Disability After Dark
This is a podcast that looks at disability stories. it's like sitting down with a really close friend to have real conversations about disability, sexuality and everything else about the disability experience that we don't talk about; the things about being disabled we keep in the dark. The show is hosted by Disability Awareness Consultant Andrew Gurza.
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In this episode, Andrew sits down with bestselling author and long COVID advocate Marisa Renee Lee to talk about her upcoming book, Waiting for Dawn: Living with Uncertainty (out April 7, 2026). Marisa shares her experience becoming ill with COVID in April 2024 and joining the millions who never fully recovered. We discuss Marisa's experience of disability and caregiving before she dealt with disability in h...
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This week, Andrew sits down with Brian Trapp — fiction writer, memoirist, and professor of disability studies at the University of Oregon — to talk about his debut novel Range of Motion, a decade-in-the-making story that puts severe disability at the centre of a complex, funny, deeply human family portrait. Brian opens up about his real twin brother Danny, who inspired the book, the broken systems his family ...
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Andrew sits down with writer and disability activist Sloane Harlow for an honest, unfiltered conversation about navigating polyamory, kink, dating, grief, and joy as a disabled person. Sloane opens up about living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, bipolar one disorder, and a constellation of other conditions, sharing wisdom on solo polyamory, accessible kink, medical ableism, and why the disability com...
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Andrew sits down with EJay Eisen, a trans, autistic, multiply disabled service dog trainer who runs one of the only integrated service dog programmes focused on the queer community. What starts as a conversation about service dogs quickly becomes a raw, hilarious, and deeply political discussion about the intersection of trans identity and disability, healthcare discrimination, the broken service dog industry...
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Andrew chats with Abigail, a 20-year-old London-based photographer and disability advocate. Diagnosed with a facial tumour at six and over 50 surgeries later, they talk medical trauma, silent bullying, caregiving, healthcare systems, and why disability representation needs a serious upgrade. Honest, funny, and real this one is. Enjoy!
Follow Abigail:
@BraveArtist2005 on Instagram & TikTok
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On E416, Andrew sits down with award-winning podcaster and sex educator, Tim Lagman, as we have an off the cuff chat about sex, disability and everything in between. Enjoy!
Follow Tim's work here: https://www.instagram.com/sexedwithtim/
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On Episode 415, we go back to our classic roots of sex and disability to explore whether or not Andrew will be able to bottom. We talk with co-founder of The Bottom's Digest, Alex Hall as we consider butt stuff from a disability lens, but actually talk about fear, shame and so much more. Enjoy!
Follow The Bottom's Digest at www.thebottomsdigest.com
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Hello, hello friends. On E414, I sit down with disabled bi-con and Marriage and Family Therapist, Briana Mills. We talk about her experience of Muscular Dystrophy, and how all the ableism she experienced in therapy made her want to dismantle ableism in therapeutic settings + so much more. Enjoy!
Follow Briana at www.BrianaMills.com
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On this episode of Disability After Dark, Andrew sits down with author of the new book, "Touch me, I'm Sick," Margeaux Feldman. We talk about their experience of touch, pleasure, trauma and so much more. Margeaux has written such a brilliant book, and I am so happy to chat with them. Enjoy!
Follow Margeaux's work and buy "Touch Me, I'm Sick" https://www.margeauxfeldman.com/
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On E412, Andrew sits down with Katie Farrell to talk about her experience with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and EDS. We talk about why she uses comedy as her alchemy to find the humour in all the things. This was a really fun one. Enjoy!
Follow Katie Farrell at linktree.com/thehotfunnyone
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On this ep of Disability After Dark, Andrew sits down with award-winning multi-hyphenate pillar of awesome, Lachi. We talk about her new book, "I Identify As Blind", her many accolades in disability inclusion, and we discover just how she entertains people into giving a shit about disability + so much more. Enjoy!
Follow Lachi and buy her new book: www.lachimusic.com
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On E410, Andrew sits down with writer Arria Deepwater as they discuss her new work "Descent" that explores disability, fantasy and dystopia in such a cool way. We also explore themes of ME/CFS, Lyme, Homelessness, Rest + so much more. Enjoy!
Buy Descent & Follow Aaria: www.aariadeepwater.com
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Hello, hello friends! On E409, Andrew invites past guest Kat Nantz, a somatic pleasure and trauma coach, back on the show! They talk about everything including CMT Disease, disability grief, why it sucks being disabled and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
Follow Kat here: www.katnantz.com
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In this second part to last week's Popcorn & Powerchairs, Andrew sits down with Disabled Filmmaker Reid Davenport to discuss the themes of the film "Life After", disability and so much more. Enjoy!
Follow Reid at www.reiddavenport.com
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In this E407, Andrew does another episode of Popcorn & Powerchairs where he watches a movie with this listeners. This week, we're watching the award-winning documentary, "Life After", by disabled filmmaker, Reid Davenport. It explores disability and its entanglement in the "Right to Die" debate. This is such an important film, and I hope you enjoy this review.
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On E406, we are doing a cozy hang with a longtime friend of the show, Alexis Hillyard aka Stump Kitchen. We talk about her experience of a limb difference, parenting, sexuality and so much more. She is a delight and you will love this episode. Enjoy!
Follow Alexis by going to www.stumpkitchen.com
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Surprise! To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I am releasing an episode of Sex Ed With DB where I am the guest. Here are the show notes from the lovely folks over there. Enjoy!
Episode title:
The Realities of Queer Disabled Sex and Pleasure with Andrew Gurza
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In E405, Andrew learns all about the incomparable Ed Roberts via a new book penned by Scot Danforth called, "An Independent Man". We talk about Ed Roberts' life as a civil rights leader, but also his sense of humor, his family life, etc. Scot even reads for us an excerpt. Enjoy!
Buy "An Independent Man" here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/an-independent-man/hardcover
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On E404 of Disability After Dark, Andrew re-visits the case of Anna Stubblefield, a woman accused of sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled man, who she claims she fell in love with through Facilitated Communication. We watch the doc "Tell Them You Love Me" on another instalment of Popcorn and Power Chairs. Enjoy!
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On E403, I sit down with the Executive Director of the United States International Council on Disability (USICD) Isabel Hodge. We talk about her experience of multiple disabilities, how she got started in disability advocacy, why it is so important to put disability on the global stage and so much more.
Find out more by going to USICD.ORG
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