What if your brain wasn’t broken (like my audio setup was this week)—but beautifully built for a different kind of brilliance?

In this Memorial Day episode of NACHOS: The Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support, we explore what it means to be human in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and neurotypical norms.

From the hidden grooves of the brain to the simulated emotional intelligence of large language models, this episode connects cutting-edge research with lived neurodivergent experience. We ask big questions:

• ​Can a robot really understand emotion?
• ​What counts as communication, connection, or intelligence?
• ​How do we reclaim the freedom to live according to our own wiring?

This is more than a podcast episode—it’s an invitation. To rest. To unmask. To belong.

Tune in if you’ve ever:

• ​Felt out of step with social norms
• ​Been dismissed because your communication didn’t match expectations
• ​Needed a reminder that self-care is not selfish, but essential

Featuring:

• ​New research from UC Berkeley, University of Tokyo, and University of Geneva
• ​Reflections on Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Turing Test, and AI-human parallels
• ​A radical reminder: You are not a machine. You are gloriously, beautifully human.

Watch now and join the NACHOS community, where difference is not a defect, and presence matters more than performance.

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In this special Malcolm X Day episode of NACHOS: Neuro-Affirming Conversation Hour for Outreach and Support, we explore the intersection of rhythm, resonance, accountability, and growth through a neurodivergent lens.

This episode invites listeners to sit with discomfort, engage in radical self-reflection, and deepen their understanding of how science, music, memory, and justice intertwine in our everyday lives.

Topics include:

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) and the courage to reflect and repair

Neural Resonance Theory and how music becomes embodied experience

Psychedelics, immune responses, and emerging pathways for emotional healing

The evolutionary roots of rhythm in chimpanzee communication

Karma, self-perception, and the patterns we create to feel safe

Malcolm X’s legacy and the rhythm of truth as a practice, not a destination

Cosmic decay and what it means to live fully in impermanence

Affirmations and microaccommodations for neurodivergent belonging

We also discuss upcoming changes in the NACHOS community that reflect a deeper commitment to safety, mutual respect, and co-learning. This episode centers care, growth, and the idea that neurodivergent people deserve spaces where they can be soft, messy, curious, and heard.

What if aging isn’t a decline… but a deepening?

In this special birthday reflection, we invite you into a heartfelt and science-infused conversation about what makes a good life.

Not productivity.

Not perfection.

Not resisting change.

But softness.

Connection.

Self-care.

And the quiet, radical choice to belong — to yourself, exactly as you are, through every season of life.

Join us as we explore:

🍎 The surprising science behind flavonoids, resilience, and mental well-being

🌀 Why expanding waistlines and wrinkles are not moral failures, but part of our human story

🧬 What longevity research reveals about purpose, connection, and thriving — even past 100

🎈 And how birthdays offer the perfect moment to rethink success, self-worth, and what really matters

Aging isn’t something to fear — it’s something to soften into.

And in this space, you don’t have to earn belonging.

✨ You already belong — and this year, and every year, that’s more than enough.

This week’s NACHOS episode, "Lions, Landlords, and the Lie of Performance," is all about that quiet shift.

We explore how ancient inequalities, societal expectations, and modern productivity culture still pressure us to perform for our worth — and why stepping out of that arena is radical, necessary, and healing.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re on a stage you didn’t audition for — masking, pushing, burning out just to be “enough” — this episode is for you.

You don’t have to slay lions.

You don’t have to perform to belong.

You only need to show up, as you are.

Join us as we turn the page toward rest, authenticity, and neuro-affirming community.