Reid Miles Podcasts Two shows. One curiosity-driven mission: telling human stories that matter. Hosted by Reid Miles, this podcast feed is home to two distinct but connected conversations. The Neurodivergent Connection centers neurodivergent voices lived experience, late diagnosis, advocacy, creativity, and the realities of navigating a world not built for autistic minds. These episodes focus on understanding, accessibility, and belonging, grounded in honesty and real conversation rather than clinical distance. The Curious Storyteller began as a celebration of remarkable people and the stories that shaped them. It has since evolved into deeper, reflective conversations about identity, resilience, reinvention, and the...
Latest episodes
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53 min
The Curious Storyteller: The Moment a Packed Suitcase Changed Everything
When You Look Fine on the Outside but Know Something Is Wrong at HomeFrom the outside, Christine Dillard’s life looked steady and successful. In this conversation, I sit with the p…
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1 h 11
Autistic Employees Are Not the Problem the Interview Process Is
Why Autistic Job Seekers Are Still Being Screened Out Before They Can Show What They Can DoIf you've ever wondered why so many autistic people struggle to get hired even when they'…
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1 h 05
How Neurodivergent Adults Can Rebuild Safety After Years of Stress
When Trauma, Autism, and ADHD Start to OverlapIf you’ve ever wondered whether overwhelm, shutdowns, masking, or constant tension are coming from neurodivergence, trauma, or both, t…
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1 h 19
The Curious Storyteller: Making Home Safer So Life Stays Bigger
What Independence Really Means When Home Starts to Feel HarderWhat happens when stairs, bathrooms, or even getting out of bed start to change how someone sees their own life?In thi…
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1 h 10
A Diagnosis Can Bring Relief and Still Become a Box
Living Past the Label: What a Diagnosis Can Explain Without Defining YouA diagnosis can bring relief, but what happens if it starts to become the whole story?In this episode, I sit…
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30 min
The Curious Storyteller: The Phone Call That Changed J D Barkers Life Before Dessert Arrived
What Success Doesn’t Fix: My Conversation with J.D. Barker on Writing, Doubt, and Staying the CourseI sat down with bestselling author J.D. Barker for a conversation that goes far…
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1 h 01
What happens when you stop fixing yourself and start listening instead
What Self-Acceptance Can Change for Neurodivergent PeopleWhat happens when I stop fighting who I am and start working with myself instead? In this episode, I sit down with Amanda S…
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1 h 04
The Moment He Saw His Son and Finally Understood Himself
From Refugee Childhood to Neurodivergent Fatherhood with NorbertWhat happens when raising your children helps you finally understand your own past? In this episode, I sit down with…
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1 h 11
The Curious Storyteller: A Diagnosis May Name Something But It Does Not Tell the Whole Story
When a Label Helps, Hurts, or Hides the Person Beneath ItWhat happens when we trust a diagnosis more than we trust the person living it? In this conversation, I sit down with Andre…
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1 h 03
The Other Side: Dating, Loneliness, Rejection and What I’ve Learned About Myself
What Dating Feels Like for Me as an Autistic, ADHD AdultIn this episode, I hand the mic to Kailee Rae and open up about something I don’t usually talk about this personally: dating…
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1 h 36
The Curious StoryTeller: How a Brain Injury Changed One Man’s Life and Led Him Back to Purpose
What a Brain Injury Took, What Purpose Gave BackWhat happens when the life you built disappears, and you have to figure out who you are from the ground up?In this episode, I sit do…
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1 h 02
When a Diagnosis Feels Heavy: How to Keep a Label From Becoming Your Life.
When Life Breaks the Old Map: Belonging, Labels, and Finding Yourself AgainI sat down with Sabrina D’Amato for a conversation that starts with loss and reinvention, then moves into…
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2 h 03
The Curious Storyteller: From Sunday Roasts to Food Network How Simon Majumdar Built a New Life After 40
How Simon Majumdar Found Home Through Food, Memory, and a Life RebuiltWhat if one meal could take you back home, while also pushing you toward a completely new life?In this convers…
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45 min
The One Inheritance Mistake That Can Cost SSI and Medicaid
What Happens to My Child When I’m Gone? A Hard but Necessary ConversationIf you’ve ever quietly wondered what happens to your disabled child in the future, this conversation is for…
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1 h 08
What Lockdown Revealed About ADHD That Success Had Hidden for Years
Late Diagnosis, Perimenopause, and the Career Questions No One Prepared Us ForWhat happens when your routines fall apart, your symptoms get louder, and a late diagnosis suddenly ma…
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1 h 10
The Curious Storyteller: OCPD Is Not OCD and That Difference Changes Everything
What OCPD Really Feels Like, and Why It’s So Often MisunderstoodWhat if the thing you’ve called perfectionism your whole life was actually something deeper?In this episode, I sit d…
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1 h 12
The Breakfast That Looked Healthy but Made Everything Harder
When Mental Health Recovery Needs More Than RestWhat if burnout, brain fog, and mood swings aren’t just “in your head” but signs your body is asking for help?In this episode, I sit…
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57 min
Your Credentials Are Not the Reason People Remember You
What ADHD Costs Us Quietly, and Why Your Real Story Still MattersIf you’ve ever wondered why small tasks can carry such a heavy price with ADHD, this conversation will likely hit c…
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1 h 28
The Curious Storyteller: How Zolal Habibi Turned Grief Into a Lifelong Stand for Iran
What Freedom Costs: My Conversation with Zulal Habibi on Iran, Loss, and ResistanceWhat happens when freedom isn’t an idea, but something your family has paid for in blood? In this…
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1 h 00
From Surviving in Silence to Finding Your Voice After Autism and C PTSD
What Happens When Autism, C-PTSD, and Self-Worth Finally Start to Make SenseWhat if the hard parts of your past finally started to make sense—and you realized you still had a say i…