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Crip Café episodes
- Is Halloween the most ableist holiday?Is trick or treating accessible? And is a pirate costume with an eye-patch and peg leg appropriating disability culture? This week on Crip Café, Ella and Soph discuss the highs and lows of spooky season from a disability perspective.
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43 min - What do disability and mental illness have in common?Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re exploring the connections between disability and mental illness.
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31 min - Are disabled students set up to be goodie goods or trouble makers?Some of us had great experiences at school, while others found school a drag and totally not accessible for our needs. Join Ella and Talia as they share their school stories on this week’s episode of Crip Café.
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38 min - Is Disability Cool Now? Emergency Pod
It's an emergency pod!
By now you've probably seen the discourse online. The Times and The Telegraph each published articles - that quickly went viral - about young women with chronic illnesses. These articles were...nasty.
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30 min - Where are all the disabled politicians?A general election is coming in Aotearoa... In this episode we’re digging into what it’s like to be a disabled MP, and why this election matters for disabled people.
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31 min - How to survive public toilets as a disabled person
We’re finally talking about the nightmare…the scourge…the thing that lives rent-free in many a disabled person’s mind…public toilets. Yes, we should have bigger things to worry about, but somehow we are still battling for toilets that meet our needs. In 2026! We share toilet horror stories, bathroom etiquette tips, and debate what makes a good accessible toilet.
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49 min - Can AI generate an accessible world? 👀
As the use of AI increases across the world, the ethical debate has become more and more heated. Disabled people are often brought into the conversation as an argument FOR the use of AI - but our voices aren’t necessarily part of that conversation. So let’s dive in. How does our community feel about AI? See you here every other Wednesday at 4pm!
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44 min - Unpacking disabled icons with Trish HarrisFeaturing guest Trish Harris, author of Out of the Box, we discuss who we look up to in the disabled communities and what makes them iconic.
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46 min - How to fend off unsolicited (ableist) commentsWe discuss the classics ("I'll pray for you"), our weirdest experiences, and how to handle ableist comments. Plus, guest host Ella stands in for Soph!
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45 min - Crowning the best disabled character in fictionWho is the best disabled character in fiction? How do you have relationships with non-disabled people? We answered all these questions and more in our first ever episode of Crip Café!
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About Crip Café
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Crip Café is a fortnightly live podcast hosted by The D*List where we figure out how to be disabled together in Aotearoa.
It's a space for our community to chat, scheme and share access…
hacks. Somewhere to get together and giggle over non-disabled people's nonsense and learn from each other. A reprieve from the ableist world. Catch us every two weeks on Wednesday afternoons, live on YouTube.
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