Marriage and Disability

Today, we spotlight the record-breaking and inspiring career of soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva, better known as Marta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It's awards season, so Anney and Samantha talk acting, and particularly, method acting. In this spicy classic we talk about how method acting has typically been the domain of men, and is sometimes used to abuse women (and others).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ... Show More

At its core, the podcast is about an age-gap friendship that feels both unexpected and completely natural. Two women at different points in life, bonded by shared chaos and girlhood in all its forms. Lisa, fifty-something, glamorous, and gloriously unfiltered, has lived through i ... Show More

After spending years fighting to get disability benefits, Amber was finally approved. But she and her wife, Diana, didn’t realize they had entered a complicated, arcane system where health care might cost you your marriage.For more “This Is Uncomfortable,” subscribe to our newsle ... Show More

July is Disability Pride Month. Do you find yourself avoiding conversations on disabilities? A disability rights activist shares ways to be a better ally and to destigmatize disability in America.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo ... Show More

<p>A woman with cerebral palsy and a dark sense of humor tells the story of how her fiancé proposed. She discusses dating as a disabled person, "chair chasers", and why laughing is so important. She also bonds with Geth over a shared dislike of  "Cotton Eyed Joe." Plus, more of C ... Show More

The impact of continued research into genetic screening and therapies is debated by people with disabilities and geneticists, highlighting the issue of rights for disabled people 

In almost every part of the world, in some form or fashion, widows have things harder than they did when their spouses were alive. In some places it means they pay higher taxes, in others it means they’re ostracized to live on the margins of society.See omnystudio.com/listener fo ... Show More

How has America historically defined physical disabilities? How have disability rights activists achieved hard-fought wins? And how does the current debate over mask mandates and pandemic restrictions leave out those with disabilities or chronic illness? Heather and Joanne discus ... Show More

Just how accessible are accessible parking spots, bathrooms, tables etc. And what had to happen in order to even get to this point? Would you believe if I said something called Ugly Laws? Forced Sterilization? Supreme Court Battles? Well babe, that is just a start. Today we talk ... Show More

A BBC Disability Affairs correspondent introduces a panel to discuss the issues surrounding identity and disability. 

We Need To Talk about how marriage is a trap. Is it really? What happens after we get married? Is divorce the only way out? Why do we resort to divorce in the end? What traditions have changed, and what has happened to us eversince? How hard has it become to ask for marriage? How ... Show More

Everybody knows mail order marriages are at best a last resort for jerks looking to boss a foreign spouse around or, at worst, a front for human trafficking. Or are they? Yes and no. Mail order marriage comes with nuance and a surprisingly long history. Learn all about it in this ... Show More