DisTopia

Join host Christopher Smit for a live broadcast from Miami Beach at the world-renowned Art Basel Contemporary Art Fair. Partnering with artists Alois Kronschlaeger and Paul Amenta, DisArt has helped bring "Hybrid Structures: Miami Folly" to the Untitled Art exhibition, and discusses this process live, on the actual structure.

Join host Christopher Smit for this historical, political, and personal investigation of the wheelchair as a "disability object." Lawrence Carter Long interviews wheelchair historian Penny Wolfson, Smit interviews Curator of History and Medicine for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Katherine Ott, and we hear from a listener about the difficult task of getting a new wheelchair.

Join host Christopher Smit for a discussion with artists Alois Kronschlaeger and Paul Amenta about their access centered installation Hybrid Structures, a 300 linear feet, 20 feet high ramp that is also an artwork entry for the global art competition ArtPrize. Smit also talks to Grace Teo, former executive director of Open Style Lab about her involvement in Elevate: A DisArt Fashion Show which will take place on the ramps of Hybrid Structures on September 24, 2016.

Join host Christopher Smit for an intimate conversation with award-winning author and activist Susan Nussbaum.

Join host Christopher Smit for an explanation of the recently released, controversial film Me Before You. Tune in to hear a conversation with actor and activist Liz Carr who helped organize a red carpet protest at the London premiere of the film as well as an intimate conversation about disability, marriage, and relationships.

Join host Christopher Smit as he interviews artist and musician Gaelynn Lea who recently won NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Competition.

Join host Christopher Smit for the first episode of the DIStopia Podcast. His guest is activist and writer Mike Ervin who has been a leader in the disability civil rights movement since the 1980s.