Fady Shanouda - Podcast Details

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Uncommon SenseFat, with Fady ShanoudaHow do we typically see fat, and how can thinking differently about it have emancipatory outcomes? Fady Shanouda of Carleton University’s Feminist Institute of Social Transformation introduces Fat Studies and their inextricable link to activism. Alert to the connection between living and other things, Fady unpacks his feminist new materialist approach, and explains what it means to say “I’m not fat in my house”, describing how our surroundings can liberate us or show bias. He also considers the harm caused by misconceptions of fat as simply “surplus”, “inanimate” or even “dead” material. How does such valuing get mapped onto whole bo...2025-04-1843 min

Academic AuntiesStriving for Systemic SafetyWe recently passed the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique anti-feminist shootings. The sad thing is that this horrendous crime isn't a thing of the past. From a stabbing attack on a Gender Issues course at the University of Waterloo in June, to the mass shooting at the University of Nevada, violence against academics is a serious concern. And while these are just two prominent examples of physical violence, we know of so many scholars who are victims of persistent cases of doxing, cyber harassment, and cyber bullying. This week, we continue our conversation about safety on u...2023-12-1334 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaLauren MunroIn today's show, I am joined by Lauren Munro, a mad scholar and fat activist, a limited-term faculty member at Toronto Metropolitan University, and a PhD Candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University. We talk about her work with the Empowerment Council at CAMH where, alongside Lucy Costa, they teach psychiatric medical resident students a course called "Centering Madness." We discuss the challenges and benefits of educating future psychiatrists about mad studies and consider how this might be one way that disability can save the world… Academic Crush: Caleb Luna, Merrick Pilling, and Eli Clare Currently reading: Quee...2022-10-2458 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Merrick PillingContent Warning - Mention of Suicide In today's show, I am joined by Dr. Merrick Pilling (@chillingwithdr.pilling), an Assistant Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Windsor. We talk about his two new books - Queer and Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice and Interrogating Psychiatric Narratives of Madness: Documented Lives co-edited with Dr. Andrea Daley. We also discuss the importance of Mad Studies-based interventions, the absence of racialized and queer and trans mad people’s experiences in the field, the challenges of academic publishing, and of course, the different ways disability can save...2022-06-0823 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaMegan Linton and Sarah JamaIn today's show, I am joined by Megan Linton, a Ph.D. student of the Department of Sociology and Political Economy at Carleton University, and Sarah Jama, co-founder and executive director of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario in Hamilton Ontario. We talk about their new campaign to abolish long-term care in Canada, and the ways that disability can save the world. Click here to learn more about the Disability Justice Network of Ontario. Click here to sign the petition to abolish long-term care. 2022-01-2451 min

Crazy MakingDisabled/mad/fat bodies: A critical psychiatry lookIn this episode, I speak with Dr. Fady Shanouda (he/him). Dr. Shanouda is a critical disability studies scholar who draws on feminist new materialism to examine disabled and mad students' experiences in higher education. His scholarly contributions lie at the theoretical and pedagogical intersections of disability, mad, and fat studies and include socio-historical examinations that surface the interconnections of colonialism, racism, ableism, sanism, and queer- and transphobia. Fady also created and hosts the podcast, Disability Saves the World, where he interviews disabled, mad, and fat scholars, activists, and artists. He is an assistant professor at the Pauline Jewett Ins...2021-12-2420 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Adam DaviesIn today's show, I am joined by Dr. Adam Davies, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition at Guelph University, an Ontario Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) and an Ontario Certified Teacher, Primary-Junior. We talk about the important interventions in early childhood education that a mad studies perspective brings, the significance of lived experiences for teaching in the classroom, and the ways that disability can save the world. Academic crush: Brenda A. LeFrancois and Ryan Thorneycroft Currently reading: Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm by Ch...2021-10-0447 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen In today's show, I am joined by Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen, an Associate Professor at Carleton University at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies & the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. We talk about decolonial disability studies, the work of doing research in global south countries, and the impact of southern theories on the meaning of disability. We also discuss how she thinks disability can save the world. Academic crush: Eunjung Kim, Karen Soldatic, and Shawn Grech Currently reading: Dis/ability in the Americas by Chantal Figueroa...2021-09-2045 min

Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching PodcastPedagogies of Distress with Dr. Fady Shanouda and Dr. Tobin LeBlanc HaleyIn this episode we discuss the theme of distress in our pedagogy and how we handle and address distress with our students in an era of social crisis. Joining us is Dr. Tobin LeBlanc Haley, a Mad critical political economist and critical disability studies scholar who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at X University, and Dr. Fady Shanouda who is an Assistant Professor at The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies at Carleton University. A full transcript is available: https://tinyurl.com/49r7z2cn 2021-07-1231 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Jihan AbbasIn today's show, I am joined by Dr. Jihan Abbas, an instructor in the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University and a researcher at DAWN-RAFH Canada, the DisAbled Women's Network. We talk about her experiences studying DS, her concern about the lack of access to vaccines for disabled people, and how she thinks disability can save the world. DAWN-RAFH Canada - https://www.dawncanada.net/ Sins Invalid - https://www.sinsinvalid.org/ Comic Books - Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) 2021-06-2244 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaSpecial Episode 1In today's special episode, I bring you a conference-presentation-style podcast in collaboration with the research project, Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology and Access to Life. This episode acts as our conference submission to the 2021 Arts in Society conference in Perth, Australia. In the episode, we discuss what barriers to the arts and artistry exist both on the ground and online in Canada for people with disabilities and examine creative, pedagogical, and technological interventions aimed at expanding access both structurally and epistemologically. Regular episodes of DSTW will return soon! Guest Bios: Carl...2021-06-141h 19

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Kelly Fritsch, Dr. Anne McGuire and Eduardo TrejosIn today's episode, I am for the first time joined by a group of folks. They are Dr. Kelly Fritsch, Dr. Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos. We talk about their collective project, a children's book called We Move Together and of course, we discuss how they think disability can save the world. We Move Together, AK Press by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, and Eduardo Trejos Learn more about the book, including where you can purchase it at wemovetogether.ca or email them at hello@wemovetogether.ca Check out Kelly’s work at kellyfritsch.ca You can also @ them here: @kellyfritsch1 @wmtbook @a...2021-05-3152 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Alan MartinoIn today's show, I am joined by Alan Martino, an instructor at the Woman's and Gender Studies program at the University of Carleton. We discuss his work about the intersection of disability and sexuality by engaging with people labeled with intellectual disabilities and how he thinks disability can save the world. Academic crush: Dorothy Smith Currently reading: A Special Hell by Claudia Malacrida 2021-03-0443 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Beth HallerIn today's show, I am joined by Dr. Beth Haller, Professor of Mass Communication at Townsend University in the United States. We discuss her current book project about disabled media creators, television, and news, and how she thinks disability can save the world. Currently reading: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner 2021-02-111h 00

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Eliza ChandlerIn today's show, I am joined by Dr. Eliza Chandler, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at Ryerson University and co-director of the Bodies in Translation. We discuss everything cripping the arts, her love of disability scholarship, and how she thinks disability can save the world. Academic crush - Aimi Hamraie Currently reading - In the Wake by Christina Sharpe 2021-01-181h 02

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Jeff PrestonIn today's episode, I speak with Dr. Jeff Preston about his research on digital culture and disability, internet memes, and his love/hate relationship with the 6ix god, Drake. We also discuss how disability can save the world... Academic Crush - Louis Althusser Currently reading - Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari The Interdependency Series by John Scalzi (PS - my audio is bad...we are working on it, promise). 2021-01-041h 04

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaTracy TidgwellIn today's episode, I speak with Tracy Tidgwell about their activism and work in the fat liberation movement. We discuss the pandemic, the connections between fatness and disability...and Parker Posey is discussed, of course! We also discuss how disability can save the world... Nobodyisdisposable.org Crush: Sondra Solovay; Da'Shaun Harrison; Caleb Luna Book recommendation: Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 2020-12-1841 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady Shanoudajes sachseIn today's episode, I speak with jes sachse about their works and writings as a disabled artist. We discuss their past project Freedom Tube, their poetry and writing, and their love of found street objects. We also discuss how disability can save the world… Crush: Phoebe Wang (https://www.constellationsaudio.com/sounds/resonantbodies/wang); Deborah Peterson-Small (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnP3HOX_QzQ) Book Recommendation: https://www.publicationstudio.biz/books/curved-against-the-hull/2020-06-011h 00

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Chelsea JonesIn this week's episode, I speak with Dr. Chelsea Jones about the massive shift to online teaching in higher education since the start of the pandemic. Chelsea discusses the implications of this shift on the sector, instructors, and students, and describes what it really means to make online teaching accessible. We also discuss her life outside of academia and she answers the question, how can disability save the world... Academic Crush - dr. nancy via davis halifax Lukewarm book recommendation - Station eleven by E. S. J. Mandel Some works cited in the pod: https://www.chronicle.com/arti...2020-05-0154 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaAndrew GurzaIn today's episode, I speak with Andrew Gurza - Disability Awareness Consultant and fellow podcaster of the hit show, Disability After Dark. We discuss his activism through the pod, his focus on sexuality and disability, and his life outside of podcasting. He also answers the question: how can disability save the world? Andrew Gurza - http://www.andrewgurza.com/ https://www.instagram.com/itsandrewgurza/ Andrew’s Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/disabilityafterdark/id1151890990 Crushes - Emily Ladau - https://wordsiwheelby.com/ - Caron Tueller - ht...2020-04-2434 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Jenna ReidIn today's show, I speak with Dr. Jenna Reid about her research involving textiles, her joy for everything earl grey tea and punk rock, and how she thinks - maybe - disability can save the world... Academic Crush - None. Get your act together academia. Book Recommendation - Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler 2020-04-171h 03

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Sona KazemiIn today's episode, I speak with Dr. Sona Kazemi about her forthcoming book, her new model of disability, and everything to do with resistance against the current Iranian state. I speak with her about her love of poetry and art, and of course, ask her how disability can save the world... Dr. Sona Kazemi - https://sonakazemi.wordpress.com/ Academic Crush - Dr. Shokoufeh Sakahi - https://yorku.academia.edu/ShokoufehSakhi Book Recommendation - Torture in the Name of Allah: Ghezelhesar Prison by Iraj Mesdaghi (Author), Sepehr Manochehri (Editor, Translator) Ghost...2020-04-1050 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Tobin LeBlanc HaleyIn today's show, I speak with Dr. Tobin LeBlanc Haley about her work at the intersections of homelessness, urban/rural fringe, disability and race. We discuss her life outside of work - her love of running and 80s music - and she tells us how disability can save the world... Shout out to Re*Vision Centre for Arts and Social Justice at the University of Guelph for their support of Dr. Haley's work. Dr. Tobin LeBlanc Haley - tlhaley.com Academic Crushes - Dr. Sami Schalk - @DrSamiSchalk/ Simone Schmidt - https://www.fi...2020-04-0754 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDanielle Landry, PhD CandidateIn today's episode, I speak with Danielle Landry, Ph.D. Candidate about her research on consumer-run businesses (run by people with mental health and addictions histories), her love of running, and how she thinks disability can save the world... Academic Crush - Nirmala Erevelles - https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230100183b Book Recommendation - Ravi Malhotra - https://www.routledge.com/Disability-Politics-in-a-Global-Economy-Essays-in-Honour-of-Marta-Russell/Malhotra/p/book/9781138887589 2020-03-2518 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaAnna Chowaniec, PhD CandidateIn today's episode, I speak with Ph.D. Candidate Anna Chowaniec on her research with individuals with rare disorders. We discuss her passion for 1930s Polish ethnography, her ties to Polish celebrities and of course, I'll ask her, how she thinks disability can save the world... Anna Chowaniec - https://www.etnologia.uw.edu.pl/en/about-us/people/phd-students/anna-chowaniec-rylke Academic Crush - 1930s Polish Ethnographies Book Recommendation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher 2020-03-2538 min

Disability Saves the World with Dr. Fady ShanoudaDr. Mary Jean HandeIn today's first episode, I speak with Dr. Mary Jean Hande about her research and life outside of academia. She discusses care, interdependence, and how we can learn from the work of disabled and marginalized people in this unprecedented time. Dr. Mary Jean Hande - https://maryjeanhande.ca/ Academic Crush - https://sonakazemi.wordpress.com/ Book Recommendation - https://www.akpress.org/how-we-get-free.html 2020-03-2247 min