Miriam Rich discusses her upcoming book, Monstrous Conceptions: Race, Reproduction, and Medical Science in America, 1830-1930. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Miriam Rich, PhD is… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 47 – Race, Reproduction, and American Medical Science

Tulika Singh discusses her work on depictions of embodiment and disorder in early Indian medical texts. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About our Guest Tulika Singh is a… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 46 – Blindness and Incurability in Early Indian Medicine

Andrew J. Hogan discusses his new book, Disability Dialogues: Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Andrew J. Hogan,… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 45 – Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions

Nora O’Neill, an MD/PhD student at Yale University, discusses her research on feminist disability activism in 1980s/1990s Boston. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Nora O’Neill… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 44 – The Project on Women and Disability (PWD) and Women’s Health Activism in the Late Twentieth Century

Doug Crandell discusses his latest book, Twenty-Two Cents an Hour: Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About our Guest Doug has worked… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 43 – Disability Rights and the Fight to End Subminimum Wages

Allison C. Carey, Pamela Block, and Richard K. Scotch discuss their co-authored book, Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here.… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 42 – Allyship, Parent Activism, and Disability Rights

Sandy Sufian discusses her latest book, Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About our Guest Sandy Sufian is a historian… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 41 – Disability, Adoption, Risk, and the Modern American Family

Guest host Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon talks with Dr. Maria Bucur, Dr. Frances Bernstein, Dr. Maria Cristina Galmarini, and Dr. Magdalena Zdrodowska about the history of disability in Eastern Europe. Episode image:… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 40 – Disability History in Eastern Europe: A Roundtable Discussion

Guest host Emma Wathen interviews Sami Schalk about her new book, Black Disability Politics. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 39 – Black Disability Politics

Ryan Lee Cartwright discusses their new book, Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Ryan Lee Cartwright… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 38 – Queer Crip Histories of White Rural American Life

Lisa Iezzoni discusses her new book, Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People with Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities Download mp3 here.Download pdf transcript here. About… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 37 – Personal Assistance Services: Past, Present, and Future

Hannah Zaves-Greene discusses her work on Jews and the “public charge provision” in US immigration history. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Hannah Zaves-Greene received her… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 36 – Disability and the History of Jewish Immigration to the United States

Leah Richier discusses her work on mental hospitals in the US South. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Leah Richier is an independent historian with a… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 35 – Hospitals, Archives, and Ethics in Southern US Disability History

Jim Odato discusses his new book on disability activist and Mouth editor Lucy Gwin. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest James Odato is a graduate of… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 34 – The Life and Work of Lucy Gwin

Chelsea Chamberlain discusses her research on the history of Pennsylvania’s Elwyn School. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Chelsea D. Chamberlain is a PhD Candidate at… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 33 – A Eugenic Institution in Progressive America

Susan Burch discusses her new book on the individuals, families, and communities who were affected by Canton Asylum. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Susan Burch… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 32 – Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions

Martin Atherton discusses his career and research in Deaf Studies, deaf history, and beyond! Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Martin Atherton retired from his post… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 31 – Deaf Leisure and Culture in Northwest England

Philippa Campsie discusses her new article on Charles Barbier, Louis Braille, and the story of raised-point writing. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here. About Our Guest Philippa Campsie has… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 30 – The Real Origins of Raised-Point Writing

Nicholas Hrynyk (University of Toronto) discusses his work on queer and disability history, including his recent article on HIV/AIDS, masculinity, disease, and disability. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript here.… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 29 – HIV/AIDS, Masculinity, and Disability

Ravi Malhotra (University of Ottawa) discusses his new book, co-authored with Benjamin Isitt, about the life and work of American-Canadian socialist radical E.T. Kingsley. Download mp3 file here.Download pdf transcript… Continue Reading Podcast Episode 28 – The Life and Work of Socialist Radical E.T. Kingsley