Secret Lives of the Disabled

About Secret Lives of the Disabled

Performance Artist Sally Greenhouse survived a catastrophic car accident that left her with a broken neck and spinal cord injury. "Secret Lives of the Disabled" is a podcast that has as its focus individuals who become disabled in America due to accidents, chronic illnesses and debilitating pain often plunging them into poverty, housing insecurity and extreme isolation while rendering them as expendable Americans. This podcast features guests from every profession addressing the consequences faced by formerly able bodied people, in mutually interactive conversations with Greenhouse, that include her chronicle of how she survives physical disability. “Razor sharp observations.” - Bay Windows “Mordantly funny…Swiftian humor.” - The New York Times “Thinking person's performance artist…hilarious & harrowing.” - The Boston Globe "Secret Lives of the Disabled" is commercial free, funded by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts. www.SecretLivesoftheDisabled.com

Publisher

Sally Greenhouse

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Oct 2023

Latest episode

8 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Feb 2025

   "Avalanche of Adversity : Can Resilience Be Cultivated?” featuring George Bonnano, PhD Researcher/Author; The End of Trauma

   Sally Greenhouse and Psychologist George Bonnano get into a thought provoking interchange about the relative prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. About George Bonnano The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience is Changing How We Think About PTSD

2. 

   10 Jan 2025

   Dancing Disability : Inhabiting Every Body Beautifully with Heidi Latsky, Dancer/Choreographer/Artistic Director

   The Stories We TellON DISPLAY GLOBAL

3. 

   3 Dec 2024

   "Just the Facts Ma’am” featuring Dan Ariely, PhD

   Performance artist and broken neck survivor Sally Greenhouse explores the intersection of politics and psychology for people with acquired physical disabilities with behavioral economist Dan Ariely, PhD, author of MISBELIEF: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 21 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.