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The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is excited to introduce the PandA Pod. The podcast name, PandA Pod, was inspired by the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System - P&A...or P and A…as panda, get it? Just like NDRN, the PandA Pod content is all about P&As and provides useful and entertaining training and technical assistance to P&As and our allies in an all-new format. Keep coming back to the PandA Pod for a range of disability rights related topics from some of your favorite NDRN staff and our special guests.

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    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    National Disability Radio: Spilling the Tea on All Things

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 36:31


    NDRN's Deputy Executive Director for Public Policy Eric Buehlmann came on the podcast to explain what's going on with the budget and how it impacts the funding NDRN and the Protection and Advocacy network receives.

    National Disability Radio: Should Stephanie Get a Cat?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 28:54


    This we had on Taylor Easley for Social Work Month. Taylor talks about her experiences earning a social work degree and how social work overlaps with the disability rights movement.

    National Disability Radio: Monica on Her Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 13:11


    Friend of the pod and NDRN colleague Monica Wiley joins us to talk about the role models that inspired her own activism. 

    National Disability Radio: Advocacy Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 30:02


    Friend of the pod and NDRN alumni Ian Watlington get's back on his advocacy horse to talk to us about the impact weather events like the recent DC blizzard can have on folks with disabilities.

    Happy NalaDays

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 36:03


    The gang celebrates the holidays with a slightly disorganized episode talking about our holiday traditions and how we're celebrating this year. Sort of featuring special guest Quinn McEben. 

    National Disability Radio: Live Election Day Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 1:00


    We're coming to you live on Election Day for a special episode of National Disability Radio. With surprise guests (even we don't know who they'll be yet!)

    National Disability Radio: The Pro Host With the Most

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 57:47


    In celebration of NDEAM the pod squad is working extra hard! We interview the folks at the FAIR Program at Disability Rights Louisiana, and then we speak to Dr. Josie Badger.

    National Disability Radio: We’ve Gone Hollywood

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 23:45


    Jack steps into the guest chair alongside Monica Wiley to talk with Michelle and guest host David Card about NDRN's new documentary short "Accessing Democracy"

    National Disability Radio: Hooping, Swimming, and Discussing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 26:31


    Paralympic medalist and World Games record holder Sandy Hanebrink joins us to talk about her journey from St. Louis to the 1996 games in Atlanta.

    National Disability Radio: Four Timers Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 26:10


    Amy Scherer joins us for her fourth appearance on the pod to discuss her work covering the US Olympic Gymnastics trials, and the accessibility challenges she's faced both at the events themselves and while traveling for them. 

    National Disability Radio: Too Hot to Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 35:49


    The gang heads to Europe to see how the fight for disability rights is going on the other side of the Atlantic. Michelle interviews Alejandro Moledo the Deputy Director and Head of Policy of the European Disability Forum, and Jack interviews Mercedes Lopez Miranda about her experiences being a person with a disability in Europe.

    National Disability Radio: Here Comes the Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 18:17


    In this (mini?) episode the gang interviews Stephanie's wife Quinn McEben about their work as a mental health care nurse, and how mental healthcare can better serve the disability community.

    National Disability Radio: Maybe We’ll Do a Mini-Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 26:33


    This month we're joined by our own Rebecca Shaeffer for a discussion of what people with disabilities experience in the carceral system, how they disproportionately end up there, and what we can do to support returning citizens.

    National Disability Radio: Women in Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 37:41


    On this episode of National Disability Radio, we sit down with three women leaders in the disability rights movement, Marlene Sallo (NDRN), Maria Town (AAPD), and Robin Troutman (NACDD).

    National Disability Radio: Holiday Haiku

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 43:22


    On this episode of National Disability Radio we sit down with author Jules Sherred, who wrote the cookbook "Crip Up the Kitchen" about how he rediscovered his love of cooking after finding a way to make it accessible.

    National Disability Radio: New Podcast Who Dis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 20:27


    We've got a new name, National Disability Radio! But the hosting team is still here and we haven't given up on the puns.

    PandA Pod: NDEAM Remix

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 34:14


    We open up the vault to revisit guest host Amy Scherer's previous interview with Liz Weintraub, where Liz discussed her journey from a sheltered workshop to a Senior Advocacy Specialist on the Public Policy team at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

    PandA Pod: Beef is Brewing: Back to School Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 35:00


    School is back and the podcast hosts have beef. Jack and Michelle war over his title on the podcast. Michelle and Nala fight over Stephanie's jokes. Also we have some great guests!

    PandA Pod: Now With More Interviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 50:12


    In an episode inspired by the pending SCOTUS case Acheson v Laufer, the gang talk to a wide variety of people about what the case means and the state of traveling for people with disabilities.

    PandA Pod: The Least Organized Episode Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 30:28


    On this episode the gang discuss autonomous vehicles as a transportation solution for people with disabilities, including our experiences in a Waymo.

    PandA Pod: Collective Liberation and 90s Trivia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 32:56


    Michelle, Raquel, and Stephanie talk with Mia-Ives Rublee about the Disability Justice Movement. Then Stephanie sits down with Maddie Crowley from Disability Rights Florida, for a discussion about what it means to be LGBTQIA+ and a person with a disability. 

    PandA Pod: Still No Jingles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 35:15


    Michelle, Raquel, and Stephanie talk with Terry Ao Minnis about what Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month means to her and her work at Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Then Mia Ives-Rublee joins us for the spotlight story.

    PandA Pod: Tribute to Judy Heumann

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 23:47


    Michelle, Raquel, Stephanie, and Jack speak with people who knew Judy Heumann about her love of life, her sense of humor, and what it was like when you disagreed with the mother of the disability rights movement.

    PandA Pod: Is There A Doctor In The Pod?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 41:34


    Raquel Rosa joins us on this one, as we sit down with some of our friends from the Arc of Massachusetts to talk about Operation House Call.

    PandA Pod: Activism and Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 52:42


    Guest host Renaldo Fowler joins us this episode, as we talk with Keri Gray, founder of National Alliance of Melanin Disabled Advocates, about her activism and Black Disabled Lives Matter.

    PandA Pod: New Year, Same Pod

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 53:58


    Justice Shorter returns as a guest-host for this episode, where we interview anti-human trafficking activists Ali Chiu and Susan Kahan. Then NDRN alumnus Ian Watlington joins us.

    Meet Marlene, Also Should We Have More Sound Effects?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 32:02


    Michelle, Stephanie, and guest host LaToya Blizzard talk about what's in the news. New NDRN Executive Director Marlene Sallo joins us to talk about her background and her vision for the network. Then Elizabeth Priaulx joins us to talk about the legacy of Lois Curtis.

    PandA Pod: Highway to the Election-zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 39:48


    A special November edition of the Panda Pod featuring a surprise guest.

    PandA Pod: The Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 39:33


    The PandA Pod is back! And we have a new co-host, a new producer, and some fantastic guests.

    PandA Pod: The Dignity of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 23:06


    Let's discuss Competitive Integrative Employment!

    PandA Pod: The Worst Episode Ever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 28:36


    Get the latest disability rights updates on disasters, voting, and the census. Join as we sing goodbye, crown a new reigning queen of bad puns, and send Erika off to Sweden!

    PandA Pod: Aaron Kaufman on Playing to Your Strengths

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 14:36


    In this final podcast episode celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Aaron Kaufman shares his employment journey, including how VR played a positive role as he worked toward his employment outcome.

    PandA Pod: Liz Weintraub on What it Takes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020


    Liz Weintraub shares her unique employment story - her journey from a sheltered workshop to a Senior Advocacy Specialist on the Public Policy team at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.

    PandA Pod: Ghostbusters, Oreos, Hot Nuggets… Oh, and Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020


    In this special edition of the PandA Pod, we explore what to expect during the 2020 General Election process given the current public health crisis.

    PandA Pod: Assistant Secretary Mark Schultz on High Expectations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 20:23


    The current Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration and the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Mark Schultz, joins NDRN to discuss the tremendous potential of people with disabilities to successfully obtain jobs in the community.

    PandA Pod: Senator Casey on Economic Self-Sufficiency

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 34:04


    This is the first episode of a series celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month, NDRN had the pleasure of speaking with U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) who explains some of the legislation Congress is considering to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

    PandA Pod: Stories of Democracy when Disaster Strikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020


    In this third episode of the PandA Pod, we hear the stories of the P&As who are out on the front lines every day ensuring that the rights of people with disabilities are not dismissed when disaster strikes.

    PandA Pod: U.S. Disaster Funding & Assistance Counts on an Accurate Census

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020


    During this second episode, we cover how census data impacts emergency preparedness and disaster assistance and why households need to respond to the 2020 Census.

    PandA Pod: Power at the Polls: Voting Rights When Disasters Strikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020


    We're excited to introduce the first-ever episode of the PandA Pod, a brand new podcast!

    1. Power at the Polls: Voting Rights When Disasters Strikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020


    The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) is excited to introduce the first-ever episode of the PandA Pod, a brand new podcast. The podcast name, PandA Pod, was inspired by the Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System - P&A...or P and A…as panda, get it? Just like NDRN, the PandA Pod content is all about P&As and provides useful and entertaining training and technical assistance to P&As and our allies in an all-new format. Keep coming back to the PandA Pod for a range of disability rights related topics from some of your favorite NDRN staff and our special guests all year long. PandA Pod kicks off with a three-part series called Disaster, Disability & Democracy! This series focuses on voting rights and census participation of people with disabilities, and how these areas of democracy relate to disasters and emergencies. During the inaugural episode, entitled Power at the Polls: Voting Rights When Disasters Strikes, NDRN chats with Mary Ciccone of Disability Rights New Jersey who explains the state's efforts to get ballots to all voters immediately following Super Storm Sandy, with some important lessons learned. Following Mary's interview, we check in with Neal Kelley of Orange County Elections in California about elections under the threat of wildfires, and some best practices for advance preparation. Transcript Michelle Bishop: All right y'all, are we ready? Erika Hudson: Yes. Justine “Justice” Shorter: I think we are. Michelle Bishop: Here we go. Let's do it. Justine “Justice” Shorter: Hey.... Michelle Bishop: Welcome fearless listeners. Today is the first-ever broadcast from PandA Pod. Justine “Justice” Shorter: Hey now! Michelle Bishop: If you haven't heard, PandA Pod is NDRN's brand new podcast channel designed to deliver training, technical assistance, useful and most importantly entertaining content the P and A's and our allies in an all-new format. Keep coming back to PandA Pod for podcast series on any range of disability rights topics from some of your favorite NDRN staff. Justine “Justice” Shorter: That would be us. Michelle Bishop: And our special guest all year long. Erika Hudson: If you've tuned in today you're just in time for our first episode series of Disability, Disaster & Democracy. Where we're going to be talking about elections and census data and how it all relates to emergency preparedness and disaster planning. But without further ado, let's introduce our host for the PandA Pod, Justice. Justine “Justice” Shorter: Hi everyone. It is I, Justine "Justice" Shorter. I am the Disaster Protection Advisor here at NDRN and I am absolutely thrilled to be joined here today by my two spectacular co-hosts. Justine “Justice” Shorter: But let me... And we'll go into a little bit more, more about the series, but before we do, let's go ahead and kick it over to Michelle. Michelle Bishop: Hey, this is Michelle Bishop, you may know me as your Voting Rights Specialist here at NDRN and I can't pass up this opportunity to also give a shout out to PAVA #IRL, my video blog, check it out. Michelle Bishop: And now let me introduce Erika, Queen of the Pun. Erika Hudson: That's an honor and a privilege to have that name, but my name is Erika Hudson. I'm a Public Policy Analyst here at NDRN and my main focus is Census 2020 that is quickly approaching and I also have the opportunity to work with the rest of our public policy team here at NDRN on various sorts of topics. But so excited to be with you all today and excited for this first series to get started. Justine “Justice” Shorter: Yes, it's going to be a really phenomenal one. Talking about disasters, emergencies, humanitarian crises. It's going to be great. Erika Hudson: Yes, I'm excited. Justine “Justice” Shorter: These are difficult topics, but they are worth us having the conversation about it. People are approaching these topics from such unique and i...

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