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- Why I Am Starting This Podcast
Welcome to the very first episode of Chronicle Truth. Host Dr. Abigail Muchecheti (Abi) introduces the podcast as a new space to discuss race, gender, disability, belonging, and "whatever comes up along the way".
In this episode, Dr. Abi explains why she is moving from writing to speaking, even when it feels scary. She discusses:
- Why writing has been her "survival" and "resistance".
- Her experience as a Black, disabled woman being shut out of conferences, panels, and networking spaces.
- How exclusion can feel silencing and the pressure to "shrink" or "translate" herself.
- How this podcast is an act of "refusing silence" and creating a space where she and others can find their voices.
This episode is an honest, unscripted introduction to a podcast dedicated to those who are tired of being told to wait, soften, or assimilate.
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About Speaking While Black and Disabled
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What does it mean when your voice becomes a "spectacle"? In Episode 2 of Chronicle Truth, Dr. Abi explores the painful and frustrating experience of being silenced.
She shares three personal…
stories:
- The Meeting: Being in a professional setting where her contribution was ignored, and the focus shifted to her "strong accent", making her point "disappear".
- The Lecture Hall: Asking a question, only to have the lecturer repeat her exact words in a "neutral" (white-coded) accent, after which the room suddenly understood.
- The Hospital: Having her disability lead to medical professionals talking over her about her own body, as if she wasn't in the room.
Dr. Abi argues these are not small incidents but part of a "pattern" where accent is used to judge education and disability is used to judge capability. She concludes with a powerful message for anyone who has been told their voice "does not fit": "Your voice does not need permission. It does not need polishing... It needs space".