Ep. 2 — Syren Nagakyrie

04/02/22 • 47 min

Today’s guest is Syren Nagakryie. Syren (they/them) is an activist, writer, community organizer and outdoor enthusiast. They have become a leading advocate and expert voice in making the outdoors more inclusive and accessible for the disabled community and others that are underrepresented. Syren grew up with multiple disabilities and chronic illnesses, including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. They also live with depression, anxiety, and CPTSD. Syren founded Disabled Hikers in 2018 with four main goals: organizing group hikes, celebrating disabled people’s experiences, facilitating those experiences by making specific information available, and advocating for change in the outdoors. Syren is now working on hiking guidebooks for disabled hikers with Falcon Guides, a leading publisher of guidebooks.

This interview was recorded live on YouTube on Oct. 27, 2021.

You can pre-order Syren's book, The Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon at Bookshop.

Show Notes:

Host: Andrew Colombo-Dougovito

Guest: Syren Nagakyrie

Produced, edited, & mixed by Andrew Colombo-Dougovito for That Hippie Media

Music by Adrian 'Doc' Blust

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This interview was recorded live on YouTube on Oct. 27, 2021.

You can pre-order Syren's book, The Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon at Bookshop.

Show Notes:

Host: Andrew Colombo-Dougovito

Guest: Syren Nagakyrie

Produced, edited, & mixed by Andrew Colombo-Dougovito for That Hippie Media

Music by Adrian 'Doc' Blust

Show Website: https://www.dismoveetc.live

Stay connected and up-to-date! You can subscribe to my YouTube or follow along on the socials:

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThatHippieProf

Events: https://lu.ma/thathippieprof

Newsletter: https://radicalpragmatist.club

Support the show by heading over to Patreon at https://patreon.com/ThatHippieProf or That Hippie Store at https://thathippiestore.square.site to get show merch!

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Ep. 1 — Lillie Lainoff

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Welcome to the first official lecture of the Disability, Movement, Etcetera series. Today’s guest is Lillie Lainoff. Lillie received her B.A. in English from Yale University, where she was a varsity fencer and one of the first physically disabled athletes to individually qualify for any NCAA Championship event. She has also won the 2019 LA Review Literary Award for Short Fiction, was a featured Rooted in Rights disability activist, and is the founder of Disabled Kidlit Writers on Facebook. She is currently an MA candidate in Creative Writing Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia, and lives in Washington, D.C.

This interview was recorded live on YouTube on Sept. 21, 2021.

You can find pre-orders of Lillie's book, One for All, here: https://bit.ly/3pfUD0Y or at Bookshop.

Show Notes:

Host: Andrew Colombo-Dougovito

Guest: Lillie Lainoff

Produced, edited, & mixed by Andrew Colombo-Dougovito for That Hippie Media

Music by Adrian 'Doc' Blust

Show Website: https://www.dismoveetc.live

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Ep. 3 — Elayne Otstot

Today’s guest is Elayne Otstot. Elayne is a Communications Specialist from Huntsville, AL whose work is driven by a passion for disability advocacy. Elayne is particularly dedicated to expanding public understanding of person-centered approaches and working with public agencies to make sure that support systems reflect person-centered values. Elayne is highly skilled in plain language communication, and she has deep experience in working with disability policy and home and community-based services.

This interview was recorded live on YouTube on Nov. 11, 2021.

Show Notes:

Host: Andrew Colombo-Dougovito

Guest: Elayne Otstot

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Music by Adrian 'Doc' Blust

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