Down to the Struts

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Latest Episodes

Exploring Disabled Power with Power Not Pity's Bri Joy Moore
September 05, 2023

Bri Joy Moore, host of the podcast Power Not Pity, joins Qudsiya to talk about the birth of the podcast, Bris growth as a poet, and Bris "disabled superpower". Be sure to listen all the way through for a special surprise from Bri. For our yo

Disability News from Around the World with Peter Torres Fremlin
August 22, 2023

Qudsiya sits down with Peter Torres Fremlin, the author of the newsletter Disability Debrief,a project that brings together disability news and resources from over 125 countries around the world. Peter recounts his travels as an international disability

Creating space in politics with New Disabled South's Dom Kelly
August 08, 2023

Qudsiya speaks with Dom Kelly, the co-founder, President, and CEO of New Disabled Southabout the road that led him to political activism, the birth of New Disabled South, its grounding in the principles of disability justice, and its innovative regional

Trailer: Season 7 coming soon
July 25, 2023

Check out this special sneak peek into the voices youll hear in Season 7, dropping into your feeds on August 8. Qudsiya is excited to get back down to it with everyone in a few short weeks!Visit our website for transcripts.--Loving Down to the Strut

Alice Wong on Voice (from Ten Thousand Things)
July 11, 2023

Check out this amazing episode ofTen Thousand Thingsfrom our friends at KUOW in Seattle, featuring a meditation on voice from disability justice activist, oracle, and cyborg,Alice Wong. Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai is an acclaimed podcast that

Remembering Judy Heumann: Reflections on the Disability Revolution
May 10, 2023

On March 4, 2023, the disability community lost one of its most significant leadersJudy Heumann left us to carry on her legacy of demanding that disabled people have the right and the opportunity to live in their communities, access employment, go to sch

Empowered Interdependence with Haben Girma
April 18, 2023

In the final episode of season 6, Qudsiya is joined by Haben Girma, a human rights lawyer, author and disability activist who is the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. Haben and Qudsiya talk about centering access, and why it is the key to ac

Disabled Gaming with May Wong
April 04, 2023

Qudsiya interviews May Wong, lead game designer at Interior Night, about their debut game, As Dusk Falls, which received rave reviews, including for its accessibility for disabled gamers. Qudsiya and May talk about how access was built into the game desig

Disabled in Space with NASA’s Denna Lambert
March 21, 2023

Qudsiya is joined by NASAs Denna Lambert, for a conversation about Dennas efforts to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in space innovation and exploration. They talk about Dennas experience as part of the second disabled cohort to experi

Empowering Disabled Refugees with Mustafa Rfat
March 07, 2023

Qudsiya and Mustafa Rfat talked about Mustafas experiences navigating the refugee resettlement process as a disabled refugee, and his concrete recommendations for resettlement agencies, disability services organizations, and policymakers for designing se