The Rare Life
Hosted by Madeline and Alyssa · Madeline Cheney
5.0from 264 ratings
- 314
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 264
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 2K
- YouTube views
About The Rare Life
This is the real, raw, and all the feels of loving a child with disabilities. Episodes feature parent-guests, professionals, and solo episodes with host Madeline Cheney. Their authentic conversations don’t shy away from the strong and mixed emotions that often accompany medically-complex parenting. Parents listen in to feel seen, validated, and receive much-needed solidarity. Professionals working with disabled people listen in to better understand what is often going on under the surface for a family living with disabilities.
- Publisher
- Madeline Cheney
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
127 of 314 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
235: Ways Our Identity is Impacted by Having a Medically-Complex Child
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
234: Carolina’s Story | A Surprise Diagnosis, A Liver Transplant, + When Relaxing Feels Risky
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
233: PTSD | What It Looks Like + Why It’s So Prevalent for Disability Parents w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
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235: Ways Our Identity is Impacted by Having a Medically-Complex Child
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's complex. It's unique. It's evolving. Like we said, one aspect of identity or like, I guess one type of identity is called social identity. That's just one component, right. To like what makes us who we are. And that's defined as your membership and social groups like nationality, religion, race, gender, or culture, which shapes how you relate with the world. And I just feel like that is, is kind of where like the disability world comes in, because I think that it's your social group, right? It's like, this is the group of people, the bucket that I'm in is with this group of people. And that can really impact, like, I think having a disabled child, like really does, I'm using disabled, like interchangeable with medically complex, but having a disabled child really does shift like the way you see the world, right? […]
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- Carolina
- Amanda Griffith-Atkins
- Cindy Reinhard
- Ashley Caywood
- Sarah
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,096
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 149 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 115 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts The Rare Life?
Madeline and Alyssa host the show. Published by Madeline Cheney.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Rare Life take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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