Pushing Limits – September 19, 2008 at 2:30pm
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Sep 19, 2008•4 min
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Pushing Limits – September 5, 2008
Tanyalee Davis What are you staring at? Pushing Limits hosts Leah Gardner and Amber Dipietra interview comedian Tanyalee Davis. Ms. Davis is a three foot, six inch comedian who has appeared at clubs and universities worldwide. Ms. Davis shares her no holds barred, irreverent thoughts and views. Pushing Limits airs CD clips of her performances as well. This show is a re broadcast that originally aired on April 20th, 2007. Archives of this program and other previously-aired shows can be accessed a...
Sep 05, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – August 29, 2008
Paula Gunn Allen Pushing Llimits host Adrienne Lauby interviews Native American iconoclastic academic Paula Gunn Allen, a feminist Wikipedia calls "hugely influential." Paula Gunn Allen died this spring. One of her last interviews was with Adrienne Lauby. Gunn Allen speaks about her life long disability, modern social movements, assisted suicide and other pressing, controversial topics. Archives of this program and other previously-aired shows can be accessed at:www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?s...
Aug 29, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – August 15, 2008
"Limits and Barriers."What happens when you face an unwelcome surprise? When a physical or mental barrior has no easy solution? For those of us who live with disability, barriers seem to show up on a daily basis. Join hosts Leah Gardner and Ruthanne Shpiner as pushing limits takes your calls with tales of obstructions, solutions and the attitudes that get us to the end of the day.Trade stories with us. Whether you literally slammed into a brick wall or were slightly limited by someone’s bad atti...
Aug 15, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – August 1, 2008
Autism rights/ Aspies for FreedomPushing Limits delves into the Autism rights movement. Pushing Limits producer Doyle Saylor, Hosts Eddie Y’tuarte and John Healy interview Earth Monkey (Melody Kohut), a vocal member of the Aspies for Freedom or AFF, a grassroots autism rights movement. www.aspiesforfreedom.com Autism has been in the forefront of local news lately stemming from charges of discrimination when employees with Autism and other developmental disabilities were fired from a Berkeley McD...
Aug 01, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – July 18, 2008
Mutliple Chemical Sensitvity Host Jackie Barshak addresses Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) with guests Dr. Grace Zinn and Cindy Norwitz. In this difficult time of forest fires and increased air pollution,Pushing Limits presents a rebroadcast of our program on the pathology and politics of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). MCS causes chronic abnormalities in multiple organs within the body, usually leaving them highly sensitive to the common chemicals we eat, inhale and touch every day Pus...
Jul 18, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – July 4, 2008 at 2:30pm
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Jul 04, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – June 20, 2008 at 2:30pm
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Jun 20, 2008•4 min
Disability and Film 2008
Superfest, the world’s longest running disability film festival, runs this month in Berkeley, California. We interview Alice Elliot, director of the Best of Festival winner, “Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy” director, and discuss disability issues in film. With information from Liane Yasumoto, the executive producer of Culture!Disability!Talent! the organization which produces Superfest. The post Disability and Film 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 06, 2008•5 min
Pushing Limits – May 30, 2008
Not Just Another Year: California’s Budget Cuts Overcome by California budget ennui? Many Californians don’t have that option or that emotional fatigue: A kid who thinks the third grade will be the ‘best year ever!’ A accident survivor hanging on to a life outside of a nursing home. And hundreds of thousands of others. On Friday, May 30, at 2:30 pm, Pushing Limits hosts, Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte, talk to Marty Omoto about the current state budget crisis. Omoto, of the California Disability...
May 30, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – May 2, 2008
Police Killings of People with Disabilities Casper Banjo, Jeremiah Chas, Heather Billings: A few of the many people with disabilities shot by their local police around the bay area. On Friday, May 2 at 2:30 pm on KPFA 94.1 fm, we investigate police violence and the particular vulnerability of people with mental disabilities and men of color. As a tribute to renowned artist and printmaker, Casper Banjo. (His own voice). Activists provide the whys and the what-to-dos of police violence and we visi...
May 02, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – April 18, 2008
Rufus – Then and NowStories of life with a mental disability – then and now. Adrienne Lauby speaks with Nora Ryerson. The program includes excerpts of the story “Rufus” from the book “Sex in the Ancient Word” by Alice Ryerson Hayes with original cello music by Claribel Cone. We speak of the stigma of mental disabilities and the treatment of those with this disability from a personal point of view. “Rufus” is a poignant family story from the mid-1900s. It both contrasts with and echoes the storie...
Apr 18, 2008•5 min
Pushing Limits – April 4, 2008
Hosts John Healy and Leah Gardner interview Anthony Tussler of aboutdisability.com. We hear surprising stories and songs of artists who are not generally recognized as disabled performers. The show features cloaked and hidden disability Identities in Rock & Roll. Tussler shares his knowledge and some of his music library. The post Pushing Limits – April 4, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 04, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – March 21, 2008
New pushing limits member, John Healy interviews David Roche about his new book The Church of 80% Sincerity. David Roche is a facially disfigured writer and entertainer. Pushing Limits plays excerpts from Roche’s reading from his book at a live appearance in Berkeley in February. John Healy also interviews a mystery guest with a disability. The post Pushing Limits – March 21, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 21, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – March 7, 2008
Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Shelley Berman interview Berkeley Singer-songwriter Irina Rifkin who lives with myofascial thoracic outlet syndrome. This is a re broadcast from July 21, 2006. The post Pushing Limits – March 7, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 07, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – February 29, 2008
"Environmental Pollutants and Disability"Pushing limits host Adrienne Lauby discusses the environmental causes of disability. A proposed coal power plant in the four corners area and an aerial spray program in the bay area threaten to increase disability over large populations.Eddie Ytuarte interviews Diné CARE activist Lori Goodman and Nan Wishner of Albany’s Integrated Pest Management Task Force . The post Pushing Limits – February 29, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Feb 29, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – February 1, 2008
Relationships and Disability.Pushing Limits explores relationships and people with disabilities with host Eddie Ytuarte and guests Bill and Vickie Bruckner. They talk on many levels about the issues of sexuality and the understanding of one’s own disability and the disability of her or his partner. The Bruckners offer clarity about the many facets of relationships for people with disabilities. Bruckner Consultants LLC successfully advises governments, businesses, health care agencies and schools...
Feb 01, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – January 18, 2008
Some homeless people with disabilities are finding homes, even in today’s crowded, high-rent housing market. On Friday, Jan. 18 at 2:30 pm on KPFA, host Adrienne Lauby interviews Butch Cooley and Paul Hamilton of the Leg Up Project in Grand Junction, Colorado.These two formerly homeless men housed twenty-eight people in three months. Cooley and Hamilton speak honestly of relating to landlords and drug and alcohol addictions, as well as the pleasure of four walls and a lock on the door. We also t...
Jan 18, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – January 4, 2008
Part two in a series on people with disabilities and homelessness. Featured will be interview with Jennifer Friedenbach from the Coalition on Harmlessness in San Francisco. The post Pushing Limits – January 4, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 04, 2008•4 min
Pushing Limits – December 21, 2007
After a disabling motorcycle accident, Dan McMullan lived on the streets for eight years and founded the "Disabled People Outside Project." Now, with a house, wife and two kids, he’s still an aggressive advocate for East Bay’s homeless people. Eddie Ytuarte and Adrienne Lauby talk with him about the need, the myths and the solutions. They’ll also look at local issues like the Public Commons Initiative and two hundred thousand dollars recently cut from food programs to fund a recovery program wit...
Dec 21, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – December 7, 2007
Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner will present a program of music by artists with disabilities ranging from Itzhak Perlman to Django Reinhardt and Paul Robeson. Contemporary music and culture would not be the same without the contributions of disabled artists and the varied musical expressions they present because of the nature of their disability. Pushing Limits will offer just a sampling of this broad area of music by disabled musicians–plus listeners are invited to call in and tell us of what mu...
Dec 07, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – November 30, 2007
Rants, Stories and Lies. From the desolation caused by the unnecessary death of a child to the building of a successful broadcast career, disability writers, thinkers and activists address a wide range of topics. Audio essays by Trisha Webb, Marty Omoto, Robert Thomas, Barbara Ruth, Doyle Saylor, Leah Gardner, Ana Aeriois, and John Healy. Hosted by Adrienne Lauby with audio mix by Helen Walsh. The post Pushing Limits – November 30, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 30, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – November 16, 2007
Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Paula Molnar recently asked the Rohnert Park City Council to petition Congress to impeach Bush and Cheney. Molnar joined the army with high ideals and high hopes. After two ruptured disks and two surgeries, back pain keeps her in bed most evenings and, thirteen years after her retirement, she still needs treatment for PTSD. She breaks her silence for the first time to talk to Adrienne Lauby about the successes and disappointments of her twenty-two year military ca...
Nov 16, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – October 5, 2007 at 2:30pm
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Oct 05, 2007•4 min
Education Today – September 21, 2007
Once Robert Torres ran down the street as the monsters in his mind tried to kill him. Now he lives without psych drugs, holds down a job and has a productive life. He speaks freely to host Adrienne Lauby about his nightmare journey through the adolescent mental system, multiple diagnosis’ and therapists who didn’t care. What saved him? Close friends, a loving family and sheer guts. Tune into Pushing Limits on Friday, September 21st at 2:30 pm on KPFA 94.1-fm to hear the incredible true story of ...
Sep 21, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – September 7, 2007 at 2:30pm
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Sep 07, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – August 31, 2007
What’s all that barking? Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte discuss service animals and the role these furry friends play in our lives. Pushing limits is joined by Tony Compton, a visually impaired guide dog user. He discusses training for his dog Werner and shares his experiences working and bonding with him. We also hear from Sylvia Gomez about her service dog Holland. We take your phone calls at 510 848-4425, so, if you have questions or want to share your own service animal experiences, call us ...
Aug 31, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – August 17, 2007
Pushing Limits presents a program on the pathology and politics of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), hosted by Jackie Barshak. Guests will be: Dr. Grace Ziem, who treats people with MCS – www.chemicalinjury.net. Albert Donnay, cofounder of MCS Resource and Referral www.mcsrr.org. Cindi Norwitz – living with MCS and founder of online support group for people living with MCS. And Dr. Ann McCampbell – founder of New Mexico MCS Task Force Jackie Barshak is an art historian living with MCS. The po...
Aug 17, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – July 20, 2007
Pushing Limits hosts Eddie Ytuarte and Leah Gardner interview Gerlinde Busch. Gerlinde Busch was one of the founders of Pushing Limits and was very involved in activism at KPFA before she returned to Germany in 2004. Gerlinde compares life in the United States and Germany for people with disabilities. She has lived and worked at independent living centers in both countries. Gerlinde discusses social services, entitlements, political institutions, health care, attendant care, employment and disab...
Jul 20, 2007•4 min
Pushing Limits – July 6, 2007
Interview with Gerlinde Busch Eddie Y’Tuarte and Leah Gardner interview Gerlinde Busch. Gerlinde Busch was one of the founders of pushing limits and was very involved in activism at KPFA before she returned to Germany in 2004. Gerlinde compares life in the United States and Germany for people with disabilities. She has lived and worked at independent living centers in both countries. Gerlinde discusses social services, entitlements, political institutions, health care, attendant care, employment...
Jul 06, 2007•4 min
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