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.
We talk to S. Brian Willson who put his body in front of a train carrying illegal weapons to the Nicaraguan Contras — and the train ran over him. It all went down in the California bay area, at the Concord Naval Weapons Station, in the fall of 1987. When the train deliberately ran … Continued
Guest: Vilissa Thompson of Ramp Your Voice The Movement For Black Lives posted their incredible Vision 4 Black Lives Platform in late July. As one could expect, it is most thorough in issues related to police violence and incarceration in the black community, including demilitarization of the police and an end to the bail system. … Continued
Pushing Limits is pleased to present an interview with cultural and visual anthropologist Karen Nakamura who recently accepted the position as Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies at UC Berkeley. She is a highly-educated, skilled woman who is deeply immersed in the disability community. Dr. Nakamura, who formerly taught at Yale, will be working on … Continued
A hour-long fund drive episode in which we dissect the fascinating intersection of fundraising and disability with Catherine Kudlick, editor of Telethons: Spectacle, Disability and the Business of Charity by Paul Longmore. From Jerry Lewis – to the cancer survivor runs – to the many disability non-profits desperately hoping for support, money raising … Continued
A spirited discussion of #CripTheVote, (an online non-partisan campaign about voting and disability issues), the Disability Visibility Project and media for disabled people. We talk to disability mover and shaker, Alice Wong. Alice Wong is the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, a project collecting oral histories of people with … Continued
How do sports effect you as a disabled person? Don’t give a damn? Is this all just a bunch of hooplah that means nothing? We tackle how sports effect people with disabilities and take call ins. It’s a participatory sport. No losers possible. With essays by Doyle Saylor, Tangikina Moimoi, and “Bob.” Produced and Hosted … Continued
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Listen in for some enchanting music by women singers and composers who live with disabilities. Their names may surprise you: Carly Simon, Mary Lambert, Joni Mitchell, Renata Tabaldi and Karen Carpenter.
Vilissa Thompson joins Pushing Limits Radio to talk about the twitter storm she raised with her hashtag #DisabilityTooWhite. Live Call in program. Friday, June 3, 2:30 pm PST.
Leroy F. Moore Jr., is here with his new book, “Black Kripple Delivers Poetry and Lyrics.” Listen to the founder of Krip Hop talk about black history, police brutality and his highly productive work as a black activist with a disability.
Catherine Kudlick joins “Pushing Limits” To discuss the cultural phenomenen of disability telethons. The Disability Community waged a campaign against this type of fundraiser. Learn why and what the results were.
