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Sociology November 24, 2023

Trailer Park America

Reimagining Working-Class Communities

Leontina Hormel

Hosted by Michael Johnston
In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013-2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water being shut off for 93 days. By …

Disability Studies

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Interviews with scholars of disability about their new books.

SSEAC Stories November 23, 2023

Disability and Work

SSEAC Timor Leste Field School

Hosted by Natali Pearson
In the fourth of five special podcasts about from the recent SSEAC field schools to Southeast Asia, we will be hearing from students and staff from the field school to …
Christian Studies November 17, 2023

Hell Hath No Fury

Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature

Meghan Henning

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In her book Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature (Yale University Press, 2021), Meghan Henning illuminates how the bodies that …
Law November 11, 2023

Mental Health Law

Abolish Or Reform?

Kay Wilson

Hosted by Jane Richards
The debate about whether mental health law should be abolished or reformed is one that is highly charged and to which there are no easy solutions. In Mental Health Law: Abolish Or Reform? (Oxford …
Children's Literature November 1, 2023

Neurodivergence in Children's Literature

A Discussion with Jen Malia

Jen Malia

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
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An autistic mom of three autistic kids, Dr. Jen Malia is the author of the children’s chapter book series The Infinity Rainbow Club and the picture book Too Sticky! Sensory …
Sociology October 24, 2023

Keeping Family Secrets

Shame and Silence in Memoirs from the 1950s

Margaret K. Nelson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
All families have secrets but the facts requiring secrecy change with time. Nowadays A lesbian partnership, a “bastard” son, an aunt who is a prostitute, or a criminal grandfather might …
Politics & Polemics October 20, 2023

Undoing Suicidism

A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide

Alexandre Baril

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
Note: This episode contains a discussion of suicide. A list of resources is available below.  In Undoing Suicidism: A Trans, Queer, Crip Approach to Rethinking (Assisted) Suicide (Temple UP, 2023) …
Psychology October 8, 2023

Violence and Mental Illness

Rethinking Risk Factors and Enhancing Public Safety

Eric B. Elbogen and Nico Verykoukis

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Mass shootings have become a defining issue of our time. Whenever the latest act of newsworthy violence occurs, mental illness is inevitably cited as a preeminent cause by members of …
Disability Studies October 6, 2023

Crip Authorship

Disability as Method

Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard
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A full transcript of the interview is available for accessibility. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez's Crip Authorship: Disability as Method (NYU Press, 2023)is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods …
Disability Studies October 4, 2023

Design, Disability and Embodiment

Spatial Justice and Perspectives of Power

Janice Rieger

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Janice Rieger's book Design, Disability and Embodiment: Spatial Justice and Perspectives of Power (Routledge, 2023) explores the spatial and social injustices within our streets, malls, schools, and public institutions. Taken-for-granted acts …
Disability Studies September 26, 2023

Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literatures, and Art

Jessica Lowell Mason and Nicole Crevar

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Jessica Lowell Mason and Nicole Crevar's Madwomen in Social Justice Movements, Literatures, and Art (Vernon Press, 2023) boldly reasserts the importance of the Madwoman more than four decades after the publication …
Disability Studies September 21, 2023

Mediating Alzheimer's

Cognition and Personhood

Scott Selberg

Hosted by Shu Wan
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With no known cause or cure despite a century of research, Alzheimer's disease is a true medical mystery. In Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood (U Minnesota Press, 2022), Scott Selberg …
Disability Studies September 20, 2023

Fixing the Poor

Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century

Molly Ladd-Taylor

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Between 1907 and 1937, thirty-two states legalized the sterilization of more than 63,000 Americans. In Fixing the Poor: Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020) …
Disability Studies September 20, 2023

Not Good Enough for Canada

Canadian Public Discourse Around Issues of Inadmissibility for Potential Immigrants with Diseases And/Or Disabilities

Valentina Capurri

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Valentina Capurri's book Not Good Enough for Canada: Canadian Public Discourse Around Issues of Inadmissibility for Potential Immigrants with Diseases And/Or Disabilities (U Toronto Press, 2020) investigates the development of Canadian …
Medieval History September 11, 2023

Medieval Communities and the Mad

Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in Late Medieval France

Aleksandra Nicole Pfau

Hosted by Jana Byars
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The concept of madness as a challenge to communities lies at the core of legal sources. Aleksandra Pfau, Medieval Communities and the Mad: Narratives of Crime and Mental Illness in …
Disability Studies September 9, 2023

Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals

Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy

Teresa Michals

Hosted by Shu Wan
The well-known Admiral Horatio Nelson fought all of his most historically significant battles after he lost his right arm and the sight in one eye. With this notable exception, however …
Psychoanalysis September 5, 2023

Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis

Ability and Disability in Clinical Process

Johanna Dobrich

Hosted by Judith Tanen
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Johanna Dobrich, author of Working with Survivor Siblings in Psychoanalysis: Ability and Disability in Clinical Process (Routledge, 2021), is the recipient of the 2023 Sandor Ferenczi Award. The award is …
Disability Studies September 5, 2023

Eugenics, Genetics, and Disability in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Implications for the Social Work Profession

Gerald O'Brien

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Gerald O'Brien's book Eugenics, Genetics, and Disability in Historical and Contemporary Perspective: Implications for the Social Work Profession (Oxford UP, 2023) focuses on the conceptual relationship between the American eugenic movement …
Disability Studies September 2, 2023

Disability Pride

Dispatches from a Post-ADA World

Ben Mattlin

Hosted by Shu Wan
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In Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World (Beacon, 2022), disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging …
Disability Studies September 2, 2023

Madness in Buenos Aires

Patients, Psychiatrists, and the Argentine State, 1880-1983

Jonathan Ablard

Hosted by Shu Wan
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Madness in Buenos Aires: Patients, Psychiatrists, and the Argentine State, 1880-1983 (Ohio UP, 2008) examines the interactions between psychiatrists, patients and their families, and the national state in modern Argentina …