OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas by The Century Foundation

What's OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas about?

Off-Kilter is a podcast about economic liberation—and the shifts in collective consciousness it will take to set us all free.

Every week, Rebecca Vallas talks with visionary leaders and organizations working to reinvigorate our shared imagination and disrupt the imbalance of power in our society.

Find Off-Kilter on the Progressive Voices Network, the We Act Radio network in D.C., local radio stations across the U.S., and wherever you get your podcasts.

What's OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas about?

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OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas episodes:

Inside West Virginia’s New Economic Bill of Rights–with Troy N. Miller

Redefining Wealth–with Aisha Nyandoro

Shifting the Paradigm on Disability Employment—with Bryan Gill and Nan Gibson

“It doesn’t have to be this way”—with Jen Burdick of Community Legal Services

Older Workers in Physically Challenging Jobs Are in Trouble

Inside the Voices of Disability Economic Justice Project–with Emily Ladau

Labor of Love: A Sit-down with America’s Most Celebrated Labor Reporter—with Steven Greenhouse

American Identity in Crisis–with Kat Calvin

Inside the Disabled Journalists’ Association–with Cara Reedy

Speaking about pain—with Kate Nicholson

“Find your north star and your strategy” —with Indi Dutta-Gupta

“Combining head and heart in the work” —with Kathleen Romig

“My passion is my superpower”—with Zaki “The Barber” Smith

On Resilience—with Alejandra Vazquez-Baur

“Lead with empathy, fight with fire”—with Mia Ives-Rublee

Claiming Identity as Self-Care —feat. Andraea Lavant

The Poverty Line Is Too Damn Low, Part 2: Redefining Poverty as Collective Self-Care

How to Embed a Disability Lens Across Policymaking (and detoxing from the White House as self-care, too!) —feat. Kim Knackstedt

“Finding Beauty in the Struggle”—feat. Michele Evermore

Marking a Year of Collective Progress for Disability Economic Justice

“We’re Either Whole Human Beings or We’re Cogs in the Wheel”—feat. Julie Kashen

“You Have to Work Until You Die” and Other Barriers to Self-Care for People with Disabilities

“Swimming with Dragons”: What We Can Learn From “Spoon Theory” About Self-Care

Learning from Long-Haulers about Rest and Radical Pacing

Time Travel as a Tool for Social Change and Self-Care

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Boundaries But Were Afraid to Ask

Celebrating Judy Heumann, Godmother of the Disability Rights Movement (1947-2023)

How Philanthropy Can Support Self-Care for Social Justice Leaders

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility as Self-care (and Intuition, Too!)

The Economic and Emotional Costs of Masking

Finding the Technique That’s Relevant for You

“Work Won’t Love You Back”

Self-Care Is Political Warfare

The Stock Market Is Not the Economy

“Tough-on-Crime” Fearmongering Falls Flat in the Midterms

Updating the Archetype of Public Policy Expert

“Believe Disabled People”: How the Pod Access Initiative Is Removing Barriers to Entry for Deaf and Disabled Podcasters

SSI at 50: The Safety Net America Forgot

Your Work Is Not Your Worth, Part 2

Your Work Is Not Your Worth

“We Will Not Go Back to Normal”: Moving Beyond 'Cutting Poverty' to a Vision of Economic Liberation

Visioning the Future of Disability Policy

Not a Crime to be Disabled: The Criminalization of Disability in America

Reproductive Justice is Disability Justice

“The Long Haul”: How Long COVID Fits Into Disability Policy (Part 2 of an #ADA2022 Special)

“The Long Haul”: Inside the Patient Advocacy Revolution of the COVID Era (Part 1 of an #ADA2022 Special

“Child Poverty Was Always a Political Choice”: What’s Next for America’s Child Allowance?

Trevor Smith on How We Build Narrative Power behind Reparations

The Human Toll of Defunding the Social Security Administration

Inside the Fight for Automatic Record-Clearing with Leaders from the Clean Slate Movement