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KPFA - Pushing Limits

A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.

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Social Justice and Ableism – Pushing Limits – January...

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2026/01/02

Andrea Jones KleinWhat happens when the fight for justice isn’t accessible to everyone — even the people doing the organizing? And how often do we overlook disabilities we can’t see, but that profoundly shape who gets to show up? Join Pushing Limits this Friday as we talk with social justice organizer Andrea Jones Klein. For more than five years, Andrea has worked at the intersections of climate justice, political liberation, and health equity — all while living with chemical intolerance. In this

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2025 in Review – Pushing Limits – December 26, 2025

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2025/12/26

What really happened behind the scenes at Pushing Limits in 2025?In our end-of-the-year special, host Denny Daughters turns the questions on the Pushing Limits crew themselves. What did they love about this year? What did they learn? And what are they hoping for in the year to come? But that’s not all! Don’t miss the montage of all the guests from last year. Plus, hidden in this special is a secret about how the year end montage was made—something we’ve never shared before. Laugh, reflect, and

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Organizing for Access – Senior and Disability Action...

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2025/12/05

How do we build a city where seniors and disabled people don’t just survive, but actually thrive? And what does it take for an organization to stay ahead of the curve when so many in our community are struggling for housing, transportation, and basic dignity?Shaya French Join Pushing Limits as we sit down with Shaya French, Director of Organizing for Senior and Disability Action — a long-standing, progressive San Francisco organization often a step ahead of others serving the disability

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Disability Advocacy at the Local Level – Pushing...

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2025/11/28

How accessible is your daily commute, really? And when public transportation falls short, who’s out there fighting to fix it?Join us on this week’s Pushing Limits as Denny Daughters interviews Warren Cushman, a systems change advocate with Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) in Hayward. Warren shares the work he’s doing with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as well as his advocacy with AC Transit and BART. We also dive into his efforts around housing justice and mental

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Behind The Magic: Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp –...

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2025/11/21

For most people, “the happiest place on earth” means Disneyland. But for the kids who attend Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital’s annual Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp, true magic happens somewhere else entirely—on the courts, fields, and pool deck of UC Santa Barbara’s Recreation Center.Cynthia Muñoz This week on Pushing Limits, we’re joined by counselors Cynthia Muñoz, who lives with cerebral palsy spastic diplegia, and Brian Rathfelder, who lives with a spinal cord injury. They share what it’s like

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50 Years Strong: Swords to Plowshares – Pushing...

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2025/11/14

For many veterans, the hardest fight begins when they come home—navigating disability, trauma, and a system that too often turns its back on them.For more than half a century, Swords to Plowshares has been serving and uplifting military veterans across the Bay Area. What began as a small grassroots effort to support Vietnam veterans—many of them living with disabilities and facing rejection from traditional institutions like the Veterans Administration—has grown into one of the nation’s leading

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Partnership Between Senior and Disability Advocates –...

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2025/11/07

Seniors and people with disabilities both advocate for home care, housing, and transportation but, for decades, only lonely voices urged the two groups to collaborate. . . until now!Our guests this Friday, Christina Mills and Cynde Soto, talk about the factors that contributed to the historical division between senior and disability advocates as well as current efforts to build solidarity between both groups. Christina is the director of the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A)

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Political Wrap-Up – Pushing Limits – October 31, 2025

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2025/10/31

There’s been a haunting of political developments this month that directly impact the disability community—many deeply concerning. On this week’s Pushing Limits, co-producers Adrienne Lauby and Eddie Ytuarte break down the latest news and what it means for people living with disabilities nationwide. From more troubling moves by Trump to the silence of major disability organizations on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, we dig into what’s being said—and what isn’t (insert Michael Jackson ”Thriller”

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”Triumph“ for Spinal Cord Injured – Pushing Limits –...

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2025/10/24

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 15 million people worldwide are living with a spinal cord injury (SCI). These injuries are often sudden and life-changing—leaving many newly injured individuals overwhelmed and searching for support.Andrew Skinner On this week’s episode of Pushing Limits, we speak with Andrew Skinner, a man who decided to make that transition—from able-bodied to living with a spinal cord injury—a little easier for others traveling the same path. After his

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Telling the Truth about COVID = Act of Resistance –...

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2025/10/17

Did you know that between 150 and 300 people died weekly from COVID during the summer of 2025 in the U.S.? If you were watching the mainstream media or getting news from the White House, this data may surprise you. According to them, COVID is old news and in the rearview mirror of history.However, today’s guest and disability advocate Polly Garcia is committed to educating their community about the virus. In the interview, she will address how the disability community has been impacted by COVID and

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First Six Months – Lasting Damage – Pushing Limits –...

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2025/09/19

Executive actions, budget cuts, layoffs, and legislation—all within the first six months of the Trump administration—have severely curtailed disability rights and services, including access to Medicaid and the right to a free, appropriate public education.That’s the finding of a recent report by the Center for American Progress, authored by Casey Doherty and Mia Ives-Rublee—who will be our live guests on Pushing Limits this week. Co-producer and host Eddie Ytuarte comments: “The Trump regime is as

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Disability Politics From The Frontlines – Pushing...

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2025/09/12

This Friday on Pushing Limits – Join hosts Adrienne Lauby and Eddie Ytuarte as they dig into the latest in disability political news. Adrienne and Eddie bring their sharp analysis and on-the-ground knowledge to the stories that matter most to the disability community.Don’t miss this timely and important conversation. Photos with attributions and some context for each: All from Flickr 1 Traveling Together Disability Awareness Week, University of Illinois, Springfield Illinois licensed as CC

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SOAR: Advocating for SMA – Pushing Limits – September...

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2025/09/05

What if the only thing standing between you and a life-saving treatment was a price tag? For many living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, that’s the reality—Spinraza, one of three FDA approved treatments for SMA costs about $425,000 per injection. Beyond the medical challenges, families face crushing financial barriers and questions of accessibility that differ drastically from country to country.This week, we hear from brothers Derek and Justin. Justin lives with SMA type 1, and Derek—his brother and

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Disability Advocacy in the Motor City – Pushing...

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2025/08/29

What does it take to turn one of the nation’s largest disability communities into aRamiro Alvarez political force? In Detroit, where more than 30% of residents live with a disability, grassroots organizing has led to a groundbreaking victory: $8.4 million in the city’s 2025 budget is now dedicated to disability services. Join Pushing Limits this Friday as we continue our 2-part series on role model disability organizations. We talk with grassroots disability movement leader, Ramiro Alvarez,

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Service Without The Feds – Pushing Limits – August...

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2025/08/22

Will our national system of Independent Living Centers be sabotaged or even destroyed during the Trump Administration? The Trump people have already made extreme cuts to community services, and most of our 403 local centers are heavily funded by the Federal Government. Will we end up funding our service centers with bake sales and lemonade stands?Ami Hyten and Reyma McCoy Hyten, the co-directors of the Lois Curtis Center in Topeka, Kansas, have a better idea! Their organization is a physical and

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Disabled In ICE Detention Center – Pushing Limits –...

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2025/08/15

A second investigation by Disability Rights California (DRC) has once again revealed inhumane conditions at a southern California ICE detention center imprisoning immigrants. The facility is called Adelanto Detention Center and is owned and operated by a private company: The GEO Group.DRC investigators found the following conditions: Inadequate Access to Medical and Mental Health Care and Disability Accommodations Inadequate Access to Food, Water, and Clothes Limited Connections with Family and

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Disabled Musicians—Unfiltered Tracks – Pushing Limits...

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2025/08/08

Well, it’s that time of year again, folks. Time to boogie to your favorite artists with disabilities, but with a twist!This week on Pushing Limits, it’s all about musicians with all types of disabilities, and the best part is that the songs you’ll hear aren’t available on any streaming services. Among the disabilities represented in our lineup are blindness, multiple sclerosis, drug addiction, and Meniere’s disease. Make sure to turn up the volume: we’ve got a live track sent only to radio

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When Magic Meets Barriers — Access Denied at Disney...

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2025/08/01

The Most Magical Place on Earth… for everyone? Or are recent changes turning Disney into a place of exclusion for disabled guests? Charisma On this week’s episode of Pushing Limits, Talia Thompson Mariano sits down with Natasha Caudill and Charisma Mangahas to explore the fallout from Disney’s controversial overhaul of its Disability Access Service (DAS). Are these new policies protecting the system—or punishing those who truly need it? How do these updates impact guests with physical disabilities,

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The Lens of Language – Pushing Limits – July 18, 2025

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2025/07/18

The Sapir Wharf Hypothesis is a lens through which communication scholars often observe and predict cultures‘ language and worldviews. It states that language determines a native speaker’s perception and categorization of experience. But what does this mean when it’s applied to people living with disabilities, the language we choose to communicate with, and the language others choose to describe us?Jacob Farzanmehr Jazmin Romero Joining our communication-conversation this week are two young adults:

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The Intersection Between Disability & Queerness –...

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2025/07/11

In recent years, significant progress has been made in both disability rights andKrispjin Parsons LGBTQ+ visibility. However, the intersection of these identities remains an area that is often overlooked. On today’s show, we welcome Krispjin Parsons, a gay man on the autism spectrum, who shares his personal journey navigating life at the crossroads of queerness and neurodiversity. Through candid reflections on both the challenges and triumphs he’s experienced, Krispjin sheds light on the

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