Ride the Omnibus

Sep 04 2024 223 ep. 39 mins 1
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Each week, we discuss social justice through the lens of pop culture, taking you on a journey to places and times you never knew were connected. Give your ears a treat, and your eyes a new perspective. Warning: All discussions can contain spoilers for featured content.

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Happy Campers

Sep 04 2024 20 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with Amy Nicholson to discuss her award-winning documentary that chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life. The film will release on iTunes and major platforms on September 10th.Support the show

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

May 21 2024 15 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with filmmaker Joanna Arnow to talk about her feature debut, an off-beat look at love and relationships in the modern world.Support the show

Visitors

May 14 2024 24 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with filmmaker Kenichi Ugana and cast members from his breakout hit at Fantastic Fest, Visitors, a blood-soaked but heartwarming tale of humans and monsters connecting through music. Support the show

Nina Is an Athlete

Apr 23 2024 26 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode, Ariel speaks with Paralympian athlete Nina Gorodetsky, and filmmaker Ravit Markus, about this remarkable film about motherhood, ableism, and badminton.Support the show

Disabled AF

Apr 16 2024 39 mins  
Send us a textThis week marks the 11th year of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, and Ariel's first year participating as a producer. Ariel speaks with Cashmere Jasmine, the writer, director, and star of Disabled AF, and Benjamin Shearn, the editor. Watch the film before you listen, here --> Disabled AFSupport the show

unseen

Apr 09 2024 35 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with director Set Hernandez, to discuss his masterful debut, a feature documentary about Pedro, a blind undocumented immigrant, working to become a social worker.Support the show

Eternal Spring

Mar 26 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with multi-disciplinary filmmaker Jason Loftus to talk about Eternal Spring, a documentary and interactive immersive experience about the persecution of Chinese practitioners of Falun Gong.Support the show

Femme

Mar 19 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with directors Ng Choon Ping and Sam Freeman to talk about their queer neo-noir revenge thriller, FEMME.Support the show

DOSH

Mar 12 2024 34 mins  
Send us a textAriel sits down with filmmaker Radha Mehta, to talk about her Slamdance-winning short, DOSH.Support the show

Vaccine Hesitancy

Mar 05 2024 41 mins  
Send us a textIn this special follow-up episode from A Shot in the Arm, which featured Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ariel speaks with medical professional Karyann Dorn about the realities of vaccines for the disability community. Support the show