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This week in anticipation of the 2019 Tony Awards we flash back to Episode 33 with Tony nominee, Ali Stroker. Ali is now is not only the first actress as a wheelchair user to appear in a Broadway show (circa: 2015’s Spring Awakening), but also the first wheelchair user to be nominated for a Tony Award. We talk about her journey from New Jersey neighborhood productions to Glee to her most recent foray in the revival of Oklahoma as Ado Annie. She tells us what inspired her, where we are right now as it pertains to disability representation, and where she’d like to see us go. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week we head back to Phil’s home with his former high school classmate Tyler Bellinger. Hear about the evolution of his new project and why it was such a cathartic writing experience. Learn how this song turned into a video, why representation was so important to him, and how his partnership with The Ali Forney Center came to be. And of course hear the song “Feel Like Home” and/or click the link below to watch the video. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week we complete our CCAC trifecta and wrap our Chicago coverage with The Shedd Aquarium’s Manager of Accessibility & Inclusion, Lynn Walsh. Hear about her journey across the country gaining knowledge and experience from Wisconsin to Texas to The Chicago Children's Museum, and how it all began at camp. Learn how a short meeting with Christena Gunther turned into an hours long conversation and eventually the CCAC. Finally, we chat about the amazing work happening at The Shedd Aquarium including a game changing sensory experience with Infiniteach. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week we head back to the universe of “Yes And” to chat with Jesse Swanson, Associate Producer, from The Second City. Learn how one of the the proving grounds of some the greatest comedic performers (Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Amber Ruffin, and more) began opening their doors to audience members of all abilities. Hear about their open captioning partnership with podcast favorite TDF and how they solved mixing script captioning and improvised captioning with podcast transcript sponsor c2. Finally, learn how The Second City hopes to continue widening those open doors so anyone and everyone will have somewhere to laugh. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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On the first episode of Season Two of the podcast we sit down with one of the other co-founders of the CCAC, Christena Gunther. We discuss her becoming an advocate as a child, her journey to NYU, and how she discovered accessibility could be a job. Hear about her time with MAC and how that was the catalyst for the formation of the CCAC. Learn about the hurdles she faced and the team she assembled to help connect so many of Chicago’s cultural institutions in a short period of time. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week was have a jam packed episode to celebrate our 1 year anniversary! We sit down with Evan Hatfield who actually did the podcast’s beta episode a little over a year ago. We chat about his time at Steppenwolf, the work he’s done with the CCAC, and some new projects on the horizon. Hear us take a deep dive on the future of cultural inclusion- what that means and how we can get there. Finally, Evan flips the script and interviews our host and creator Philip Dallmann about the first year of the podcast. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week’s episode is from our Chicago adventure and we sit down with advocate and artist Katie O’Neill. We chat about her beginnings as a fellow New Jerseyan, her young archeological adventures, and discovering art. We also discuss her journey with mental health, the relief of a diagnoses, and what it meant to dive into performance art. Learn about Katie’s development of a new language for individuals who navigate schizophrenic based episodes and her goals to empower and uplift the disability community as a whole. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week we sit down with Champion Intern turned Associate Producer turned published authors, Miss Kelsey Rose Brown. Kelsey’s new book “Come On, Calm!” hits shelves in the next few weeks. Learn what prompted her to write a children’s book about finding the calm in everyday adventures., the matter of fact philosophy on representation, and how she and her illustrator were able to be guided by the community. An inclusive book with pirates? Who doesn’t love that? All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week we begin diving into the conversations we had during our trip to Chicago. We start with The Chicago Art Institute’s Assistant Director Accessibility and Lifelong Learning Programs, Lucas Livingston. After an extensive tour of the Institute we chat about the museum’s tactile initiatives from paintings to sculptures to pottery and the importance of accessibility before pay barriers. Learn how the Life Long Learning Program evolved into Accessibility initiatives and how Lucas hopes to see it expand in the future. All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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This week is our final installment of the “Organizational Buy-In Series” with TDF as we sit down with Manager of TDF Accessibility Programs, Colleen Mullen. We chat about being nurses’ kids and how that influences worldview, the growth of TDF’s autism-friendly performances over the past 8 years, and what her day to day looks like. We also answer the question- Who is Fran Polino? And why did we both strive to be more like her? All of that and more on this week’s episode of The Access Champions Podcast.
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