{"podcast":{"title":"Humans, being. with Lael Stone","slug":"humans-being-with-lael-stone-7489374","podcast_index_feed_id":7489374,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans-being-with-lael-stone/feed.xml","website_url":"https://humansbeing.au/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans-being-with-lael-stone/20260106_030109_284dfdfbe6d31ffd1be295915a29c114.jpg","author":"Lael Stone","episode_count":31,"summary":"Humans, being .™ is a podcast created and presented by Lael Stone that explores the real stories behind the public personas. This podcast is about you as a listener, and for all of us to come home to realising that we are all humans being, doing the best job that we know how. I would love to hear from you – what questions you may have, what contemplations you've received from this episode, what guests you'd like me to have on, or any themes or topics you would love me to discuss. Send us a message on our site or on any of our social platforms: Web: humansbeing.au Instagram: @humansbeingwithlaelstone Facebook: @humansbeingwithlaelstone TikTok: @humansbeingwithlaelstone YouTube: @humansbeingwithlaelstone Brand/Partnerships: partnerships@humansbeing.au Connect with Lael: Web: laelstone.com.au Instagram: @laelstone Facebook: @laelstone Team: Brand and Creative by Mike Gaal, Original Music by Josh Reed, Recorded at WeMOV, Melbourne, Produced by Nigel Carboon. Humans, being .™ is produced on the lands of the Bunurong and Wathaurong people. We pay respect to their unique and diverse cultures and to elders past, present and future.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T04:21:23.419279+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-being-with-lael-stone-7489374"},"episode":{"title":"Em Rusciano, being. with Lael Stone | The Diagnostic Trifecta ♥︎","slug":"em-rusciano-being-with-lael-stone-the-diagnostic-trifecta","published_at":"2026-08-16T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-being-with-lael-stone-7489374/em-rusciano-being-with-lael-stone-the-diagnostic-trifecta","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-being-with-lael-stone-7489374","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans-being-with-lael-stone/3050943","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/347610/3050943/humans-being-with-lael-stone/2026_08_06_11_09_06_caf73c6d-7265-40be-8103-a4df4717ba6d.mp3","summary":"* There are a few F-bombs in our discussion. If you’ve little ones listening nearby, consider headphones! Em Rusciano knows this: taking care of herself first is a radical punk act. And if you know Em from her music, book, radio, or her gloriously chaotic Instagram, you already know she's never done anything by halves. Em talks about parenting her 6yr old son, who she describes, with so much love, as a “sixty-year-old cranky super genius”; her family… they’re a “lineage of lunatics” (in the best possible way), the 30 years of friendship with her bestie, screenwriter Michael Lucas; and about dating again in her forties after divorce. We explore: The \"Diagnostic Trifecta\": ADHD at forty-two, autism at forty-three, and perimenopause arriving right on schedule, and why Em is grateful she wasn't diagnosed any sooner Why everything she creates gets made \"for her\", the woman lying awake at 2am, wondering what happened to her life The imprints from her dad and her mum that she's still working to untangle School, undiagnosed neurodivergence, and what it cost her to be brilliant at the hard stuff / punished for struggling with the easy stuff Why her darling mate Michael is who she calls the greatest love story of her life Dating after divorce, and the new rule book she's discovered for choosing instead of waiting to be chosen [Recorded Online May 2026] About Em Rusciano: Em Rusciano is a comedian, singer, author, and podcaster who has spent two decades making Australians laugh, cry, and feel a little less alone. 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