How should we react to people who are disabled – should we ask them about it, ignore it, or what? When and how do we use humor, and what about dark humor, which can really only be used by those inside the experience? Why do we often try to keep our differences or disabilities hidden from view, and what does it feel like to get rid of the burden of pretending?
Dan talks in this episode with the funny and effervescent writer and mother of three Nicole Kear about much more than her retinitis pigmentosa.
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Credits:
- Dan Ariely: Host, Executive Producer
- Robin Eldridge: Creative Director, Producer
- A podcast by DDC International and Newfruit Media, with production and editing by: Colby Gottert, Luis Dechtiar, and Daniel Rinaldi
- Sound mixing: Ross Nelson, Daniel Rinaldi
- Music by Musicbed and Marie-Claire Saindon
- Cover Art: Kyarra Aylse
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