The Cassie and Mariah Show

We discussed how disability and chronic illness are represented in mainstream and online media. Mariah discusses her experience axe throwing and trying Thai food. Cassie hits her first roadkill and discusses emergency evacuation accessibility. View transcript .

We discuss the things we’d want to do with our lives if we were able-bodied or existed in a parallel universe. Mariah addresses the horse girl rumors. Cassie recalls what she wanted to be when she grew up. View transcript .

We share our experiences navigating finances as disabled and chronically ill people with inconsistent incomes who are also trying to save and build credit. We contemplate the constant urge to monetize our hobbies, and share expenses we have that are specific to our conditions (aka #criptax). View transcript .

We discuss the beginning of the January 2024 winter storm, check in about seasonal depression, and compare accessible parking permits. Cassie shares about her new job and winter term starting. Mariah is in her LinkedIn + gym bro era. View transcript . If you have disability, chronic illness, accessibility, or mid-twenties questions or stories you’d like us to discuss, email us at tcmspod@gmail.com...

It’s the new year! We discuss choosing short term discomfort for long term happiness, starting antidepressants, and writing letters to our future selves and share other new year's rituals and resolutions. View transcript . If you have disability, chronic illness, accessibility, or mid-twenties questions or stories you’d like us to discuss on an episode later this season, email us at tcmspod@gm...

In the Season 2 premiere of The Cassie and Mariah Show, we discuss summer lovin’, autumnal blues, hospital cafeteria food, rotting season, and more! View transcript . If you have disability, chronic illness, accessibility, or mid-twenties questions or stories you’d like us to discuss on an episode later this season, email us at tcmspod@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @tcmspod.

It’s the season finale of The Cassie and Mariah Show and it comes out just before Cassie’s birthday! We catch up about Cassie’s busy week and Mariah being sick. We discuss Disney Channel original movies, Disability Pride Month, Marcel The Shell, new music from Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Mariah asks Cassie some reflective birthday questions and we celebrate wrapping season one. View transcript .

We discuss how we feel about the direction of our lives 25 years into them. Cassie feels like she already went through her major quarter life crisis whereas Mariah is in the thick of hers. Does anyone really know what they’re doing with their life? View transcript .

We go deep into our thoughts about what defines a fandom, talk a lot about One Direction and 2010s alt bands, and discuss the dwindling role fandom plays in our adulthood. At the end of the episode we reflect and share more about the future of the podcast. View transcript .

(CW: ableism, fatphobia, body image) We discuss the internalized ableism we carry such as feeling like a burden, and how we connect exercise and disability in our minds. Then we get into the struggles that come up when thinking about dating or moving out, and how all of these negative internalized beliefs don’t align with reality. View transcript .

(CW: discussion of hospitals, surgeries, etc.) We catch up on our busy weekends seeing movies and concerts, then dive into more stories from growing up having surgeries and going to the doctor all the time. We discuss hospital food, drug trials, and sharing rooms with other kids. View transcript .

We discuss our Screen Time in relation to Cassie quitting Twitter. Then we dive into 2000s video game nostalgia and the evolution of video games throughout our lives. View transcript .

Mariah’s turning 26! To celebrate, she read our astrological birth charts, we discussed astrology-based apps, and she did a tarot and oracle reading for each of us, and for you. To end, Cassie asked Mariah some reflective birthday questions. View transcript .

What happens when we talk too much at the beginning of an already really long episode? You get a bonus episode! Listen to our weekly catch up that would normally be in EP 13. We talk about video games, Mariah’s airport experience, Cassie’s wacky Wednesday, ice cream, Hank Green’s cancer diagnosis, and more. Enjoy the chaos! View transcript .

(CW: Drugs, alcohol, substance abuse) We discuss our experiences with drugs and alcohol. Cassie doesn’t partake in using any substances, and Mariah rarely drinks and has used medicinal marijuana for chronic pain. We talk about how the culture around drinking and drugs has changed as we’ve gotten older, and Cassie rants about seltzer. View transcript .

We discuss the incompatibility of working and being disabled or chronically ill including sick days, access to health care, SSI, unemployment, not being qualified for accessible jobs, remote work options, caregiving, and unpaid labor. Mariah shares about her experience with accessibility in Disney World, and we both discuss what media we’ve been consuming lately. View transcript .

We discuss what self-care looks like for us. This includes taking care of our mental and physical health, journaling, enjoying our little treats, time management, listening to our uplifting playlists, and more. View transcript .

Welcome to our first junk drawer episode! Sometimes we have things we want to discuss that aren’t enough to be their whole own episode, so we toss them in our metaphorical junk drawer for later. This week we discuss various East and West Coast differences, passionate food opinions, celebrity crushes, and Twitter crushes. View transcript .

We discuss our favorite places we’ve been, where we hope to travel in the future, and the accessibility anxiety, stress, and exhaustion that comes with traveling as a disabled or chronically ill person. We are humbled by our lack of geography knowledge. View transcript .

(CW: ableism, school shootings) We discussed our experiences in higher education including the inaccessibility and ableism we faced. Mariah shares about her Make-A-Wish debacle as well as getting harassed in a parking lot. Cassie starts the spring term of school. View transcript .

This week we discuss how our forms of creative expression have changed throughout our lives. Mariah talks about elaborate book reports she made in school, her epic, hilarious tweets, and the struggle in making creative endeavors stick. Cassie shares about her journey writing and playing music, and how it’s harder to find time to be creative in adulthood. We both share pieces of our writing. View t...

We discuss some of our favorite comfort shows like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Gilmore Girls, as well as our favorite YouTube genres like ASMR and Let’s Plays. View transcript.

We get vulnerable and discuss the struggles of maintaining a social life in our mid-twenties compared to when we were younger, and how loss, grief, and breakups contribute to this newfound loneliness. View transcript .

We discuss the various endeavors we've taken on including starting fan clubs and social media pages, and founding registered businesses. We also share lessons learned and if we would ever start anything new again. At the end we ask and answer the question, "How are you, really?". View transcript .

We discuss Mariah’s New York trip, the impact of Judy Heumann, fandom Twitter, using social media to meet our needs, terms like “chronically online,” and share what we are grateful for. View transcript .