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.
Are you mad as hell about the PG&E shutoffs? Did you, or someone you know, endure a nightmare scenario, trying to navigate disability-or-age-related power needs during a PG&E or So Cal Edison shutoff? Does the thought of more shutoffs fill you with dread? Rage? Both? Listen in as Debbie Kaplan tells Pushing Limits listeners about … Continued
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public. Today’s show features a discussion with Naomi Ortiz author of Sustaining Spirit: Self-Care for Social Justice.
Nadina LaSpina is guest host for a lively discussion about the history of the disability rights movement in the last 50-60 years. With Eddie Ytuarte, Jean Stewart and Adrienne Lauby. Nadina LaSpina is a well-known activist in the disability rights movement who has been arrested countless times for civil disobedience. She’s been in the streets … Continued
Thanksgiving weekend is all about the food. At least that’s what one of our guests says. And, many of us don’t follow our deepest desires when we are confronted by groaning tables and mounds of sugary desserts. We talk to Kara and Bob, two participants in Overeaters Anonymous groups, about how they approach the … Continued
A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing the insight of the grassroots disability movement to the general public.
Sheila Black is the co-editor of Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability (Cinco Puntos Press, 2011), an important anthology of poetry by people with disability. She talks with Eddie Ytuarte about disability poets, including her own history and use of confessional forms. They discuss the vibrant street poetry of disability, talk about … Continued
For this program, we bring back long-time disability activist, Nadina LaSpina, to talk more about her memoir, Such a Pretty Girl: a Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride. LaSpina has worked with several disability activist groups including ADAPT, Disabled in Action: NYC and The Disability Caucus. She’ll be in the Bay Area in person … Continued
How does climate change impact our lives with disabilities? Climate change is more than an added stress factor in our lives. From the deaths in floods and fire, to the power shutoffs to the evacuations as recurring gigantic storms power down the Atlantic, our lives are at risk. We honor Greta Thunberg, the youth leader … Continued
What do you get when you put a group of people with disabilities, people who are fat, LGBTQIA+, elders and many other sorts on one street corner? No, not a bad joke! You get…a PROTEST to #CloseTheCamps because #NoBodyIsDisposable. Hear highlights from speeches, interviews and other live recordings from this powerful show of solidarity at … Continued
Mike Ervin is a blogger, a blogger with a disability who does not say the nice things nice disabled people are expected to say. Pushing Limits radio has invited him to talk to the Northern California audience about all things crip. Mike calls himself “Smart Ass Cripple.” Host Eddie Ytuarte wants to be a Smart … Continued
