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DisTopia
by DisArt
DisTopia looks at disability, art, and culture from the inside out. A production of DisArt, this podcast is invested in raising the voice, visibility, and value of Disabled people through interviews and episodes with past and present trend makers within the world of Disability culture.
Episodes
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4 Wheels, Ep 5 Internalized Ableism
Dom discusses his struggle with internalized ableism as an African American man with a disability in America, highlighting challenges with societal expectations and self-worth. They emphasize the importance of reframing perspectives and advocating for inclusivity and innovation in the face of...
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4 Wheels, Ep. 4: Growing Up Disabled
In the latest episode of 4Wheels, Dom recalls growing up disabled in the 1990s, facing ableism and societal barriers, Dom found solace in programs that connects physically and folks labeled as "otherwise health impaired" in Michigan combined with atypical media representations that helped him...
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4 Wheels, Ep. 3: Advocacy
In this episode, host Dom talks about the challenges of improving accessibility in his living situation and the journey to install a ramp. He discusses the importance of understanding and support for disabled individuals and invites listeners to share their experiences to foster a supportive...
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DisKumbaya Ep. 2 | Adaptive Adventures
In this podcast episode, Dominick Harper recounts his adventurous night at a concert with co-host Amanda Jurysta, both wheelchair users Amanda and Dom share humorous and insightful moments, highlighting the challenges of navigating a world not always built for people with disabilities. From...
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4 Wheels, Ep. 2: Access Fatigue
In today's powerful episode of 'Four Wheels', host Dominick Harper opens up about the challenges of self-advocacy as a disabled individual. He shares his personal experiences with inaccessible housing and the exhausting necessity of constantly fighting for basic needs. Join us for an insightful...
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4 Wheels, Ep. 1: Adaptability
In this episode of 4 Wheels, Dom examines adaptability, the hassles of moving, "accessible" housing, and how exhausting it is for #Disabled people to always have to adapt to our surroundings. Full transcript available at: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/4-wheels-episode-1-adaptability/
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DisKumbaya Episode 1: Intro
In this special Sneak Preview of DisKumbaya, DisArt Cofounder Chris Smit introduces listeners to co hosts Amanda and Dominick. They discuss life, #disability and share a little bit about themselves. For a full transcript of this episode please...
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In A Flash Episode 5: Part 2 - Dani's Twins
This coming episode we talk with the producer of Dani's Twins, disability policy expert and aspiring Dad: Andy Arias. We talk about the impact of creativity on policy, his reasons for producing Dani's twins, and why disabled people might just make slightly better parents than their able...
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DisKumbaya Episode 1: Intro (Teaser)
Begins with Dominick and Amanda introducing DisKumbaya. Chris asks a question and listeners hear a brief preview of their answer. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/diskumbaya-episode-1-intro-teaser/. Image Description: Black and white image. The...
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In A Flash Episode 5: Part 2 - Dani's Twin (Teaser)
Teaser for an upcoming episode in which In A Flash host, Jessica Stokes, talks with the producer of Dani's Twins, disability policy expert and aspiring Dad: Andy Arias. We talk about the impact of creativity on policy, his reasons for producing Dani's twins, and why disabled people might just…
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In A Flash Episode 4 PT.1: Dani's Twins
Description: Disabled moms aren't counted in most maternity statistics, and we aren't found on the pages of obstetrics textbooks. Enter Dani's Twins: a documentary about disability cultural advocate and quadriplegic mom Dani Izzie offering a rare and intimate look at the creativity, adaptation…
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In A Flash Episode 4 Pt.1: Dani's Twins (Teaser)
Description: Disabled moms aren't counted in most maternity statistics, and we aren't found on the pages of obstetrics textbooks. Enter Dani's Twins: a documentary about disability cultural advocate and quadriplegic mom Dani Izzie offering a rare and intimate look at the creativity, adaptation…
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In A Flash Episode 3-Pleasure & Justice: A conversation with Moira Williams
Guest: Moira Williams Host: Jessica Stokes Audio Producer: Taylor Kaigler Transcript by: Taylor Kaigler Music: Hammond by Waiting for Sound Life is a cabaret…or at least moira williams' environmental justice activism is a cabaret. When people think about water justice, they imagine access to…
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In A Flash Episode 3- Pleasure and Justice: A conversation with Moira Williams
What does environmental justice look like to you? Clean drinking water for all? An end to the disproportionate exposure of poor and multiply marginalized people to harmful waste and resource extraction? Guest moira williams proposes all that and a day at the beach. Guest: Moira Williams Host:...
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In A Flash Episode 2: Audio Description
Grab your popcorn! Cheryl Green and Thomas Reid take us to the theater and remind our senses of what it could be if we keep imagining more accessible worlds together. In disability community, we see access not as a checklist or a way to avoid getting sued. No, access is part of making vibrant...
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In A Flash Episode 2: Audio Description (Teaser)
Grab your popcorn! Guests Cheryl Green and Thomas Reid take us to the theater and remind our senses of what it could be if we keep imagining more accessible worlds together.
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In A Flash Episode 1: Call it What it Is
In A Flash, a DisTopia Podcast, is a short, accessible, and sometimes irreverent podcast offering an introduction to topics important to disabled people and disability communities. This podcast is made for the Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as a Tool for Combating Injustice and Inequity...
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In A Flash Episode 1: Call it What it Is (Teaser)
How do you talk to disabled people without saying the wrong thing? Start by "calling it what it is." A cane is a cane, not a fishing pole or a wizard's staff. [The cover for this podcast features a white person with curly, blowing red hair seated in a purple wheelchair. They wear glasses, red...
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Episode 69 My Dearest Friends Project: Aiden Gamez and Kat Day
Aiden Gamez and Kat Day, a mom and son, an artist duo, two individuals living with autism spent time with us nearly one year ago. The messages that they share are not bound by time. Kat describes their process of making art together, "we go into it accepting already that whatever comes out of it...
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Episode 68 My Dearest Friends Project: Thomas Reid
Join us for a conversation with Thomas Reid about intersectionality, blindness, and the disability community. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-68-thomas-reid
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Episode 67 My Dearest Friends Project: Heather Watkins
Heather Watkins shares nuggets of wisdom and insight as a proud Black disabled woman with Chris and Jill on this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-66-heather-watkins/
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Episode 66 My Dearest Friends Project: Tyler Zahnke
Chris and Jill enjoy chatting with musician and disability advocate Tyler Zahnke who has contributed to DisArt's programming in 2018 for the Process and Presence exhibition and in 2019 for Voices. For a full transcript of this episode please visit...
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Episode 65 My Dearest Friends Project: Riva Lehrer
Chris and Jill spend time with Riva Lehrer, friend, artist, author and activist talking about how the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests. Interview Date: June 29, 2020. For a full transcript of this episode please visit:...
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Episode 64 My Dearest Friends Project: Pamela Quinn
Jill and Pamela Quinn spent time talking about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Pamela's work as a choreographer, dancer, and instructor for and with people with Parkinson's disease. For a full transcript of this episode please visit: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-65-pamela-quinn
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Episode 63 My Dearest Friends Project: Sara Hendren
Chris and Jill spent time talking with Sara Hendren about her new book title "What Can a Body Do?" that was released this past September. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-63-sara-hendren
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Episode 62: My Dearest Friends Project: Avi Prager
Chris and Jill are joined by Avi Prager who shares their perspective on life during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and finding hope by bringing new life to the old. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-62-avi-prager
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Episode 61 My Dearest Friends Project: Kip Henderson
Comic book artist Kip Hendersen shares his perspective on life and disability during the COVID-19 pandemic on this episode of the My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-61-kip-henderson
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Episode 60 My Dearest Friends Project: Lawrence Carter-Long
Jill is joined by Lawrence Carter-Long on his "day off". Lawrence is the Communications Director for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, artist, activist, and DisArt board member who makes sure to take time to listen when others speak. For a full transcript of this episode please...
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Episode 59 My Dearest Friends Project: Gaelynn Lea
Chris and Jill are joined by artist and advocate, Gaelynn Lea, on this episode of the My Dearest Friends Project podcast. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-59-gaelynn-lea
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Episode 58 My Dearest Friends Project: Emily Pohl
Jill had the pleasure of spending time getting to know service dog handler, Emily Pohl, whose lived experience during the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to inform positive changes post-pandemic if we take the time to listen. For a full transcript of this episode please visit...
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Episode 57 My Dearest Friends Project: Rynita McGuire
Chris and Jill are joined by friend, DJ, artist, and activist Rynita McGuire on this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-57-rynita-shepherd
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Episode 56 My Dearest Friends Project: Oaklee Thiele
Chris and Jill enjoy a conversation with friend, artist, service dog handler, Disability advocate, public speaker, and My Dearest Friends Project collaborator Oaklee Thiele. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-56-oaklee-thiele
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Episode 55 My Dearest Friends Project: Eric and Corey Ryan
Chris and Jill enjoy an honest conversation of life during the COVID-19 pandemic with Cripple Streets Podcast hosts Eric and Corey Ryan. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-55-eric-and-corey-ryan
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Episode 54 My Dearest Friends Project: Deana Haggag
Chris and Jill are joined by Deanna Haggag, President and CEO of United States Artists (USA), in this episode of the My Dearest Friends Project podcast. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-54-deana-haggag
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Episode 53 My Dearest Friends Project: Aimi Hamraie
DisArt friend Aimi Hamraie talks about your commitment to their community during the COVID-19 pandemic during this My Dearest Friends Podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-53-aimi-hamraie/
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Episode 52 My Dearest Friends Project: Judy Heumann
American disability rights activist and change maker, Judy Heumann, joins Chris and Jill in this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-52-judy-heumann
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Episode 51: My Dearest Friends Project Benjamin Merritt
Chris and Jill spent time talking about the power of language with Disabled artist Benjamin Merritt in this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-51-benjamin-merritt
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Episode 50 My Dearest Friends Project: Patricia Kalidonis
My Dearest Friends Project podcast guest Patricia Kalidonis talks about the Socially Distant Artist Residency that she founded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated social distancing practices put into place beginning in March 2020. For a full transcript of this episode please...
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Episode 49 My Dearest Friends Project: Zosia Zaks
Zosia Zaks is an educator who teaches undergraduate students about disability and, in particular, autism, through a social justice lens. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-49-zosia-zaks
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Episode 48 My Dearest Friends Project: Kuttin Kandi
Kuttin Kandi shared insight, passion, and wisdom about what it takes to show up for people in this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-48-kuttin-kandi/
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Episode 47 My Dearest Friends Project: Marco Bailey
Chris and Jill had the honor of interviewing Disabled artist and father, Marco Bailey, during this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-47-marco-bailey/
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Episode 46 My Dearest Friends Project: Julie McNamara
Chris, Jill, and Julie McNamara pick up their conversation with updates and commiseration about life during the COVID-19 pandemic. For a full transcript of this episode please visit: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-46-julie-mcnamara/
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Episode 45 My Dearest Friends Project: Nina G.
We had the pleasure of chatting with comedian, disability activist, storyteller, children's book author and educator Nina G on this My Dearest Friends Project episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-45-nina-g-comedian/
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Episode 44 My Dearest Friends Project: Jason Clymo
Chris and Jill are joined by disability model and advocate Jason Clymo from Australia in this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For full transcript please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-44-jason-clymo/
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Episode 43 My Dearest Friends Project: Margaret Chase
Chris and Jill enjoyed getting to know Margaret Chase, her artwork and her past exhibitions in an informal conversation for the My Dearest Friends Project podcast. For a full transcript of this podcast please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-43-margaret-chase/
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Episode 42 My Dearest Friends Project: Randy Smit
Chris and Jill enjoyed a personal conversation with Chris' brother, Randy Smit in this My Dearest Friends Project podcast episode. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-42-randy-smit/
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Episode 41 My Dearest Friends Project: Lucy Trieshmann
Chris and Jill were joined by law student and advocate Lucy Trieshmann for this episode of My Dearest Friends Project podcast. For a full transcript of this episode please visit https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-41-lucy-trieshmann/
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Episode 40 My Dearest Friends Project: Cheryl Green
Chris and Jill are joined by Cheryl Green who is an independent documentary filmmaker and audio producer, captioner, audio describer, public speaker, member-owner at New Day Films and cat lover. For a full transcript, please click the following link:...
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Episode 39 My Dearest Friends Project: Keith Jones
This week DisTopia talks to the cofounder of Krip-Hop Nation Keith Jones about race, Disability, and the pandemic. For full transcript please see: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-39-keith-jones/
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Episode 38 My Dearest Friends Project: Valerie Novak
Chris and Jill enjoy getting to know Valerie Novak who identifies herself as a Disability policy expert and Afro-Latina Disabled person. Please copy and paste the following link for a full transcript of the episode: https://www.disartnow.org/podcasts/episode-38:-valerie-novak/
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DisTopia looks at disability, art, and culture from the inside out. A production of DisArt, this podcast is invested in raising the voice, visibility, and value of Disabled people through interviews and episodes with past and present trend makers within the world of Disability culture.
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DisTopia looks at disability, art, and culture from the inside out. A production of DisArt, this podcast is invested in raising the voice, visibility, and value of Disabled people through interviews and episodes with past and present trend makers within the world of Disability culture.
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