The Future is Sick

In this episode of The Future is Sick, Charlie talks with Naya Wright, a PhD student in anthropology and social change at CIIS, about ontology, epistemology, and what multicultural and indigenous frameworks reveal about the limits of Western biomedicine. Naya shares how growing up with asthma from six months old, and tracing that back to generations of environmental exposure, shaped her understand...

In this episode of The Future is Sick, Charlie talks with Izzy Hernandez, a two-spirit indigenous sailor and mutual aid organizer with Houston Food Not Bombs, about environmental racism, disability justice, and what it means to care for community at the margins of the state. Izzy shares how growing up along the Gulf Coast near petrochemical infrastructure shaped their understanding of how industri...

In this episode of The Future is Sick , Charlie talks with Cat Polston, a disabled public servant and former social worker, about housing, policy, and what it means to survive long enough to imagine stability. Cat shares her journey from experiencing housing instability and navigating chronic illness to working inside government systems to make programs more accessible, humane, and grounded in rea...

In this episode of The Future is Sick , Charlie talks with Atlas Feigel, a disabled PhD student in Critical Medical Anthropology and co-director of Degenerates Collective, about navigating the U.S. health insurance system, medical gaslighting, and the politics of mobility aids. Atlas shares about his work with the queer and disabled DIY arts and mutual aid collective on Chicago’s South Side, and w...

In this episode, Charlie talks with health equity advocate and systems strategist Austin Puca about living with lupus, chronic illness, and the everyday negotiations of being in a body you’re constantly learning how to live in. From avoiding the sun and navigating flares, to food, fatigue, trust, and care, this is a generous, funny, and free-flowing conversation between two friends. Austin also sh...

In our first episode, Charlie talks with artist and narrative medicine professional Sal Marx about creative survival, illness stories, and futures where sick and disabled people lead the work of rebuilding care systems. This conversation explores art, care, grief, and the everyday realities disabled people move through. Learn more about Sal: Website: salmarx.myportfolio.com Instagram: @salmarx11 F...

A sneak peek into The Future is Sick , a crip-led podcast by Sick Futures Collective, imagining better futures of care, access, and survival.