and the...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail Black stroke survivors with aphasia face compounding barriers to care, and the research is clear on what needs to change. This episode breaks down five concrete actions clinicians, researchers, and care...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail Aphasia affects nearly 2 million Americans, yet most people have never heard of it. This episode makes the case for why awareness is not just a campaign, it is a survival issue. From diagnosis to...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Stroke recovery does not happen alone. This episode brings Angie's husband & care partner Kiehl Cauthorn into the conversation for an honest look at what aphasia support actually requires. Together they...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail Primary progressive aphasia is not the same as stroke-related aphasia, and the difference matters for diagnosis, treatment, and family planning. In this episode, Dr. Davetrina Seles Gadson breaks down...
Episode #4
Send us Fan Mail Alexia is an acquired reading disorder with difficulty seeing and reading words or understanding the meaning of written words. "Agraphia" is the loss of a previous ability to write. Angie discovers new...
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