KPFA - Pushing Limits

KPFA - Pushing Limits

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  • Pushing Limits – What happens when a blind person has a stroke – December 19, 2008 at 2:30pm

    What happens when a person suffers a stroke,   What happens when a blind person suffers a stroke and what happens when she needs immediate treatment and follow up rehabilitation.  Pushing Limits members Leah Gardner and Eddie Ytuarte talk with fellow programmer Jan Santos about having a stroke on November 11 of this year.  They will also talk about
    warning signs leading up to a stroke.

    The post Pushing Limits – What happens when a blind person has a stroke – December 19, 2008 at 2:30pm appeared first on KPFA.

    5 min
  • Pushing Limits: Old Age Belongs to the Strong. – November 21, 2008

    People in their ninth and tenth decade of life talk frankly about disability, their life experiences, riding the bus and more.  A slightly younger woman describes the complex interdependency of the low income senior complex where she lives.

    Gene Sharee (age 94) interviews Erling Horn (age 103), Geri Efros (age 90), and Erling’s daughter, Maggie (age 67).  Adrienne Lauby interviews Robin Birdfeather (age 73).
    Music by Pinetop Perkins (age 95) from www.pinetopperkins.com.  Gene Sharee reads two poems, “Take a Stand” and “When It Comes.”

    Hosted by Adrienne Lauby.

    The post Pushing Limits: Old Age Belongs to the Strong. – November 21, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

    5 min
  • Pushing Limits – September 5, 2008

    Tanyalee Davis

    What are you staring at? Pushing Limits hosts Leah Gardner and Amber Dipietra interview comedian Tanyalee Davis. Ms. Davis is a three foot, six inch comedian who has appeared at clubs and universities worldwide. Ms. Davis shares her no holds barred, irreverent thoughts and views. Pushing Limits airs CD clips of her performances as well. This show is a re broadcast that originally aired on April 20th, 2007.

    Archives of this program and other previously-aired shows can be accessed at:
    www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=12

    The web page for Pushing Limits is:
    www.kpfa.org/pushinglimits/

    Podcast and Live Streaming available at
    www.kpfa.org

    Contact us at:
    (510) 848-6767 ext. 636

    The post Pushing Limits – September 5, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

    5 min
  • Pushing Limits – August 29, 2008

    Paula Gunn Allen

    Pushing Llimits host Adrienne Lauby interviews Native American iconoclastic academic Paula Gunn Allen, a feminist Wikipedia calls  "hugely influential." Paula Gunn Allen died this spring.  One of her last interviews was with Adrienne Lauby. Gunn Allen speaks about her life long disability, modern social movements, assisted suicide and other pressing, controversial topics. 

    Archives of this program and other previously-aired shows can be accessed at:
    www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=12

    The web page for Pushing Limits is:
    www.kpfa.org/pushinglimits/

    Podcast and Live Streaming available at
    www.kpfa.org

    Contact us at:
    (510) 848-6767 ext. 636 or
    [email protected]

    Pushing Limits is produced collectively and open to new members.  Contact us for the time and date of our next meeting.

    The post Pushing Limits – August 29, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.

    5 min

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A half-hour radio show providing critical coverage of disability issues and bringing insight into the grassroots disability movement to the general public.  By and About People with Disabilities!

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