🎙️ Living It with Mobilize Waco
Real stories. Real people. Real impact.
The best way to understand disability? Listen to the people living it.
Every month on Living It, host Meg Wallace—founder of Mobilize Waco—sits down with disabled neighbors to talk about the everyday challenges, joys, and experiences of navigating life in our community.
📻 When & Where to Listen
Tune in on KWBU, Waco’s NPR station (103.3 FM)
🗓 Every third Friday of the month
🕦 11:30 AM & 8:00 PM
You can also stream current and past episodes anytime at KWBU.org.
✍️ Accessibility Matters
We’re working hard to make sure everyone can access these conversations.
Full transcripts are being created for each episode so that our Deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members can follow along too. (Transcripts may be posted a little after the episodes air—thanks for your patience!)
💬 Real voices. Honest conversations.
Join us in hearing—and celebrating—the diverse stories that shape our community.
Transcribed Shows
January 19, 2024 – Donna Dill
Host Meg Wallace holds this inaugural conversation with Donna Dill, a local bank officer living with spina bifida
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April 18, 2025 – Dr. Greg Garrett
On this edition of Living It, host Meg Wallace is in conversation with Dr. Greg Garrett, the Carole McDaniel Hanks Professor of Literature and Culture at Baylor University. Dr. Garrett has written nearly 30 books, including novels, nonfiction works, and a memoir titled Crossing Myself, in which he describes his struggle with depression and how…
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March 21, 2025 – Malcolm Foster
On this edition of Living It, guest host Devan Stahl is in conversation with Malcolm Foster. They’ll be discussing Malcolm’s diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, along with his decision to undergo and his experience of, a Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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February 21, 2025 – Bruce Huff
Bruce Huff is the environmental activist who founded Group W Bench Litter Patrol, which collaborated with community volunteers, Keep Waco Beautiful, and McLennan County Probation Department to conduct clean-ups around streets, alleys, and rivers. Bruce lives with multiple sclerosis and uses a power wheelchair. As avid arts patrons, Bruce and his wife, Sherrell Huff, persistently…
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January 17, 2025 – Meg Wallace & Donna Dill
Meg Wallace, the usual host of Living It, launched the nonprofit that became Mobilize Waco in 2018 to explore how our community could be a more supportive place for its disabled residents. You can learn more about Living It and it’s ongoing projects via their website. And you can dive into the first year of Living It, right…
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December 20, 2024 – Barbara Bridgewater
Barbara will be discussing a number of health setback she’s faced in recent years including Cancer and Rheumatoid arthritis. She’ll also be talking about her complicated relationship with hope.
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November 15, 2024 – Jimmy Moreno
Jimmy has worked as a shift supervisor at Bitty & Beau’s coffee shop since its opening in 2021. He has participated in adaptive sports in Waco since the 1990s and coaches for and serves on the board of No Limitations, which operates teams in four sports with disabled athletes of all ages. A lifelong Wacoan…
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October 18, 2024 – Jared Goldsmith
October 18, 2024: McLennan County elections administrator Jared Goldsmith details measures to be sure polling locations and equipment are accessible to all voters.
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September 20, 2024 – Kyle Kiper
September 20, 2024: Deaf-blind community leader and rehabilitation specialist Kyle Kiper enlightens listeners about affordable accessible technology.
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August 16, 2024 – Curtis Graves
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.
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