Booking Overview
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Episodes: 56
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: <1k
Gender skew: Unknown
Location: USA
Instagram: 98.0k followers
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Host
Rae Jacobson - Writer and podcast host focused on ADHD, mental health, neurodivergence, and learning differences.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Stephen Damianos - Brain-monitoring Wearables, Neurotechnology, Privacy, And Risks For Neurodivergent People.
Melissa Miller - Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, How It Differs From ADHD, Overlapping Conditions, And Emerging Treatment Research.
Caroline Miller - Managing Employees With ADHD, Workplace Challenges, Communication, And Accommodations.
Anna North - The Popularity Of Fidget Toys, Sensory Needs, Fidgeting, Play, And Changing Attitudes Toward Neurodivergence.
Michelle Frank - Why People With ADHD Struggle To Remain In Therapy, Executive-function Barriers, Sensory Issues, Rejection Sensitivity, And Self-advocacy.
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Episodes
PJ Vogt’s decades-long quest to understand his own brain
September 24, 2026
Podcaster PJ Vogt has talked about his ADHD for years. Casually. Almost cheerfully. Then things changed. He decided to go off his ADHD medication, and he found the neuropsych report from when he was 13. It didn’t say what he thought.On this episode of Hyperfocus, PJ, who’s spent his entire career making some of the most popular podcasts around – like Reply All and Search Engine — talks about his journey to understand his own brain. And how when he reread that old assessment, he found somethin...
I’ve never felt like a good woman: ADHD and femininity
September 10, 2026
How does ADHD collide with femininity and gender expression? This has been a big question on Rae’s mind. So recently, she sat down with her friend and colleague Cate Osborn for a chat on her podcast, Sorry I Missed This. We’re sharing that episode with you today.Cate and Rae dig into what it felt like to watch other girls “get it.” The tidiness. The calm. The effortlessness. All things that executive dysfunction made feel out of reach. They talk about the pressure to be nurturing, organi...
The brain is the last frontier of privacy. And you’re the target.
August 27, 2026
Your smartwatch tracks your steps and your pulse. Soon, devices like it could track your brainwaves, and even tell if the wearer is neurodivergent. Brain-monitoring wearables that purport to help with focus, sleep, and even ADHD are already being sold online. This is called “neurotechnology,” and it’s a fast-moving market with almost zero regulation. Stephen Damianos of the Neurorights Foundation joins us to unpack the potential promise — and dangers — of this emerging technology. We discuss ...
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