Rad N Bad Podcast

Episode 56: Your Error Correction Sucks and Here's How to Fix It

What happens right after a wrong answer is one of the most repeated things we do all day, and in a lot of clinics nobody chooses it. Sean and Mike go after the one-size "

Episode 56: Your Error Correction Sucks and Here's How to Fix It

What happens right after a wrong answer is one of the most repeated things we do all day, and in a lot of clinics nobody chooses it. Sean and Mike go after the one-size "

Disruptors on Deck: Avoiding A$$ Clownery with Paulie Gloves

Your title doesn't make you a leader. Your behavior does. On Disruptors on Deck Ep 1, Sean and Mike sit down with Dr. Paul "Paulie Gloves" Gavoni (Ed.D., BCBA-D), CEO an

Episode 55: Your Prompting Hierarchy Sucks and Here's How to Fix It

 Somewhere there's a laminated prompt hierarchy on a clinic wall, and every learner gets run through it the same way. Sean and Mike argue that prompt dependency is usuall

Episode 54: The Death of Parsimony: How Administrative Bloat, 30-Page BIPs, and Token Casinos Murdered Common Sense in ABA

In science, there is a foundational principle every single behavior analyst had to memorize to pass their certification exam: parsimony. Rule out the simplest, most obvio

Episode 53: The Middle Ground of NET: Escaping the Babysitting Trap with Precision Mechanics & Real-World Rigor

Here’s the dirty little open secret in applied behavior analysis right now: the pendulum swung so hard away from discrete trial training that clinicians are terrified to

Episode 52: Dosage by Tradition: Why ABA Confused 30 Hours on a Clock with Actual Clinical Science

Somewhere along the way, applied behavior analysis took an intensely personal clinical question—what does this unique child and family actually need right now?—and turned

Episode 51: The Financial Chokehold: Killing the 60-Day Cash Trap & Beating Private Equity with Data w/ Ethan Schwarzbach of Flychain

There is a brutal reality nobody warns you about when you sit for your BCBA exam: within 18 months of launching an independent practice, you aren't analyzing behavior gra

Episode 50: Why Medicine Thinks We’re Arrogant: Rational Therapeutics, Clinical Isolation, & Putting Our Field on Extinction w/ Dr. Steven Merahn, MD

For decades, the applied behavior analysis sector in autism has treated the broader healthcare ecosystem like an aversive stimulus. We built a fortress out of rigid jargo

Episode 49: The Other Side of the Table: When "Trust the Process" Becomes Babysitting (w/ Kim Lambert)

We love to say we value lived experience. We talk constantly about assent, compassionate care, social validity, and person-centered treatment. We’ve gotten really good at

Episode 48: The Billable Hour, Driver’s Ed Ethics, and Making Therapy Unnecessary with Dr. Jon Bailey & Zachary Stevens

Filing an ethics complaint against us would require actually citing the ethics code—and honestly, we’d appreciate the peer review. On this episode of Rad N Bad, Sean Yoc

Episode 47: Facing the Anti-ABA Contingency with B.F. Middleton

Why is our field so terrified of its own critics? When people critique Applied Behavior Analysis, the knee-jerk reaction across clinics, message boards, and leadership p

Episode 46: Hover Before You Land: Building Cross-Disciplinary Standards in Autism Care with Dr. Robin McLeod from NSAP

There is no shortage of organizations in autism—we have associations, credentialing bodies, coalitions, and advocacy groups. Yet, the field remains completely fragmented.

Episode 45: Beyond Clinic Walls: 1,300 Sessions & a 1% Cancellation Rate with Melissa Kozak

Most BCBAs are taught that high-integrity care requires a toddler sitting in a clinic 40 hours a week, locked into a screen, and managed by burned-out middle management.

Episode 44: Who the Hell Built the BCBA Industrial Complex? with Dr. Han-Leong Goh

The BCBA credential has never been more valuable. So why do so many new clinicians feel completely unprepared? Sean Yocum and Mike Carrero welcome Dr. Han-Leong Goh for

Episode 43: Who The Hell Is Steering This Profession? (With The ABA Accountability Project)

The multi-billion-dollar corporate takeover of autism services has officially reached its breaking point. Over the last decade, we have watched private equity firms dump

Episode 42: Who The Hell Is That Again, with Lou Sandler: The Illusion of Progress: Flashcards, Seismograph Graphs, and Real Industry Reform

The Titanic has officially struck the iceberg, and the music is starting to stop behind closed doors. Following the explosive New York Times investigation exposing fraud

Episode 41: DTT is Not a Permanent Residence: Mapping the Real Middle Ground of Structure vs. Autonomy

Are we using clinical structure to build real-world independence, or are we just using it as an excuse for corporate and intellectual laziness? This week, Sean and Mike

Episode 40: Who the Hell is Dr. Erin Moran? From Backpacking Kazakhstan to Dismantling Corporate ABA

Most people in the tech space claim they understand the frontline trenches. They haven’t. This week, Sean and Mike pull back the curtain on the corporate contingencies c

Episode 39: No Man's Land-The Forbidden E-Word: Why You Can’t Escape Extinction

In this episode of the No Man’s Land series, Sean and Mike tackle the 'forbidden E-word' of ABA: Extinction. While cancel culture and critics often paint extinction as co