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Pigeonhole Podcast 44: Red

By Cheryl / 2023-02-07
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Listen to this post (the podcast is at the bottom): I found an old, scrappy video I made of Lavaun a decade ago. She was developing a project to do stories about colors. As an artist with low vision, she never stopped wondering about the best ways to bring a color description to life so […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 43: Corn, Bagels, and Captions

By Cheryl / 2023-01-10
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Listen to this post. (The podcast is at the bottom of the post.) I found a cute meme that has screenshots from a movie in which these two young white people are having a conversation on a sunny day outside by some very tall grass. The guy looks either puzzled or flirtatious, then the girl […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 42: Stinky Chicken Dog 2

By Cheryl / 2022-11-01
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Listen to this post: (The podcast audio is at the bottom of the post.) Jenni Funk and I collaborated on Stinky Chicken Dog 2 in 2018. The film got an enthusiastic reception at our Portland premiere and at Superfest a few years ago. It’s long past time I took down the password to bring this […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 41: Playful Apparitions

By Cheryl / 2022-09-01
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Listen to this post (podcast is at the bottom of the post): It’s one thing to keep a secret when you feel like you’d be ashamed for anyone else to know this thing about you. But sometimes you keep a story to yourself because you figure no one will get it. Or that they might […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 40: The Low Bar Chorale at Home

By Cheryl / 2022-07-17
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Listen to this post: (podcast audio at the bottom of the page) A love letter to Portland singalong band The Low Bar Chorale and band leader Ben Landsverk. Took nearly a year to write. I’m not sure what time is anymore anyway. Downloadable transcript for Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 40

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Pigeonhole Podcast 40: The Low Bar Chorale at Home

By Cheryl / 2022-07-17
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Listen to this post: (podcast audio at the bottom of the page) A love letter to Portland singalong band The Low Bar Chorale and band leader Ben Landsverk. Took nearly a year to write. I’m not sure what time is anymore anyway. Downloadable transcript for Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 40

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Pigeonhole Podcast 39: Disabled Podcasters’ Project Project

By Cheryl / 2022-06-02
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Listen to this post: I can’t name stuff! I think back with a big old cringe to some projects and films I’ve tried to name, and I’m so grateful to amazing people like my co-director Cynthia Lopez for intervening when a name was really bad. But right now, I’m so excited to share something that’s […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 39: Disabled Podcasters’ Project Project

By Cheryl / 2022-06-02
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Listen to this post: I can’t name stuff! I think back with a big old cringe to some projects and films I’ve tried to name, and I’m so grateful to amazing people like my co-director Cynthia Lopez for intervening when a name was really bad. But right now, I’m so excited to share something that’s […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 38: May be image of cup

By Cheryl / 2022-03-12
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Listen to this post: Lately, there’s a growing push to make accessibility more creative, and I think it’s just rad! In fact, some of the major players at FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) are presenting at this year’s SXSW a panel called Creativity Enhanced: Documentary Tools for Smarter, More Accessible Storytelling. What I love about […]

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Pigeonhole Podcast 38: May be image of cup

By Cheryl / 2022-03-12
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Listen to this post: Lately, there’s a growing push to make accessibility more creative, and I think it’s just rad! In fact, some of the major players at FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) are presenting at this year’s SXSW a panel called Creativity Enhanced: Documentary Tools for Smarter, More Accessible Storytelling. What I love about […]

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