Join our conversation on the stories we tell about disability from fairy tales to Disney. Author Amanda Leduc discusses her book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. Learn more at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests/#AmandaLeduc and access the transcript at https://arevalossketches.com/transcriptfairytalesanddisability This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Arts and Disability Center.

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Fairy Tales & Disability

Join our conversation on the stories we tell about disability from fairy tales to Disney. Author Amanda Leduc discusses her book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. Learn more at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests/#AmandaLeduc This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Arts and Disability Center.

Niyah White works as a state-level criminal justice policy analyst and decarceration researcher.

Crime and Punishment

In this preview episode, we talk about how people and due process are getting lost in the justice system.

Preview: Lost in the System

"There are other stories. There always were other stories." Writer and former journalist Dan Keane joins us from New Zealand to talk about how we construct narratives and the pure joy of the good books out there--and chucking the Great American Novel as a North Star it never was.

The Power of Narrative

"Throughout history, the biggest victories took place when people took huge risks but did it together." Chelsey Engel talks about unions as "a tool, a movement, a community, and a resource." We talk about the dismantling of labor laws and workers' rights, Black Lives Matter, the Hachette walkout, radical honesty, and the power of collective action. Follow Chelsey and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

Uniting for Power

What the Hawai'i-Scotland connection? Talking bagpipes, missionaries, and monarchies with author Malia Bohlin in this bonus episode. Meet the experts, guests, and storytellers @ https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

Bagpipes, Missionaries, & Monarchies

"Let those stories out, share those stories. I had no idea the impact my stories would have on so many people." Talking NaNoWriMo, not dying with your music still in you, and 1667 words a day or bust with author Malia Bohlin in this bonus episode. Meet the experts, guests, and storytellers @ https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

1667 Words a Day or Bust

"Sometimes you have to go it alone." We talk with author Malia Bohlin about the story she carried--and novel she wrote--inspired by her father's unexpected solo sailing voyage across the Pacific when he was 26. She talks about how sometimes you just have to go it alone. Follow Malia and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

Sailing Solo

"Someday is made of a thousand tiny nows." We talk with author Malia Bohlin about historical fiction, creating semi-biography, and learning (literally) about what it takes to sail (alone) across an ocean. Look for the episode on finding your way, alone, at sea. Follow Malia and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

1/3 Research, 1/3 Creativity, 1/3 I Don't Know

"You act in good faith. You have nothing to lose for trying." We talk with writer/banker Suman Mallick about love as growth, as investment, and shaped in ways we might not expect.

Here to Love

What happens in the middle of our moves? In this bonus preview episode, writer/banker Suman Mallick talks about what happens in the gap between what happens to us and how we respond. We talk feelings--resentment, love, grief, anger, and plain humanness--and acting in good faith, regardless.

The Gap Between What Happens to Us & How We Respond (in Love and Everything Else)

"All the ways that you don't fit in? That's who you are." Author, speaker, teacher Tamim Ansary shares how road trips, national crisis, community dreams, and story created this American.

Becoming American: The Arc of Our Narrative

Sandra Razieli joins us from the slopes of Haleakala. As a movement educator, Sandra loves to guide people to move better so they can feel better and live better. She approaches movement from a neurobiomechanical model that is shaped by years of teaching yoga-based practices as well as her work as a cultural anthropologist, teen educator, and Jewish spiritual leader. Sandra currently resides on Maui where she enjoys going barefoot often. You can find out more about Sandra here.She shares how illness and movement changed her life—and the joys of finding humanity, starting from the very bodies we inhabit.This episode airs in full in May. To hear the full episode or learn more, subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, or visit: https://arevalossketches.com/#/howdidwegetherepodcast/Get Light Pollution 101 here.Here from Jennifer Brea, filmmaker of Unrest.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HOW DID WE GET HERE flips the migrant story.  Come, here the story of us. Episodes | Guests, Experts, & Storytellers | Contact~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When You're a Canary in the Coal Mine: Moving with Invisible Illness

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