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Intersectionality, beauty standards, and race are about to get unpacked. In A Valid Podcast’s second season, reporters, as well as analysts who have disabilities, talk with top-notch guests. We’ll all probably have a disability at some point–so why not talk about this element of the human condition?
Previous guests have included:
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Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies.
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A millennial group home resident documenting his life during the pandemic.
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The directors of the Netflix documentary, “Crip Camp”
This podcast began as the pandemic emerged with the awareness that people with disabilities are two to four times more likely to die or to be harmed in a disaster. When medical systems are overwhelmed, people with disabilities are historically not prioritized in treatment. “A Valid Podcast” challenges the word “invalid” that’s sometimes still used for people with certain disabilities and belies discrimination and exclusion.
Our team:
Season Two Hosts
Alana Gibson
Darah Thompson
Program analysts/disability advocates
Josie Badger
Alisa Grishman
Chaz Kellem
Rachel Kallem-Whitman
Reporting
John W. Miller
Nick Tommarello
Production (Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University)
Tyler Polk
Nick Ruffolo
Olivia Valyo
Associate Producers
Nick Tommarello
Francesca Dabecco
Executive Producer
Jennifer Szweda Jordan
Episodes are produced by Unabridged Press in partnership with Point Park University Center for Media Innovation, supported by the FISA Foundation, and another anonymous foundation.
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