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Each week, we discuss social justice through the lens of pop culture, taking you on a journey to places and times you never knew were connected. Give your ears a treat, and your eyes a new perspective. Warning: All discussions can contain spoilers for featured content.
Episodes
In this episode, Ariel speaks with Paralympian athlete Nina Gorodetsky, and filmmaker Ravit Markus, about this remarkable film about motherhood, ableism, and badminton.
This week marks the 11th year of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, and Ariel's first year participating as a producer. Ariel speaks with Cashmere Jasmine, the writer, director, and star of Disabled AF, and Benjamin Shearn, the editor. Watch the film before you listen, here --> Disabled AF
Ariel sits down with director Set Hernandez, to discuss his masterful debut, a feature documentary about Pedro, a blind undocumented immigrant, working to become a social worker.
Ariel sits down with multi-disciplinary filmmaker Jason Loftus to talk about Eternal Spring, a documentary and interactive immersive experience about the persecution of Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong.
Ariel sits down with directors Ng Choon Ping and Sam Freeman to talk about their queer neo-noir revenge thriller, FEMME.
Ariel sits down with filmmaker Radha Mehta, to talk about her Slamdance-winning short, DOSH.
In this special follow-up episode from A Shot in the Arm, which featured Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ariel speaks with medical professional Karyann Dorn about the realities of vaccines for the disability community.
In today’s episode, Ariel sits down with Notre Dame professor & noted author, Walter Scheirer to talk about his book, A History of Fake Things on the Internet. From ancient history to hacking, the book explores all angles on fakery old & new.
Ariel sits down with Andrew Cumming, director of the new prehistoric horror, Out of Darkness.
In this episode, Ariel sits down with filmmaker Pete Ohs, whose dystopian take on the work world, Love and Work, recently premiered at Slamdance.
What was your favorite movie of 2023?
In today’s episode, Ariel and Rabia count down their favorite films from last year, and you just might find your next must-see!
Ariel and Rabia sit down with dynamic filmmaking duo, Toby Poser and John Adams, to talk about their delightful family horror, Where the Devil Roams.
In this episode, Ariel sits down with editor Hazel Baillie to talk about Silo, the dystopian series starring Rebecca Ferguson from Apple +.
In a special episode, recorded in March 2023 in Austin, Texas, Ariel is joined by filmmakers Kiah Amara, Addison Heimann, and Pea Woodruff - recorded live onstage at South by Southwest talking about Disability and Horror in the film and television industry.
Ariel sits down with filmmaker Lea Glob to talk about her self-reflexive documentary of life and art, Apolonia Apolonia, which has been short-listed for the Oscars.
In this episode, Ariel sits down with Suzie Davies, the production designer behind (mostly) all of the brilliant details of Emerald Fennell's Saltburn.
Ariel sits down with Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett, directors of Finding Her Beat, a reclamation of taiko drumming for women and non-binary percussionists. Joining them are Megan Chao-Smith and Jennifer Weir, two of the drummers featured.
Ariel sits down with Iman Zawahry to talk about her romantic comedy, Americanish, about three Muslim women navigating love and relationships in the modern world.
Ariel sits down with director Christopher Kahunahana about his surreal and effective film, Waikiki, about the realities of life in Hawaii. WAIKIKI is now available for pre-order on VUDU / Fandango. WAIKIKI will also be available on December 5th on Apple TV, Amazon, Spectrum, Xfinity/Comcast, DirecTV, Verizon Fios, Microsoft Store, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Hoopla Digital, and Redbox On Demand.
Ariel sits down with Neil deGrasse Tyson (executive producer) & Scott Hamilton Kennedy (director) to discuss their new brilliant documentary, Shot in the Arm, that explores the "anti-vax" movement both historically and in the angry political present. Shot in the Arm plays in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Cinemas on November 17th, before expanding to other markets across North America.
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