Disability Arts Online presents The Disability and...Podcast

Disability Arts Online

The Disability and…Podcast gets right to the heart of some of the most pressing issues in arts, culture and beyond with a series of bold, provocative and insightful interviews with disabled artists, key industry figures and the odd legend. The Disability and…Podcast is currently monthly.

  1. Disability and... Puppets with Ben Pettitt-Wade

    May 5

    Disability and... Puppets with Ben Pettitt-Wade

    In this episode of Disability and…, Disability Arts Online's Joe Turnbull chats with Ben Pettitt-Wade, artistic director of Hijinx Theatre, about their celebrated show Meet Fred. Now on its 10th anniversary UK tour, Meet Fred follows a two-foot-tall puppet navigating a world full of barriers - from the job centre to everyday life and draws a powerful parallel between a puppet's reliance on its puppeteers and the support networks that many disabled people rely on.

    46 min
  2. Disability and...Therapy with Liz Bentley

    Mar 31

    Disability and...Therapy with Liz Bentley

    On this episode of Disability and... Disability Arts Online Founder, Colin Hambrook, chats with author, comedian, and psychotherapist Liz Bentley about her new book, The Suicidal Therapist.

    44 min
  3. Disability and... Access to TV with Jack Thorne and Eli Beaton

    Mar 9

    Disability and... Access to TV with Jack Thorne and Eli Beaton

    On this podcast episode DAO Digital Operations Manager Joe Turnbull chats with DAO board Member and Project Lead for the TV Access Project, Eli Beaton and the multi-award winning playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne about accessibility in the television industry.

    46 min
  4. Disability and... Learning Disabled Directors with Flo O'Mahony

    Jan 12

    Disability and... Learning Disabled Directors with Flo O'Mahony

    This month, writer, dramaturg and director, Kate Lovell chats with Artistic Director of Zoo Co theatre, Flo O’Mahony, about their production Perfect Show for Rachel. Perfect Show is directed by Flo's sister, Rachel, a theatre-loving, enigmatic, learning-disabled woman. Kate and Flo discuss the practicalities of having a learning-disabled person in creative control, how audiences have responded and how the production has evolved over time.

    51 min
  5. Disability and...Access to Work with Jess Thom

    12/08/2025

    Disability and...Access to Work with Jess Thom

    In this episode of Disability and... choreographer and artistic director of Cathy Waller Company, Cathy Waller chats with writer, artist and activist Jess Thom about her recent experience of claiming Access to Work.Cathy Waller Company works in partnership with disability arts online to deliver Decode, which is a vital service helping disabled creatives to navigate the Access to Work application process. You can find Disability Arts Online's Access to work guide at disabilityarts.online/atwFind out more about Decode disabilityarts.online/decodeThe postal address for Access to Work is: Access to Work Service Centre, Harrow Jobcentre, Mail Handling Site A, Wolverhampton, WV98 1JE

    1h 20m
  6. Disability and...Survivor Writing with Jet Moon

    10/13/2025

    Disability and...Survivor Writing with Jet Moon

    This month DAO Founding Editor Colin Hambrook is joined on the Disability and... podcast by writer and activist Jet Moon. They discuss Jet's You Are Here project, an online resource which shares interviews and creative output from a survivor's writing group.

    45 min
  7. Disability and...Advertising with Alison Wilde and Ella Houston

    09/05/2025

    Disability and...Advertising with Alison Wilde and Ella Houston

    In this months episode of Disability and... Dr Alison Wilde, an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Northumbria University, chats with Dr Ella Houston, a senior lecturer in Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University, about her book Advertising Disability.

    44 min
  8. Disability and...Towards New Worlds with Joanne Coates and Louise Mclachlan

    07/29/2025

    Disability and...Towards New Worlds with Joanne Coates and Louise Mclachlan

    This month on Disability and...curator Aidan Moesby chats to artists Joanne Coates and Louise Mclachlan about their participation in Towards New Worlds, a 'groundbreaking' exhibition of 15 disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent artists which Aidan co-curated at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Themes from the discussion include identity, the power of photography to tell stories, and the importance of safe spaces like Towards New Worlds for disabled artists.

    1h 3m
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The Disability and…Podcast gets right to the heart of some of the most pressing issues in arts, culture and beyond with a series of bold, provocative and insightful interviews with disabled artists, key industry figures and the odd legend. The Disability and…Podcast is currently monthly.

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