The Cassie and Mariah Show

We discussed how disability and chronic illness are represented in mainstream and online media. Mariah discusses her experience axe throwing and trying Thai food. Cassie hits her first roadkill and discusses emergency evacuation accessibility. View transcript.

We discuss the things we’d want to do with our lives if we were able-bodied or existed in a parallel universe. Mariah addresses the horse girl rumors. Cassie recalls what she wanted to be when she grew up. View transcript.

We share our experiences navigating finances as disabled and chronically ill people with inconsistent incomes who are also trying to save and build credit. We contemplate the constant urge to monetize our hobbies, and share expenses we have that are specific to our conditions (aka #criptax). View transcript.

We discuss the beginning of the January 2024 winter storm, check in about seasonal depression, and compare accessible parking permits. Cassie shares about her new job and winter term starting. Mariah is in her LinkedIn + gym bro era. View transcript.

It’s the new year! We discuss choosing short term discomfort for long term happiness, starting antidepressants, and writing letters to our future selves and share other new year's rituals and resolutions. View transcript.

If you have disability, chronic illness, accessibility, or mid-twenties questions or stories you’d like us to discuss on an episode later this season, email us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @tcmspod.

In the Season 2 premiere of The Cassie and Mariah Show, we discuss summer lovin’, autumnal blues, hospital cafeteria food, rotting season, and more! View transcript.

If you have disability, chronic illness, accessibility, or mid-twenties questions or stories you’d like us to discuss on an episode later this season, email us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @tcmspod.

It’s the season finale of The Cassie and Mariah Show and it comes out just before Cassie’s birthday! We catch up about Cassie’s busy week and Mariah being sick. We discuss Disney Channel original movies, Disability Pride Month, Marcel The Shell, new music from Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Mariah asks Cassie some reflective birthday questions and we celebrate wrapping season one. View transcript.

We discuss how we feel about the direction of our lives 25 years into them. Cassie feels like she already went through her major quarter life crisis whereas Mariah is in the thick of hers. Does anyone really know what they’re doing with their life? View transcript.

We go deep into our thoughts about what defines a fandom, talk a lot about One Direction and 2010s alt bands, and discuss the dwindling role fandom plays in our adulthood. At the end of the episode we reflect and share more about the future of the podcast. View transcript.

(CW: ableism, fatphobia, body image) We discuss the internalized ableism we carry such as feeling like a burden, and how we connect exercise and disability in our minds. Then we get into the struggles that come up when thinking about dating or moving out, and how all of these negative internalized beliefs don’t align with reality. View transcript.