Disability After Dark

Episode Notes On E354, I sit down with Dr. Tye Martin as he shares with us his experiences as a severely disabled person. We talk about everything from 40 day ICU stays to airplane travel and everything in between. It was really great to sit down with another severely disabled person and just chat. Enjoy! Follow Dr. Tye Martin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.tyedmartin/ Clone-A-Willy or Clone-...

Episode Notes On January 8, 2024, one of our past podcast guests, Nathan Say, passed away.  He was a spoken word poet, a sex educator and activist.  I am heartbroken he passed and I wanted to use my platform to honour him.  Listen to our episode from 2018, and hug your disabled friends tight.  This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Episode Notes On E353, I sit down with Dr. Lara Ameen as we go off on a bunch of fun tangents about Cerebral Palsy, disability, media representation and so much more.  This was a fun one.  Enjoy!  Follow Dr. Lara Ameen: https://www.instagram.com/trucherrygirl/   Episode Sponsors  Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20% off sitewide by using coupon code DARKPOD20 at Checkout. www.cl...

Episode Notes On E352, I sit down with Beck as we discuss their experience with a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury).  We talk about how being in a coma is nothing like it is on TV, losing relationships, ableism, why the brain is the worst organ and so much more! Enjoy! Follow Beck at: https://www.instagram.com/furiousblanketfort/ Episode Sponsors  Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20%...

Episode Notes On E6 of Popcorn and Power Chairs, we review The Peanut Butter Falcon, the story of a young man with down syndrome who runs away to pursue his dream of meeting a wrestler and has an adventure along the way. For this one I am joined by Jeff Kalasky from the Talkumentary Podcast. We talk about care issues around disabled people living in nursing homes, our thoughts on some of the langu...

Episode Notes On E350, I sit down with my friend and Symptom Sister, Lorna Craig.  We talk about her experience with chronic lyme, performing wellness, dealing with disability and family relationships and friendships + so much more.  Enjoy! Follow Lorna here: https://www.instagram.com/lun_aaah   Episode Sponsors  Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20% off sitewide by using coupon...

Episode Notes On E349, I sit down again with my friend and colleague Malakai Strong as we talk about all thing Cerebral Palsy and intersectional.  They share their journey of being black, trans and disabled and having Cerebral Palsy with a sprinkling of fibromyalgia.  They share with us details about their book, Super Me and why he chose to write it + we talk about disability joy, therapy and so m...

Episode Notes On E348, I invite my best friend, Kristen to talk about her experiences of being neglected and abused by care staff who have refused her care some days because of cockroaches, meaning that she has days of no help at all, having to hire outside care, hoping it will work. We talk about what that kind of neglect feels like, we ask, how do we fix a broken care system that leaves disabled...

Episode Notes On E347, I sit down with Emmy who shares her experiences with disability negativity, disability joy and  seronegative spondyloarthritis.  We have a really fun, candid convo her as she openly discusses her life as a cripple; her marriage, family reactions, just cripple things and so much more.  Enjoy!  Episode Sponsors Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20% off sitewi...

Episode Notes On E346, I share an episode that I recorded in Jan 2023 with a fan of my work, Bethany Reed.  While she doesn’t identify as disabled herself, she wanted the opportunity to ask questions, and learn how to be a better ally to disabled folks, so we did exactly that.  Enjoy! Episode Sponsors Get 15% off your next purchase of sex toys, books and DVDs by using Coupon code AFTERDARK at chec...

Episode Notes For E345, Andrew decided to do another Episode of “What’s Your Condition?” where we explore the history, mythology and day to day experiences of people with Spina Bifida.  We learn that it has been around thousands of years, learn what you find when you Google it, learn about the most common myths, we learn how sexual function is understood in people with SB + so much more!  Enjoy! ...

Episode Notes For E344, I thought it would be really fun to do a classic style episode.  So, let’s take common winter dating tips like sledding, carriage riding and “acroyoga” apparently and talk about the ways in which they are or aren’t accessible and how silly some of these date ideas would look if I as a disabled person tried them.  Enjoy!  Episode Sponsors Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all y...

Episode Notes On E343, we do a popcorn & power chairs episode where I review the new HBO Doc called The Boy Who Lived about David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double on the HP films who had an accident which left him paralyzed.  We learn about their deep bond, we go along with David as he chronicles the highs and lows of his life before and after disability.  He makes me think differently...

Episode Notes On episode 342, I sit down with Dean Grosbard as we talk about his experience with sleep disorders and sleep disabilities.  We explore how sleep is always a symptom and never the cause, why Dean is part of the sleepy community + how all that affects everyday life and relationships.  Enjoy! Follow me at andrewgurza.com and sign up to be on a main show or an offshoot by e-mailing andre...

Episode Notes On episode 341, I sit down with my friend April Hubbard as we talk about her journey choosing MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying). This was a big conversation; we talk about April's decision to choose MAID, we talk through big feelings, April outlines her process being assessed + so much more. This was a hard one to do, but very important. Follow me at andrewgurza.com and sign up to b...

Episode Notes Welcome back to Disability After Dark friends! On episode 340, I sit down with self-proclaimed “disabled dick-slinger” Rachele Manett.  We talk about their experiences being disabled with scoliosis, how they got into sex education and disability – finding that space to talk about what we’re not supposed to talk about.  We talk about pleasure focused education and disability + so much...

Episode Notes In E339, I sit down with online content creator Sean Ferrick as we explore what would happen if he became disabled.  I love having open conversations like this with folks, and Sean made for such a warm, inviting guest, you won’t want to miss our banter. Enjoy!  Follow Sean here: linktr.ee/SeanFerrick   Episode Sponsors  Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20% off site...

Episode Notes In E04 of Popcorn and Power Chairs, I decided to do a documentary.  In this episode, we watch a documentary about disability called Including Samuel.  We meet Samuel and his family, as they document 4 years of his life with Cerebral Palsy.  The film looks at disability through the lens of Samuel’s family, and it focuses primarily on what inclusion looks like for Samuel and other disa...

Episode Notes In E338, I bring you an episode that I recorded way back in 2022 with my friend Kori Doty.  We talk about Kori’s experience with connective tissue stuff, being neurodivergent, how fucked up our benefit system is, disability grief + so much more.  Enjoy!  You can follow Kori by going to www.koridoty.com   Episode Sponsors  Clone-A-Willy or Clone-A-Pussy all your own and get 20% off si...

Episode Notes In Episode 03 of Popcorn and Power Chairs, Andrew reviews the 2021 Oscar award winning film CODA (Child Of a Deaf Adult), about the only hearing person in a family of Deaf fishermen.  Come with us as we explore the struggles of main character Ruby being the sole interpreter for her family, but also explore some of the ways the film could be done better.  Enjoy! This podcast is powere...

Episode Notes In E337, I bring back one of my fave series, “What’s Your Condition?” where we Google disabilities and conditions to learn more about them. On this episode, I look at Ankylosing Spondylitis.  We uncover that it isn’t as rare as you might think, don’t ask a person with AS why they need to sit down, and we learn that rest does not help this condition + so much more.  Enjoy!  Learn more...

Episode Notes In Episode 02 of our new series, Popcorn and Powerchairs, Andrew explores whether the classic 1982 Sci-Fi Family flick, E.T. has connections to disability, and yup we find some: from some of the language they use, to the medicalization of E.T.s body, this film definitely has some disability markers that we can talk about. Enjoy! To be a guest on Popcorn and Powerchairs or Disability...

Episode Notes E336 is another one of my favourite series, “What Would Happen If You Became Disabled Tomorrow?” where I ask non-disabled folks (usually adult film stars) to consider how their lives would change so that we can combat ableism.  This time I spoke to the adorable porn star Teddy Wilder.  He really dove into this hypothetical with grace, humor, hotness and more! Enjoy! Follow Teddy at w...

Episode Notes Welcome to my new side project, Popcorn & Powerchairs where we watch disability film together each week and talk about it. In episode one, we review The Theory of Everything with Eddie Redmayne playing famed physicist Stephen Hawking. We talk about the movie, how disability is represented in it and some of the key themes. Enjoy! If you want to recommend a movie, piece of media, o...