Kaleidoscope:The Art & Language of Inclusion
An exploration of the experience of disability through the lens of literature and fine arts.
An exploration of the experience of disability through the lens of literature and fine arts.
Episodes

Jun 4, 2025
Jun 4, 2025
54 min
Episode 12 of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nichols deCourville taking listeners through the concluding readings for issue #90 of Kaleidoscope Magazine while exploring all things UDS! Focusing on having our artists and contributors take a closer look at their lives and perspectives, featured authors for this episode include Virginia Isaacs Cover, M.S. Marquart, Zach Pietrafetta, Philip Andrew Lisi, Mia Herman and Mary Harwell Sayler.
Jun 4, 2025
54 min

May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
59 min
Episode eleven of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nichols deCourville taking listeners through part one of readings from issue #90 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Featured authors in this episode include Brenda Beardsley, Elly Katz, Diane Bell, Lisa Zimmerman, Katherine Yusef and Linseigh Green.
May 1, 2025
59 min

Jan 9, 2025
Jan 9, 2025
1 hr 18 min
Join us as host Nichols deCourville concludes readings from issue 89 of our magazine, which explores the ebbs and flows of life. In this episode, contributors include Natalie Haney Tilghman, Mattie-Bretton Hughes, Tara K. Ross, Shelly Jones, Suzanne Kamata, Angela Townsend, Ben Gooley, Lori Hahnel, and Sheersty Stanton, MS.
Jan 9, 2025
1 hr 18 min

Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024
1 hr 11 min
Episode nine of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nick deCourville taking listeners through readings of issue #89 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Grace Kully, Marjorie E. Brody, Betsy Miller, Cynthia Stock, Deb DeBates, Ivy Raff, Joanne Feenstra and Emma Burnett.
Nov 7, 2024
1 hr 11 min

Jul 10, 2024
Jul 10, 2024
15 min
For episode eight of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nichols deCourville interviews former educator, author and mother Cathy Shields. Shields is the author of The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability & Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect which is now available through Vine Leaves Press.
Jul 10, 2024
15 min

May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
1 hr 16 min
Episode seven of the Kaleidoscope podcast has host Nick deCourville taking listeners through more readings of issue #88 of Kaleidoscope magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Ellen Zhang, Danielle Krikorian, Emmy D. Wells, Connie Herold, Claire Ibarra and Rhonda Zimlich.
May 3, 2024
1 hr 16 min

Apr 11, 2024
Apr 11, 2024
1 hr 10 min
In the sixth episode of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nick deCourville takes listeners through select readings for issue 88 of our magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Hareendran Kallinkeel, Carrie Hinton, Aisha Ashraf, Nancy J. Fagan, Stacie Eirich, Tim Campbell, Geri Lipschultz and Kelsie Bennett.
Hosted and produced by Nick deCourville.
Apr 11, 2024
1 hr 10 min

Dec 14, 2023
Dec 14, 2023
1 hr 19 min
In the fifth episode of the Kaleidoscope podcast, host Nick deCourville takes listeners through issue 87 of our magazine while also discussing all things UDS! Authors featured in this episode include Roly Andrews, Ujjvala Bagal Rahn, Shanan Ballam, Ben Decter, Shelly Jones, Robert Friedman, Kate Robinson, Ellis Elliot, Connie Buckmaster and more.
Hosted and produced by Nick deCourville.
Dec 14, 2023
1 hr 19 min





