Sid Marcos On How Much A Disabled Life Is Worth

Always Looking Up

05/16/22

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In this week’s episode I sat down with Sid Marcos. Sid is a disabled writer, producer, and business developer who I met last summer while she was working on her documentary film about this generation of disability rights activists. We discuss the disability hierarchy, cultural differences and barriers between those who were born disabled and those who acquired their disability later in life, and how society values the lives of disabled individuals.

Follow Sid: Instagram: @sidmarcos Twitter: @SidMarcos Website: https://sidmarcos.com

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Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin

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Rebecca Cokley On A Year Of Always Looking Up

May 9, 2022

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70m

This week marks a year of Always Looking Up, and what a year it has been. Over the past 365 days I have been able to talk to the most amazing people who empower me on a daily basis and for that I am forever grateful to those who came on to share their story. To celebrate this milestone I invited back someone I have always looked up to, one of my first ever guests, Rebecca Cokley. Rebecca is currently serving as a program officer in the President’s Office of the Ford Foundation, developing the U.S. disability rights program strategy. We re-examine what it means to us to be a little person, discuss why it is so important to know and preserve our history, and contemplate how the definition of being a little person will evolve in the years to come.

Follow Rebecca: Twitter: @RebeccaCokley

Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin

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Cara Reedy On Amplifying Disabled Voices

May 23, 2022

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72m

In this week’s episode I sat down with Cara Reedy. Cara is currently serving as the Director of the Disabled Journalists Association. Prior to that she was the program manager at the Disability Media Alliance Project and a contributing writer at CNN. We discuss being disabled in a newsroom, the fact that disabled stories need to be told by disabled voices, and why it is about time that disability organizations speak up and speak out to protect its members.

Follow Cara: Instagram: @infamouslyshort Twitter: @infamouslsyshort

Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com

This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin.

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