This week, Sam and Charlene welcome Kendra Davenport and Jenn Siffermann from Easterseals. Kendra is the president and CEO of National Easter Seals, while Jenn is the Vice President of programs for Easterseals Florida. They discuss Easterseals as it exits today, and also the sensory gift guide! To get on our email list, weekly show updates, or to provide feedback or guest suggestions, email us at [email protected]! To give to KFAI in this holiday season, go to KFAI.org!
Disability and Progress
Disability and Progress-December 26, 2024- Easterseals!
This week, Sam and Charlene are joined Drew Garza. Drew is the Blind Hockey Rep from USA Hockey and a player for the Chicago Blind and US National teams. He also founded and runs the Dented Puck Foundation. He will discussing Blind Hockey! What? does that even exist? Tune in and find out exactly how that is done! To get on our email list, weekly show updates, or to provide feedback or guest suggestions, email us at [email protected]! To give to KFAI in this holiday season, go to KFAI.org!
Disability and Progress
Disability and Progress-December 19, 2024- Blind Hockey!
This week, Liz will be sitting down with Craig R. Evans, to talk about his new book Old Time Conversations: Finding Health, Happiness, and Community Through Traditional Music. In this interview, Liz and Evans discuss creativity, health, and community, as well as the joy people can find in music and art.
This week, Josh sits down with author John Brandon, to discuss his new novel Penalties of June, an exciting thriller about ex-con Pratt. In this book, Brandon uses his feel for the underbelly of his home state of Florida to give the genre of noir a sweltering southern twist.
This week, Josh talks to Audrey Borowski about her new book Leibniz in His World. In this book, Borowski looks at the formative years of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz as a scientist and courtier in the learned and courtly circles of early modern Europe.
This week, Sam is joined by. Michael Kane, and Shannon Newman. They are from Courage Kenny. Michael and Shannon talk about the history of. Courage Kenny and their robust Sports and Rec programs. To get on our email list, weekly show updates, or to provide feedback or guest suggestions, email us at [email protected]! To give to KFAI in this holiday season, go to KFAI.org!
Disability and Progress
Disability and Progress- December 12, 2024- Courage Kenny Sports and Rec
This week, Sam and Charlene are joined by Curt Jones and Judy Messina. They are two golfers with various eye conditions. They will be teaching us all about blind golf! To get on our email list, weekly show updates, or to provide feedback or guest suggestions, email us at [email protected]! To give to KFAI in this holiday season, go to KFAI.org!
Disability and Progress
Disability and Progress- December 5, 2024- Blind Golf!
This week, Josh sits down with Agustina Paglayan and Vince Beiser, to discuss their books –Raised to Obey: The Rise And Spread of Mass Education and Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future, respectively. Raised to Obey is about how the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control it’s subjects. Power Metal is about how the move to green energy relies on specific metals that are causing ecological and economic damage today, and how we can improve this situation.
Write On! Radio
Write On! Radio - Agustina Paglayan and Vince Beiser
