KPFA - Pushing Limits

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August 07, 2005 Pushing Limits – August 7, 2005
Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Leroy Moore will address psychiatric disabilities. "Mad Pride Is Human Pride" . In honor of Mad Pride Month, celebrated this year in four nations, Pushing Limits will feature the extraordinary story of Catherine Penny, who recovered from severe psychosis without the use of psychiatric drugs. The hosts will interview Dr. Daniel Dorman, psychiatry professor at UCLA, will report on a mental health funding success in San Francisco and chat with two local people who are living well with mental health disabilities. (originally broadcast July 17th, 2005)
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July 31, 2005 Pushing Limits – July 31, 2005
Pushing Limits will discuss and play the music of
selected jazz musicians with disabilities. Hosts, Eddie Ytuarte, Nora
Ryerson, Doyle Saylor and Leah Gardner will present the music of singer
Jimmy Scott who had Kallmann’s Syndrome, a hereditary hormonal deficiency
that stunted his growth and kept his voice from developing a deeper sound,
blind musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and pianist Michel Petrucciani who was
born with osteogenesis imperfecta.
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July 17, 2005 Pushing Limits – July 17, 2005
Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Leroy Moore
will address psychiatric disabilities. "Mad Pride Is Human Pride" . In
honor of Mad Pride Month, celebrated this year in four nations, Pushing
Limits will feature the extraordinary story of Catherine Penny, who
recovered from severe psychosis without the use of psychiatric drugs. The
hosts will interview Dr. Daniel Dorman, psychiatry professor at UCLA, will
report on a mental health funding success in San Francisco and chat with two
local people who are living well with mental health disabilities.
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July 03, 2005 Pushing Limits – July 3, 2005
Hosts Leah Gardener and Doyle Saylor discuss
disabled athletes
in a variety of contexts. The hosts will cover The
Sidney Gay Games in 2002 and will interview
Paralympics Judo silver medalist Lorie Pierce. The
energy these athletes express about their sport and
accomplishments is dynamic and exciting.
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June 19, 2005 Pushing Limits – June 19, 2005
Commentaries and Conversations
Short pieces by individuals living with disabilities. Interviews and
opinions on a variety of topics related to the disability experience.
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June 05, 2005 Pushing Limits – June 5, 2005 at 6:30pm
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May 29, 2005 Pushing Limits – May 29, 2005
Brown Broken Disabled Bodies:
Stories & Cases of
Police Brutality from Boston, Denver, Toronoto,
Chicago and San Francisco. Guests: Allegra "Happy"
Haynes, City Liaison of Denver, Elizabeth Bruckmann of
Parkdale Community Legal Services of Toronto, Keith
Jones of SoulTouchin’ Experiences, Boston, Ruth Pena
of Families of the Wrongfully Convicted in Chicago and
Malikia Parker of Ella Baker Human Rights Center
Oakland. Host: Leroy Moore and Gerald.
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May 22, 2005 Pushing Limits – May 22, 2005 at 6:30pm
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May 15, 2005 Pushing Limits – May 15, 2005
Pushing Limits hosts Leah Gardner and Safi wa Nairobi will interview Watts Village Theatre Company President and co-founder Lynn Manning. Lynn Manning is the award winning playwright, poet actor, former Para Olympian, World Champion of Blind Judo and technical consultant for television’s Blind Justice. Lynn Manning will discuss his new play "Up From the Downs" with Pushing Limits’ hosts.
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May 01, 2005 Pushing Limits – May 1, 2005
AB 654 is a
controversial bill currently making its way through the
California State Assembly. If it passes it will pave the way for the
legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Two long-time disability
rights advocates, Pam Fadem and Paul Longmore shared their viewpoints on
the political and social implications of this bill recently at a community
meeting hosted by the Independent Living Resource Center of San
Francisco. Pushing Limits has adapted their comments for broadcast.
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