Two people sitting across a table from one another in a radio studio. The man on the left is wearing a cowboy hat. The woman on the right is wearing a bright orange T-shirt with the Mobilize Waco logo

Mack Marsh of Parking Mobility and Meg Wallace of Mobilize Waco at KWBU, recording the April 19, 2024, edition of Living It

The best way to understand disability is to learn from people living it.

 

On our monthly radio interview program, host Meg Wallace, director and organizer of Mobilize Waco, talks to our disabled neighbors about the challenges – and joys – of navigating life in our community.

 

The program airs on Waco’s local NPR radio station, KWBU, on the third Friday of each month, at 11:30 AM and 8:00 PM. You can listen live on the radio at 103.3 FM, or hear current and past episodes on KWBU’s website.

 

We are transcribing all of the interviews so they will also be accessible to Deaf members of our audience. Transcriptions will lag somewhat behind the dates when the episodes air.

 

October 18, 2024: McLennan County elections administrator Jared Goldsmith details measures to be sure polling locations and equipment are accessible to all voters.

 

September 20, 2024: Deafblind community leader and rehabilitation specialist Kyle Kiper enlightens listeners about affordable accessible technology.

 

August 16, 2024: Challenger League baseball coach Curtis Graves talks about growing up in Waco, living with arthrogryposis, and working in his family's custom muffler business.

 

July 19, 2024: Longtime KWBU radio personality Ross Burns tells about hosting I Hear America Singing while his hearing declined and he adjusted to a new cochlear implant.

 

June 21, 2024: Josh Carney, chief of staff at the Waco Family Medicine Foundation, recounts his journey through the local mental health care system.

 

May 17, 2024: Retired nurse Cleotha Kelley recalls life with her late husband, CJ Kelley, before, during, and after his diagnosis with Alzheimer's.

 

April 19, 2024: Parking Mobility project director Mack Marsh introduces Waco to a new way to address accessible parking violations that we're working to bring to Waco.

 

March 15, 2024: Mobilize Waco vice president and Seeing Eye Dog handler Suzette May discusses service dogs out in the community.

 

February 16, 2024: Retired educator Elaine White tells about adjusting to progressive hearing loss.

 

January 24, 2024: Mobilize Waco treasurer Donna Dill talks about navigating life with spina bifida.