Join our conversation on the stories we tell about disability from fairy tales to Disney. Author Amanda Leduc discusses her book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space. Learn more at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests/#AmandaLeduc and access the transcript at https://arevalossketches.com/transcriptfairytalesanddisability This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Arts and Disability Center at the University of California Los Angeles. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Arts and Disability Center.

Niyah White works as a state-level criminal justice policy analyst and decarceration researcher.

In this preview episode, we talk about how people and due process are getting lost in the justice system.

"There are other stories. There always were other stories." Writer and former journalist Dan Keane joins us from New Zealand to talk about how we construct narratives and the pure joy of the good books out there--and chucking the Great American Novel as a North Star it never was.

"Throughout history, the biggest victories took place when people took huge risks but did it together." Chelsey Engel talks about unions as "a tool, a movement, a community, and a resource." We talk about the dismantling of labor laws and workers' rights, Black Lives Matter, the Hachette walkout, radical honesty, and the power of collective action. Follow Chelsey and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

What the Hawai'i-Scotland connection? Talking bagpipes, missionaries, and monarchies with author Malia Bohlin in this bonus episode. Meet the experts, guests, and storytellers @ https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

"Let those stories out, share those stories. I had no idea the impact my stories would have on so many people." Talking NaNoWriMo, not dying with your music still in you, and 1667 words a day or bust with author Malia Bohlin in this bonus episode. Meet the experts, guests, and storytellers @ https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

"Sometimes you have to go it alone." We talk with author Malia Bohlin about the story she carried--and novel she wrote--inspired by her father's unexpected solo sailing voyage across the Pacific when he was 26. She talks about how sometimes you just have to go it alone. Follow Malia and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

"Someday is made of a thousand tiny nows." We talk with author Malia Bohlin about historical fiction, creating semi-biography, and learning (literally) about what it takes to sail (alone) across an ocean. Look for the episode on finding your way, alone, at sea. Follow Malia and others' stories at https://arevalossketches.com/podcastguests

"You act in good faith. You have nothing to lose for trying." We talk with writer/banker Suman Mallick about love as growth, as investment, and shaped in ways we might not expect.