ADAPT REVOLUTION!

For the 17th episode of ADAPT REVOLUTION! Your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability, we talk to artists from the 2023 Off-Kilter Cabaret, which is happening in the Tek Box at the Cowles Center at 528 Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. For more information about the Off-Kilter Cabaret, and to buy tickets, go to http://ww...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. For our 16th episode, we interview Rachel Dionne-Thunder, a self-proclaimed AIM baby and the cofounder of the Indigenous Protector Movement here in the Twin Cities and beyond. You can connect with them at their Facebook page here and get involved with their work and actions in community. Intro mu...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. Tonight, for episode 15, Beth and Matt are joined by journalist Al McFarlane of Insight News (https://www.insightnews.com), KFAI (https://www.kfai.org), and Conversations with Al McFarlane on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@insightnewsmn). We talk about where we come from and where we're go...

In this episode, we have a featured conversation with Lainey, Lexi, and Gretchen from Young Dance ( https://youngdance.org/ ) here in MN about their work as dancers and what it has meant to them that Young Dance has been so intentionally inclusive of dancers with disabilities for so many years. We also have a feature on artists with disabilities coming from Attitude out of New Zealand and a featur...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In the 13th episode, we have a clip from this year's 20th annual disability pride parade in Chicago, IL, a TED Talk by Yasmin Sheikh titled "Disability does not mean inability," a conversation between Judy Heumann and Alice Wong from the Heumann Perspective, and an interview with Ke...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is "Your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability." In this episode, we talk to Monique Cullars Doty from Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro & Black Lives Matter MN about her work to focus on cross-movement solidarity and the importance of including disability in ALL of our efforts for justice. She centers police accountability a...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is, "Your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability." In the 11th episode, we have a conversation with co-host Beth Blick's sister Sarah Blick about Disability Rights, Disability Justice, Disability Studies, and their family experience with Disability. Intro music is by Professor EXE. Outro music is "Sister" by Mickey Guyt...

Welcome to ADAPT REVOLUTION! Your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In today's episode, we have a TED-Talk by Lyla June about 3,000 year old solutions to modern problems, and an interview with Joan Ostrove from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN about disability in higher ed. Today's intro music is by Professor EXE, and outro music is "Unstop...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. Today we talk to Amanda Ray, a feminist lawyer from West Virginia, who talks about the ways that disability and the law have intersected in her practice. Intro music is compliments of PROFESSOR EXE. All rights to music in this episode belong to the artists themselves. Video of today's intervi...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In this episode we feature a Ted Talk by international human rights lawyer Catalina Devandas, and we interview Allan Malkis from MN's Or Emet, the Jewish Humanist Congregation. Able Media has joined a space called The Artery in Minneapolis at the Ivy Building for the Arts. Stay tuned for news...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In the 7th episode, we talk to Autistic author, photographer, poet, professor, and advocate Said Shaiye about the importance of finding our own wholeness and centering care, helping each other when we can and focusing on our collective will to thrive. You can meet Said in person on Wednesday, Jun...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism where the D-Word is Disability. In the 6th episode, we focus on Disability Magic, that certain something that happens when we center care in everything that we do. Our interview guest is Care Witch Galen Sunshine. Our featured guest is Greg Bland, who talks about the advantages of being different, and in his case, Deaf. Beauty b...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In the 5th episode, we talk about personhood. Beth invokes disabled civil rights activist Judy Heumann, and shares a story about her brother, Lee Blick. We feature a speech by Judy Heumann called, "Our fight for Disability Rights, and why it's not over." We then share a conversation...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! Is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In the 4th episode, we talk about foundations. Ideally, we want this to be a video podcast, with ASL interpretation, captions, and transcripts for every episode. We will be working to make that happen. We want the show to be as accessible as possible and bring the community together. Today, we ar...

ADAPT REVOLUTION! is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. In this episode Beth and Matt interview Rachel Garaghty about a disability future created for us and by us, giving ourselves the license to thrive. We bring you: Acceptance and Robots. Beth speaks about the 10 Commitments of Humanism. Jokes by Rachel. Intro music is "Read All About It, Pt. I...

ADAPT REVOLUTION is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability! In this episode, we have a few jokes for you, news about the work in MN to end sheltered workshops and the sub-minimum wage, and an interview with long-time ADAPTer Scott Nance about how we can channel our rage in the service of love and continue, at our own speed, to "Free our people."...

This is our first episode of ADAPT REVOLUTION, your weekly antidote to hate, greed and ableism, where the D-Word is Disability. Special guests are the folks from the EPIC program at Pillsbury House + Theatre with their jokes and dreams. Full transcript available here . Intro music is "Sure Thing" by Miguel. Outro music is "Put it Down" by Brandy and Chris Brown, all rights rese...

ADAPT REVOLUTION will be Able Media's new offering starting in April, 2023. ADAPT REVOLUTION is your weekly antidote to hate, greed, and ableism. The show will be recorded and distributed as a podcast and radio show each week on Thursdays, with transcripts. We are excited to get started, and we need your support! Check back here for updates next month. A transcript for this audio is available here...

In this episode we talk to Kari Sheldon, the chair of the MN DFL Disability Caucus, and a member of St. Paul, MN Mayor Melvin Carter's advisory committee, about the importance of the disabled vote, and what it means to be involved with the political process. We have resources here for people with disabilities who are getting out to vote by Tuesday, November 8, 2022. We deeply encourage you to get...

In this episode, Beth talks to activist Mai Thor about her work as a Bush Foundation Fellow focused on Disability Justice throughout Minnesota. You can find the 10 Principles of Disability Justice here . Video with separate closed captioning is available on our YouTube channel here . A full transcript is available here . Keep an eye out for more information about the Dreaming Disability Justice Co...

This month, Beth talked to Representative Alice Hausman about housing issues in MN affecting the disability community and what Minnesotans can do to provide more choice, stability, and quality of life to those of us with disabilities when it comes to housing. Full transcript available here . ASL video coming soon! Please take a listen and keep the conversation going . . . And get involved with you...

For the February 2022 episode, Beth Blick talks to Dan Barker ( https://ffrf.org/about/staff-board/item/38960-dan-barker ) about the intersections of Disability and Atheism. ASL video of the episode with closed captioning is available at https://youtu.be/w9zLiA4Qm4s . Our ASL interpreter is Darrius Doe ( http://www.darriusdoe.com ). A full transcript of the episode can be found at   https://0...

In this episode, Beth talks to Maplewood, MN City Council Member and Chair of the MN Council on Disability, Nikki Villavicencio ( nikkilee1984@gmail.com ), about the big things happening right now in the MN legislature that have to do with people with disabilities. Also, bowling :-) For a full video with ASL interpretation, go to https://youtu.be/ge7MCrbbgXk . Our ASL interpreter is Darrius D...

Michelle Gross from Communities United Against Police Brutality gives us the pivotal updates on the 911 Mental Health Response Bill that is currently in committee. Please visit https://www.cuapb.org to easily author a message to the 10 legislators in the committee working on the bill.

While mobile health response teams have already been developed throughout the state of MN for 911 calls, such responses have not yet been required across the board. Bill Czech and James Reilly from Communities United Against Police Brutality share info behind the current legislation and how folks can get involved. Specifically, the new legislation will be called Travis’ Law, providing for mental h...