A new podcast from the Australian Radio Network (ARN) will aim to explore the realities of late diagnosis and its impact on identity, relationships, careers, and well-being.
Produced by Life Uncut, Cloud is a 10-part mini-series hosted by broadcaster and podcaster Keeshia Petit. The series features guests including Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck), psychiatrist Dr Kieran Kennedy, focus and attention expert Johann Hari, and international dating expert Logan Ury, each offering insights into different aspects of ADHD.
Inspired by Petit’s own late diagnosis of hyperactive and inattentive ADHD, Cloud takes the perspective that ADHD is a difference, not a deficit. The podcast’s name reflects the experience of many late-diagnosed women who describe feeling like a “cloud was lifted” upon understanding how their brains work and how they navigate society.
The logo for the new Life Uncut produced podcast ‘Cloud’.
According to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all individuals diagnosed with ADHD in 2024 were diagnosed in adulthood.
Cloud host Pettit revealed she spent a lot of her life feeling as though she wasn’t “fully present” for it.
“There is a lot of airtime going to ADHD right now, but Cloud feels like a different type of conversation. This series breaks down some of the existing narratives about what people with ADHD are like and focuses on the ways that we can lift the cloud on the different ways our brains are wired so that we can live fulfilling and present lives,” she said.
Cloud marks the first production from the team behind Australia’s #1 Relationship and award-winning podcast Life Uncut, which was founded by co-hosts in 2019.
Life Uncut hosts Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne.
Both Hockley and Byrne championed the podcast: “For the past six years Life Uncut’s primary focus has been to have the conversations that people have been having in private; conversations that empower and uplift women, which is why it is so exciting to expand the business with the launch of Life Uncut Productions.”
The first two episodes of Cloud are now available on iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts, with a new episode dropping each week.
Pictured: Keeshia Petit