We hope you washed your dishes, because we're talking about spoon theory!

Coined in 2003 by American writer Christine Miserandino, spoon theory is a concept used widely in the disability community to convey how disabled people make do with limited energy. If you've ever heard someone mention being "out of spoons" or being a "spoonie", they're using spoon theory! In the time since its coining, spoon theory has come to be a significant metaphor in disabled dialogue, and other cutlery-based ideas have grown from it. Tune in to hear us discuss some of these theories.

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

This might just be our best episode yet.

Today we talk with the incredible Dr. Margaret Price (she/they), a genderqueer and disabled English professor specializing in disability studies and rhetoric, about their book Crip Spacetime: Access, Failure, and Accountability in Academic Life. Tune in for a fun conversation about research methodology, the harm of accommodations, band-aids, and more!

Buy a copy of Crip Spacetime or read it for free here.

Read more about the Gathering Project here.

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Oh my god, it's a sequel episode!

Welcome back! This week El, Nate, and lyn are still geeking out superheroes and comic books. The conversation on disabled representation in superhero-related media continues, this time mentioning characters like Madame Web, Daredevil, and various speedsters, and delving into the narrative tropes of disability in the superhero genre.

Join comic book nerds El & Nate — as well as our resident comic book laywoman, lyn — for yet another fun and self-indulgent episode of the Madcast.

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Welcome back!

This week’s episode of the Madcast features hosts El, Nate, and lyn geeking out on superheroes and comic books! Specifically, we’re looking at disabled representation in superhero-related media, across comic books, TV, movies, and more. From official disabled representation (Moon Knight, Oracle/Barbara Gordon, and Hawkeye) to disability-coded characters (Batman, the Flash, and the X-Men) there’s a lot to talk about!

Come join comic book nerds El & Nate — as well as our resident comic book laywoman, lyn — on this exciting, self-indulgent episode of the Madcast.

See transcript here

If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Welcome back! On this week’s episode of the Madcast, hosts El and lyn cover yet another key disability studies/activism term: disability justice. Defined by members of the BIPOC, queer, and disabled performance art group Sins Invalid, disability justice is concept/framework academics and laymen use often haphazardly, without fully understanding what it means “to practice” disability justice. So we’re here to unpack disability justice — What is it? What are its key principals? Why is it important?

Come find out the answer on this week’s episode of the Madcast!

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Welcome back! On this week's episode of the Madcast, hosts El and Mads are joined by a very special guest, Marlo De La Mora (she/her), to talk about the fascinating yet polarizing subject of cannabis. Marlo is an Anthropology undergraduate at UC Berkeley whose research focuses on the anthropology of cannabis. Join us as we discuss the stigma and misconceptions around cannabis, its value as an alternative to Western medicine, and Marlo's journey paving her own unique path in academia.

Marlo's an incredible guest and friend of the pod, so we hope you'll join us this week on The Madcast.

Check out Marlo's shop!

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Welcome back! On this week's episode of the Madcast, Hosts El, Nate, and lyn are discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of autism representation in the media. Join us as we discuss Autistic-coded characters well-known Autistic-coded characters (Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory, Spock of the Star Trek franchise, Abed Nadir from Community), controversial yet confirmed Autistic characters (Rain man of Rain Man, Dr. Shaun Murphy of The Good Doctor, Music of Sia's Music), common archetypes (the autistic savant, the robot/alien, the child/infantilized individual), and so much more!

This topic is incredibly rich and incredibly close to us, so we hope you'll join us on this fascinating week of The Madcast!

See transcript here.

If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons

Welcome back to a new season of the Madcast!! Back from a brief hiatus, Hosts El and lyn are bringing an exciting new line-up of episodes filled with new guests, new topics, and much, much more!

On this week's episode, we're discussing the issue of disability: disability as an identity, disability as a medical diagnosis, and disability as a deeply personal experience. We're unpacking how institutional power, community gatekeeping, and shame (as well as self-empowerment, community support, and disabled joy) dictates our identity.

There's a lot to cover this episode- you won't wanna miss a single second!

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If you want to support us here on the Madcast, check out our Patreon and our Instagram!If you want check out the lab, check out our Linktree for our socials and media spotlights or our website to check out what new project we have going on!Thank you all and enjoy the show!!Credits:Hosts: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProducer: Nate Tilton and Eliana MaderaProduction Assistance: Trisha NguyenExecutive Producer: Karen Nakamura, PhD Produced at UC Berkeley Disability Lab (or Rad Mad Lab)Recorded at Ethnic Studies Changemaker Podcast, UC BerkeleyCopyright © 2023 by Nate Tilton, Eliana Madera, & Trisha NguyenLicense: CC-by-SA Licenses List | Creative Commons