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.
Disability and Film 2008
Superfest, the world’s longest running disability film festival, runs this month in Berkeley, California. We interview Alice Elliot, director of the Best of Festival winner, “Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy” director, and discuss disability issues in film. With information from Liane Yasumoto, the executive producer of Culture!Disability!Talent! the organization which produces Superfest.
Pushing Limits – May 30, 2008
Not Just Another Year: California’s Budget Cuts Overcome by California budget ennui? Many Californians don’t have that option or that emotional fatigue: A kid who thinks the third grade will be the ‘best year ever!’ A accident survivor hanging on to a life outside of a nursing home. And hundreds of thousands of others. On … Continued
Pushing Limits – May 2, 2008
Police Killings of People with Disabilities Casper Banjo, Jeremiah Chas, Heather Billings: A few of the many people with disabilities shot by their local police around the bay area. On Friday, May 2 at 2:30 pm on KPFA 94.1 fm, we investigate police violence and the particular vulnerability of people with mental disabilities and men … Continued
Pushing Limits – April 18, 2008
Rufus – Then and NowStories of life with a mental disability – then and now. Adrienne Lauby speaks with Nora Ryerson. The program includes excerpts of the story “Rufus” from the book “Sex in the Ancient Word” by Alice Ryerson Hayes with original cello music by Claribel Cone. We speak of the stigma of mental … Continued
Pushing Limits – April 4, 2008
Hosts John Healy and Leah Gardner interview Anthony Tussler of aboutdisability.com. We hear surprising stories and songs of artists who are not generally recognized as disabled performers. The show features cloaked and hidden disability Identities in Rock & Roll. Tussler shares his knowledge and some of his music library.
Pushing Limits – March 21, 2008
New pushing limits member, John Healy interviews David Roche about his new book The Church of 80% Sincerity. David Roche is a facially disfigured writer and entertainer. Pushing Limits plays excerpts from Roche’s reading from his book at a live appearance in Berkeley in February. John Healy also interviews a mystery guest with a disability.
Pushing Limits – March 7, 2008
Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Shelley Berman interview Berkeley Singer-songwriter Irina Rifkin who lives with myofascial thoracic outlet syndrome. This is a re broadcast from July 21, 2006.
Pushing Limits – February 29, 2008
"Environmental Pollutants and Disability"Pushing limits host Adrienne Lauby discusses the environmental causes of disability. A proposed coal power plant in the four corners area and an aerial spray program in the bay area threaten to increase disability over large populations.Eddie Ytuarte interviews Diné CARE activist Lori Goodman and Nan Wishner of Albany’s Integrated Pest Management … Continued