Raun and Kristin: Bringing Hope into your Home
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Take a fun, feisty, fast-paced break from your day, and get some very useful tips and information to make your daily life easier. Enjoy a bi-weekly half hour with Raun, a funny and sharp international lecturer who is himself fully recovered from severe autism and Kristin, a high-energy inspirational autism mom, national speaker, and diet/sensory integration specialist. The show swings quickly through fun and informative segments, including:
- Argument of the Day: Raun and Kristin argue about a particular (often gender-related) topic.
- Invention of the Week: Brilliant inventions – that don’t exist but should – are concocted by the hosts. Listener ideas are welcome!
- Celebrating Our Kids: An inspirational autism story – sometimes small, sometimes big – is presented to brighten your day. Listener stories are invited!
- Theme of the Show: A more in-depth discussion of a particular topic of immediate use to you, the listener. Chock full of ideas, tips, and techniques.
- Kristin’s Korner: Special tips uncovered by Kristin.
- Raun’s Rant: A raucous sound-off about a current issue. Disagreements (or agreements) from listeners are welcome!
Program Archive
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Mon, 05/21/2012 - 2:00pm
Tantrums, hitting, shouting, pinching, etc. are really our children’s attempts to communicate as best they can in a hectic and often unresponsive world. The good news is that Raun and Kristin are here to show you some simple, doable strategies to enable your child to find sweet and useful ways to communicate and get their needs met. Your hosts also argue about whether men or women are better kissers, invent some surprising variations on contact lenses, and celebrate our kids. Kristin hands you some can’t-miss ideas for your life, and Raun makes a plea to “stop calling our children tragic.”
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Mon, 04/23/2012 - 2:00pm
Rigidity and challenges with being flexible comprise a major element of autism. Contradicting the emphasis on structure, Raun and Kristin discuss why helping our children improve their flexibility (which also addresses melt-downs, a symptom of flexibility issues) is so critically important. Your hosts also argue about padded push-up bras, create home-improving (and transforming) inventions, and celebrate our kids. Kristin dishes out essential living strategies, and Raun sounds off about the problems of voting for the right person in the age of cynical political parties.
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Mon, 04/09/2012 - 2:00pm
Yes, there IS love after divorce! Spend some time with Raun and Kristin hearing some very specific strategies to make this a reality for you. Your hosts also argue about whether men or women make better bosses, concoct inventions to revive your love life, and celebrate our kids. Kristin gives you ladies some crucial advice, and Raun rants about something you’re sure to like…or hate.
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Mon, 03/26/2012 - 2:00pm
Raun and Kristin are on a mission to help you to potty train your child! Your hosts give you some very concrete tips to make your child Master of the Throne. They also argue about dinners with exes, invent some extremely useful attire, and celebrate our kids. Kristin provides some very useful tips, and Raun weighs in on airport bathroom etiquette.
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Mon, 03/12/2012 - 2:00pm
This show is focuses on the importance going for your dream – even if you have a child on the spectrum. Whether your dream is writing a book, going back to school, or even just a weekend in some exotic location, Raun and Kristin challenge you not to use autism as a reason to shelve your dreams. Your hosts also argue about whether men and women can be friends, invent machines that give new meaning to the expression “good night’s sleep,” and celebrate our kids. Kristin provides some simple tips to help you get what you want, and Raun gives a nice, juicy rant.
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Mon, 02/27/2012 - 2:00pm
Most parental guilt and pressure stems from seeing everything your child does or accomplishes (including autism progress) as a reflection of you. Raun and Kristin spend this show helping you find a way out of this unpleasant cycle. Your two hosts also argue over which gender most often chooses a partner to look good (to themselves or others), invent products that enable us to read people’s minds, and celebrate our kids. Kristin explains how doing something quite surprising can help you to boost your confidence, ace that presentation, score well on that test, and be more successful overall. Raun concludes the show with a controversial sound-off entitled, “Stop Trying To Turn Our Children Into Robots.”
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Mon, 02/13/2012 - 2:00pm
Yes, we know you hate Valentine’s Day, but you won’t after you hear this show. Many of us see Valentine’s Day as yet another chore in our already busy and hectic lives. Raun and Kristin give you simple, meaningful ways to to bring you and your partner closer – WITHOUT having to put in extra time. Your hosts relish an argument over whether it’s better to get your loved one something traditional (roses, chocolates) or unusual and wacky (picnic on the living room floor). Raun and Kristin also invent some very special Valentine’s Day chocolates and celebrate our kids. Kristin's Korner asks you what you’ve done with your five minutes, and Raun rants against the destructive myths about love that movies feed us.
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Mon, 01/30/2012 - 2:00pm
This week’s show is all about our children (or adults) with Asperger’s Syndrome. Your hosts tell an inspiring Asperger story and give reasons to appreciate our Asperger’s kids’ unique personality traits and fall in love with their so-called “obsessions.” Raun and Kristin also argue over why men have commitment issues, come up with inventions for eliminating late-night pees and saving all marriages, and celebrate our kids. Kristin provides a crucial tip for maintaining harmony with your significant other and an important but overlooked factor impacting weight loss success. Raun ends the show with a homage to the unappreciated love, dedication, and know-how that parents of children on the spectrum bring to the table.
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Mon, 01/16/2012 - 2:00pm
How is Raun’s birthday relevant to your life? Tune in and see! The hosts discuss the importance of not buying into pessimistic predictions about what our children will not accomplish as they get older. An optimistic vision – along with some inspiring stories – is given, bringing to light the fact that our brains remain plastic throughout our lives. Raun and Kristin also argue over whether birthdays are good or bad, invent products to help us poop and shave (yup, you read that right), and celebrate our kids. Kristin gives some unorthodox but helpful uses for vegetable oil, and Raun speaks out against people condemning our children to life sentences.
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Mon, 01/02/2012 - 2:00pm
Raun and Kristin are back in the new year to help you help your entire family be just a little more healthy over the next 12 months. They focus specifically on diet as well as the usefulness of gearing health initiatives toward the whole family – not just for your special child. Raun and Kristin also argue about why more women graduate from college and start successful businesses, create inventions to help us keep our New Year’s resolutions, and celebrate our kids. Kristin provides some simple tips for getting a dent out of your car, getting grass stains out of jeans, and cleaning the grill. Raun ends the show by sounding off about how important it is to have accurate food labeling – and the efforts by the food lobby to make sure this doesn’t happen.
