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.
Pushing Limits will discuss and play the music of selected jazz musicians with disabilities. Hosts, Eddie Ytuarte, Nora Ryerson, Doyle Saylor and Leah Gardner will present the music of singer Jimmy Scott who had Kallmann’s Syndrome, a hereditary hormonal deficiency that stunted his growth and kept his voice from developing a deeper sound, blind musician … Continued
Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Leroy Moore will address psychiatric disabilities. "Mad Pride Is Human Pride" . In honor of Mad Pride Month, celebrated this year in four nations, Pushing Limits will feature the extraordinary story of Catherine Penny, who recovered from severe psychosis without the use of psychiatric drugs. The hosts will interview Dr. Daniel … Continued
Hosts Leah Gardener and Doyle Saylor discuss disabled athletes in a variety of contexts. The hosts will cover The Sidney Gay Games in 2002 and will interview Paralympics Judo silver medalist Lorie Pierce. The energy these athletes express about their sport and accomplishments is dynamic and exciting.
Commentaries and Conversations Short pieces by individuals living with disabilities. Interviews and opinions on a variety of topics related to the disability experience.
Brown Broken Disabled Bodies: Stories & Cases of Police Brutality from Boston, Denver, Toronoto, Chicago and San Francisco. Guests: Allegra "Happy" Haynes, City Liaison of Denver, Elizabeth Bruckmann of Parkdale Community Legal Services of Toronto, Keith Jones of SoulTouchin’ Experiences, Boston, Ruth Pena of Families of the Wrongfully Convicted in Chicago and Malikia Parker of … Continued
Pushing Limits hosts Leah Gardner and Safi wa Nairobi will interview Watts Village Theatre Company President and co-founder Lynn Manning. Lynn Manning is the award winning playwright, poet actor, former Para Olympian, World Champion of Blind Judo and technical consultant for television’s Blind Justice. Lynn Manning will discuss his new play "Up From the Downs" … Continued
AB 654 is a controversial bill currently making its way through the California State Assembly. If it passes it will pave the way for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Two long-time disability rights advocates, Pam Fadem and Paul Longmore shared their viewpoints on the political and social implications of this bill recently at a community … Continued
Armenia:The 20th Century’s First Genocide Araxie Barsmain, a survivor, shares her story with Students from the University of Colorado about the20th century’s first genocide. In 1915 the Armenian people were targeted by the Turks for extermination, who proceeded to kill thousands and forced the rest to flee their homeland in Turkey.
