WEBVTT - MINI: Jodi Rodgers chats Love On The Spectrum 💙

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<v Speaker 1>All right, guys. In the world of trashy reality TV,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a lot of it on the TV at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment. I mean maths. We're seeing the drama, drama, drama.

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<v Speaker 1>But there is another reality TV show that when it

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<v Speaker 1>first came on the screens that absolutely stole everyone's heart.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have gotten addicted to it again because it

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<v Speaker 1>has just been released on Netflix and now the Australian

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<v Speaker 1>version that is there, the US version, and it's called

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<v Speaker 1>Love on the Spectrum. Oh my love, this wholesome.

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<v Speaker 2>TV show that has ever exists.

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<v Speaker 1>It's honestly so beautiful and I think also it's such

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<v Speaker 1>an insight into how other people date, how other people live,

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<v Speaker 1>and how everyone kind of interacts. But some of the

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<v Speaker 1>stats around this is so interesting. So one in seveny

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<v Speaker 1>Australians are on the autism spectrum. And also this TV

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<v Speaker 1>show is Emmy Award winning. Now it's brilliant. If you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend going and watching it.

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<v Speaker 1>But we have joining us today Jodie Rodgers. She is

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<v Speaker 1>a sex ologist. She's one of the counselors and the

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<v Speaker 1>she's the relationship coach that's on this TV show. And

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, It's very different to maths relationship coaches,

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<v Speaker 1>where they're there and they're creating the drama. She's there

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<v Speaker 1>really helping these individuals on the show date and find

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<v Speaker 1>real love and real connections. It's so special. God, what

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<v Speaker 1>a job I know. Jody, Welcome to the pick up.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, how are you going? Thank you for having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so nice to speak to you again. We spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to you a little while ago on our podcast Life

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<v Speaker 2>on Cut.

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<v Speaker 3>That is right. I've just thought how quickly the world turns?

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<v Speaker 3>Is the last.

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<v Speaker 2>And now we're speaking to you here in the radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We love Love on the Spectrum even more now than

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<v Speaker 2>we did when we spoke to you. Why do you

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<v Speaker 2>think Love on the Spectrum has catapulted to one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most watched reality TV shows.

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<v Speaker 3>I think there's a couple of reasons. I think one

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<v Speaker 3>because people really relate to it, so, you know, even

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<v Speaker 3>my way, it's really educational for the broader community about

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<v Speaker 3>the diversity of autism. But it allows people to see themselves,

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<v Speaker 3>allows that connection with people that they may not have

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<v Speaker 3>even thought that they had things in common with. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think all all of us know how complex dating is,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, many people just come out and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>that's like me, or I do that, or that's where

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<v Speaker 3>I've experienced. So I think that's one. But the other

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<v Speaker 3>one is all the people who were on the show,

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<v Speaker 3>the autistic people who are on the show. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>so authentically themselves, and I think people can really see that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really different, isn't it when you see so many

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<v Speaker 1>people these days go on reality TV shows for Instagram followers,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you watch love on the spectrum and people

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<v Speaker 1>are actually there for relationships, so to make connections. Jody,

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<v Speaker 1>with your experience, I mean coming from being a sexologist

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<v Speaker 1>and then being a relationship counselor what made you want

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<v Speaker 1>to work with people who in you're a divergent.

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<v Speaker 3>I've really worked with people with disabilities my whole life.

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<v Speaker 3>But probably the biggest thing for me is the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that when I started hanging out with autistic people, I

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<v Speaker 3>was learning so much about a different way of seeing

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<v Speaker 3>the world or a different perspective, and me to just

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<v Speaker 3>open my eyes up completely to just how truly diverse

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<v Speaker 3>we all are. And so I'll just keep learning. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm thirty years in and I'm still going, oh, I

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<v Speaker 3>I never thought that I never knew. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>just love the fact that every single day I'll get

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<v Speaker 3>my mind open to a different as the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I think genuinely, like I've watched all the Aussie seasons,

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched all the American seasons because I genuinely love

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<v Speaker 2>the show, and I think we can all learn a

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<v Speaker 2>lot from the way people on the spectrum interacts, Like

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<v Speaker 2>I often I watch their interactions when they're like, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like you anymore, so honesty, like let's just

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<v Speaker 2>be friends, And I'm like, man, if only every guy

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<v Speaker 2>I ever dated just said that, it goes to me.

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<v Speaker 2>But I have relationships in my life with people that

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<v Speaker 2>are on the spectrum, and I learned so much from

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<v Speaker 2>the shows in helping me understand them better and the

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<v Speaker 2>way that I connect with them better. And you have

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<v Speaker 2>just written a new book called Unique. What autism can

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<v Speaker 2>teach us about different connection and belonging is that who

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<v Speaker 2>have you aimed that at? Have you aimed at that at?

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<v Speaker 2>Literally anybody that is interested in forming those connections?

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody? Yeah, everybody, But in one way, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>read somebody had written the other day saying, I think

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<v Speaker 3>this is Jodie's love letter to autism, and it really is.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a celebration of all the autistic people in my life,

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<v Speaker 3>but it's really for everybody because in my lifetime what

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<v Speaker 3>has also happened with me is that autistic people have

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<v Speaker 3>allowed me to understand one myself, but also every person

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<v Speaker 3>in my life. And so it's really a book where

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<v Speaker 3>it's all short stories, like you literally could pick it

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<v Speaker 3>up at any point and just look at part of

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<v Speaker 3>the way humans interact all of us. But it's really

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<v Speaker 3>a story to say, you know, this is an experience

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<v Speaker 3>I've had as an autistic person which has made me

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<v Speaker 3>rethink all of my relationships with every single person I've

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<v Speaker 3>come across, and how beautiful and wonderful that is. The

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<v Speaker 3>teachers in my life are people that are many many

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<v Speaker 3>people would consider to be so different, but yeah, there've

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<v Speaker 3>been the people that have taught me about connection and relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>That'd be a good reason.

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<v Speaker 3>So beautiful that's required reading. I think Unique available tomorrow, Jody.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, people can grab it very soon.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, it's going to be all the book. Go

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<v Speaker 3>and pick it.

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<v Speaker 1>Up, Jody Rogers. Everyone from Love on the Spectrum, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the pickup.

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<v Speaker 3>We do. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Love let's get out of here.

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<v Speaker 3>We're done for the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>She's so cute, isn't she. She's so remarkable. Honestly, the

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<v Speaker 1>show is brilliant. It's so much fun.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right, let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see tomorrow. Goodbye, guys,