In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, author and host of Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage Robin Ince uses his own late-stage diagnosis of ADHD to explore neurodivergence and anxiety.
A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal reminds us all – no matter how weird we feel – that it's okay to be a little different. We all are.
What if being a bit weird is actually entirely normal? What if sharing our internal struggles wasn't a sign of weakness, but strength?
For over thirty years, award-winning broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince has entertained thousands in person and on air. But underneath the surface, a whirlwind was at play – a struggle with sadness, concentration, self-doubt and near-constant anxiety. But then he discovered he had all the hallmarks of ADHD and his stumbling blocks became stepping stones.
In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, Robin uses his own experiences to explore the neurodivergent experience and to ask what the point of "being normal" really is. Packed with personal insights, intimate anecdotes and interviews with psychologists, neuroscientists and many neurodivergent people he has met along the way, this is a quirky and witty dive into the world of human behaviour.
Robin Ince is a writer, broadcaster, and comedian. With Professor Brian Cox he writes and co-presents the award-winning science show, The Infinite Monkey Cage on BBC Radio 4. Infinite Monkey Cage won the Rose d'or in 2015 and was awarded the Arthur C. Clarke British Interplanetary Society Science Communication Award in 2022. He is a Time Out Outstanding Comedy Achievement Award winner.
Robin Ince and Brian Cox's 'Horizons' tour played to 225,000 people across the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in 2022. The biggest science tour of all time, following fifty dates in North America, it concluded playing to 14,000 people at London's O2.
