Special Guest Keith Murfee-DeConcini from “Disability Empowerment Now,” Part One

The Fedora Chronicles Radio Show · Special Guest Keith Murfee-DeConcini from Disability Empowerment Now, Part One

Keith Murfee-DeConcini and Eric Renderking Fisk | June 26th, 2021

Recorded in Tuscon, Arizona, on June 19th, 2021, Eric Renderking Fisk sits down with Keith Murfee-DeConcini to discuss his upcoming series, Disability Empowerment Now, living with Cerebral Palsy and becoming an advocate for other people with disabilities. The conversation includes how Keith's acting in Theater Breaking Through Barriers and his pursuit of his two master's degrees inspired him to start his podcast.

But first, Keith and Eric discuss their mutual love of Film Noir, the published works of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammond, and the movies starring Humphry Bogart.

Special Guest Keith Murfee-DeConcini from “Disability Empowerment Now,” Part Two - The Desirability of Disability and The Estrangement Factor.

Keith Murfee-DeConcini

When I was working on my Master’s degree in Disability Studies with the intention of becoming an advocate for disability rights and justice as my life’s work, I began searching for resources that focused on empowerment on the internet to help me. Finding very few, the idea for this site started to form in my mind. There are tons and tons of resources surrounding disabilities on the internet, what sets this site apart is that it is focused on empowerment, advocacy, and employment and highlighting that people with disabilities want to work and do work extremely hard.

Empowering advocates to be even more effective is vital to the pursuit of disability rights and justice. I want the advocates I interview to be able to tell their stories and offer advice in their own voices. So, although I am a writer, I feel podcasts are a better option for conducting interviews and promoting knowledge. While my writings on disability are found elsewhere on this site, and a blog on various subjects related to disability issues are also part of this site, I consider podcasts to be the main focus of Disability Empowerment Now (DEN). I welcome you to these podcasts and hope you find knowledge here to empower you in your advocacy.

Disability Empowerment Now - The Website will be going live in September, with The Podcast launching in October.

Eric Renderking Fisk

Eric Renderking Fisk is the founder and webmaster of The Fedora Chronicles and co-host of the paranormal podcast, "The Metaphysical Connection." Eric has often described The Fedora Chroniclesas "a website that explores modern issues via reviews, social and political commentary, and podcasts through the lens of an amateur historian and with self-deprecating humor." You can follow The Fedora Chronicles on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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