Disability and Progress

 This week Sam is joined by Dawn Bentley. Dawn is the Executive Director for the Minnesota Fringe. Sam is talking with Dawn about the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival! To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

This week, Sam And Charlene are joined by Dr. Haitham Hussein, who is a stroke specialist.  Dr. Hussein talks about his career in studying strokes, and goes in depth about the causes and symptom of a stroke. To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

This week, Sam and Charlene are joined by Dr. Christine Conelea, head of the University of Minnesota Tic and Compulsivity Lab. Dr. Conelea talks about  he career and Compulsivity Disorders. To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

 Home visits, Crisis interventions, One-on-one sessions behind closed doors. For social workers and therapists, these moments are a daily part of the job, and what happens when something goes wrong is becoming a growing concern. Kara Smith, LCMFT, and Practice Owner of Maryland Marriage and Family Therapy Centers, speaks to Sam and Charlene about the unique risks facing therapists and social worke...

This week, Sam and Charlene talk with .Sherman Bausch. He is the founder of the product Capption, which lets people wh can't otherwise enjoy museums by a device that reads the information displayed by pieces of art!   It will make art much more accessible! To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

Sam talks with Dr. Melissa Geller about ovarian cancer. To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

Author Theresa Evans speaks to Sam and Charlene about her new book Choosing to Die: A Daughter’s Story Of Supporting Her Mother’s End Of Life Through Assisted Death. To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

 This week, Sam and Charlene are joined by Dr. Ajay Prakash.  Dr. Prakash gives us good information about on Colorectal Cancer. To get on our email list,receive weekly show updates, or offer feedback/guest suggestions, email disabilityandprogress@samjasmine.com!

This week, Sam and Charlene welcome back of their favorite guests, Gaelynn Lea! Gaelynn is an author, songwriter, musician, and  Disability Rights activist. She talks about her struggles playing non accessiblevenues ,but is only playing accessible ones niow!  She also talks about her new book,"It Wasn't Meant to Be Perfect: A Memoir."   To get on our email list, receive weekly show updates, or off...

This week, Sam and Charlene are joined by  Dr. Paula Pompa-Craven. April is Autism Acceptance Month, and with one in 19 kids being diagnosed on the autism spectrum in California—versus a nationwide average of 1 in 31—it is one of the highest rates of prevalence in the U.S.  E S S C is launching the Every1 With Autism Belongs campaign which celebrates inclusion and individuality by reminding the wo...