Pigeonhole

Listen to this post (podcast is at the bottom of the post): Did you ever meet that person where you're like, oh, yes, you. Yep. You. The person where you have some important stuff in common or share political views or a love of neat sounds or they will indulge your cat obsession while not […]

Listen to this post (the podcast is at the bottom): I found an old, scrappy video I made of Lavaun a decade ago. She was developing a project to do stories about colors. As an artist with low vision, she never stopped wondering about the best ways to bring a color description to life so […]

Listen to this post. (The podcast is at the bottom of the post.) I found a cute meme that has screenshots from a movie in which these two young white people are having a conversation on a sunny day outside by some very tall grass. The guy looks either puzzled or flirtatious, then the girl […]

Listen to this post: (The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.) Jenni Funk and I collaborated on Stinky Chicken Dog 2 in 2018. The film got an enthusiastic reception at our Portland premiere and at Superfest a few years ago. It's long past time I took down the password to bring this […]

Listen to this post (podcast is at the bottom of the post): It's one thing to keep a secret when you feel like you'd be ashamed for anyone else to know this thing about you. But sometimes you keep a story to yourself because you figure no one will get it. Or that they might […]

Listen to this post: (podcast audio at the bottom of the page) A love letter to Portland singalong band The Low Bar Chorale and band leader Ben Landsverk. Took nearly a year to write. I'm not sure what time is anymore anyway. Downloadable transcript for Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 40

Listen to this post: I can't name stuff! I think back with a big old cringe to some projects and films I've tried to name, and I'm so grateful to amazing people like my co-director Cynthia Lopez for intervening when a name was really bad. But right now, I'm so excited to share something that's […]

Listen to this post: Lately, there's a growing push to make accessibility more creative, and I think it's just rad! In fact, some of the major players at FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) are presenting at this year's SXSW a panel called Creativity Enhanced: Documentary Tools for Smarter, More Accessible Storytelling. What I love about […]

Listen to this post: Built-in accessibility in mainstream software is amazing. It's nice to not have to purchase new apps or software if you don't think you're going to be… read more →

Listen to this post: Today, a couple of audio described super short films I made in summer 2020 at Sunflower Farm. I've been volunteering there since shortly after the pandemic… read more →

Listen to this post: I love doing the blast from the past encore episodes. My conversation with poet and musician Rick Hammond from nine years ago remains the most fun… read more →

Listen to this post: [Podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Following my 2019 episode about radio and disabled voices, today's episode is about the way people describe… read more →

Listen to this post: February, 2021. I can’t tell if it feels like it was yesterday or a year ago. Did we stop quipping that it’s still March 370th, 2020… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 33: Art for Brain Injury Awareness Month 2021

Listen to this post (the podcast is at the bottom of the post): I really love re-airing pared down interviews from my early days of podcasting. This one was such… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 32: Bittin Foster Duggan and Growing Through It

Listen to this post: I’m beyond delighted to introduce you to another disabled-created and hosted podcast, AAC Town. AAC stands for alternative and augmentative communication, which they define in many… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 31: Welcome to AAC Town

Listen to this post: [The podcast is at the bottom of the post.] Sometimes I do these interviews, and it feels like they’re so set in the moment that they… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 30: AJ Murray on disability in the media (Encore)

Listen to this post: Phew! My own podcast has taken a backseat for me in the past few months, which is probably obvious based on the sudden lack of new… Continue Reading Pigeonhole 29: Introducing Down to the Struts

Listen to this post: This month, an encore broadcast of part of my 2016 interview with Leslie Gregory, a primary care provider and Portland-area leader in racial justice. She runs… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 28: Leslie Gregory and Racism as a Public Health Crisis (encore)

Listen to this post: The curb cut effect describes what happens when a technology or design that’s for access for deaf and disabled people works so great that everyone can… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 27: We have always loved access with Thomas Reid

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Whether you identify with having a disability or impairment, a health condition, or are disabled, there… Continue Reading Disability Culture: Crip & Ally Care Exchange on Pigeonhole Podcast 26

Listen to this post: [Podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] This isn’t how I ideally wanna share difficult and sad news. But, as death is inevitable, I… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 25: Dedicated to Kathy Coleman

Listen to this post: Back in 2013, I made a short documentary film about my dear friend and colleague Lavaun Benavidez-Heaster called “Paper Visions.” It wasn’t formally audio described back then… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 24: Lavaun Heaster and Paper Visions

Listen to this post: Thomas Reid’s podcast, Reid My Mind Radio, is one of my faves, so it’s my huge honor and pleasure to have him on my show. Please… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 23: Thomas Reid and DIY podcasting

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Even though I’ve gotten out of the business of publishing long-form interviews, nearly all of the… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 22: Extended Interview with Jess Thom

Listen to this post: I had the grand pleasure to interview Jess Thom over a year ago when she was in Portland to perform. If you’re not familiar with Jess’s… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 21: Jess Thom of Touretteshero

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Meet Brandon and Chutney. Well, if you’ve been here before, you’ve met Brandon, star of “Who… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 20: Gold Eye, Golden Dog

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] This is a rebroadcast of a 2017 episode exploring the ableism behind deciding which voices are… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 19: Alice Wong on Good Radio Voices

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] Today’s episode is a rebroadcast of an interview I did with Talila TL Lewis in 2017.… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 18: Deafness, Disability, and Incarceration with Talila Lewis

Listen to this post: [The podcast is at the bottom of the post.] The Trauma Survivors Network community celebrates National Trauma Survivors Day on May 16th. One of the reasons… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 17: Autoethnographic poetry

Listen to this post: Back in September, 2018, we had a housing justice and accessible housing panel at Independent Living Movie Night. This month’s podcast presents part of the panel… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 16: Housing Justice Panel

Listen to this post: A story of culture, chronic illness, disability, love, and rye bread. Nancy Sanchez gives a glimpse into the many layers of ableism in her life, from… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 15: The Disabled Caregiver

Listen to this post: A few years ago, my friend, Taylor, and I sat down to talk–and ultimately laugh–about what we might have in common as people with invisible disabilities… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 14: ADD fun

Listen to this post: This month’s episode is another documentary film in audio form including the Audio Description. In anticipation of the premiere of Jenni Funk’s “Stinky Chicken Dog 2”… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 13: The first Stinky Chicken Dog

Listen to this post: In 2010, Representative Sara Gelser wrote a guest column describing the history and horrors of Fairview Hospital and Training Center. Please note: her column contains graphic… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 12: After Fairview

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] This is an encore presentation of a 2017 interview with Jane Vogel of Advance Gender Equity… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 11: Intersectional Gender Equity in Arts (Encore)

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the page.] When you think about accessible housing, what comes to mind first? For many people, it’s structural… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 10: Disability, Accessibility and Housing Justice

Listen to this post: I’m headed down to San Antonio later today, in fact, to lead a storytelling workshop at the Texas Brain Injury Conference. And I’ve been exasperated lately with people telling me what… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 9: An Uncanny Neighbor

Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the page.] Tatyana Fazlalizadeh created a campaign in 2012 called “Stop Telling Women to Smile” in response to street… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 08: Lavaun Benavidez-Heaster on not smiling

Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of this page.] Meet Colleen and her guide dog, Joplin, our first episode in a series of stories from people… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 7: Colleen and Her Guide Dog

Listen to this post: (Podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.) Happy May Day, everyone. Don’t forget: President Eisenhower attempted to turn this labor organizing day into a… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 6: May Day and the Moon

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Some people can really relate to flippant comments like, “Yeah, this place is accessible. It only… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast 5: Radio Transcripts

Listen to this post: [The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.] Here’s an audio-only version of my short documentary “In My Home.” This was made for the… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 4: Free Our People Festival

Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the post.] Disability Art and Culture Project is the only disability and social justice arts organization in Portland,… Continue Reading Pigeohole Podcast Episode 3: Refugees with disabilities

Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the post.] We just had lots of women’s marches. And while they’re an important and valuable event, they’re… Continue Reading Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 2: Disabled at the 2018 Women’s March

Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the post.] Here we are! The new podcast is alive. It’s a Pigeonhole, and this is just a… Continue Reading Welcome to the Pigeonhole Podcast