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.
Interview with Gerlinde Busch Eddie Y’Tuarte and Leah Gardner interview Gerlinde Busch. Gerlinde Busch was one of the founders of pushing limits and was very involved in activism at KPFA before she returned to Germany in 2004. Gerlinde compares life in the United States and Germany for people with disabilities. She has lived and worked … Continued
Accessible outdoorsPushing Limits talks with bay area nature mavens, Bonnie Lewkowicz and Ann Sieck. Bonnie Lewkowicz, dancer, wheelchair user, and access specialist, is the author of the book, "A Wheelchair Rider’s Guide: San Francisco Bay and the Nearby Coast," Ann Sieck is an enthusiastic outdoors woman with a passion to explore and share semi-accessible trails, … Continued
Voting machines. Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Ruthanne Shpiner address voting machines and discuss how the fundamental right for all citizens to vote privately and independently applies to people with disabilities. Can these rights be realized by the machines currently in use and have elections be secure? Adrienne Lauby and Ruthanne Shpiner provide background plus interview … Continued
Superfest Pushing Limits host Doyle Saylor interviews Peni Hall. Peni Hall is the president of Culture Disability Talent, the group that produces Superfest. Superfest is the longest running international disability film festival in the world. Superfest takes place yearly in Berkeley, and is two days of top notch international disability films. Doyle Saylor speaks with … Continued
Corbett O’Toole interview Friday May 4, 2007, in celebration of the 30 year anniversary of the section 504 demonstrations Pushing Limits hosts Adrienne Lauby and Leah Gardner interview local legend, Corbett Joan O’Toole. O’Toole is a writer and filmmaker with 30 years of stories from a life of disability activism. She talks about international issues, … Continued
Tanyalee Davis What are you staring at? Pushing Limits hosts Leah Gardner and Amber Dipietra interview comedian Tanyalee Davis. Ms. Davis is a three foot, six inch comedian who has appeared at clubs and universities worldwide. Ms. Davis shares her no holds barred, irreverent thoughts and views. Pushing Limits will air CD clips of her … Continued
Housing Friday April 6, 2007 at 2:30 PM Pushing Limits discusses housing issues for people with disabilities. Hosts Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner interview attorney Laura Lane. Laura Lane is director of Housing Practice at the East Bay Community Law Center. People with disabilities who are tenants encounter multiple problems with their housing. Ms. Lane … Continued
Epilepsy Pushing Limits addresses the invisible disability of epilepsy. Host Doyle Saylor interviews Michelle Frank. Ms. Frank has lived with epilepsy since birth. She speaks about the realities of living with epilepsy and the challenges it poses to her as a person living with the disease but also how epilepsy impacts her life as a … Continued
Pushing Limits examines the developmental disability of Autism. Hosted by Doyle Saylor, the show explores Autism from both the perspectives of a person with Autism and the perspective of his family. Doyle Saylor presents a story written and read by Meg Tuttle about life with her autistic child, Chas. Doyle Saylor also interviews Jim Divine … Continued
