Kaleidoscope:The Art & Language of Inclusion

Kaleidoscope:The Art & Language of Inclusion

An exploration of the experience of disability through the lens of literature and fine arts.

Episodes

June 4, 2025 54 mins

Episode 12 of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nichols deCourville taking listeners through the concluding readings for issue #90 of Kaleidoscope Magazine while exploring all things UDS! Focusing on having our artists and contributors take a closer look at their lives and perspectives, featured authors for this episode include Virginia Isaacs Cover, M.S. Marquart, Zach Pietrafetta, Philip Andrew Lisi, Mia Herman and Mary Harwell S...

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Episode eleven of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nichols deCourville taking listeners through part one of readings from issue #90 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Featured authors in this episode include Brenda Beardsley, Elly Katz, Diane Bell, Lisa Zimmerman, Katherine Yusef and Linseigh Green.

 

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Join us as host Nichols deCourville concludes readings from issue 89 of our magazine, which explores the ebbs and flows of life. In this episode, contributors include Natalie Haney Tilghman, Mattie-Bretton Hughes, Tara K. Ross, Shelly Jones, Suzanne Kamata, Angela Townsend, Ben Gooley, Lori Hahnel, and Sheersty Stanton, MS.

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Episode nine of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nick deCourville taking listeners through readings of issue #89 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Grace Kully, Marjorie E. Brody, Betsy Miller, Cynthia Stock, Deb DeBates, Ivy Raff, Joanne Feenstra and Emma Burnett.

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For episode eight of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nichols deCourville interviews former educator, author and mother Cathy Shields. Shields is the author of The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability & Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect which is now available through Vine Leaves Press. 

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Episode seven of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nick deCourville taking listeners through more readings of issue #88 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Ellen Zhang, Danielle Krikorian, Emmy D. Wells, Connie Herold, Claire Ibarra and Rhonda Zimlich.

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In the sixth episode of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nick deCourville takes listeners through select readings for issue 88 of our magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Hareendran Kallinkeel, Carrie Hinton, Aisha Ashraf, Nancy J. Fagan, Stacie Eirich, Tim Campbell, Geri Lipschultz and Kelsie Bennett.

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In the fifth episode of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nick deCourville takes listeners through issue 87 of our magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Roly Andrews, Ujjvala Bagal Rahn, Shanan Ballam, Ben Decter, Shelly Jones, Robert Friedman, Kate Robinson, Ellis Elliot, Connie Buckmaster and more. 

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In our fourth episode, host Nick deCourville takes listeners through issue 86 of Kaleidoscope Magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Hear readings from a selection of authors, including Carol Zapata-Whelan, Hudson Plumb, Chelsea Brown, Robin Knight, Daylyn Carrigan, Hudson Plumb, Conny Borgelioen, Fay L. Loomis, Kristen Reid, Jess Pulver, Fionn Pulsifer, Courtney B. Cook, Hannah Sward, and Stephanie Harper.

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In our third episode, we interview Bryan R. Monte, a poet, writer and anthropologist living with Multiple Sclerosis. Our host Nick deCourville discusses with Monte a range of topics, including his career, his new book as well as the impact MS has had on his work. 

  • Hosts: Nick deCourville
  • Producer: Nick deCourville
  • All content has been used with the permission of the authors.

PODCAST SPONSORED BY PNC

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In this second episode, we showcase a sampling of works from recent issues of Kaleidoscope, discuss the work of a unique art gallery, and update you on all things UDS! 

  • Hosts: Lisa Armstrong & Maxwell Warner
  • Producer: Maxwell Warner
  • All content has been used with the permission of the authors.

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Join us for our first ever podcast in which we share a sampling of work from our most current issues of our magazine Kaleidoscope. 

  • Hosts: Lisa Armstrong & Maxwell Warner
  • Producer: Maxwell Warner
  • All content has been used with the permission of the authors.

PODCAST SPONSORED BY PNC

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