Disability Happy Hour

"Blindness is just another style of living."   Paraphrasing Borges, Pulitzer Prize finalist Andrew Leland joins Andrew, Will & Phoebe for a round of meandering discourse on writing and disability. We wind down myriad alleyways of his 2023 memoir " The Country of the Blind ", ponder the progress and shortcomings of media representation, and generally delight in all things literary and absurd. T...

In preparation for Wicked 2 ( Wicked: For Good ) we talk with lifelong musical fan Emily Seelenfreund about our responses to Wicked: Part One, predictions and hopes for the upcoming film based on the musical, and what Hollywood can learn from the way this franchise gets disability right. Emily (an authentic wheelchair user like the actress portraying Nessa Rose, Marissa Bode) grew up loving the mu...

Welcome to Season 2 of Disability Happy Hour! Lachi (she/her, black woman with corn rows) joins us for an all-blind dish session about canes, fashion, pride, and coming out as blind in the music industry. Lachi is a GRAMMY-nominated musician, entrepreneur, and disability culture advocate. Lachi hosts the PBS series Renegades and founded two influential disability culture companies --  RAMPD (Recor...

Paraclimbing! Wheelchair basketball! MURDERBALL? Oh My! Paraclimbing national champion and BORP Adaptive Sports CEO Emily Seelenfreund joins Phoebe to reflect on their adaptive approaches to rock climbing. Andrew asks some sutmblingly naive questions about paraclimbing and wheelchairs. Our conversation sprawled into some other great topics we couldn't fit into this episode (namely WICKED and media...

"Blindness is just another style of living." Paraphrasing Borges, Pulitzer Prize finalist Andrew Leland joins Andrew, Will & Phoebe for a round of meandering discourse on writing and disability. We wind down myriad alleyways of his 2023 memoir " The Country of the Blind ", ponder the progress and shortcomings of media representation, and generally delight in all things literary and absurd. Thi...

Recording artist, advocate and CEO Lachi joins Andrew, Will & Phoebe to wax poetic on the journey of becoming cane users, the evolution of the cane as a tool and a symbol for blind people, and the present and future of disability pride, style and fashion. Things we talked about: Glam Canes, Lachi's line of fabulous fashion canes RAMP'D , Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilit...

Does work speak for itself? October was Disability Employment Awareness Month and Blindness Awareness Month. Andrew, Will & Phoebe get busy reflecting on their experience in the job market, self-employment vs corporate work as a disabled person, the A.D.A. and hiring laws, and the values people with disabilities can bring to the workplace. Future guests Lachi (RAMPD, Glam Canes) and Emily Seel...

Welcome to the very first Disability Happy Hour! Blind siblings Andrew, Will & Phoebe get excited about Will's upcoming nuptials and wax poetic on various ideas about disability and weddings. Drinks drunk: rye whiskey homemade chai tea The Botanist Islay Gin Various & sundry topics include: being blind in photographs navigating big parties + recognizing people reading partners' emotions in...

Introducing Disability Happy Hour, a new podcast about the real lives of disabled people drinking real beverages. We (Andrew, Will and Phoebe) are 3 blind siblings who admittedly have little expertise in the world of disability beyond our own lived experience. Have a round with us, and let's see if we can't figure this whole disability thing out together?