I am working on the first episode of the new, shorter, rebooted Disability.TV Podcast. It will be on one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite TV shows, The West Wing, Season 6, Episode 9, “Impact Winter.” It’s a favorite because it includes a few of the best, most truthful, complex, and triumphant senses of disability in all of television. Here’s what Netflix says:
“As Bartlett and his staff arrive in China for a critical meeting, the president is still suffering the paralyzing effects of multiple sclerosis.”
The podcast should be ready to post in mid December. Join me in exploring a President Bartlett's first full encounter with MS.
Here is a tentative podcast schedule for the first half of 2016:
Here is a tentative podcast schedule for the first half of 2016:
January
The Cage / Menagerie Conundrum
Season 1, Episode 1, “The Cage”
Season 1, Episode 11 & 12, “The Menagerie, Parts I & 2”
February
Chief Ironside, Peer Counselor
Season 1, Episode 11, “Light At The End Of The Journey”
March
Tyrion’s Prison Conversations
Season 4, Episode 8, “The Mountain and The Viper”
April
House’s Leg
Season 1, Episode 21, “Three Stories”
May
Character Profile: Mickey Abbott
June
Character Development Instrument
Season 1, Episode 1, “Pilot”
If you have any thoughts on these or other TV shows with disabled characters, send an email to: apulrang@icloud.com. Or, contact me with Twitter or Facebook. I would love to include
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