Pushing Limits
2:30 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
The ADA Legacy Bus Visits Hayward
Photographer Tom Olin and the ADA Legacy Bus comes to Hayward, California. Interviews with Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle, David Korth, Damary Bustos, Dorene Giacopini, Sheri Burns and others. Hosted by Sheela Gunn-Cushman
Seniors and Disability Action
Interview with Jessica Lehman, executive director of Seniors and Disability Action in San Francisco, about the intersection of the disability community and the senior communitie. Hosted by Eddie Ytuarte.
Day of the Homeless Dead
We talk to Larry Hall, a homeless advocate in Santa Rosa, about “The Day of the Homeless Dead,” a procession honoring the many who have died unsheltered and alone in Sonoma County. Hosted by Adrienne Lauby
Spoken Word by Writers, Musicians and Radio Artists with Disabilities
Guests include Jean Stewart, Lateef Mcleod, Beatriz Herrera, Leah Gardner, Leroy F. Moore Jr, and Avotcja. Fund drive Special.
Donna Dibianco, disabled radio activist – September 5, 2014
An Activist Life with Terminal Cancer Dubbed the radio goddess, Donna Dibianco travels the county helping small radio stations become powerful. She offers Adrienne Lauby and our listeners advice on how to live with deep purpose while setting health limits. Ms Dibianco lives with metastasized stage 3 cervical cancer and 2/3rds of her lung capacity. … Continued
Eugenics and preventing disability – August 29, 2014
We want to cure cancer, end war, and clean up the environment. But, what do we lose if we end the disabilities caused by these things? Our guest is Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, a professor in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Emory University who works in the field of Critical Disability Studies. Let’s end war … Continued
Sins Invalid, The Movie
Fund Drive Special the performance group Sins Invalid, make “an unshamed claim to beauty in the face of invisibility.” Co-founder and filmmaker, Patty Berne, brings their new movie, “Sins Invalid.”
Race and Disability – July 18, 2014
Black and brown people have always been present in the disability movement and some have played pivotal roles. Yet our conversation about race is often pretty unsophisticated. We’re a long way from truly supporting all our community members and, like in the rest of the U.S., people of color with disabilities are frequently the last … Continued