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The world is not designed for disabled people, and rebuilding it is going to take strong leadership. In this episode, Olivia and Becs interview two leaders with a disability - Green MP Golriz Ghahraman and Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero. Guests: Golriz Ghahraman and Paula Tesoriero

The first rule of disability club is that if you sit in a wheelchair long enough, someone is going to come over and offer to pray for you. The tricky bit is figuring out how to reply. Olivia and Becs hear from Latifa Daud on her journey with Muslim faith and disability in New Zealand; and they meet…

Sex, dating and relationships are already complicated, but even more so in a world that judges disabled people so harshly. Olivia, Becs and guests discuss whether or not to include your wheelchair in Tinder photos, and guest Tim Young shares what to do when your catheter bag fills up on a first dat…

Olivia and Becs hear from guests who are smashing perceptions of disability - from having to prove your intelligence when you are non-verbal, to redefining masculinity as a bloke in a wheelchair. They also find out how much money you should spend on shoes when you can't even walk. Guests: Mamie Ro…

Olivia and Becs take flight to Dunedin and find out if an iconic New Zealand tourist attraction is accessible to wheelchair-users. On the way, they catch up with Japanese disability advocate Umi Asaka, who has travelled to 20 countries as a wheelchair-user with brittle bones. Guests: Umi Asaka, Gr…

Olivia Shivas and Rebecca (Becs) Dubber take a trip down memory lane to discuss the realities of growing up disabled. They meet a mum whose son has autism but isn’t "like Rain Man". And they chat to a Paralympian dad in a wheelchair about the endless intrusive questions he faces when out with his y…

Olivia Shivas, Rebecca Dubber and guests tackle the big questions about life with a disability. Sex, religion, mobility carparks - and how to fend off outrageous questions.