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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Disability rights activist Alice Wong jumps right in with the awkward as we discuss who can even say “#cripthevote.” We discuss the coming deluge of #inspiring #promposals involving disabled people, and why she hopes they go away eventually. David Perry, a journalist covering disability issues, talks about avoiding able-ism and best practices for reporters.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Anna Raycox.
0:04.0	Welcome to with friends like these,
0:06.2	the podcast about uncomfortable and awkward conversations.
0:10.2	I'm excited about this week's podcast.
0:12.3	It's one that I've had on my agenda for a while.
0:15.2	We're gonna be talking about disability rights
0:17.6	and disability visibility with a couple of people
0:21.0	that I know through Twitter, which I found out
0:23.2	through doing this show is actually a great place
0:26.1	to kind of follow the disability rights movement
0:29.1	because it's one of the most accessible platforms there is.
0:33.2	We're gonna be talking to David Perry,
0:34.8	who is a professor of medieval history
0:37.5	at Dominican University, but also a disability rights activist
0:41.5	and journalist.
0:42.8	He'll be in the second part of the show.
0:45.2	First, we're gonna be talking to Alice Wong,
0:47.6	who is a disabled activist based in San Francisco.
0:50.7	She is the founder of the Disability Project
0:53.9	and she's the co-founder of CryptoVote.
0:56.8	And she is coming right.
0:59.7	So I'd like to welcome to the show, Alice Wong,
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