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Oh hot hot, hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot. Topic. Hello and welcome to the Neuro Spicy news. Hot topic.
Jordan
Hot hot topic. Hot hot topic. Hot hot. Talking about a film today.
Co-host
Oh, I thought we're gonna go Sunshine on a rainy day. You don't remember that 90s dance tune? Okay, it.
Jordan
Okay. I was going for like the Pearl and Dean. You know that, you know, you remember what that used to be at the front of the movies.
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We need to get better at this.
Jordan
Yeah.
Co-host
Or not. Maybe comment. Do you like the fact that we are completely unorganized or do. Would you like us to be more organized method to our mad.
Jordan
One moment, one moment, caller. There is genuinely one person that really likes my songs which is called Borderline Chick. On Spotify they're always like, I really like Simon's songs.
Co-host
But you don't have any songs.
Jordan
Not yet.
Co-host
Right.
Jordan
Sorry everybody.
Co-host
I swear. And I. I mean I do, but this is about the movie, I swear. And the fact that they've been nominated for. Is it several BAFTAs?
Jordan
Multiple BAFTAs.
Co-host
Multiple BAFTAs. Multiple, but were snubbed by the smeggy Oscars. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bastards. Now, I, I first watched this obviously last year and I was, I had trepidations because it's, it's a neurodivergent topic. It's about a guy, a real life person who exists in the real world, who has Tourette's and his life of not giving away the movie too much, but his life of like growing up, you know, as a, as an average kid. Then suddenly this Tourette's comes along and it just changes his whole world. It changes his family dynamics.
Jordan
It ruins so much in his.
Co-host
It ruins so much. But then he overcomes so much and then he actually becomes an inspiration and an advocate and a speaker. And it, it's definitely spoke to me. I was like, this guy is. His whole life just seems so, so similar in, in, in so many stages. Like when he was a kid being bullied and then he found it difficult to get a job and then being taken seriously in public and stuff. His version of Tourette's is, is, is physical and verbal tics. Now I had those when I was a kid. I had physical and verbal, as did I, and I managed to overcome my verbal tics, but I still have a lot of physical tics, especially my right hand, which seems to have a life of its own and does genuinely drive me insane sometimes. But seeing this movie, especially when he's bullied at school and there's a scene, he's walking along the corridor and he's.
Jordan
Oh, I knew you were going to say that moment.
Co-host
And there's people behind him mocking him. And I, I must have cried like five times in this movie, dude.
Jordan
It took me three hours to watch this movie because I had to keep pausing it.
Co-host
It's getting, getting over the C.R.
Jordan
D. So just sort of. This is a Scottish biographical drama. It's written, directed and produced by Kirk Jones. And I think they did an incredible job with this film. The subject, John Davis, is played by Robert Aramao and he's been nominated for a Best acting bafta.
Co-host
He should win it. He was so good.
Jordan
What an incredible performance. But one of the things that spoke to me with this film is that it reflected so many stages of my life almost to a point of like, pure parallel. And one of the reviews that I've seen for this film is this film will change somebody's life. And I completely, completely agree because it's actually made me change how I feel about myself in a way, because seeing this young man's experience of how much potential he had. He was potentially going to be a professional footballer. And the ticks start at a time where the opportunities come cruelly and this young man is painted as somebody that he completely isn't because of something he cannot control.
Co-host
Yeah.
Jordan
And the conversations that he has about himself where he just feels tired of this existence or not being taken seriously. And there are moments where he gets in trouble with law enforcement and nobody will hear him. And not only did I see some of my own experiences reflected in this film, but I saw my community represented in this film.
Co-host
Yes.
Jordan
And there are some beautiful, hilarious moments in this movie.
Co-host
Oh, it is definitely. It's funny.
Jordan
It's funny. It's funny. It really is funny.
Co-host
But it's not it. But it's not take the piss out of people with Tourette's funny, because that's not funny. It's. He's funny and he knows he's funny.
Jordan
Yeah.
Co-host
And he knows some of the things that he does are going to be conceived as funny. And instead of apologizing for it, he just embraces it and just goes, well, you know, fuck it.
Jordan
But one of the things that I love so much about this movie is the part that Maxine Peak plays in it, who is a wonderful actress.
Co-host
I see her part in it, and I call it the Sylvia role, what she did for him. So if people don't understand it, she was the woman that saw past his disabilities and saw the person that he was and then just wanted to help the person and. And not just treat him as if like he's incapable of doing something. She made him believe in himself.
Jordan
Yeah. And there's a one particular moment in this film that caused me to sob. And even thinking about it now is making me feel emotional, is she has this speech with him where she said, if you're in my house, you do not apologize for things you cannot control.
Co-host
Yes. I love that bit. I love that bit.
Jordan
What a beautiful monologue in film. What it said to me. And sort of watching this character grow, and then I've got. I've literally got tears rolling down my cheeks thinking about it. It's how powerful this film is.
Co-host
It is.
Jordan
It's how people support him and go to fight for him. And there's a particular moment in this film where he realizes that he wants to help other people and that he can help other people. And doing this podcast has been that for me. So seeing that sort of represented on screen and somebody turning something that they really dislike about themselves and wish they could cure into something that they learn to support through community and helping other people was beautiful. It's, it's such a. A beautiful film. And I truly encourage anybody that's neurodivergent to watch it because so many of our, so many of our moments that we all have in common are in this film. And there's an incredible moment where the character John meets a girl who's 24, who has never met somebody else with Tourette syndrome. And he gets in the car with her and they basically have a game of tick tennis.
Co-host
I'd love that.
Jordan
And it's a hilarious scene. But you see, the healing that happens in that moment for that young woman is just. Oh, it's beautiful.
Co-host
I definitely felt like, like I said, there's so many things that really, really hit home with me in comparisons to my life and, you know, his mother being a real problem.
Jordan
Oh, yeah, She's. She's not good.
Co-host
I'm just. Him just like, the, the fact that everyone is blaming him for. I'm gonna freaking cry. Everyone is literally just blaming him for everything. And I'm just like that. That is exactly like everyone was. It said everything was my fault. Oh, yeah. It's. It's Joe's ways, Joe's fault. It's always, Was always my fault. And I genuinely didn't understand what was happening. I didn't get it. And, and the mocking and the bullying that I received because of, of my ticks. I, I, I had a, A very strange and aggressive head tick that my, My head would fly up and it would, it would, it would nod and stuff, and I, I would shake my arm a lot and my arm would fly out and it would, like, I would literally just like, wave my hand and I hadn't, I had no control over these things. And as I've got older, they've, they've, They've subsided to a certain extent, but they're still there. Like. But I think they were exacerbated from anxiety.
Jordan
Oh, absolutely.
Co-host
And being scared, like, it's like the more I was worried about them, the more they kept coming out.
Jordan
I have to ask, did you tick while you were watching the film? Because I did. And I had some ticks that I'd not had for a long time. Sort of rear themselves, and I was like, that's unusual.
Co-host
Oh, so we almost like unmasking your.
Jordan
Tick a little bit. Yeah. Because I used to have this sort of, like, really open my mouth and sort of move my head forward. And I noticed I was doing it.
Co-host
I, I jumped during the film and I Used to have something where I.
Jordan
Turned my neck a little bit as well. And I went through this phase where I would literally just have my middle finger up. Like I would do that.
Co-host
Love it.
Jordan
When I was a kid. And I remember, I remember doing that once to my dad by accident. And I was so upset when I was a kid and I completely forgot about it until I watched this film. And it was really unusual to sit with that memory because I just completely sort of erased it. And it made me think about how many tics I suppress in everyday life without even really thinking about it because I actually do have quite a lot of tics and I don't really acknowledge them a lot. And watching this film really sort of made, like I say it took me three hours to watch it and it's because I kept pausing it and just having these moments of reflection and yeah, it just, it just amazes me that I sometimes am so incredibly self aware and then I'm not. And it was just a really unusual sort of feeling just to sit with these memories of being like, I used to do things like this and I sort of quote unquote grew out of them, but I don't know if I did.
Co-host
But I think what's also really beautiful is that I can compare us to him at the end of the movie where he is changing people's lives. He's making a difference. He's making people feel better about themselves because he's talking about it. He's openly talking about his life. He's talking about, you know, how he lives with, with these ticks and, and, and he's an inspiration for just existing in the world and, and, and not letting these things bring him down. He embraces them and, and he teaches others to embrace them. And he is an inspiration. And I don't say this because I kind of always feel embarrassed about this, but that is literally how people have, have talked about me and you. That is what we are doing. So as tragic as our lives have been, in certain moments, at least at the end of our movie, we've done something great. We made it count. It didn't happen for no reason. I don't wish that it had happened, but at least I'm doing something with that knowledge of what happened to me and how I was treated. I'm trying to help others not feel shitty. That's what this is. That's what our talks are. That's what my Facebook was about. That's what we're doing. And I think that out of everything that I could relate to in the movie. I think that's the thing that made me so proud of myself, which I don't often feel proud of myself.
Jordan
I felt the same though, dude, watching him do the talks. I saw you and I felt proud of you. But then I also felt proud of me as well watching it.
Co-host
Yeah, well, because this is a talk. You're doing talks. Just because you don't have an audience in front of you, you still got an audience. Thousands of people listen to Thousands of people. 130,000 people now. 130,000 listens. We've got people and thousands of people are listening to us. And, and I know we're changing lives. And the thing is, is that things like that, people like that have changed my life. Things I've read, things I've watched films like this with, with genuinely good acting where, where they haven't infantilized, they haven't insulted, they haven't gone full R word as Robert Downey Jr. Yeah, in Tropic Thunder, you don't go full R word. I, I think it was just so well done. And I, I don't know if the act is neurodivergent. I suppose at this point it doesn't actually matter to me whether he is or not. It's called acting. It's acting. So if he. Long as he did it respectfully, as long as it was written respectively, and it was, it was so neuro affirming that for me, I would say that it's not just one of my favorite movies lately is now one of my favorite movies.
Jordan
I'm so glad you said that, dude. And I don't mean that in hyperbole. This is a film I think I will find myself coming back to watch again and again and again. I cannot think of a more neuro affirming film. I actually believe people will watch this film and change their opinions on a lot of people in society.
Co-host
Because you, you can swap out Tourette's for any neurodivergence.
Jordan
Absolutely.
Co-host
You can swap out Tourette's for one sexuality. Because it has nothing to do with the disability or anything to do with the thing that, the differences. Because obviously, you know, having a different sexuality isn't a disability. But I'll actually tell you what, and I don't know why I've never spoken about this before, but I actually do think having a different sexuality can be a disability. Not because in itself it's a disability, but because other people disable you socially because of your sexuality. So the discrimination itself disables you in the Same way. And correct me if I'm wrong, but if you. If you went back to the 50s and. And there was a small village in Cornwall and. And the black family moved into this all white area and everybody treated that black family as if they were social pariahs. Like they didn't want them there. They wouldn't, you know, serve them, know, restaurants. They. They didn't want them at, you know, like almost segregation.
Jordan
They segregated them.
Co-host
The completely ostracization of this one family. In that sense, socially speaking, them being black is a disability. They are now being socially disabled because of the color of their skin.
Jordan
You just lumped in with others. Ostracization as being an other.
Co-host
Yeah. So a disability isn't just a physical thing or a mental thing. A disability can be social disability of how others treat you because you're different. You become disabled because of them, not because of who you are. So you can literally swap so many different things for this particular story and it will just speak to anybody who grew up different from the rest.
Jordan
Yeah. And another thing that I really like about this film as well is there are people that realize they were wrong about him and they actually apologized to.
Co-host
Him and the police officer.
Jordan
That bit, dude, really caught me because I was like, good. Good for you. Good for you, man. This is an incredible film. It's been. You are going to now. Wow.
Co-host
Go watch it.
Jordan
Five stars from us. But. But it's been nominated for outstanding, outstanding British film of the year and I would really, really like it to win because this is a British film.
Co-host
I haven't actually been invested in the BAFTAs or Oscars. I haven't given a shot, but I am genuinely. So we might. Another hot topic might be and hopefully will be that this film will win BAFTAs. Yeah, it's the 20 deserves them. I'm pissed that the Oscars didn't.
Jordan
I see that Oscars didn't. Because it's a British film. Like international films for them aren't English speaking.
Co-host
Well, I'm sorry, but Lord of the Rings is. Is a New Zealand film with British. Mostly British actors. So. And that was nominated for God knows how many.
Jordan
Yes.
Co-host
And like, honestly, the. The fact that, I mean, James Bond is British. Harry Potter, like it or hate it, Harry Potter's British. No, that. We make great freaking films, dude. And I mean, for crying out loud, the King's Speech. That was a British film.
Jordan
Yeah.
Co-host
One Oscars. Yeah, that one Best Actor.
Jordan
Yeah. I mean, hopefully this so sweet.
Co-host
The fact that it's British, for me, it's not A reason to not have it in the Oscars.
Jordan
No, I, I agree. I understand why they've not put it in, but I agree. But it's nominated for best screenplay as a bafta. Robert Aramao, who plays John Davidson, I am so interested in hearing his process for creating this role and like, what a. To the point of. I didn't even realize that he didn't have Tourette's. Like, it's an unbelievable performance and I really, really do hope he gets a lot of work off the back of this. And as well, the, the gentleman, Peter Mullen, who plays the character Tommy, who's a great friend of this character in this film, has also been nominated for best supporting actor and best casting as well. So I really do hope that this film gets the recognition that it deserves. And please go and watch it. One of the things that I love about movies is the worlds that they build and the stories that they can create. But there aren't a lot of films that you watch where you come away from it and it keeps you up at night and it changes you. You know, it makes you think about who you are when you leave the room. And this is one of those films.
Co-host
Well, I'm gonna put this out there now. I, I would love to have John Davidson, the person the film is based on, I would love, love to have him on the neurodiversion experience. I, if, if you know him, if anybody knows him, please reach out. I will at some point. I think that I'll let everything die down a bit. I will probably get rejected and I'll feel that rejection, but I won't, I won't feel it personally towards this man because as far as I'm concerned, because of this film and because I have actually deep dived and done research, background research of this, this wonderful, wonderful human. I, I would, I would love to speak to John Davison. I would love to do it. So maybe, maybe that's in our future. But until then, everybody listening, please watch this film and let's all sit with fingers crossed because we hope that it wins every BAFTA it's nominated for because it really is an incredible representational movie.
Jordan
And thank you for making it as well.
Co-host
Thank you for making it. Who it? Beautiful.
Jordan
Yeah. Kirk Jones, you're a legend. Thank you for making this movie. It's. It means a lot to a lot of people. So we will be back on Monday with Mindful Mondays. This is Jordan's hurrah for a couple of weeks. He's going to New Zealand.
Co-host
I'm in New Zealand as you're listening but I'm going to New Zealand as of recording. So look on my Facebook page and you will see lots of beautiful pictures of waterfalls and so on and so forth.
Jordan
Yeah, no I'm really looking forward to seeing those, dude. And you've. You deserve a good break. Well everybody, thank you so much for tuning in. Please let us know what if you've seen this film. If you're about to watch this film, I really want to hear what you think about it. Get in our comments on Spotify or on Jordan's Facebook page. Take care of yourself out there. Lovely people. Be kind and we'll be be back next week nightly.
Co-host
Bye.
Jordan
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Yeah. Gotta check on that.
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Oh, don't we all?
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Release Date: February 13, 2026
In this episode of The Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan and Simon dive deep into the 2025 Scottish biographical film "I Swear." The hosts call it "the most neuroaffirming film we’ve seen," discussing its representation of Tourette's syndrome, its emotional impact, the importance of authentic neurodivergent storytelling, and its resonance within the broader neurodivergent community. The episode is a heartfelt, personal, and at times humorous exploration of how the film reflects not just individual but shared neurodivergent experiences.