Best friends and podcast hosts Kat and Jack bring their signature honesty and humour to a candid conversation about ADHD. Jack, founder of Beautiful Strangers—the creative team behind hit podcasts NewlyWeds and The Girls Bathroom, joins Kat to share what they’ve learned in the year since launching their ADHD podcast, Distracted.
In this chat with Ben, they dive into their biggest bugbears with the ADHD community, the reality of private vs. NHS diagnosis, and the fine line between distraction and procrastination. They also explore an often-overlooked topic: how ADHD sensitivity manifests differently in men and women—and why that matters
1:45 ADHD: Does like attract like?
2:58 Finding Your Neurodivergent Squad
3:53 Kat’s ADHD Realisation
5:00 Jack’s Mid-Haircut ADHD Realisation
5:28 The Journey of an ADHD Diagnosis
6:16 Going Private VS 22 Year Waitlist VS ADHD Self-Diagnosis
6:52 The Human Experience through an ADHD Lens
7:20 Undiagnosed & Needing Medication VS Formally Diagnosed ADHD
7:49 Why Kat & Jack decided to start ADHD Podcast, ‘Distracted’
9:05 Double ADHD Teamwork is the Dreamwork
9:36 Kat & Jacks Advice for starting a Podcast
10:12 What inspires Kat & Jack’s ADHD Podcast Topics?
11:16 The Most Surprising Thing About ADHD: One Year On
12:14 Discovering the Undiscovered: Spreading the Word About ADHD
12:46 ADHD in Women VS ADHD in Men
13:32 Kat & Jack’s World of ADHD Bugbears
15:20 Autism Stigma VS ADHD Stigma
15:50 Why Jack Decided Not To Use ADHD Medication
17:04 Kat & Jack’s Key Strategies for ADHD's Toughest Challenges
18:29 Kat’s Top Tips for Tackling ADHD Procrastination
19:03 Distraction VS Procrastination
19:24 The Twenty Minute ADHD Game
20:32 Letting Go of The ADHD Shame
21:04 Brilliant ADHD Brains
21:48 The Beauty of ADHD Emotional Extremes and RSD
22:52 Intuitive Empathy VS Physical Empathy
23:37 When RSD Can Take Over Rationality
24:11 Celebrating Women’s ADHD Sensitivity & Shining a Light on Men’s ADHD Sensitivity
25:57 Embracing The Power of A Good Cry
26:23 Jack’s Dry Years
26:58 Kat & Jack’s ND Badges of Honour
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On "The Hidden 20%," host Ben Branson chats with neurodivergent [ADHD, Autism, Dyscalculia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's etc.] creatives, entrepreneurs, and experts to see how great minds.. think differently.
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Head of Production: Bella Neale
Assistant Producer: Phoebe De Leiburne
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Social Media Manager: Charlie Young
Music: Jackson Greenberg
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